My Man Godfrey

During the Great Depression, a wealthy and carefree New York socialite, Irene Bullock, takes part in a scavenger hunt that requires her to bring back something nobody wants. At a city dump by the East River she finds Godfrey, a homeless man with unexpectedly refined manners, and brings him to the party as her prize. She then hires him as the family butler. The Bullocks turn out to be idle and badly behaved, and Irene's sister Cornelia resents Godfrey from the start and works to have him dismissed. Godfrey, who keeps his past to himself, gradually changes the household while Irene's feelings for him grow.

Gregory La Cava directed the film, which sits between Half a Bride and Stage Door in the filmography listed here, and the screenplay was written by Eric Hatch and Morrie Ryskind, with Charles R. Rogers producing for Universal Pictures. William Powell and Carole Lombard lead the cast as Godfrey and Irene, with Alice Brady, Gail Patrick, Eugene Pallette and Jean Dixon among the credited players, forty-three in all.

The film runs 95 minutes. On IMDb it holds 7.9 from around 29,000 votes, a figure consistent with a widely seen classic comedy, while on TMDB it stands at 7.6 from roughly 400 votes. A critics' rating of 8.8 from 38 reviews places it above the audience scores on both platforms.