“Lombard has played screwball dames before, but none so screwy as this one.” --Variety
Directed by Gregory La Cava
Director Gregory La Cava’s comic masterpiece entertains with a subtle social message about the contrasting worlds of the rich---represented here by an eccentric family populated with brilliant character actors---and the poor. William Powell is outstanding as Godfrey Smith, a WWI veteran found living in a dump and hired by a flighty but sympathetic socialite (Carole Lombard) to be the family butler. Godfrey soon establishes himself as the wisest member of a nutty household.
Universal Productions, Inc. Based on the novel by Eric Hatch. Screenwriter: Morrie Ryskind, Eric Hatch. Cinematographer: Ted Tetzlaff. Editor: Ted Kent, Russell Schoengarth. Cast: William Powell, Carole Lombard, Alice Brady, Gail Patrick, Eugene Pallette.
35mm, b/w, 94 min.
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