NIGHT LIFE FILM

• Official Website
• Add to My Favorites

Screening- My Man Godfrey (1936)

Presented by Movies on a Big Screen at Guild Theater

November 8, 2009

Add Review/Comment
Comment on Facebook

One of the best screwball comedies of the 1930s, "My Man Godfrey" offers the radiant Carole Lombard in her definitive performance as flighty young heiress Irene Bullock, who on a society scavenger hunt stumbles on Godfrey (William Powell), an erudite hobo residing in the city dump. Godfrey becomes the family's butler, much to the dismay of Irene's father Alexander (Eugene Pallette), who thinks his household is crazy enough without another apparent lunatic under his roof.

Halfway through the film, we discover that Godfrey isn't a penniless bum at all, but the scion of a wealthy Boston family. Having been burned by an unhappy romance, Godfrey dropped out of life, taking up residence in the dump. Here his faith in humanity was restored by his fellow indigents, who managed to survive and remain optimistic despite the worst deprivations.Meanwhile, however, he wants to straighten out the Bullock family, who he feels are a basically decent bunch beneath all their pretensions and eccentricities -- and along the way, of course, Irene determines that Godfrey will be her husband.

"My Man Godfrey" was nominated for 6 Academy Awards in 1936, including Best Director, and was the first film to be nominated in all four acting categories. It oddly was not nominated for Best Picture (which still puzzles people to this day), and even more strangely, failed to win any awards.

• At-a-
  Glance

  • Venue Info

    Guild Theater

    2828 35th Street
    (35th Street & Broadway)
    Sacramento, CA 95817

    Full map and directions

  • Admission Info

    Tickets: $5 (at the door-cash only)

  • Dates & Times

    Dates:
    November 8, 2009

    Times:
    7:30pm

    
    
    

    Find nearby Eats, Drinks, & Sleeps
    

  • Accessibility Info

    Currently, no accessibility information is available for this event.

  • Video & Image Gallery

    Currently, additional images/videos have not been submitted for this event.

  • Member Reviews

    Add review/comment

    There are currently no reviews/comments for this event. Be the first to add a review/comment, and let folks know what you think!

• Media
  Gallery

  • All Media Gallery

    Currently, additional images/videos have not been submitted for this event.

• Member
  Reviews

  • Member Reviews

    Add review/comment

    There are currently no reviews/comments for this event. Be the first to add a review/comment, and let folks know what you think!

• Media
  Reviews

  • Media Reviews

    There are currently no media reviews for this event.

• Make it
  A night

  FILTER RESULTS BY: ALL | EATS   | DRINKS   | SLEEPS   | VENUE ONLY   Don't see your business listed here? Contact us at support@sacramento365.com to add it.