My Man Godfrey Page #2

Synopsis: In the depths of the Depression, a party game brings dizzy socialite Irene Bullock to the city dump where she meets Godfrey, a derelict, and ends by hiring him as family butler. He finds the Bullocks to be the epitome of idle rich, and nutty as the proverbial fruitcake. Soon, the dramatizing Irene is in love with her 'protege'...who feels strongly that a romance between servant and employer is out of place, regardless of that servant's mysterious past...
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Gregory La Cava
Production: Universal Pictures
  Nominated for 6 Oscars. Another 1 win.
 
IMDB:
8.1
Rotten Tomatoes:
100%
NOT RATED
Year:
1936
94 min
253 Views


- Oh, Alexander!

Don't be afraid of the stairs. Angelica

won't let anything happen to you.

Quick, quick, quick.

Come on. Quick, quick.

Come on, goat, goat, goat.

Come on.

I have a goat!

I have a goat!

I have a goat!

Will you please

pay attention to me?

I'm Mrs. Bullock,

and I have a goat.

I have a goat!

I have a goat!

I have a goat!

I have a goat!

I know you've got a goat. Will you

please get Mrs. Bullock's goat?

Get those things

out of the way.

I have a little baby goat.

What am I supposed

to do with that?

- What else do we have to find?

- What?

What else do we have to get?

All you have to get is one forgotten man

and a bowl ofJapanese goldfish.

What? Get that thing

out of the way! What?

I said, a forgotten man

and a bowl ofJapanese goldfish.

One man... Let's go.

AJapanese man.

A man and a bowl

ofJapanese men.

- I can't remember what he said.

- How about going home?

- What are you talking about?

- How about going home?

We just have

two other things to get.

A bowl ofJapanese men

and a forgotten goldfish.

- Goldfish!

- I don't know about the goldfish!

But if you want a forgotten man,

you'll find me home in bed!

I can't concentrate, Alexander.

Come along, Carlo. Goldfish...

- Are all these people hunters?

- Oh, no, we work in groups.

Some are hunters,

and some are receivers.

- Sounds like a bankruptcy proceeding.

- I never thought of that.

- Who receives me?

- I have to take you to the committee.

- You don't mind, do you?

- I can hardly wait.

Wait a minute!

What have you there?

This is Godfrey.

Is Cornelia back yet?

I haven't seen Cornelia.

Where did you find him?

Oh, Mr. Guthrie!

Come on this way.

Mr. Guthrie!

Mr. Guthrie!

I have a forgotten man.

I have a forgotten man!

Mr. Guthrie, this is Godfrey.

He's a forgotten man!

Mr. Guthrie!

- A forgotten man!

- His name is Godfrey.

- A forgotten man? You got all eight.

- Yes.

Ladies and gentlemen,

please, quiet, quiet.

Miss Bullock has a forgotten man.

Do you mind stepping up

on the platform, please.

Yes, get right up

on the platform, Godfrey.

- Mind if I ask you a few questions?

- Fire away.

- What is your address?

- City Dump 32, East River, Sutton Place.

- It's rather fashionable over there.

- In spots.

- Is that your permanent address?

- The permanency is questionable.

See, the place is being

rapidly filled in.

- Mind if I ask a personal question?

- If it isn't too personal.

- Are those whiskers your own?

- No one else has claimed them.

I must ask that question

because one group...

tried to fool the committee by trying to

put false whiskers on one of their own.

- May I, uh... May I, uh...

- What?

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Morrie Ryskind

Morrie Ryskind (October 20, 1895 – August 24, 1985) was an American dramatist, lyricist and writer of theatrical productions and motion pictures, who became a conservative political activist later in life. more…

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