Posted on 01/30/2016 5:33:42 PM PST by DemforBush
William Powell Night at the DfB Theater. A ditzy but good-hearted socialite (Carole Lombard), hires a down on his luck hobo named Godfrey (William Powell) to be the family butler. Zaniness ensures, and we learn there just might be a lot more to Godfrey than we realize...
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My Daughter watched it a couple of years ago and told me it was great.
I ordered it on Netflix and still don’t understand why she thought it was so good. Not that it was bad.
Ping. And apologies for being a day late. Celebrating another year with friends and family to the wee hours last night.
BTW, I apparently share a birthday with WC Fields. Given my general demeanor, I don’t think that’s a coincidence. :-)
Great movie. Great caste.
One of my favorites.
Carole Kombard was very cute, her premature death, a tragedy.
Great movie. William Powell is a great comedic actor, I have a boxed set of “The Thin Man” DVDs.
Well, that’s cool. Each to their own. There’s definitely been a few “classic” films out there I’ve watched and really scratched my head about afterwards. Easy Rider comes to mind.
I think Powell and Lombard had been divorced for only a short time when they made this. Very good movie.
Well my Daughter (and her husband and kids matter) is sort of artistic and understands a lot of subtlety which goes right over my head.
That is an advantage in a way. I can watch a show ten times and still pick up things I didn’t notice before. In other words I don’t get tired of them for a long time.
BTW, I agree about that movie about motorcycle riding hippies.
“The Dump”
I meant to say (for that matter) instead of just matter.
Love it can you add me to your “ping”list please......thank you
I’d be more than happy to add you. Welcome! :-)
The last time I watched it (a long time ago) I remember picking up some little socialist ideas in the movie. This is all supposedly redeemed by the ending, which I won’t give away. But by then, it’s too late, the ideas have been presented, the damage done. Morrie Ryskind, who wrote the screenplay, later became a conservative, but during the ‘30s he was a socialist. Just be on the lookout for hidden messages. This is the type of movie screenwriting that the conservatives of the time were complaining about, although I have no idea if they mentioned this exact film.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morrie_Ryskind#Political_activism
Daffy rich families sure was a familiar theme in 1930s Depression-era comedies. One of the earlier examples, “Three-Cornered Moon” (1933), had a nutty widow and her silly children discover they are suddenly broke. But as they each find work and pull together, they mature and develop a bit of character. And the daughter’s budding-author boyfriend, who’s a bit of a pretentious intellectual, is proven lazy and wanting. Some definate conservative underpinnings to the film.
Lots from that same generation....Grand Hotel...Dinner at Eight...Shop Around the Corner (my Christmas favorite this year)...The Admirable Crichton (from the same man who wrote Peter Pan)....
I love this movie. I’m a big William Powell fan.
Happy Birthday and thank you!
I looooooove this movie. Powell was sexy as h***, and Lombard was just delightful. Great movie. Watch it if you’ve never seen it!
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