William Powell, Gail Patrick and Eugene Pallette make My Man Godfrey tolerable. Other than that this movie is an overrated hot mess
Let me start by saying that I love old movies, preferably black and white, post code, from the 1930s and 1940s. I consider anything after 1960 usually too modern. William Powell is my favorite actor and I love him in Love Crazy, I Love You Again, and of course the Thin Man Movies. I confess, he and Myrna Loy are my favorite couple, however I'll watch anything with Powell. I like Carole Lombard although she's a little too goofy at times. So I should have enjoyed this film, right?
Wrong! Lombard's character was an annoying basket case, not funny, and had no chemistry with William Powell (yes, I know they'd been married). I liked his interactions with Gail Patrick better ( and they're fun in Love Crazy.) Eugene Pallette was excellent, but Alice Brady, who was Oscar nominated, and who I'd never heard of, was as annoying and silly as Lombard. The Carlo character was totally unnecessary.
This is one I won't watch again!
Let me start by saying that I love old movies, preferably black and white, post code, from the 1930s and 1940s. I consider anything after 1960 usually too modern. William Powell is my favorite actor and I love him in Love Crazy, I Love You Again, and of course the Thin Man Movies. I confess, he and Myrna Loy are my favorite couple, however I'll watch anything with Powell. I like Carole Lombard although she's a little too goofy at times. So I should have enjoyed this film, right?
Wrong! Lombard's character was an annoying basket case, not funny, and had no chemistry with William Powell (yes, I know they'd been married). I liked his interactions with Gail Patrick better ( and they're fun in Love Crazy.) Eugene Pallette was excellent, but Alice Brady, who was Oscar nominated, and who I'd never heard of, was as annoying and silly as Lombard. The Carlo character was totally unnecessary.
This is one I won't watch again!