My Man Godfrey (1957)

My Man Godfrey is a 1957 comedy film starring June Allyson and David Niven. It is a color remake of Gregory La Cava's 1936 screwball comedy of the same name.

Allyson played the role created by Carole Lombard in the original version, and Niven took on the role made famous by William Powell. Niven had played the role of Tommy Gray, Godfrey's former classmate, in a 1938 radio version. The plot begins as a zany heiress uses and then takes pity on a man whom she believes to be homeless. She insists the man come home with her and gives him a job as the eccentric family's butler—much to the chagrin of her father, especially when it becomes clear the girl is falling in love with the fellow. The family's new butler, however, harbors a secret: he is actually as wealthy, and in fact more well-born, than they.

The supporting cast included Jessie Royce Landis, Robert Keith, Jeff Donnell, Eva Gabor, and Martha Hyer. It was adapted by Peter Berneis, William Bowers and Everett Freeman, and directed by Henry Koster.

Synopsis

Une héritière un peu loufoque prend pitié d'un homme qu'elle croit être à la rue. Elle insiste pour qu'il vienne avec elle et lui offre l'emploi de majordome, au grand dam de son père, surtout quand il devient clair qu'elle est en train de tomber amoureuse de lui. Mais ce nouveau majordome a un secret : il est en fait un riche aristocrate.

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