My Man Godfrey (Criterion Collection)

William Powell, Carole Lombard, Gail Patrick, Mischa Auer. A well-bred, impoverished gentleman, takes a job as butler for a family of wealthy eccentrics, but winds up teaching the family about aristocracy and matters of life. This new digital restoration features a program featuring jazz and film critic Gary Giddins, interview with critic Nick Pinkerton, rare outtakes, the 1938 Lux Radio Theatre adaptation of the film, newsreels depicting Great Depression class divides, an essay by critic Farran Smith Nehme and more. Based on the novel by Eric Hatch. Directed by Gregory La Cava. 1936/b&w/98 min/NR/fullscreen.