My Man Godfrey trivia

As we get closer to our second screening, I thought it would be fun to whet our appetites with a little trivia. Please join us to screen My Man Godfrey on May 13th at the Hillcrest Center for the Arts. Remember tickets are only $5 and can be reserved by calling our ticket hotline @ (805) 381-2747!

My Man Godfrey Trivia

This was the first film to ever receive four acting nominations at the Academy Awards, and it did so in the year that the supporting categories were introduced.

• A stand-in (Chick Collons) was used when William Powell carries Carole Lombard over his shoulder up the stairs to her bedroom.
• This is the only movie to ever get Oscar nominations for writing, directing and all four acting awards without being nominated for Best Picture. It’s also the only movie to ever get those six nominations and lose them all.
• Premiere voted this movie as one of “The 50 Greatest Comedies Of All Time” in 2006.
• Although stars William Powell and Carole Lombard had been divorced for three years by the time they made this, when offered the part Powell declared that the only actress right for the part of Irene was Lombard.
• Mischa Auer’s character Carlo repeatedly sings “Ochi Chornya” in this movie. Nine years later in And Then There Were None (1945) his character Prince Nikita Starloff begins playing the first few notes of “Ochi Chornya” on the piano before meeting his demise.

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