Screwball Summer: My Man Godfrey

Carole Lombard and William Powell dazzle in this definitive screwball comedy by Gregory La Cava—a potent cocktail of romantic repartee and social critique.

Irene (Lombard), an eccentric, wealthy Manhattanite, wins a society-ball scavenger hunt after finding a “forgotten man” (Powell)—an apparent down-and-out drifter—at a dump. She gives him work as the family butler and soon falls head over heels for him. Her attempts to both woo Godfrey and indoctrinate him in the household’s dysfunction make for a string of madcap high jinks that has never been bested.

La Cava’s deft film was the first to garner Oscar nominations in all four acting categories, and it is one of Hollywood’s greatest commentaries on class and the social unrest of the Depression era.

From the gumball bottom to the cherry on top, QFT is having a Screwball Summer. We are celebrating the fast-talking farce of the screwball comedy with a season guaranteed to tickle your funny bone.

You may also like the following events from Queen's Film Theatre, Belfast:

• This Saturday, 24th May, 03:45 pm, LUMI Presents: Taste of Cherry (35mm) in Belfast
• This Saturday, 24th May, 08:30 pm, SCREEN/PRINT: Somewhere in Belfast
• This Sunday, 25th May, 03:00 pm, Chantal Akerman: No Home Movie in Belfast

Also check out other Comedy events in Belfast, Workshops in Belfast, Arts events in Belfast.