My Man Godfrey

I am not one of those people who say that they don’t make movies like they used to, or who watches a lot of classic black and white films. But there are a few dozen classics I would watch any time they come on, and this is one of them. My Man Godfrey is in the sub genre of screwball comedy, and it may actually be true that they don’t make them like this any longer, because it seems like most of the wacky comedies nowadays center around bodily functions or shocking language (though I guess you can argue it isn’t shocking anymore.) Anyway, this movie had plenty of laughs, a nice story, and a romance thrown in. The two leads dominate, of course, but the whole Bullock family is well cast. The only aspect that detracted from my enjoyment at all was the Carlo character. The silly matriarch of the family is sponsoring him - A musician maybe? And I thought in a few places he was overdone, but it is a minor thing. There is a bit of a social message here, of course, concerning the have and have-not, but it doesn’t weigh down the plot. Great movie.