Monday at the Movies Cinema Chat: My Man Godfrey Video Event
About the Program:
The Art Deco Society of New York's series, Mondays at the Movies Cinema Chat, transports us back to the 1930s, when Americans found relief from the stress of everyday life by escaping into Hollywood’s glamorous dream worlds. In these unique events, experts in the golden age of cinema will screen and discuss wonderful 1930s and 40s escapist fantasies with ADSNY’s audience.
In this recorded video presentation––which you can enjoy from the comfort of your own home at a time that best fits your schedule––the co-authors of Screen Deco: A Celebration of High Style in Hollywood, Howard Mandelbaum and Eric Myers, return to screen and discuss My Man Godfrey (1936).
You are sure to enjoy one of the 1930s daffiest romantic comedies, which underpins its nonstop laughs with a shrewd assessment of class conflicts and has acquired a renewed timeliness in our current ailing economy.
In the film we will see how William Powell leaves his East River shantytown, where he had been living by his wits, to serve as butler to the overprivileged inhabitants of a swank Fifth Avenue mansion. Carole Lombard, never lovelier, is the scatterbrained heiress who pursues him, while rotund, gravel-voiced Eugene Pallette plays her irascible father.
Following the screening, Mandelbaum and Myers will discuss how Gregory LaCava, noted for his improvisational directorial methods, kept the action swift and the satire sharp throughout the film and sprinkled the cast with a memorable array of lunatics. Our experts will also discuss the sets of the film––especially the extravagant nightclub that could only happen in Hollywood!
This Video Event includes:
- An introduction of the film by Howard Mandelbaum and Eric Myers
- The film screening
- An in-depth exploration of the film by Howard Mandelbaum and Eric Myers
Even though this event will be online, it will include a live film screening and presentation that you will be able to see directly on your computer screen, tablet, or mobile device.
About the Speakers:
Howard Mandelbaum and Eric Myers are the authors of Screen Deco: A Celebration of High Style in Hollywood and Forties Screen Style: A Celebration of High Pastiche in Hollywood. Mandelbaum is the co-founder, with Carlos Clarens, of Photofest, a library of images of the performing arts. Myers is the author of the biography Uncle Mame: The Life of Patrick Dennis. A former film publicist with credit on over sixty feature films, he is now a literary agent, delighting in bringing other authors to print.
The Monday at the Movies Cinema Chat Series:
The Art Deco Society of New York's series, Mondays at the Movies Cinema Chat, transports us back to the 1930s, when Americans found relief from the stress of everyday life by escaping into Hollywood’s glamorous dream worlds. In these unique events, experts in the golden age of cinema will screen and discuss wonderful 1930s and 40s escapist fantasies with ADSNY’s audience.
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Registration:
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ADSNY is not able to issue new access information for this video event after the expiration date of the access link and password you receive upon your registration.
