A Movie About a Butler, Love, and Screwball Comedy In the 1936 movie classic My Man Godfrey, we find William Powell (of the Nick and Nora Charles Thin Man movies) and a radiant, yet slightly wacky, Carole Lombard magnificently complimenting each other’s considerable acting abilities. Believe me, it’s no easy thing to play ditsy and easily distracted, but Lombard does it with a genius that’s...

A Movie Classic Starring Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell In the 1940 classic movie that at heart is really an examination of the relationship between professionals who at one time were married — but still remain a boss-and-employee pair — we find both Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell giving virtuoso performances. Directed by Howard Hawks, “His Girl Friday,” is the story of Hildy Johnson (played...