My Man Godfrey

The House of Squib presents Academy of War. Every week, Squib brings you Hollywood's finest. The great picture plays, the great actors and actresses, techniques and skills chosen from the honor all of those who have won or been nominated for.

The famous golden Oscar of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science. And now, E.R. Squib and Sons, manufacturing chemist with the medical profession since 1858, bring you, as our star tonight, the distinguished actor William Powell, who has twice been nominated for the Academy Award as Best Actor of the Year.

You will hear Mr. Powell in that delightful comedy My Man Godfrey, the picture which was nominated in six different classifications for the 1936 Academy Award. This is a story of the Depression, a sad time when America had a headache.

Brokers jumped from tall buildings and a lot of folks sold apples on street corners. It was a very sad time indeed, in which the rich got richer and poor got poorer. And now poor hero lived in a shack in a city dump.

Yet his heart was pure, though his pockets were empty, and he wore a beard. And his name was Godfrey. George, what a horrible place! Yes, Cornelia. This is what is called the dump. Good evening. Are you a bum?

Yes, I'm a bum. Good. I'm Cornelia Bullock. Oh, yes, yes indeed. Of thee Bullock's? How would you like to make five dollars? Well, out of to what I've got, that would make five dollars. All right, then follow me.

Just a minute. Not that I mean to be inquisitive, but what would I have to do? Now, don't be fussy. Well, I'd like to know. I'm funny that way. Well, you certainly are. Well, we're having a scavenger hunt, and I need a forgotten man.