Academy Awards, USA 1937
| Nominee Oscar | Best Actor in a Leading Role William Powell |
| Best Actress in a Leading Role Carole Lombard | |
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role Mischa Auer | |
| Best Actress in a Supporting Role Alice Brady | |
| Best Director Gregory La Cava | |
| Best Writing, Screenplay Eric Hatch Morrie Ryskind |
Universal Pictures
Directed by Gregory La Cava
My rating: 3 stars out of 4
IMDb Wikipedia
(DVD, Criterion Collection)
Bum William Powell is picked up by socialite Carole Lombard as part of a scavenger hunt. She takes him to the ritzy hotel where the party is taking place, where the well-spoken Powell promptly insults everyone there. Impressed, Lombard offers him a job as the family butler. He accepts but her household turns out to be filled with spoiled, slightly kooky relatives and hangers-on. Lombard's sister eventually finds out his secret past as a wealthy Boston socialite who dropped out of sight after a love affair went bad. She tries to frame him by planting a necklace in his bed, but he outwits her and uses the necklace to help not only her father who is going bankrupt, but his old buddies living down at the dump by the bridge. Powell is good as the butler with a heart of gold, but Lombard overstays her welcome as the ditzy blonde who falls in love with him, and improbably he with her by the time of the contrived ending.
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