tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1668690844478666903.post6242767358447564553..comments2023-10-19T07:40:24.458-07:00Comments on Noir and Chick Flicks: My Man Godfrey (1957).Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03476174860119487509noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1668690844478666903.post-6471183611565585722010-12-17T17:02:42.488-07:002010-12-17T17:02:42.488-07:00I have only seen about half hour of the remake, My...I have only seen about half hour of the remake, My Man Godfrey (1957). It did not hold my interest. I do however, want to give it a another chance.Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03476174860119487509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1668690844478666903.post-42923202269574633462010-12-17T14:53:20.970-07:002010-12-17T14:53:20.970-07:00I need to watch this one. David Niven as Godfrey w...I need to watch this one. David Niven as Godfrey will be fine. <br /><br />But the idea of June Allyson as a scatterbrain just does not appeal to me.<br /><br />There's a certain ethereal or otherworldly quality necessary to play dumb in a likeable way [at least for me to enjoy it]. Carole Lombard has it, as does Katharine Hepburn in Bringing Up Baby.<br /><br />Or perhaps it's vulnerablilty that endears a silly character to the audience. Judy Holliday has vulnerablilty in spades in her not-so-dumb blonde roles.<br /><br />June Allyson, however, is very a realistic performer, rather sober. I suppose that's why she has so many times played the solid woman behind the famous man (Glenn Miller Story). And before that she would play the pious or motherly sister type (Two Sisters From Boston).<br /><br />I don't want to watch JA embarrass herself, but I will watch GODFREY to give her a chance to prove me wrong. <br /><br />And another thing, in the remakes from the late 1940s/1950s the actors often try too hard. It's as if they have studied every frame of the original and are impersonating the earlier stars. <br /><br />Consider Virginia Mayo in A SONG IS BORN trying desperately to be the gutsy, tough Barbara Stanwyck. Or even June Allyson in LITTLE WOMEN trying to dredge up the verve of Katharine Hepburn. It doesn't quite work.JavaBeanRushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05653117187583244224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1668690844478666903.post-78462926059878654602010-12-17T11:02:33.677-07:002010-12-17T11:02:33.677-07:00Oh! I wonder if I will like this version of Godfre...Oh! I wonder if I will like this version of Godfrey better? I do love David Niven however, Allyson is no Lombard. Guess I'll have to see. Great post!Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17935070386471677221noreply@blogger.com