My Man Godfrey, at our movie night. I had forgotten how good the dialogue and story is. Favorite moment is Eugene Pallette slowly looking at Powell and asking, "Who are you?"
Here's a clip. Guess where the mic is.
... It ended up grossing over a million dollars on a negative cost of less than $30,000. And as far as Warners was concerned, that was the end of silent pictures.
Funny thing at least to me: just as it was ending, a cropduster flew over the house a few times.Because it is on, North by Northwest
My wife and I were out running errands, and came home to find it was about at the half-way point. I've never seen it, but thought I'd watch a few minutes anyway and wound up watching it until the end. The ending is a little abrupt, but I liked what I saw and wish I'd seen it from the beginning. Oh well, there will surely be another opportunity someday.Because it is on, North by Northwest