'Carole Lombard' had a habit of inserting swear words into the dialogue and had re-film several scenes due to this.
"Academy Award Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on October 2, 1946 with William Powell reprising his film role.
Mischa Auer's character Carlo repeatedly sings "Ochi Chornya" in this movie. Nine years later in And Then There Were None his character Prince Nikita Starloff begins playing the first few notes of "Ochi Chornya" on the piano before meeting his demise.
William Powell suggested his ex-wife Carole Lombard for the leading role with the explanation that his real life romance with Lombard had been much the same as it was for the characters of Godfrey and Irene.
Jane Wyman has an uncredited role.
A stand-in (Chick Collins) was used when William Powell carries Carole Lombard over his shoulder up the stairs to her bedroom.
Although stars William Powell and Carole Lombard had been divorced for three years by the time they made this, when offered the part Powell declared that the only actress right for the part of Irene was Lombard.
Based on the book '1101 Park Avenue' by Eric Hatch.
In 2002 the film was remastered and restored and effectively colorized for the first time.
Premiere voted this movie as one of "The 50 Greatest Comedies Of All Time" in 2006.
Set around and filmed during the Great Depression.
The Character of Irene Bullock is in her late teens; 'Carole Lombard' in actuality was 28.
This is the only movie to ever get Oscar nominations for writing, directing and all four acting awards without being nominated for Best Picture. It's also the only movie to ever get those six nominations and lose them all.
This was the first film to ever receive four acting nominations at the Academy Awards, and it did so in the year that the supporting categories were introduced.
Was selected for preservation by the national film registry in 1999, being referred to as culturally significant by the United States Library of Congress.
When "My Man Godfrey" was adapted and broadcast as an episode of the Lux Radio Theater on May 9, 1938, David Niven portrayed Tommy Gray. Niven would later star in the remake, My Man Godfrey.
When William Powell and director Gregory La Cava had a disagreement over how Godfrey should be played, they talked it out over a bottle of Scotch in Powell's dressing room. The next day, LaCava returned to the movie set with a major headache, but Powell was not there. The director received a telegram from his star: "WE MAY HAVE FOUND GODFREY LAST NIGHT BUT WE LOST POWELL. SEE YOU TOMORROW."