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Butler | Screwball Comedy
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Best Actor Comedy or Musical | 1958 | David
The lead role was originally set to be played by then-German superstar O.W. Fischer, but he was fired after 16 days of filming. The official reason was "unbridgeable differences" between him and the director. Fischer later declared that the actual reason was his loss of memory during shooting, which was kept a secret.
Because the film was originally intended to be the first starring vehicle in the US for the German actor O.W. Fischer, the character of 'Godfrey' was changed to an Austrian. Bewilderingly, this change was retained even after Fischer was dropped from the film and replaced by the ultra-British David Niven. Niven made no attempt to alter his usual accent in the role.
A remake of the 1936 film starring William Powell and Carole Lombard in her only Oscar-nominated performance.
Novelist and screenwriter Eric Hatch, author of the original story '1101 Park Avenue' (1935), also wrote the book 'The Year of the Horse' (Crown; 1st edition, 1965), which was adapted as the Disney comedy 'The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit (1968)'.
Jessie Royce Landis (Angelica Bullock, Irene's mother) remains perhaps best-known for her other mother roles in the Alfred Hitchcock films 'To Catch a Thief (1955)' and 'North by Northwest (1959)'.
"Molly: Our turnover in butlers, dear, is so fast, why, I've known 'em to come through that door, pick up a tray, go through *that* door, get fired, and keep going right throught the front door. Time lapse two-and-a-half minutes. Godfrey: On one's first day, a word of encouragement is always welcome."
"Francesca: I found out exactly the dress she was going to wear, and I had it copied. Then, I walked right up to their table and I said to the girl I considered it an insult to *her* that they sold *me* the same dress, and I would take it right off! She would just have to say the word. Guest #1: Did she? Francesca: No, but he did. Guest #2: And? Francesca: And so I took it off! Guest #3: In front of everybody? Francesca: Of course! The prince and I have been close friends ever since."
