Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Ihe nkiri mbụ Lombard nke 1936 bụ "Love Before Breakfast", nke Gehring kọwara dị ka ""The Taming of the Shrew", screwball style". Na William K. Howard's "The Princess Comes Across", ihe ọchị nke abụọ ya na MacMurray, ọ rụrụ ọrụ dị ka onye na-eme ihe nkiri nke na-emeri nkwekọrịta ihe nkiri site na ịkpa agwa dị ka adaeze Sweden. A na-ahụta ihe ngosi ahụ dị ka ịkwa emo nke Greta Garbo, ndị nkatọ toro ya nke ukwuu. Ihe ịga nke ọma Lombard gara n'ihu ka Universal Studios kpọbatara ya ka ọ kpọọ ihe nkiri "My Man Godfrey" (1936). William Powell, onye na-egwu Godfrey nke aha ya bụ Godfrey, siri ọnwụ na a ga-ahọpụta ya dị ka onye isi nwanyị; n'agbanyeghị ịgba alụkwaghịm ha, ha abụọ ka bụ enyi na Powell chere na ọ ga-adị mma na ọrụ Irene, onye nketa na-echefu echefu nke na-eji "nwoke echefu" dị ka onye na-elekọta ezinụlọ. Gregory LaCava duziri ihe nkiri ahụ, onye maara Lombard n'onwe ya ma nye ya ndụmọdụ ka ọ dọta na "ọdịdị ya" maka ọrụ ahụ. Ọ rụsiri ọrụ ike n'ihe ngosi ahụ, karịsịa n'ịchọta okwu ihu kwesịrị ekwesị maka Irene. "My Man Godfrey" bụ nke a nabatara nke ọma ma bụrụkwa nke a na-emefu ego na ya. O nwetara ntuliaka isii na
9th Academy Awards, gụnyere Lombard maka Best Actress. Ndị na-ede akụkọ ndụ ya na-ekwu na ọ bụ ya bụ ihe ngosi ya kachasị mma, Frederick Ott na-ekwukwa na ọ "mere ka o doo anya na [ya] bụ onye na-eme ihe ọchị nke mbụ".