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My Fair Lady
My fair lady poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster by Bill Gold,
original illustration by Bob Peak
Directed by George Cukor
Produced by Jack Warner
Written by Alan Jay Lerner
George Bernard Shaw
Starring Audrey Hepburn
Rex Harrison
Stanley Holloway
Wilfrid Hyde-White
Gladys Cooper
Jeremy Brett
Music by Frederick Loewe (Music)
Alan Jay Lerner (Lyrics)
Cinematography Harry Stradling
Editing by William H. Ziegler
Distributed by Warner Bros. (Original)
Hollywood Classics
CBS Productions (current, under Paramount Pictures and CBS)
Release date(s) October 21, 1964 (1964-10-21)
Running time 170 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $17 million
Money made $72,000,000

My Fair Lady is a famous American musical movie from 1964. It's based on a popular stage musical of the same name, which itself was inspired by an old play called Pygmalion. The movie tells the story of a clever professor who tries to transform a simple flower girl into a refined lady. It won many big awards, including the Best Picture Oscar!

Discovering My Fair Lady

What is My Fair Lady About?

The movie's main character is Professor Henry Higgins. He is an expert in phonetics, which is the study of how people make speech sounds. Professor Higgins makes a big bet. He believes he can take a simple flower girl named Eliza Doolittle and teach her to speak like a high-society lady.

Eliza Doolittle is played by the famous actress Audrey Hepburn. Professor Higgins is played by Rex Harrison. The story follows their journey as Eliza learns new ways of speaking and behaving. It shows how language can change how people see you.

Who Was Cast in the Movie?

Harry Stradling-Audrey Hepburn in My Fair Lady
Cinematographer Harry Stradling poses with Audrey Hepburn as Eliza Doolittle on the set of the film

For the movie, Audrey Hepburn was chosen to play Eliza Doolittle. She was already a very well-known movie star. However, in the original stage musical, Eliza was played by Julie Andrews.

The head of Warner Bros., Jack Warner, wanted a big star for the movie. He thought Audrey Hepburn would make the movie more successful. Julie Andrews had not been in many movies yet. Interestingly, Julie Andrews starred in Disney's Mary Poppins in the same year. She even won the Best Actress Academy Award for Mary Poppins, while Audrey Hepburn was nominated for My Fair Lady.

Awards and Recognition

My Fair Lady was a huge success! It won eight Oscars. These are some of the most important awards in movies. The awards it won include:

The movie is still loved today for its music, acting, and beautiful costumes.

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