In 1910s London, snobbish phonetics professor Henry Higgins agrees to a wager that he can make crude flower girl Eliza Doolittle presentable in high society.In 1910s London, snobbish phonetics professor Henry Higgins agrees to a wager that he can make crude flower girl Eliza Doolittle presentable in high society.In 1910s London, snobbish phonetics professor Henry Higgins agrees to a wager that he can make crude flower girl Eliza Doolittle presentable in high society.
- Director
- Writers
- Alan Jay Lerner(book of musical play)
- George Bernard Shaw(from a play by)
- Stars
Top credits
- Director
- Writers
- Alan Jay Lerner(book of musical play)
- George Bernard Shaw(from a play by)
- Stars
- Won 8 Oscars
- 25 wins & 13 nominations total
Videos8
Elizabeth Aimers
- Cockneyas Cockney
- (uncredited)
Helen Albrecht
- Ascot Extraas Ascot Extra
- (uncredited)
Mary Alexander
- Cockneyas Cockney
- (uncredited)
LaWana Backer
- Ad Lib at Churchas Ad Lib at Church
- (uncredited)
Walter Bacon
- Ball Guestas Ball Guest
- (uncredited)
Al Bain
- Cockneyas Cockney
- (uncredited)
Frank Baker
- Gentlemanas Gentleman
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- Alan Jay Lerner(book of musical play) (screenplay)
- George Bernard Shaw(from a play by)
- All cast & crew
- See more cast details at IMDbPro
Storyline
Pompous phonetics Professor Henry Higgins (Sir Rex Harrison) is so sure of his abilities that he takes it upon himself to transform a Cockney working-class girl into someone who can pass for a cultured member of high society. His subject turns out to be the lovely Eliza Doolittle (Audrey Hepburn), who agrees to speech lessons to improve her job prospects. Higgins and Eliza clash, then form an unlikely bond, one that is threatened by aristocratic suitor Freddy Eynsford-Hill (Jeremy Brett). —Jwelch5742
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- The loverliest motion picture of them all!
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- Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
- G
- Parents guide
Did you know
- TriviaWhen Audrey Hepburn (Eliza Doolittle) was first informed that her voice wasn't strong enough and that she would have to be dubbed, she walked out. She returned the next day and, in a typically graceful Hepburn gesture, apologized to everybody for her "wicked behavior."
- GoofsWhen Prof. Higgins sings "An Ordinary Man" he turns on several phonographs, seconds later he turns off one of them but all of the sounds stop.
- Quotes
Eliza Doolittle: The difference between a lady and a flower girl is not how she behaves, but how she is treated.
- Crazy creditsIn the posters, playbills and the original cast album for the stage version of "My Fair Lady", the credits always read "based on Bernard Shaw's 'Pygmalion' ", letting the audience know what play "My Fair Lady" was actually adapted from. The movie credits simply read "from a play by Bernard Shaw".
- Alternate versionsIn the remastered version of the film, some of the scene changes are changed from sudden cuts to wipe outs, as they probably were when the film was released. When CBS Fox released it on video originally, they were changed to sudden cuts.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Ed Sullivan Show: Episode #18.17 (1965)
- SoundtracksWhy Can't the English?
(1956) (uncredited)
Music by Frederick Loewe
Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner
Performed by Rex Harrison, Wilfrid Hyde-White, and Audrey Hepburn
Top review
The difference between a lady and a flower girl is not how she behaves, but how she is treated.
Upper crust phonetics Professor Henry Higgins (Rex Harrison) agrees to a wager that he can make brash London speaking flower girl Eliza Doolittle (Audrey Hepburn) presentable in high society.
Lerner and Loewe's Broadway version of George Bernard Shaw's play "Pygmalion" comes to the big screen and is an utter joy. A winner of 8 well deserved Oscars, pic boasts top line performances, songs that either gladden or melt the heart, gorgeous costumes (Cecil Beaton) and in director George Cukor the venture had a man who knew how to blend together the theatrical with the core basics of human interactions.
Julie Andrews had played Eliza Doolittle on the stage and it was something of a sore point to many that Hepburn got the gig for this filmic version. It really doesn't matter, Andrews went off and made another ode to joy in "Mary Poppins", while here Hepburn (dubbed by the wonderful Marni Nixon for the musical numbers) absolutely lights up the screen by being funny, heart warming and simply gorgeous in equal measures.
Not for everyone of course, it asks for a lot of patience since it runs at 170 minutes, while some back story issues (which I care not a jot to write about) irk others. Yet to me this is never one where I find myself looking at the clock, I'm too busy tapping my feet and being beguiled by it all. If you buy into it the first time you ever watch it? then you will find it's a love that lasts forever. Bloomin Loverly! 9/10
Lerner and Loewe's Broadway version of George Bernard Shaw's play "Pygmalion" comes to the big screen and is an utter joy. A winner of 8 well deserved Oscars, pic boasts top line performances, songs that either gladden or melt the heart, gorgeous costumes (Cecil Beaton) and in director George Cukor the venture had a man who knew how to blend together the theatrical with the core basics of human interactions.
Julie Andrews had played Eliza Doolittle on the stage and it was something of a sore point to many that Hepburn got the gig for this filmic version. It really doesn't matter, Andrews went off and made another ode to joy in "Mary Poppins", while here Hepburn (dubbed by the wonderful Marni Nixon for the musical numbers) absolutely lights up the screen by being funny, heart warming and simply gorgeous in equal measures.
Not for everyone of course, it asks for a lot of patience since it runs at 170 minutes, while some back story issues (which I care not a jot to write about) irk others. Yet to me this is never one where I find myself looking at the clock, I'm too busy tapping my feet and being beguiled by it all. If you buy into it the first time you ever watch it? then you will find it's a love that lasts forever. Bloomin Loverly! 9/10
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- Jan 5, 2020
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- Moja draga dama
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- Budget
- $17,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $72,560,711
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $354,764
- Feb 17, 2019
- Gross worldwide
- $72,632,653
- Runtime2 hours 50 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.20 : 1
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