RC-1155

My Fair Lady

In London, Professor Henry Higgins, a scholar of phonetics, believes that the accent and tone of one's voice determines a person's prospects in society ("Why Can't the English?"). At Covent Garden one evening, he meets Colonel Hugh Pickering, himself a phonetics expert who had come all the way from India to see him. Higgins boasts he could teach anyone to speak so well he could pass them off as a duke or duchess at an embassy Ball (dance), even the young woman with a strong Cockney accent named Eliza Doolittle who tries to Flower seller. Eliza's ambition is to work in a flower shop, but her accent makes that impossible ("Wouldn't It Be Loverly"). The following morning, Eliza shows up at Higgins' home, seeking lessons. Pickering is intrigued and offers to cover all the attendant expenses if Higgins succeeds. Higgins agrees, and describes how women ruin lives ("I'm an Ordinary Man").

Director

George Cukor

Screenplay

Alan Jay Lerner · George Bernard Shaw

Cast

Audrey Hepburn · Rex Harrison · Stanley Holloway · Wilfrid Hyde-White · Gladys Cooper

Genre

Drama

Runtime

171 min

Country

United States

Music

Frederick Loewe

Cinematography

Harry Stradling

Awards

Óscar a la mejor película · Silver nugget for the best foreign film · Óscar al mejor actor

Based on

My Fair Lady · Pigmalión

Rating

NR (USA)

Studio

Warner Bros. Pictures

Budget

17,000,000 $

Box office

72,000,000 $

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