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Title: My Fair Lady (1964)
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| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Audrey Hepburn | ... | Eliza Doolittle | |
| Rex Harrison | ... | Professor Henry Higgins | |
| Stanley Holloway | ... | Alfred P. Doolittle | |
| Wilfrid Hyde-White | ... | Colonel Hugh Pickering | |
| Gladys Cooper | ... | Mrs. Higgins | |
| Jeremy Brett | ... | Freddy Eynsford-Hill | |
| Theodore Bikel | ... | Zoltan Karpathy | |
| Mona Washbourne | ... | Mrs. Pearce | |
| Isobel Elsom | ... | Mrs. Eynsford-Hill | |
| John Holland | ... | Butler | |
Pompous phonetics professor Henry Higgins 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, who agrees to speech lessons to improve her job prospects. Higgins and Eliza clash, then form an unlikely bond -- one that is threatened by an aristocratic suitor. Written by Jwelch5742
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During the first two hours of this movie, I had thought that it was the greatest musical ever brought to film. It's only during the last hour that it begins to languish and plod. If the first two hours are a solid 10/10, then the last hour is about a 4/10. It brings the average to about 8/10, which is exactly what I gave the movie, but it's fun to think about how great the movie could have been had the producers decided to find a better ending to an otherwise superb story.
It goes to show that film is a tricky medium, and regardless of how great musicals can be, live action simply isn't as interesting when it's recorded. 'My Fair Lady' could have used a bit of trimming, especially in Stanley Holloway's pieces, WITH A BIT OF LUCK and GET ME TO THE CHURCH ON TIME. Although they may have been spectacular to see on stage, movie audiences will yearn to see more about Eliza and wonder why the director spends so much time on her father.
On the brighter side, I believe that I have never seen Audrey Hepburn in a more perfect role. Eliza Doolittle is a lot like she, in their rise from poverty. And watching Audrey is like being invited to see a person shine in their most perfect niche. She isn't gorgeous in a modern sense, but even a decade after her death, her image still carries that immortal appeal. Some critics call it the "it" factor. We don't know what "it" is but we know it's there.
Billy Wilder once said, "God kissed her face, and there she was." For me, I just like her smile, and my smile when I watch her exuberance in one of the defining roles in her career.