My fair lady

Resource Information

The work My fair lady represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Spokane Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

My fair lady

Statement of responsibility

Warner Bros. Pictures ; lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner ; music by Frederick Loewe ; screenplay by Alan Jay Lerner ; produced by Jack L. Warner ; directed by George Cukor

Creator

• My fair lady (Motion picture)

Contributor

• Harrison, Rex
• Cukor, George, 1899-1983
• Hepburn, Audrey, 1929-1993
• Holloway, Stanley
• Cooper, Gladys, 1888-1971
• Brett, Jeremy, 1933-1995
• Bikel, Theodore
• Hyde-White, Wilfrid
• Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967)
• Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950

Actor

• Holloway, Stanley
• Cooper, Gladys, 1888-1971
• Hepburn, Audrey, 1929-1993
• Harrison, Rex
• Hyde-White, Wilfrid
• Bikel, Theodore
• Brett, Jeremy, 1933-1995

Director

• Cukor, George, 1899-1983

Singer

• Holloway, Stanley
• Harrison, Rex
• Hyde-White, Wilfrid

Subject

• London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Drama
• Feature films
• London (England) -- Drama
• Academy Awards (Motion pictures)
• City and town life -- England | London -- Drama
• Film adaptations
• Man-woman relationships -- Drama
• Melodramas (Motion pictures)
• Musical films
• Romance films
• Single women -- Drama
• Speech and social status -- Drama
• Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Drama
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Women -- Conduct of life -- Drama
• Women -- Social conditions -- Drama
• Working class -- Drama

Genre

• Drama
• Feature films
• Film adaptations
• Melodramas (Motion pictures)
• Musical films
• Romance films
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Language

• eng
• eng
• eng
• por
• eng

Summary

Arrogant, irascible, and misogynistic professor of phonetics Henry Higgins believes that the accent and tone of one's voice determines a person's prospects in society. He boasts to a new acquaintance, Colonel Hugh Pickering--also an expert in phonetics--that he could teach any woman to speak so "properly" that he could pass her off as a duchess at an embassy ball. He chooses as an example a sassy, young working-class London flower seller from the slums, Eliza Doolittle, who has a strong Cockney accent. Can Higgins turn Eliza into a duchess? And will Eliza care to remain a lady for long? When the humble flower girl blossoms into the toast of London's elite, her teacher may have a lesson or two to learn himself

Awards note

Winner, 1965 Academy Awards for Best Sound--George Groves; Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color--Gene Allen, Cecil Beaton, George James Hopkins; Best Costume Design, Color--Cecil Beaton; Best Cinematography, Color--Harry Stradling Sr.; Best Music, Scoring of Music, Adaptation or Treatment--André Previn; Best Actor in a Leading Role--Rex Harrison; Best Director--George Cukor; Best Picture--Jack L. Warner.

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Director of photography, Harry Stradling ; art director, Gene Allen ; editor, William Ziegler ; set decorator, George James Hopkins ; choreographer, Hermes Pan ; additional music by Frederick Loewe ; vocal arrangements, Robert Tucker ; costumes, scenery, and production designed by Cecil Beaton ; music supervised and conducted by André Previn ; restored by Robert A. Harris and James C. Katz

Dewey number

791.43/72

Intended audience

MPAA rating: Rated G; Canadian Home Video rating: PG

Language note

In English dialogue with optional subtitles in Brazilian Portuguese; closed captioned

PerformerNote

Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison, Stanley Holloway, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Gladys Cooper, Jeremy Brett, Theodore Bikel, Mona Washbourne, Isobel Elsom, John Holland

Runtime

172

Target audience

adult

Technique

live action