In this beloved musical, pompous phonetics professor Henry Higgins (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 an aristocratic suitor (Jeremy Brett). The musical was based on George Bernard Shaw’s 1912 play, _Pygmalion_.
“My Fair Lady” is the best and most unlikely of musicals, during which I cannot decide if I am happier when the characters are talking or when they are singing. The songs are literate and beloved; some romantic, some comic, some nonsense, some surprisingly philosophical, every single one wonderful. – Roger Ebert
They’ve made a superlative film from the musical stage show “My Fair Lady”—a film that enchantingly conveys the rich endowments of the famous stage production in a fresh and flowing cinematic form. Though it runs for three hours — or close to it — this “My Fair Lady” seems to fly past like a breeze. Like Eliza’s disposition to dancing, it could go on, for all I’d care, all night. – NYT
Starring Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison, Stanley Holloway, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Gladys Cooper.