An impromptu fashion shoot at a book store brings about a new fashion model discovery in the shop clerk.An impromptu fashion shoot at a book store brings about a new fashion model discovery in the shop clerk.An impromptu fashion shoot at a book store brings about a new fashion model discovery in the shop clerk.
- Nominated for 4 Oscars
- 2 wins & 10 nominations total
Heather Ames
- Junior Editor
- (uncredited)
Fern Barry
- Southern Wife
- (uncredited)
Brandon Beach
- Fashion Show Guest
- (uncredited)
Paul Bisciglia
- Photographer
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- Leonard Gershe
- Claude-Jean Bonnardot(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
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Did you know
- TriviaBaroness Ella Van Heemstra: a sidewalk café patron. In real life, she is Audrey Hepburn's mother.
- GoofsAfter Dick kisses Jo and leaves the bookstore, Jo begins to sing "How Long Has This Been Going On". As she sings to herself while looking at the mirror in the supposedly empty bookstore, someone is reflected in the mirror moving around on the second floor of the bookstore.
- Quotes
Dick Avery: When I get through with you, you'll look like... What do you call beautiful? A tree. You'll look like a tree.
- Alternate versionsKay Thompson is shown singing "do some window shopping in the Rue de la Paix" in pouring rain, carrying an open umbrella. The version shown in the final film was shot in brilliant sunshine with the umbrella left closed!
- ConnectionsEdited into Chop Suey (2001)
- SoundtracksOverture: Funny Face/'S Wonderful/Think Pink!
(uncredited)
Lyrics by Ira Gershwin
Music by George Gershwin
Performed by Fred Astaire
Featured review
S'wonderful indeed!
I recently saw "Funny Face" and I was just enchanted from start to finish. This beautiful, sublime, light-hearted musical pairs the incomparable Fred Astaire and Audrey Hepburn. It was the perfect vehicle for Hepburn, and in my humble opinion, "Funny Face" ties with "The Band Wagon" as the best Fred Astaire musical of the 50's.
"Funny Face" tells the story of Jo Stockton (Hepburn) a deep and outspoken Beatnik bookseller, and Dick Avery (Astaire), a raffish but compassionate photographer for "Quality" magazine. "Quality" is run by its hilariously vapid editor, Maggie Presscott (Kay Thompson, a real scene stealer). After some unusual circumstances, Dick convinces the waifish Jo that she has model potential and should go to Paris with him. The plot is sometimes a moot point as soon as they get there, but what happens after that is song, dance, great clothes, and a beautiful romantic song and dance with Audrey and Fred on a grassy knoll. There's also a rather famous scene with Audrey descending a flight of stairs in a gorgeous red strapless dress with white gloves.
I've seen a lot of criticism for "Funny Face", and I disagree that it's shallow and anti-intellectual. What separates this movie from, say, "She's All That" is that Jo only goes to Paris as a "means to an end" for modelling, which Jo is vehemently against. She never compromises who she is, and doesn't officially fall for Dick until much later, so romance is never a motive for anything. Also, Dick admires Jo's inner beauty, even before she becomes a stunner. They are much more likable and romantic leads than in most "makeover" movies. Please don't over-analyze "Funny Face", just sit back and let yourself be spellbound. Trust me, "s'wonderful"!!
"Funny Face" tells the story of Jo Stockton (Hepburn) a deep and outspoken Beatnik bookseller, and Dick Avery (Astaire), a raffish but compassionate photographer for "Quality" magazine. "Quality" is run by its hilariously vapid editor, Maggie Presscott (Kay Thompson, a real scene stealer). After some unusual circumstances, Dick convinces the waifish Jo that she has model potential and should go to Paris with him. The plot is sometimes a moot point as soon as they get there, but what happens after that is song, dance, great clothes, and a beautiful romantic song and dance with Audrey and Fred on a grassy knoll. There's also a rather famous scene with Audrey descending a flight of stairs in a gorgeous red strapless dress with white gloves.
I've seen a lot of criticism for "Funny Face", and I disagree that it's shallow and anti-intellectual. What separates this movie from, say, "She's All That" is that Jo only goes to Paris as a "means to an end" for modelling, which Jo is vehemently against. She never compromises who she is, and doesn't officially fall for Dick until much later, so romance is never a motive for anything. Also, Dick admires Jo's inner beauty, even before she becomes a stunner. They are much more likable and romantic leads than in most "makeover" movies. Please don't over-analyze "Funny Face", just sit back and let yourself be spellbound. Trust me, "s'wonderful"!!
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- Also known as
- Ein süßer Fratz
- Filming locations
- Château de la reine blanche, Coye-la-Forêt, Oise, France(wedding dress photo shoot, Dick's marriage proposal)
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- $3,000,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 43 minutes
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- 1.85 : 1
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