In 1910s London, snobbish phonetics professor Henry Higgins agrees to a wager that he can make a crude flower girl, Eliza Doolittle, presentable in high society.In 1910s London, snobbish phonetics professor Henry Higgins agrees to a wager that he can make a crude flower girl, Eliza Doolittle, presentable in high society.In 1910s London, snobbish phonetics professor Henry Higgins agrees to a wager that he can make a crude flower girl, Eliza Doolittle, presentable in high society.
- Won 8 Oscars
- 26 wins & 13 nominations total
Elizabeth Aimers
- Cockney
- (uncredited)
Helen Albrecht
- Ascot Extra
- (uncredited)
John Alderson
- Jamie - Doolittle's crony
- (uncredited)
Mary Alexander
- Cockney
- (uncredited)
Gertrude Astor
- Cockney
- (uncredited)
LaWana Backer
- Ad Lib at Church
- (uncredited)
Walter Bacon
- Ball Guest
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaCostume designer Cecil Beaton created 1,500 costumes for this movie, with the exception of the pearl white gown Hepburn wears to the Embassy Ball, an original Edwardian specimen Beaton found in an antique shop.
- GoofsWhen Prof. Higgins sings "An Ordinary Man" he turns on several phonographs, seconds later he turns off one of them but all of the sounds stop.
- Quotes
Eliza Doolittle: The difference between a lady and a flower girl is not how she behaves, but how she is treated.
- Crazy creditsIn the posters, playbills and the original cast album for the stage version of "My Fair Lady", the credits always read "based on Bernard Shaw's 'Pygmalion' ", letting the audience know what play "My Fair Lady" was actually adapted from. The movie credits simply read "from a play by Bernard Shaw".
- Alternate versionsIn the remastered version of the film, some of the scene changes are changed from sudden cuts to wipe outs, as they probably were when the film was released. When CBS Fox released it on video originally, they were changed to sudden cuts.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Ed Sullivan Show: Episode #18.17 (1965)
- SoundtracksWhy Can't the English?
(1956) (uncredited)
Music by Frederick Loewe
Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner
Performed by Rex Harrison, Wilfrid Hyde-White, and Audrey Hepburn
Featured review
I have read in a great many places (including the IMDb) that Henry Higgins is a misogynist. It has also been said that the film is a misogynist's fairy tale. Anyone saying this has clearly not watched this film too closely.
First, Higgins is not a misogynist. A misogynist hates women. What Higgins is, in reality, is a misanthrope. A misanthrope basically dislikes and distrusts everyone! Watch the film and you'll notice that Higgins treats everyone with the same disregard-Col. Pickering, Eliza's father, his own mother-everyone receives his rather cynical disdain. Some of the minor characters come off being treated worse than the principals do. It's simply more noticeable with Eliza because it's more frequent, it's newer with Eliza because the other principal characters have known Higgins longer and thus take it in stride. The myth that Higgins is a misogynist is perpetuated by the song, "Why Can't A Woman Be More Like a Man?".
Second, it can hardly be called a misogynist's fairy tale. If that were the case, I doubt Alfred Doolittle would have cause to sing, "Get Me To the Church On Time", as he'd hardly be getting married. His life is just as "ruined" as Eliza's by his encounters with Higgins, just as altered as her life has been.
This is a great musical, a good movie and it was even better as the original play by Shaw. Well worth seeing. Recommended.
First, Higgins is not a misogynist. A misogynist hates women. What Higgins is, in reality, is a misanthrope. A misanthrope basically dislikes and distrusts everyone! Watch the film and you'll notice that Higgins treats everyone with the same disregard-Col. Pickering, Eliza's father, his own mother-everyone receives his rather cynical disdain. Some of the minor characters come off being treated worse than the principals do. It's simply more noticeable with Eliza because it's more frequent, it's newer with Eliza because the other principal characters have known Higgins longer and thus take it in stride. The myth that Higgins is a misogynist is perpetuated by the song, "Why Can't A Woman Be More Like a Man?".
Second, it can hardly be called a misogynist's fairy tale. If that were the case, I doubt Alfred Doolittle would have cause to sing, "Get Me To the Church On Time", as he'd hardly be getting married. His life is just as "ruined" as Eliza's by his encounters with Higgins, just as altered as her life has been.
This is a great musical, a good movie and it was even better as the original play by Shaw. Well worth seeing. Recommended.
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- Language
- Also known as
- Moja draga dama
- Filming locations
- Stage 16, Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA(Ascot & Ballroom scenes)
- Production company
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $17,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $72,560,711
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $354,764
- Feb 17, 2019
- Gross worldwide
- $72,684,726
- Runtime2 hours 50 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.20 : 1
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