WATCH ALONG: My Fair Lady
Added 2026-02-23 21:47:16 +0000 UTC
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Ashleigh The Sound of Music has better songs because it was made by Rogers and Hammerstein! They are song writters and make the best musicals!
Harry S
2026-03-02 19:37:43 +0000 UTCNow you MUST see “Roman Holiday” with Audrey and Gregory Peck from 1953 where she sings,in her own voice, the Oscar winning song “Moon River”.
Richard Stegman Jr.
2026-02-26 19:55:51 +0000 UTCThrowing the cabbage in Wouldn’t It Be Loverly is a direct response to Higgins calling Eliza a “squashed cabbage leaf” earlier in the scene. But i agree; a huge waste… especially since she started this thing off by her flowers getting crushed and ruined in the same street.
Matthew Wyss
2026-02-25 15:52:54 +0000 UTCThanks for all this great detail! I want to say that it isn't so much that Audrey couldn't sing as much as she wasn't trained as a singer, and definitely wasn't a soprano. Here's a YT video comparing Nixon with Hepburn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XalUuhkg-Fg. I would say that, though Nixon was definitely the more beautiful voice, and the more technically correct one, that Audrey held the tune and kept the character, adapting certain moments to compensate for lack of high notes. I agree the voice isn't right for the role, but I wouldn't say she couldn't sing.
Maria Torres
2026-02-24 12:48:46 +0000 UTCAudrey Hepburn’s singing was dubbed by Marni Nixon, who voiced in many famous musical films. Julie Andrews played Eliza Doolittle on stage with Rex Harrison. But the director didn’t have confidence in Julie on film as she had never been in a movie before and Audrey Hepburn was a huge star (even though Julie could sing and Audrey couldn’t). That freed Julie up so Walt Disney hired her for “Mary Poppins”. Julie won the Best Actress Oscar that year against Audrey Hepburn and in Julie’s acceptance speech she thanked the director of “My Fair Lady” because if he hadn’t have turned her down, she wouldn’t have won. “Tuppence” means two pence or two pennies. “Not a brass farthing” is like us saying “Not a penny” when somebody asks if you have any money for them. A farthing was a coin worth 1/4 of a penny.
Susan Holly
2026-02-24 03:23:11 +0000 UTCI grew up on many of the songs from this musical - they were played on our radio station, so I knew them very well by the time this movie was available to us. The musical has great bones: it's based on a play, "Pymalion", by the great playwright George Bernard Shaw, who was a notable comedic and satiric commentator on society, class, and other points of life. I confess he isn't a favorite of mine, partly because I take issue with his "Caesar and Cleopatra" and also his Joan of Arc play, "Saint Joan", but that doesn't detract from my understanding that he is, indeed, great. The costumes were by Cecil Beaton - remember that name! He did some class work, notably in "Gigi" among others. Some pick ups - no, she hadn't had a bath before - she says so as she's taken upstairs by Mrs. Pickering. A brass farthing is a coin, and what's going on is that Dolittle wants to mooch some money and he's being told no, not even that little. Some magnificent actors alongside Hepburn here: Dad is played by the wonderful, charming, roguish Stanley Holloway, and yes, his particular roving charm makes the character of this very bad person quite captivating. Gladys Cooper is mom, and this movie was my intro to her. Cooper specialized in nasty, vicious, often cold-blooded spinsters and widows who make life impossible for the heroine. Catch her with Bette Davis in "Now, Voyager", oh, she is magnificent! But here, she is a strong, outspoken lady and a friend. Hepburn could carry a tune but her singing was untrained compared to Andrews. She studied hard to get the notes and there are YT videos showing the result. She captures the emotion, but cannot get the high notes, or sustain long ones. Without her knowledge, she was dubbed by Marni Nixon. Therefore, the producer and other powers behind the scenes did an injustice to her, to Nixon and to Andrews, who wasn't going to be cast even though she had originated the role on stage. People did their best to make a feud between Andrews and Hepburn, but both were too intelligent and ladylike to surrender to that nonsense.
Maria Torres
2026-02-24 02:07:32 +0000 UTCI'm such a musical theater nerd and I love this movie. I haven't watched it in ages and I'm still not 100% sure this is a love story. I kind of agree that he might be her best gay friend haha. Just that old tale of a girl who has a crush on a man to find out she's not his type (a man) lmao! I really really really hope you watch Moulin Rouge (2001) at some point even if it doesn't win on the poll. It's so so so good. Thanks for the musicals!
Izanne
2026-02-24 01:48:30 +0000 UTCGives a whole new meaning to live stream
Darren Rahaman
2026-02-23 23:20:21 +0000 UTC
