Rex harrison dedicated his oscar to two fair ladies. It could have been the biggest rivalry in academy history, but with two of the classiest stars and two beloved musicals. My fair lady, for all its kudos, often seems bloodless and never achieves the heights of the production that ran on the mark hellinger theater stage eight times each week from 1956 through 1962. Their immediate solution was to turn to marni nixon. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. With audrey hepburn, rex harrison, stanley holloway, wilfrid hydewhite. I could have danced all night is a song from the musical my fair lady, with music written by frederick loewe and lyrics by alan jay lerner, published in 1956. At first performance of my fair lady, the drama was. The movie was later adapted into a broadway musical, also featuring. Julie andrews directs my fair lady by stagewhisperstv. Dame julie andrews talks my fair lady, sexism, trump and. Rex harrison, julie andrews my fair lady 1956, vinyl.
The wonderful musical was remastered and digitalized and the sound on this cd is. Celebrating the beloved original, lerner and loewes my fair lady comes to the regent theatre in may. His film costar hepburn presented his award, and as the camera panned several times to his. Yet my fair lady opened improbably, triumphantly, to its first paying audience on that saturday, feb. The original broadway production of my fair lady in 1956 starred julie andrews, a frequent visitor to the hamptons and the mother of one of. Ever since shaw stumbled on the greek myth of pygmalion, the story of eliza doolittles recreation has fascinated huge audiences. The production earned rex harrison a tony award and julie andrews a nomination. Mar 15, 2020 my fair lady premiered on broadway march 15, 1956, at the mark hellinger theatre. Look back at julie andrews and rex harrison in my fair lady. This documentary tells the story of george bernard shaws my fair lady, theatrelands greatest play and musical. Julie andrews sings i could have danced all night on the dinah shore chevy show january 12, 1958. Andrews, rex harrison, and robert coote in my fair lady. The album became a massive seller, topping the charts on the us billboard 200. I had some very serious schadenfreude when julie andrews won the oscar for mary poppins the same year my fair lady came out.
Dame julie andrews got her revenge on producer jack l. Julie andrews on why she wasnt cast in my fair lady the dick. The song is sung by the musicals heroine, eliza doolittle, expressing her exhilaration and excitement after an impromptu dance with her tutor, henry higgins in the small hours of. Jul 15, 2019 julie andrews discusses making her film debut in mary poppins and performing in my fair lady on broadway. The story concerns eliza doolittle, a cockney flower girl who takes speech lessons from professor henry higgins, a phonetician, so that she may pass as a lady. Dame julie andrews talks my fair lady, sexism, trump and the. This film reveals how the story provided a touchstone of social values throughout the 20th century. My fair lady original soundtrack original soundtrack. Why didnt julie andrews star in the movie version of my. Jun 30, 2017 there was one person who didnt understand that decision. Lyndon terracini announced in august 2015 that andrews would direct my fair lady in 2016 for opera australia at the sydney opera house. My fair lady premiered on broadway march 15, 1956, at the mark hellinger theatre.
Snobbish phonetics professor henry higgins agrees to a wager that he can make flower girl eliza doolittle presentable in high society. If they were looking for a movie star with instant name recognition among all the viewing public, their lady would definitely have been audrey hepburn rather julie andrews, especially for those not specifically attuned to musical productions. Aug 11, 2016 the original broadway production of my fair lady in 1956 starred julie andrews, a frequent visitor to the hamptons and the mother of one of the founders of bay street theater, emma walton. Mar 02, 2018 when the producers of my fair lady gave the role of eliza doolittle to audrey hepburn, they faced an issueshe wasnt in the same league as julie andrews as a singer. See more ideas about julie andrews, victor victoria and sound of music. In the case of my fair lady, rex harrrisons vocals and synced image match perfectly as does everyone else. Complete your rex harrison, julie andrews collection. Im not convinced that half the crowd i saw the film with yesterday would have turned out for my fair lady had julie andrews been in the lead role. My fair lady is a 1964 american musical comedydrama film adapted from the 1956 lerner and loewe stage musical based on george bernard shaws 19 stage play, pygmalion. Apr, 2018 yet my fair lady opened improbably, triumphantly, to its first paying audience on that saturday, feb.
With a screenplay by alan jay lerner and directed by george cukor, the film depicts a poor cockney flower seller named eliza doolittle who overhears an arrogant phonetics professor, henry higgins, as he casually wagers that he. The 1964 audrey hepburn movie version of my fair lady is based on the broadway musical starring julie andrews with songs written by. Embarrassingly, by the time the movie opened, mary poppins had made her more than enough of a star to. Also, apparently marni nixon is the one singing in the movie. I was certainly aware of tales about the casting couch.
The loverly sets from the audrey hepburn movie my fair lady. Andrews moved to an even bigger triumph in 1956, when she became the youngest actress ever to play the part of eliza doolittle. Why didnt julie andrews get the part in my fair lady. While audrey hepburn was a great actress, loved her in breakfast at tiffanys, she was miscast in my fair lady. Would julie andrews never have won an oscar at all since so many saw her very atypical oscar win and audreys own lack of a nomination as a way to shame my fair lady, the movie, for not hiring her the ripple possibilities are endless. The 1964 audrey hepburn movie version of my fair lady is based on the broadway musical starring julie andrews with songs written by alan jay lerner and frederick loewe. She remembers hepburn saying to her, julie, you should.
Happy birthday, my fair lady a critic for the new york times once described my fair lady as the perfect musical, and the tale about the gentrification of a young workingclass woman may be just that. Laura benanti on playing her dream role in my fair lady. Dame julie andrews talks my fair lady, sexism, trump and the importance of art julie andrews on the sexism in my fair lady. The play my fair lady, adapted by alan jay lerner book and lyrics and frederick loewe music from the 19 play pygmalion by george bernard shaw, opened on broadway in 1956 and won six tony awards, including best musical. Although this remastered recording from such a long time ago cant compete with todays technique, i wouldnt like to change it to something else as i wanted the original broadway version of my fair lady with lovely julie andrews. My fair lady was a show you gotand still geton first listeningwithout having seen it. Walt offered to delay filming on mary poppins so julie could be in lady.
Jun 15, 2011 i love audrey hepburn and julie andrews but when i searched wouldnt it be loverly all this stuff popped up on youtube. The production, starring harrison as higgins, julie andrews as eliza, and holloway as her father, ran for 2,717 performances, until september 1962. The album became a massive seller, topping the charts on the us billboard 200 for fifteen weeks at different times in 1956 eight. Rex harrison, julie andrews with stanley holloway book and lyrics by alan jay lerner music by frederick loewe my fair lady original broadway cast.
This steelbook release contains the blu ray of the movie plus a region 1 dvd and a blu ray containing a wealth of extra documentaries and features that are most interesting. Despite the casting snub, andrews got a bit of revenge by winning best actress at the 37th academy awards for mary poppins, whereas hepburn wasnt even nominated my fair lady. Dame julie andrews talks my fair lady, sexism, trump and the importance of art julie andrews on the sexism in my fair lady, donald trump and an issue she finds. Despite his initial reservations about hepburn being cast as eliza instead of julie andrews, when rex harrison. Julie andrews on why she wasnt cast in my fair lady. Julie andrews discusses making her film debut in mary poppins and performing in my fair lady on broadway.
Would they have waited and wouldboth films hav won best picture in separate years. Date aired 121071 julie andrews for clip licensing opportunities please visit. The london cast album with the same leads can give you stereo. Julie andrews made her grand return to the ed sullivan theater for the late show friday night, having appeared on the ed sullivan show in 1961 to perform a song from my fair lady. Listen free to julie andrews my fair lady overture, why cant the english. Andrews performed in the theater to acclaim, when lerner and loewe sold the movie rights to warner brothers, jack warner wanted. Compared to hepburn, andrews was a relative unknown. I listened to julies version and it was really nice. Look back at julie andrews and rex harrison in my fair lady on. It was a smash hit from the moment it opened on broadway in 1956, and its adaptation to film in 1964 was advertised as the most eagerly anticipated motion picture since gone with the wind. Sep 19, 2011 in a twist of fate, andrews had been passed over for hepburn for the role of eliza doolittle in my fair lady, the best picture that year. Julie andrews on why she wasnt cast in my fair lady the.
The songs were composed by frederick loewe with lyrics by alan jay lerner and conducted by franz allers, while the cast included stars julie andrews and rex harrison. Julie andrews and rex harrison in my fair lady on broadway. A mere ten days after the opening of my fair lady on broadway, julie andrews, rex harrison and the newly formed cast met columbia records legendary goddard lieberson at studio to make this landmark recording. Inevitably, the original soundtrack to my fair lady is remembered, like the film, for the absence of julie andrews, who starred in the broadway and london stage productions, but was deemed, at least at the time when the casting decision had to be made, not enough of a star to carry the movie. Audrey hepburn couldnt sing, so all the songs were dubbed using marni nixons voice 19302016. Audrey hepburns landing the role of eliza doolittle in warner bros.
In a twist of fate, andrews had been passed over for hepburn for the role of eliza doolittle in my fair lady, the best picture that year. Julie andrews the rain in spain my fair lady youtube. Audrey said to me, you should have done my fair lady, julie but i didnt have the guts to turn it down. This product is an authorized cdr and is manufactured on demand. When the producers of my fair lady gave the role of eliza doolittle to audrey hepburn, they faced an issueshe wasnt in the same league as julie andrews as a singer. Andrews my fair lady broadway costar rex harrison won best actor for the film version of the musical. I noticed though that one song has some flaws and my cd went a bit berserk at one point.
The show went on to break all boxoffice records, in london and new york. The production, starring harrison as higgins, julie andrews as eliza, and holloway as her father, ran for. When sir rex harrison accepted his academy award for this movie, he dedicated it to his two fair ladies, audrey hepburn and dame julie andrews, both of. My fair lady is a musical based on george bernard shaws 19 play pygmalion, with book and lyrics by alan jay lerner and music by frederick loewe. Following a livetv performance of high tor, andrews regaled american audiences in the starmaking role of cockney flower girl eliza doolittle in the 1956 broadway blockbuster my fair lady.
This number is from the musical my fair lady, which julie. Walt disney was working on mary poppins at the same time. I hadnt realized that my fair lady had been on broadway. The production earned rex harrison a tony award and. Julie andrews created eliza doolittle on the original stage version of my fair lady, later she wouldnt be called to play eliza in the movie version, audrey hepburn was the star of the movie. Warner three years later when she wasnt cast as guinevere in the movie version of camelot 1967, a part which she had made her own on broadway. The broadway cast recording of the musical my fair lady was released as an album on april 2, 1956. Fantastic music and words of lerner and loewes musical comedy sensation, my fair lady with the broadway cast singing their roles julie andrews was 20 years old when she became eliza doolittle on broadway.
Julie andrews on the sexism in my fair lady, donald trump and cuts. Together with director moss hart, movie and theatrical star rex harrison and a teenage stage ingenue called julie andrews, they created a classic. I agree that julie andrews may have been the better qualified actress of the two for the role of eliza, but ive gotta tell you. My fair lady academy awardwinning 1964 movie trailer by montrealflickers. Why didnt julie andrews star in the movie version of my fair. My fair lady show me hannah bentivegna mhs play 2015. Andrews recalled a conversation she later had with hepburn. Jul 15, 2000 together with director moss hart, movie and theatrical star rex harrison and a teenage stage ingenue called julie andrews, they created a classic.
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