A FILM TO REMEMBER: “MY FAIR LADY” (1964)

Photograph of film poster with a display of scene images from “My Fair Lady”.

Before I get into this, I want to make mention “A FILM TO REMEMBER” will be a series about films that have reached a milestone anniversary since their origin in being culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant. The articles will contain the film’s plot outline, director, cast, a compilation of trivialities, various photos, movie trailer, critical reception and more. So, let’s start:

We are here to mark the celebration of the 55th Anniversary of George Cukor’s “My Fair Lady”. Let’s take an inside look at the film:

PLOT OUTLINE:

A snobbish phonetics professor agrees to a wager that he can take a flower girl and make her presentable in high society.

Still image of filmmaker George Cukor.

STUDIO:

Warner Bros. Pictures

DIRECTOR:

George Cukor

CAST:

• Audrey Hepburn … Eliza Doolittle
• Rex Harrison … Professor Henry Higgins
• Stanley Holloway … Alfred P. Doolittle
• Wilfrid Hyde-White … Colonel Hugh Pickering