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* NiceToTheWaiter: Eliza realizes the true reason that Higgins continues looking down on her even after becoming sophisticated is that he only sees her as a lowly flower girl.
-->'''Eliza:''' The difference between a lady and a flower girl is not how she behaves, but how she is treated.
-->'''Eliza:''' The difference between a lady and a flower girl is not how she behaves, but how she is treated.
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* APupilOfMineUntilHeTurnedToEvil: It seems Higgin's contempt for his pupil lies in the fact that he abandoned academia; Zoltan uses his linguistics abilities "more to blackmail and swindle than teach."
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* APupilOfMineUntilHeTurnedToEvil: It seems Higgin's Higgins' contempt for his pupil lies in the fact that he abandoned academia; Zoltan uses his linguistics abilities "more to blackmail and swindle than teach."
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My Fair Lady is a 1964 musical film from WarnerBros, adapted from the popular play by the same name. It was directed by Creator/GeorgeCukor and stars Creator/AudreyHepburn as Eliza Doolittle and RexHarrison as Henry Higgins. The film was very well received, winning 8 {{Academy Award}}s and follows Eliza's transformation from a poor Cockney flower seller to a proper lady as she takes speech lessons from arrogant Professor Higgins.
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My Fair Lady is a 1964 musical film from WarnerBros, adapted from [[Theatre/MyFairLady the popular play play]] by the same name. It was directed by Creator/GeorgeCukor and stars Creator/AudreyHepburn as Eliza Doolittle and RexHarrison as Henry Higgins. The film was very well received, winning 8 {{Academy Award}}s and follows Eliza's transformation from a poor Cockney flower seller to a proper lady as she takes speech lessons from arrogant Professor Higgins.
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Things start to go south after the ball when, instead of congratulating Eliza and including her in the celebration, Higgins ignores her in favor of patting himself on the back. This is a huge blow to Eliza, who had come to think of Higgins as a friend. Worried that she won't be able to make a living now that he has no use for her, she has an argument with Higgins and then leaves to find her own way in the world. Meanwhile, Higgins is angry and coufused by her outburst and by his own feelings for her. The rest of the film involves them figuring out what to do with their lives and whether or not to maintain their relationship now that the experiment is over. Whether or not it works out in the end is ambiguous.
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Things start to go south after the ball when, instead of congratulating Eliza and including her in the celebration, Higgins ignores her in favor of patting himself on the back. This is a huge blow to Eliza, who had come to think of Higgins as a friend. Worried that she won't be able to make a living now that he has no use for her, she has an argument with Higgins and then leaves before leaving to find her own way in the world. Meanwhile, Higgins is angry and coufused by her outburst and by his own feelings for her. The rest of the film involves them figuring out what to do with their lives and whether or not to maintain their relationship now that the experiment is over. Whether or not it works out in the end is ambiguous.
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Things start to go south after the ball when, instead of congratulating Eliza and including her in their the celebration, Higgins ignores her in favor of patting himself on the back. This is a huge blow to Eliza, who had come to think of Higgins as a friend. Worried that she won't be able to make a living now that he has no use for her, she has an argument with Higgins and then leaves to find her own way in the world. Meanwhile, Higgins is angry and coufused by her outburst and by his own feelings for her. The rest of the film involves them figuring out what to do with their lives and whether or not to maintain their relationship now that the experiment is over. Whether or not it works out in the end is ambiguous.
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The embarrassing incident at Ascot prompts Colonel Pickering to advise Higgins to quit and give up the bet. However, Higgins continues with the lessons and the three attend the Embassy Ball as originally planned. Another slip-up like at Ascot would mean embarrassment in front of some of Europe's most influential people including the Queen and Prince of Transylvania. To add to the tension, Zoltan Kaparthy, a former student of Higgins' who uses his skills to detect and blackmail impostors, is also in attendance. This time, all goes according to plan and Eliza not only dances with the Prince of Transylvania, but also leaves Kaparthy believing that she's a Hungarian princess.
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The embarrassing incident at Ascot prompts Colonel Pickering to advise Higgins to quit and give up the bet. However, Higgins continues with the lessons and the three attend the Embassy Ball as originally planned. Another slip-up like at Ascot would mean embarrassment in front of some of Europe's most influential people including the Queen and Prince of Transylvania. To add to the tension, Zoltan Kaparthy, Karpathy, a former student of Higgins' who uses his skills to detect and blackmail impostors, is also in attendance. This time, all goes according to plan and Eliza not only dances with the Prince of Transylvania, but also leaves Kaparthy Karpathy believing that she's a Hungarian princess.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Mrs. Higgins is all about deflating her son's ego with sarcastic one liners.
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The embarrassing incident at Ascot prompts Colonel Pickering to advise Higgins to quit and give up the bet. However, Higgins continues with the lessons as the three attend the Embassy Ball as originally planned. Another slip-up like at Ascot would mean embarrassment in front of some of Europe's most influential people including the Queen and Prince of Transylvania. To add to the tension, Zoltan Kaparthy, a former student of Higgins' who uses his skills to detect and blackmail impostors, is also in attendance. This time, all goes according to plan and Eliza not only dances with the Prince of Transylvania, but also leaves Kaparthy believing that she's a Hungarian princess.
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The embarrassing incident at Ascot prompts Colonel Pickering to advise Higgins to quit and give up the bet. However, Higgins continues with the lessons as and the three attend the Embassy Ball as originally planned. Another slip-up like at Ascot would mean embarrassment in front of some of Europe's most influential people including the Queen and Prince of Transylvania. To add to the tension, Zoltan Kaparthy, a former student of Higgins' who uses his skills to detect and blackmail impostors, is also in attendance. This time, all goes according to plan and Eliza not only dances with the Prince of Transylvania, but also leaves Kaparthy believing that she's a Hungarian princess.
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My Fair Lady is a 1964 musical film from WarnerBros, adapted from the popular play by the same name. It was directed by Creator/GeorgeCukor and stars Creator/AudreyHepburn as Eliza Doolittle and RexHarrison as Henry Higgins. The film was very well received, winning 8 {{Academy Award}}s and follows Eliza's transformation from a poor Cockney flower seller to a proper lady as she takes elocution lessons from arrogant Professor Higgins.
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My Fair Lady is a 1964 musical film from WarnerBros, adapted from the popular play by the same name. It was directed by Creator/GeorgeCukor and stars Creator/AudreyHepburn as Eliza Doolittle and RexHarrison as Henry Higgins. The film was very well received, winning 8 {{Academy Award}}s and follows Eliza's transformation from a poor Cockney flower seller to a proper lady as she takes elocution speech lessons from arrogant Professor Higgins.
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Things start to go south after the ball when, instead of congratulating Eliza and including her in their celebration, Higgins ignores her in favor of patting himself on the back. This is a huge blow to Eliza, who had come to think of Higgins as a friend. Worried that she won't be able to make a living now that he has no use for her, she has an argument with Higgins and then leaves to find her own way in the world. Meanwhile, Higgins is angry and coufused by her outburst and by his own feelings for her. The rest of the film involves them figuring out what to do with their lives and whether or not to maintain their relationship now that the experiment is over. Whether or not it works out in the end is left to the viewers' interpretations.
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Things start to go south after the ball when, instead of congratulating Eliza and including her in their celebration, Higgins ignores her in favor of patting himself on the back. This is a huge blow to Eliza, who had come to think of Higgins as a friend. Worried that she won't be able to make a living now that he has no use for her, she has an argument with Higgins and then leaves to find her own way in the world. Meanwhile, Higgins is angry and coufused by her outburst and by his own feelings for her. The rest of the film involves them figuring out what to do with their lives and whether or not to maintain their relationship now that the experiment is over. Whether or not it works out in the end is left ambiguous.
The filming of the movie took place at the time of President Kennedy's assassination; actress Creator/AudreyHepburn made a speech to theviewers' interpretations.
cast and crew on the day.
The filming of the movie took place at the time of President Kennedy's assassination; actress Creator/AudreyHepburn made a speech to the
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* DeconfirmedBachelor: Henry Higgins embodies this trope, having said 'So here I am, a confirmed old bachelor and likely to remain so' and so much more. The only hang up is whether he can actually be considered deconfirmed by the end. However, most people agree he had at least befriended and came to care about Eliza by the end and since he is such an extreme case that, by his own admission, he'd never even had a female friend before, this could still be enough of an about face to qualify him.
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* DeconfirmedBachelor: Henry Higgins embodies this trope, having said 'So here I am, a confirmed old bachelor and likely to remain so' and so much more. The only hang up is whether he can actually be considered deconfirmed by the end. However, most people agree he had at least befriended and came to care about Eliza by the end and since end. Since he is such an extreme case that, by his own admission, he'd never even had a female friend before, this could still be enough of an about face to qualify him.
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* DeconfirmedBachelor: Henry Higgins embodies this trope, having said 'So here I am, a confirmed old bachelor and likely to remain so' and so much more. The only hang up is whether he can actually be considered deconfirmed by the end—though most people agree he had at least befriended and came to care about Eliza by the end—and since he is such an extreme case that he'd never even had a female friend before, by his own admission, this could still be enough of an about face to qualify him.
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* DeconfirmedBachelor: Henry Higgins embodies this trope, having said 'So here I am, a confirmed old bachelor and likely to remain so' and so much more. The only hang up is whether he can actually be considered deconfirmed by the end—though end. However, most people agree he had at least befriended and came to care about Eliza by the end—and end and since he is such an extreme case that that, by his own admission, he'd never even had a female friend before, by his own admission, this could still be enough of an about face to qualify him.
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* DeconfirmedBachelor: Henry Higgins embodies this trope, having said 'So here I am, a confirmed old bachelor and likely to remain so' and so much more. The only hang up is that he can actually be considered deconfirmed by the end—though most people agree he had at least befriended and came to care about Eliza by the end—and since he is such an extreme case that he'd never even had a female friend before, by his own admission, this could still be enough of an about face to qualify him.
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* DeconfirmedBachelor: Henry Higgins embodies this trope, having said 'So here I am, a confirmed old bachelor and likely to remain so' and so much more. The only hang up is that whether he can actually be considered deconfirmed by the end—though most people agree he had at least befriended and came to care about Eliza by the end—and since he is such an extreme case that he'd never even had a female friend before, by his own admission, this could still be enough of an about face to qualify him.
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Things start to go south after the ball when, instead of congratulating Eliza and including her in their celebration, Higgins ignores her in favor of patting himself on the back. This is a huge blow to Eliza, who had come to think of Higgins as a friend. Worried that she won't be able to make a living now that he has no use for her, she has an argument with Higgins and then leaves to find her own way in the world. Meanwhile, Higgins is angry and coufused by her outburst and by his own feelings for her. The rest of the film involves them figuring out what to do with their lives and whether or not to maintain the relationship now that the experiment is over. Whether or not it works out in the end is left to the viewers' interpretations.
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Things start to go south after the ball when, instead of congratulating Eliza and including her in their celebration, Higgins ignores her in favor of patting himself on the back. This is a huge blow to Eliza, who had come to think of Higgins as a friend. Worried that she won't be able to make a living now that he has no use for her, she has an argument with Higgins and then leaves to find her own way in the world. Meanwhile, Higgins is angry and coufused by her outburst and by his own feelings for her. The rest of the film involves them figuring out what to do with their lives and whether or not to maintain the their relationship now that the experiment is over. Whether or not it works out in the end is left to the viewers' interpretations.
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-->-- '''Eliza Doolittle'''
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* BeardOfEvil: Zoltan.
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The lessons finally culminate in the Embassy Ball, at which ambassadors, lords, and the Queen and Prince of Transylvania will be present. The ball, despite the presence of the venal language expert Zoltan Kaparthy, goes incredibly well; Eliza dances with the prince and many at the ball believe Kaparthy's identification of Eliza as a Hungarian princess(!).
Then the relationship between Eliza and Higgins, which had been steadily improving, takes a huge blow when Higgins takes all the credit for Eliza's success. Eliza is understandably saddened and enraged and she leaves the house after an outburst that leaves Higgins angry and confused; the rest of the play involves them figuring out their relationship in their own way, though if it works out in the end is left to the viewers' interpretations.
Then the relationship between Eliza and Higgins, which had been steadily improving, takes a huge blow when Higgins takes all the credit for Eliza's success. Eliza is understandably saddened and enraged and she leaves the house after an outburst that leaves Higgins angry and confused; the rest of the play involves them figuring out their relationship in their own way, though if it works out in the end is left to the viewers' interpretations.
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The embarrassing incident at Ascot prompts Colonel Pickering to advise Higgins to quit and give up the bet. However, Higgins continues with the lessons finally culminate in as the three attend the Embassy Ball, Ball as originally planned. Another slip-up like at which ambassadors, lords, and Ascot would mean embarrassment in front of some of Europe's most influential people including the Queen and Prince of Transylvania will be present. The ball, despite Transylvania. To add to the presence of the venal language expert tension, Zoltan Kaparthy, a former student of Higgins' who uses his skills to detect and blackmail impostors, is also in attendance. This time, all goes incredibly well; according to plan and Eliza not only dances with the prince and many at the ball believe Kaparthy's identification Prince of Eliza as Transylvania, but also leaves Kaparthy believing that she's a Hungarian princess(!).
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Things start to go south after therelationship between ball when, instead of congratulating Eliza and Higgins, which had been steadily improving, takes including her in their celebration, Higgins ignores her in favor of patting himself on the back. This is a huge blow when to Eliza, who had come to think of Higgins takes all the credit for Eliza's success. Eliza is understandably saddened and enraged and she leaves the house after an outburst as a friend. Worried that leaves she won't be able to make a living now that he has no use for her, she has an argument with Higgins and then leaves to find her own way in the world. Meanwhile, Higgins is angry and confused; the coufused by her outburst and by his own feelings for her. The rest of the play film involves them figuring out what to do with their lives and whether or not to maintain the relationship in their own way, though if now that the experiment is over. Whether or not it works out in the end is left to the viewers' interpretations.
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* NonSingingVoice: Marni Nixon did most of Audrey Hepburn's singing for the movie; this is at least partially responsible for the AwardSnub mentioned above. And no, Marni Nixon's name appeared ''nowhere'' in the original credits.
** However, when video of Hepburn's original vocal performances was released in the 1990's, many fans found Nixon's overdubbing to be completely unnecessary.
** Also, Jeremy Brett as Freddy was dubbed by Bill Shirley (AKA [[Disney/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians Roger]] (singing) and [[Disney/SleepingBeauty Prince Philip]]).
*** Out of all of them, Brett was the one who ''could'' sing. Look him up on Website/YouTube. But his singing voice was thought too mature for Freddy.
** Rex Harrison couldn't actually sing either, but he developed a sort of recitative to compensate.
** However, when video of Hepburn's original vocal performances was released in the 1990's, many fans found Nixon's overdubbing to be completely unnecessary.
** Also, Jeremy Brett as Freddy was dubbed by Bill Shirley (AKA [[Disney/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians Roger]] (singing) and [[Disney/SleepingBeauty Prince Philip]]).
*** Out of all of them, Brett was the one who ''could'' sing. Look him up on Website/YouTube. But his singing voice was thought too mature for Freddy.
** Rex Harrison couldn't actually sing either, but he developed a sort of recitative to compensate.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: When TwentiethCenturyFox hired Creator/DonBluth to direct an animated movie for them, they said he could helm an AnimatedAdaptation of either ''My Fair Lady'', or Marcelle Maurette's ''Anastasia''. [[WesternAnimation/{{Anastasia}} Bluth picked the latter.]]
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* DawsonCasting: Audrey Hepburn was in her mid-thirties when she played the 21-year-old Eliza in the film adaptation.
** The life of an apparently quite poor flower girl in those days probably would have aged the character of Eliza beyond her years; in this case, DawsonCasting may have been justified.
*** Furthermore, Audrey Hepburn always looked younger than she actually was.
** The life of an apparently quite poor flower girl in those days probably would have aged the character of Eliza beyond her years; in this case, DawsonCasting may have been justified.
*** Furthermore, Audrey Hepburn always looked younger than she actually was.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: Eliza is followed home by SherlockHolmes who then proceeds to sing in the street for several days (albeit in somebody else's voice).
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he always treats me as a lady and always will."\\
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-->-- Eliza Doolittle
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he always treats me as a lady and always will."\\
-->-- Eliza Doolittle
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-->-- Eliza Doolittle
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->''Why can't the English teach their children how to speak?''\\
''This verbal class distinction by now should be antique.''\\
''If you spoke as she did, sir, instead of the way you do,''\\
''Why, you might be selling flowers, too!''
-->-- '''Henry Higgins''', "Why Can't The English?"
''This verbal class distinction by now should be antique.''\\
''If you spoke as she did, sir, instead of the way you do,''\\
''Why, you might be selling flowers, too!''
-->-- '''Henry Higgins''', "Why Can't The English?"
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''This verbal class distinction by now should be antique.''\\
''If you spoke as
''Why, you might
but how she's treated. I shall always be
because he always treats me as a flower girl and always will,\\
but, I know I shall always be a lady to Colonel Pickering because\\
he always treats me as a lady and always will."\\
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After having substantial difficulty grasping her lessons, Eliza finally breaks through after a rare kind word from Higgins. This prompts him to take her out on a practice run in an upper class setting. He brings her to his mother's box at Ascot where, in spite of her flawless accent, she exhibits many traces of her lower class roots including bringing up her family's history of alcoholism and shouting vulgarities as the horses race. Here, she meets Freddy Eynsford-Hill who instantly falls for her in spite of and, in part, because of these flaws.
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After having substantial difficulty grasping her lessons, Eliza finally breaks through after a rare kind word from Higgins. This prompts him to take her out on a practice run in an upper class setting. He brings her to his mother's box at Ascot where, in spite of her flawless perfect accent, she exhibits many traces of her lower class roots including grammatical errors, bringing up her family's history of alcoholism alcoholism, and shouting vulgarities as the horses race. Here, she meets Freddy Eynsford-Hill who instantly falls for her in spite of and, in part, because of these flaws.
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After having substantial difficulty grasping her lessons, Eliza finally breaks through after a rare kind word from Higgins. This prompts him to take her out on a practice run in an upper class setting. He brings her to his mother's box a Ascot where, in spite of her flawless accent, she exhibits many traces of her lower class roots including bringing up her family's history of alcoholism and shouting vulgarities as the horses race. Here, she meets Freddy Eynsford-Hill who instantly falls for her in spite of and, in part, because of these flaws.
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After having substantial difficulty grasping her lessons, Eliza finally breaks through after a rare kind word from Higgins. This prompts him to take her out on a practice run in an upper class setting. He brings her to his mother's box a at Ascot where, in spite of her flawless accent, she exhibits many traces of her lower class roots including bringing up her family's history of alcoholism and shouting vulgarities as the horses race. Here, she meets Freddy Eynsford-Hill who instantly falls for her in spite of and, in part, because of these flaws.
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My Fair Lady is a 1964 musical film from WarnerBros, adapted from the popular play by the same name. It was directed by Creator/GeorgeCukor and stars Creator/AudreyHepburn as Eliza Doolittle and RexHarrison as Henry Higgins. The film was very well received as well, winning 8 {{Academy Award}}s. The filming of the movie took place at the time of President Kennedy's assassination; actress Creator/AudreyHepburn made a speech to the cast and crew on the day. The film follows Eliza's transformation from a poor Cockney flower seller to a proper lady as she takes elocution lessons from arrogant Professor Higgins.
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My Fair Lady is a 1964 musical film from WarnerBros, adapted from the popular play by the same name. It was directed by Creator/GeorgeCukor and stars Creator/AudreyHepburn as Eliza Doolittle and RexHarrison as Henry Higgins. The film was very well received as well, received, winning 8 {{Academy Award}}s. The filming of the movie took place at the time of President Kennedy's assassination; actress Creator/AudreyHepburn made a speech to the cast Award}}s and crew on the day. The film follows Eliza's transformation from a poor Cockney flower seller to a proper lady as she takes elocution lessons from arrogant Professor Higgins.
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My Fair Lady is a 1964 musical film from WarnerBros, adapted from the popular play by the same name. It was directed by Creator/GeorgeCukor and stars Creator/AudreyHepburn as Eliza Doolittle and Rex Harrison as Henry Higgins. The film was very well received as well, winning 8 {{Academy Award}}s. The filming of the movie took place at the time of President Kennedy's assassination; actress Creator/AudreyHepburn made a speech to the cast and crew on the day. The film follows Eliza's transformation from a poor Cockney flower seller to a proper lady as she takes elocution lessons from arrogant Professor Higgins.
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My Fair Lady is a 1964 musical film from WarnerBros, adapted from the popular play by the same name. It was directed by Creator/GeorgeCukor and stars Creator/AudreyHepburn as Eliza Doolittle and Rex Harrison RexHarrison as Henry Higgins. The film was very well received as well, winning 8 {{Academy Award}}s. The filming of the movie took place at the time of President Kennedy's assassination; actress Creator/AudreyHepburn made a speech to the cast and crew on the day. The film follows Eliza's transformation from a poor Cockney flower seller to a proper lady as she takes elocution lessons from arrogant Professor Higgins.
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My Fair Lady is a 1964 musical film from Warner Brothers, adapted from the popular play by the same name. It was directed by Creator/GeorgeCukor and stars Creator/AudreyHepburn as Eliza Doolittle and Rex Harrison as Henry Higgins. The film was very well received as well, winning 8 {{Academy Award}}s. The filming of the movie took place at the time of President Kennedy's assassination; actress Creator/AudreyHepburn made a speech to the cast and crew on the day. The film follows Eliza's transformation from a poor Cockney flower seller to a proper lady as she takes elocution lessons from arrogant Professor Higgins.
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My Fair Lady is a 1964 musical film from Warner Brothers, WarnerBros, adapted from the popular play by the same name. It was directed by Creator/GeorgeCukor and stars Creator/AudreyHepburn as Eliza Doolittle and Rex Harrison as Henry Higgins. The film was very well received as well, winning 8 {{Academy Award}}s. The filming of the movie took place at the time of President Kennedy's assassination; actress Creator/AudreyHepburn made a speech to the cast and crew on the day. The film follows Eliza's transformation from a poor Cockney flower seller to a proper lady as she takes elocution lessons from arrogant Professor Higgins.
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My Fair Lady is a 1964 musical film adaptation of the popular play by the same name. It was directed by Creator/GeorgeCukor and stars Creator/AudreyHepburn as Eliza Doolittle and Rex Harrison as Henry Higgins. The film was very well received as well, winning 8 {{Academy Award}}s. The filming of the movie took place at the time of President Kennedy's assassination; actress Creator/AudreyHepburn made a speech to the cast and crew on the day. The film follows Eliza's transformation from a poor Cockney flower seller to a proper lady as she takes elocution lessons from arrogant Professor Higgins.
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My Fair Lady is a 1964 musical film adaptation of from Warner Brothers, adapted from the popular play by the same name. It was directed by Creator/GeorgeCukor and stars Creator/AudreyHepburn as Eliza Doolittle and Rex Harrison as Henry Higgins. The film was very well received as well, winning 8 {{Academy Award}}s. The filming of the movie took place at the time of President Kennedy's assassination; actress Creator/AudreyHepburn made a speech to the cast and crew on the day. The film follows Eliza's transformation from a poor Cockney flower seller to a proper lady as she takes elocution lessons from arrogant Professor Higgins.
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My Fair Lady is a 1964 musical film adaptation of the popular play by the same name. It was directed by George Cukor and stars Creator/AudreyHepburn as Eliza Doolittle and Rex Harrison as Henry Higgins. The film was very well received as well, winning 8 {{Academy Award}}s. The filming of the movie took place at the time of President Kennedy's assassination; actress Creator/AudreyHepburn made a speech to the cast and crew on the day. The film follows Eliza's transformation from a poor Cockney flower seller to a proper lady as she takes elocution lessons from arrogant Professor Higgins.
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My Fair Lady is a 1964 musical film adaptation of the popular play by the same name. It was directed by George Cukor Creator/GeorgeCukor and stars Creator/AudreyHepburn as Eliza Doolittle and Rex Harrison as Henry Higgins. The film was very well received as well, winning 8 {{Academy Award}}s. The filming of the movie took place at the time of President Kennedy's assassination; actress Creator/AudreyHepburn made a speech to the cast and crew on the day. The film follows Eliza's transformation from a poor Cockney flower seller to a proper lady as she takes elocution lessons from arrogant Professor Higgins.
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The musical follows the young Eliza Doolittle, an outspoken and hopeful flower girl in Edwardian England who takes elocution lessons from Professor Henry Higgins, who (as a result of a bet with the kindly Colonel Pickering) promises to turn her into "a lady." He then trains her, day and night, using some downright bizarre machinery and techniques (the marbles make sense, but some of the others...)
When Higgins attempts to try Eliza out on Society by introducing her into his mother's box at Ascot, the transfigured flower girl also encounters young Freddy Eynsford-Hill, who, unaware of Eliza's true social standing, is instantly smitten -- despite Eliza's humiliating lapse into vulgarity at the running of the horserace itself.
When Higgins attempts to try Eliza out on Society by introducing her into his mother's box at Ascot, the transfigured flower girl also encounters young Freddy Eynsford-Hill, who, unaware of Eliza's true social standing, is instantly smitten -- despite Eliza's humiliating lapse into vulgarity at the running of the horserace itself.
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->''Why can't the English teach their children how to speak?''\\
''This verbal class distinction by now should be antique.''\\
''If you spoke as she did, sir, instead of the way you do,''\\
''Why, you might be selling flowers, too!''
-->-- '''Henry Higgins''', "Why Can't The English?"
The musical follows the young Eliza Doolittle, an outspoken and hopeful flower girl in Edwardian England who takes elocution lessons from Professor Henry Higgins, who (as a result of a bet with the kindly Colonel Pickering) promises to turn her into "a lady." He then trains her, day and night, using some downright bizarre machinery and techniques (the marbles make sense, but some of the others...)
When Higgins attempts to try Eliza out on Society by introducing her into his mother's box at Ascot, the transfigured flower girl also encounters young Freddy Eynsford-Hill, who, unaware of Eliza's true social standing, is instantly smitten -- despite Eliza's humiliating lapse into vulgarity at the running of the horserace itself.
The lessons finally culminate in the Embassy Ball, at which ambassadors, lords, and the Queen and Prince of Transylvania will be present. The ball, despite the presence of the venal language expert Zoltan Kaparthy, goes incredibly well; Eliza dances with the prince and many at the ball believe Kaparthy's identification of Eliza as a Hungarian princess(!).
Then the relationship between Eliza and Higgins, which had been steadily improving, takes a huge blow when Higgins takes all the credit for Eliza's success. Eliza is understandably saddened and enraged and she leaves the house after an outburst that leaves Higgins angry and confused; the rest of the play involves them figuring out their relationship in their own way, though if it works out in the end is left to the viewers' interpretations.
The film was very well received as well, winning 8 {{Academy Award}}s. The filming of the movie took place at the time of President Kennedy's assassination; actress Creator/AudreyHepburn made a speech to the cast and crew on the day.
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!!This work provides examples of:
* AdaptationDecay: [[AvertedTrope Not enough, really]]. One peculiarity about the film is how it uses the old stage directions, even the [[MediumAwareness meta]] jokes that don't work in a movie setting. Instances of this include Higgins doing a short jig at the horse race -- a CallBack to "I Could Have Danced All Night" -- but without the knowing laughter of a live audience, he merely looks a like a lunatic. He also sets a teacup on his hat, a gesture which would be funny on-stage, but looks ''really'' odd in this context.
* {{Adorkable}}: Freddy gets positively randy over Eliza's bad social graces.
* AlliterativeName: Henry Higgins. Eliza, a Cockney girl, struggles with dropping H's and calls him 'Enry 'Iggins.
* AmbiguousDisorder: Higgins, who comes from noble stock, is such an offensive and crass boor that his mother has banned him from her social circle. This is illustrated at the horse races where sumptuous hats and tuxedos are on display; enter Higgins, crashing the party in his usual, dusty-looking tweed. Higgins' out of control ego could suggest some kind of narcissistic personality disorder or, considering his obvious genius, a high-functioning form of Asperger's.
* AntiLoveSong: "Just You Wait" and "Without You".
* BatheHerAndBringHerToMe: Higgins said this out loud, and Eliza certainly thought he meant it in the trope sense, too. He didn't.
* BeardOfEvil: Zoltan.
* BigFancyHouse: Higgins' pad.
* BlackmailIsSuchAnUglyWord: [[EnforcedTrope Enforced]] when Higgins asks Alfie point-blank how much he wants. Alfie insists on beating around the bush, seemingly on principle.
* BlessedWithSuck: Alfred's windfall is a double-edged sword, as he's now forced to enter into legal marriage with "Mrs." Dolittle. As if 'avin' to act like a bloomin' gentleman weren't enough already.
* {{Bowdlerization}}: The name of the oily language expert was changed from Nepomuck to Zoltan Kaparthy, because St. John Nepomuck (as Shaw was well aware) was a Catholic saint and patron of the confessional.
* BreakTheHaughty: Mrs. Higgin's favorite sport with her son, and delights in Eliza putting him in his place in front of her.
* BritishAccents: Received Pronunciation ("Queen's English") as enforced by Henry Higgins. A wide variety of other, more ''common'' ones, especially during the opening scenes.
-->Eliza: "''Eeyyyyaaaoooowwww!!''"
--->(...)
-->Higgins: "How many vowel sounds did you hear altogether?"
-->Pickering: "l believe l counted 24."
-->Higgins: "Wrong by 100. To be exact you heard 130."
* BritishStuffiness / DullSurprise: "The Ascot Gavotte." The English sure know how to party.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: He may be lord of the manor, but Higgins' weirdness is very apparent in public.
* CannotStandThemCannotLiveWithoutThem: Eliza and Henry, to each other.
* {{Catchphrase}}: Pickering's "I'm dashed." Eventually lampshaded by Higgins:
-->'''Higgins:''' Oh, Pickering, for God's sake [[LampshadeHanging stop being dashed and do something!]]
* ConMan: Alfie.
* CostumePorn: Eliza's gorgeous dresses after her transformation.
* CurseCutShort: While singing "Without You", Eliza nearly tells Higgins he can go to Hell -- but replaces it with "Hertford, Hereford, and Hampshire" (echoing Higgins' speech exercise from earlier).
** [[DoggedNiceGuy Freddy]] of all people does it during his first song when he is just about to quote Eliza's PrecisionFStrike in song when Mrs Pearce opens the door.
* DancesAndBalls: The Embassy Ball.
* [[DarkReprise Dark(er) Reprise]]: "Just You Wait" gets a reprise shortly after "You Did It". This time, ItsPersonal.
* DawsonCasting: Audrey Hepburn was in her mid-thirties when she played the 21-year-old Eliza in the film adaptation.
** The life of an apparently quite poor flower girl in those days probably would have aged the character of Eliza beyond her years; in this case, DawsonCasting may have been justified.
*** Furthermore, Audrey Hepburn always looked younger than she actually was.
* DeconfirmedBachelor: Henry Higgins embodies this trope, having said 'So here I am, a confirmed old bachelor and likely to remain so' and so much more. The only hang up is that he can actually be considered deconfirmed by the end—though most people agree he had at least befriended and came to care about Eliza by the end—and since he is such an extreme case that he'd never even had a female friend before, by his own admission, this could still be enough of an about face to qualify him.
* DisproportionateRetribution: “Just You Wait”, in which Eliza wishes death on Professor Higgins in return for his rudeness.
* DoggedNiceGuy: Freddy, in what would be considered stalking by today's terms.
* DrJerk: Henry Higgins himself, though he's [[NotThatKindOfDoctor technically a professor of linguistics and not a doctor per se.]]
* DressesTheSame: In the Ascot scene in the film.
* DrillSergeantNasty: Higgins mercilessly drills Eliza day and night. Meanwhile, his servant staff fawns over ''his'' ordeal.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: Eliza is ''extremely'' angry over how Higgins gets all the praise for fooling everyone at the Embassy ball.
-->"Yoooooooooooooooooooooouuuuuuuuuuu did it! ♫"
* TheEdwardianEra: 1912, to be precise. ([[FridgeHorror Makes one rather wonder]] about Freddy's [[WorldWarI fate]].)
** In a flash of FridgeBrilliance, this may imply a case of DeathOfTheHypotenuse.
** In 1912, Edward VII had been dead for two years so strictly speaking the New Georgian Era.
*** In historical terms, the Edwardian Era lasted from the death of Queen Victoria until the First World War.
* EntertaininglyWrong:
-->And although she may have studied with an expert dialectitian and grammarian,\\
I can tell that she was born -- Hungarian!\\
...Not only Hungarian, but of royal blood.
* EpicMovie: Huge cast, lavish sets and costumes, long (nearly 3 hours), highly promoted, award bait? Yep, it was an epic movie.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Higgins might experiment on the desperate and vulnerable for the sake of his own amusement, but Zoltan -- a hatchet man who likes to mix with socialites -- is low even for him.
* {{Fanfare}}: "The Transylvanian March".
* FeeFiFauxPas: Eliza's outburst at the races, to her (and Henry's) embarrassment.
* FictionalHoliday: In Eliza's dream ("Just You Wait"), the King is so enraptured by her voice that he declares Eliza Dolittle Day.
* FlatJoy: Those prim-and-proper racetrack patrons sure are excited to be there. Can't you tell?
* GemEncrusted: The embassy dress is loaded with jewels.
* GentlemanSnarker: Professor Higgins is impeccably polite in the rudest way possible.
* GilliganCut: In the film, after Pickering pulls the plug on the Embassy Ball. ("This experiment is '''OVER'''.") He's wearing a tux in the next shot.
* GoodCopBadCop: Pickering and Higgins.
* GorgeousPeriodDress: One of its Oscars was for Costume Design.
* GotMeDoingIt: The voice exercises start getting to poor Pickering after awhile. "'Ave you troid the ploin cayke?"
* GriefSong: "I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face" arguably, since it's a combination of grief and anger. Doubles as LoveEpiphany.
* HatesEveryoneEqually: Higgins' defense to Eliza's charge that he still treats her like rubbish. In point of fact, he treats ''everyone'' like that -- and he's proud of it, too.
-->'''Higgins:''' The question is not whether I treat you rudely, but whether you've ever heard me treat anyone else better.
* HeManWomanHater: Henry is very misogynistic, though he insists he's not. In fact, he's got a whole song dedicated to whining about how much he dislikes women ("An Ordinary Man"). The end of the play may have helped him get over it, but again, it's up to viewer interpretation.
** ''Two'' whole songs -- there's also "A Hymn to Him" ([[RefrainFromAssuming a.k.a.]] "Why Can't a Woman Be More Like a Man?").
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Both Higgins and Pickering have that "confirmed bachelor" vibe thing going for them.
** Higgins even uses that exact phrase, then shudders at the idea of marriage. He also has a hard time admitting Eliza "might" be attractive when he suggests she marry herself off (cue flamboyant flourish), laments that women aren't more like men, and while all this might have been intended as BelligerentSexualTension it's taken so far that the idea of a sexual/romantic relationship between him and Eliza becomes ... a stretch.
** Higgins asks Pickering where one can find a Ladies' Dress Shop. Pickering replies so quickly, Higgins asks how he would know. Pickering clears his throat and says "Common knowledge" (despite having just arrived in London from years living in India).
** If you insist, you ''can'' interpret Higgins' "Why Can't A Woman Be More Like A Man" number as evidence.
* HeyItsThatGuy: Eliza is followed home by SherlockHolmes who then proceeds to sing in the street for several days (albeit in somebody else's voice).
* HypocriticalHumor: As they prepare for the ball, Pickering [[INeedAFreakingDrink downs a glass of port]] and curses Higgins for his constant serenity. Before they leave, however, Higgins peeks over his shoulder and quaffs some alcohol, too.
** "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face." He's [[FalseReassurance a most forgiving man]].
* IAmSong: "With a Little Bit of Luck" and "An Ordinary Man".
* IMeantToDoThat: In the midst of being thoroughly castigated by Eliza, Higgins springs up from his chair and claims credit for her self-confidence. What a chode.
* IWantSong: Eliza's "Wouldn't It Be Loverly?": she wants a cosy warm room, a comfy chair, and lots of chocolate.
* IUhYouToo: Higgins finally confesses to Eliza that he's going to miss her... then quickly follows it up by saying Pickering misses her, too.
* InnocentFlowerGirl: Eliza at the start of the story. The later battle to get her bathed kind of proves her innocence.
* InnocentInnuendo: ''She sent the boy for her belongings, but she said she won't need her clothes'' *wink*
* InsufferableGenius: Even Higgins' own mother can't stand him.
* ItsAllAboutMe: "You Did It".
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Henry. Maybe there's some gold in there somewhere, but you'd be hard pressed to find it. Not quite JerkWithAHeartOfJerk territory, but YMMV.
* KavorkaMan: Alfie. There's a reason he departs for his wedding as if it were his own funeral.
* LastSecondWordSwap:
-->''You, dear friend, who talk so well\\
You can go to...Hertford, Heresford and Hampshire!''
* LicensedPinballTables: Played with; there are actually two {{Pinball}} games based on ''My Fair Lady'', though both of them were unofficial {{Spiritual Licensee}}s.
** Creator/{{Gottlieb}} released ''Fair Lady'' in 1956, capitalizing on the success of the Broadway play, with illustrations of the masked women from the embassy ball.
** Then in 1966, Creator/{{Gottlieb}} released ''Pinball/{{Mayfair}}'', riding the coattails of the film adaptation.
* LighterAndSofter: Much more so than the original Shaw play.
* LyricalDissonance: "Ascot Gavotte," wherein upper-class gents and ladies sing about "a ripping, absolutely gripping moment" with all the enthusiasm of a funeral host.
* MaybeEverAfter: [[spoiler: Eliza and Henry]] are reconciled at the end, but are they a romantic couple now, or what? The answer is only hinted.
* MayDecemberRomance: What may have happened between the 21-year-old Eliza and the much older Higgins, who is at least twice her age.
* MeaningfulName: A name like Doolittle totally makes sense for someone like Eliza's father. Eliza herself, [[UnfortunateName on the other hand...]]
* MisogynySong: "An Ordinary Man" and "A Hymn to Him".
* MissingMom: Seeing as Eliza's father remarries, and his side comments about his old wife are along the lines of "You look just like her, Eliza" and "Just like her, you never give me money!" it can be safely assumed Eliza's mother is dead.
** He didn't "re" marry, actually...
-->Pickering:"...marriage isn't so frightening; you married Eliza's Mother."
-->Doolittle: "Who told ya that, guv'ner?" [Gives Pickering a headshake and a slightly leering wink.]
* TheMusical
* MysteriousMiddleInitial: Alfred P. Dolittle.
* NiceHat: The racetrack scene goes crazy with this. ''Every lady'' has a hat nicer than the previous one. Eliza's hat is just massive, including the [[FluffyFashionFeathers loads of feathers on the side]].
** Honorable mention goes to Henry's teacup and saucer.
* NoSympathy: The servants express more compassion for Higgins than his hapless student (Doesn't rest / Doesn't eat / Doesn't touch a crumb!) [[DescriptionCut Cut]] to Higgins munching on cakes while Eliza is wasting away.
** Also, while trying to practice with marbles in her mouth, Eliza accidentally swallows one, but Higgins simply replies "Doesn't matter, I've got more", and puts more into her mouth.
* NonSingingVoice: Marni Nixon did most of Audrey Hepburn's singing for the movie; this is at least partially responsible for the AwardSnub mentioned above. And no, Marni Nixon's name appeared ''nowhere'' in the original credits.
** However, when video of Hepburn's original vocal performances was released in the 1990's, many fans found Nixon's overdubbing to be completely unnecessary.
** Also, Jeremy Brett as Freddy was dubbed by Bill Shirley (AKA [[Disney/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians Roger]] (singing) and [[Disney/SleepingBeauty Prince Philip]]).
*** Out of all of them, Brett was the one who ''could'' sing. Look him up on Website/YouTube. But his singing voice was thought too mature for Freddy.
** Rex Harrison couldn't actually sing either, but he developed a sort of recitative to compensate.
* NurseryRhyme: The title, of course, comes from "London Bridge is falling down", a snatch of whose melody is heard at the beginning of "Get Me To The Church On Time".
* ObsessionSong: "On the Street Where You Live". Considering that Freddy continues to wait outside for several days: possibly weeks -- this song can get creepy for some viewers.
** One really should consider that he has no other polite way of contacting her, due to Higgins. It's not as if he could just text her.
** The text of the musical says that he arrives at the house after Ascot. Six weeks later is the Transylvanian Embassy Ball, and the day after that is the first time we see Freddy again. He's been on that street for SIX WEEKS.
* ParasolOfPrettiness: Eliza takes one to the races.
* ParentalAbandonment: Eliza's father pushes this into borderline abuse levels as he not only leaves all of his children to fend for themselves, he takes their hard-earned money for himself to waste on alcohol. (And he ''brags'' about this, no less!)
** The line immediately following his proud description of his parenting style? "You've got a good heart, Alfie..."
* PassFail: The plot is driven by Higgin's bet that he can train a rough, low-class flower girl into passing as a member of the aristocracy.
* PetTheDog: After a full day of nonstop, grueling exercises, an exhausted Higgins finally offers Eliza a few soft words of encouragement. At this, her voice instantly transforms into an impeccable upper class accent.
** Alfie gets one when he cajoles Eliza to be self-reliant, as "she's a lady now."
* PimpedOutDress: See the photo; also, her gown for the Embassy ball.
* PinkProductPloy: Every DVD cover since 2004 has a pink background. (The 2004 cover actually uses a 1964 poster which was pink to begin with.)
* PlankGag: Happens during the "With A Little Bit Of Luck" song, since Alfie Doolittle is singing in what seems to be a construction area and there is inevitably someone who swings a plank around and someone else gets hit by it.
* PlatonicLifePartners: Eliza and Henry. [[MaybeEverAfter Maybe.]]
* PrecisionFStrike: '''COME ON, DOVER! MOVE YER BLOOMIN' ARSE!'''
* PrincessForADay: Well, for several months. Eliza's training is to help her pass as a "lady."
* APupilOfMineUntilHeTurnedToEvil: It seems Higgin's contempt for his pupil lies in the fact that he abandoned academia; Zoltan uses his linguistics abilities "more to blackmail and swindle than teach."
** Since Eliza mentioned straight to Higgins that she might become a linguist like him as her way of getting back at him, [[UnreliableNarrator you should wonder whether Zoltan really is as devious and conniving as Higgins claims]].
*** Still, Zoltan did say of the Greek Ambassador's birth origin "I keep his secret, but I make him pay. I make them all pay.", so the character himself seems to confirm the blackmail accusation.
* PygmalionPlot: Duh.
* RagsToRoyalty: Well, upper middle class. And she ''was'' able to be taken for nobility.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Both Eliza and Henry deliver these to each other. Several times. Henry even gets a Reason Your Speech Sucks Speech.
** Eliza even gets a Reason You Suck ''Song'' ("Just You Wait").
* RightBehindMe: At the end of "Just You Wait", Eliza realizes that Higgins was standing behind her, watching her singing about his death. Awkward...
* RomanticFalseLead: Freddy
** Or Higgins. It's left very ambiguous.
* TheScapegoat: Following Eliza's spat with Higgins, Freddy gets chewed out for the high crime of being [[DoesNotLikeMen the first man who crosses her path]].
* SheCleansUpNicely: See the image; when first introduced Eliza's very dirty and wearing torn-up, worn clothing. The exact words of the trope are used by her father on first seeing her as a 'lady'.
* ShotAtDawn: Eliza gleefully fantasizes about this happening to Higgins, who is very casual about the whole business before keeling over.
* SlapSlapKiss: Eliza and Henry's relationship...and if the play is to be believed, no doubt this would have carried on.
* SmugSnake: Higgins throughout most of the musical.
* SophisticatedAsHell: What happens when you combine Eliza's blue language with a posh accent.
* SpiritedYoungLady: Eliza's uncouth behavior got Freddy's interest.
* SpotOfTea: It is set in England, after all!
* SpringtimeForHitler: Higgins sarcastically writing a letter of recommendation for Alfred Dolittle, calling him "one of the original moralists in England." An American philanthropist dies and bequeaths a fortune to Alfie.
* StalkingIsLove: Freddy. 'Nuff said.
* StealthInsult: Eliza gets Higgins with a few. Higgins isn't so good at being stealthy with insults, but doesn't understand why he has to be.
** Which is about the best you can hope for from Higgins. "I've [[AnAesop learned something]] from your idiotic notions."
* StrangerInAFamiliarLand: Fed up with her keeper, Eliza returns to the old neighborhood after her blossoming into a lady, but no one recognizes her.
* SubvertedRhymeEveryOccasion[=/=]LastSecondWordSwap: In "Without You"
-->And you, dear friend, who talked so well,\\
You can go to -- Hertford, Hereford, and Hampshire!
* TalkAboutTheWeather: While in public, Higgins advises Eliza to stick to mundane topics: the weather, and everyone's health. It backfires.
** Mrs. Higgins, disgusted with every word that comes out of her son's mouth, [[IronicEcho echoes this advice]] in the end.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodSandwich: Higgins and Pickering are too stuffed to finish the last cake tart. Not to worry, says Higgins; he knows somebody who ''loves'' these. He marches right past a famished Eliza to feed it to a parrot.
* TrainingFromHell: ''Linguistics'' training from hell, although not as over-the-top as some examples.
* {{Tsundere}}:
** Eliza is Type A, though this largely comes through from being around Higgins; when left with her Cockney friends, she's more Type B.
** Higgins himself is a type A, notably when he meets Eliza at his mother's. He'll get close to being kind to Eliza, realise what he just said and promptly insult her.
* TheVillainSucksSong: "Without You" is this, as well as being a bit of a AntiLoveSong. Also "Just You Wait".
* WestminsterChimes: A modified version begins every iteration of "Poor Professor Higgins".
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: When TwentiethCenturyFox hired Creator/DonBluth to direct an animated movie for them, they said he could helm an AnimatedAdaptation of either ''My Fair Lady'', or Marcelle Maurette's ''Anastasia''. [[WesternAnimation/{{Anastasia}} Bluth picked the latter.]]
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->''Why can't the English teach their children how to speak?''\\
''This verbal class distinction by now should be antique.''\\
''If you spoke as she did, sir, instead of the way you do,''\\
''Why, you might be selling flowers, too!''
-->-- '''Henry Higgins''', "Why Can't The English?"
The musical follows the young Eliza Doolittle, an outspoken and hopeful flower girl in Edwardian England who takes elocution lessons from Professor Henry Higgins, who (as a result of a bet with the kindly Colonel Pickering) promises to turn her into "a lady." He then trains her, day and night, using some downright bizarre machinery and techniques (the marbles make sense, but some of the others...)
When Higgins attempts to try Eliza out on Society by introducing her into his mother's box at Ascot, the transfigured flower girl also encounters young Freddy Eynsford-Hill, who, unaware of Eliza's true social standing, is instantly smitten -- despite Eliza's humiliating lapse into vulgarity at the running of the horserace itself.
The lessons finally culminate in the Embassy Ball, at which ambassadors, lords, and the Queen and Prince of Transylvania will be present. The ball, despite the presence of the venal language expert Zoltan Kaparthy, goes incredibly well; Eliza dances with the prince and many at the ball believe Kaparthy's identification of Eliza as a Hungarian princess(!).
Then the relationship between Eliza and Higgins, which had been steadily improving, takes a huge blow when Higgins takes all the credit for Eliza's success. Eliza is understandably saddened and enraged and she leaves the house after an outburst that leaves Higgins angry and confused; the rest of the play involves them figuring out their relationship in their own way, though if it works out in the end is left to the viewers' interpretations.
The film was very well received as well, winning 8 {{Academy Award}}s. The filming of the movie took place at the time of President Kennedy's assassination; actress Creator/AudreyHepburn made a speech to the cast and crew on the day.
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!!This work provides examples of:
* AdaptationDecay: [[AvertedTrope Not enough, really]]. One peculiarity about the film is how it uses the old stage directions, even the [[MediumAwareness meta]] jokes that don't work in a movie setting. Instances of this include Higgins doing a short jig at the horse race -- a CallBack to "I Could Have Danced All Night" -- but without the knowing laughter of a live audience, he merely looks a like a lunatic. He also sets a teacup on his hat, a gesture which would be funny on-stage, but looks ''really'' odd in this context.
* {{Adorkable}}: Freddy gets positively randy over Eliza's bad social graces.
* AlliterativeName: Henry Higgins. Eliza, a Cockney girl, struggles with dropping H's and calls him 'Enry 'Iggins.
* AmbiguousDisorder: Higgins, who comes from noble stock, is such an offensive and crass boor that his mother has banned him from her social circle. This is illustrated at the horse races where sumptuous hats and tuxedos are on display; enter Higgins, crashing the party in his usual, dusty-looking tweed. Higgins' out of control ego could suggest some kind of narcissistic personality disorder or, considering his obvious genius, a high-functioning form of Asperger's.
* AntiLoveSong: "Just You Wait" and "Without You".
* BatheHerAndBringHerToMe: Higgins said this out loud, and Eliza certainly thought he meant it in the trope sense, too. He didn't.
* BeardOfEvil: Zoltan.
* BigFancyHouse: Higgins' pad.
* BlackmailIsSuchAnUglyWord: [[EnforcedTrope Enforced]] when Higgins asks Alfie point-blank how much he wants. Alfie insists on beating around the bush, seemingly on principle.
* BlessedWithSuck: Alfred's windfall is a double-edged sword, as he's now forced to enter into legal marriage with "Mrs." Dolittle. As if 'avin' to act like a bloomin' gentleman weren't enough already.
* {{Bowdlerization}}: The name of the oily language expert was changed from Nepomuck to Zoltan Kaparthy, because St. John Nepomuck (as Shaw was well aware) was a Catholic saint and patron of the confessional.
* BreakTheHaughty: Mrs. Higgin's favorite sport with her son, and delights in Eliza putting him in his place in front of her.
* BritishAccents: Received Pronunciation ("Queen's English") as enforced by Henry Higgins. A wide variety of other, more ''common'' ones, especially during the opening scenes.
-->Eliza: "''Eeyyyyaaaoooowwww!!''"
--->(...)
-->Higgins: "How many vowel sounds did you hear altogether?"
-->Pickering: "l believe l counted 24."
-->Higgins: "Wrong by 100. To be exact you heard 130."
* BritishStuffiness / DullSurprise: "The Ascot Gavotte." The English sure know how to party.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: He may be lord of the manor, but Higgins' weirdness is very apparent in public.
* CannotStandThemCannotLiveWithoutThem: Eliza and Henry, to each other.
* {{Catchphrase}}: Pickering's "I'm dashed." Eventually lampshaded by Higgins:
-->'''Higgins:''' Oh, Pickering, for God's sake [[LampshadeHanging stop being dashed and do something!]]
* ConMan: Alfie.
* CostumePorn: Eliza's gorgeous dresses after her transformation.
* CurseCutShort: While singing "Without You", Eliza nearly tells Higgins he can go to Hell -- but replaces it with "Hertford, Hereford, and Hampshire" (echoing Higgins' speech exercise from earlier).
** [[DoggedNiceGuy Freddy]] of all people does it during his first song when he is just about to quote Eliza's PrecisionFStrike in song when Mrs Pearce opens the door.
* DancesAndBalls: The Embassy Ball.
* [[DarkReprise Dark(er) Reprise]]: "Just You Wait" gets a reprise shortly after "You Did It". This time, ItsPersonal.
* DawsonCasting: Audrey Hepburn was in her mid-thirties when she played the 21-year-old Eliza in the film adaptation.
** The life of an apparently quite poor flower girl in those days probably would have aged the character of Eliza beyond her years; in this case, DawsonCasting may have been justified.
*** Furthermore, Audrey Hepburn always looked younger than she actually was.
* DeconfirmedBachelor: Henry Higgins embodies this trope, having said 'So here I am, a confirmed old bachelor and likely to remain so' and so much more. The only hang up is that he can actually be considered deconfirmed by the end—though most people agree he had at least befriended and came to care about Eliza by the end—and since he is such an extreme case that he'd never even had a female friend before, by his own admission, this could still be enough of an about face to qualify him.
* DisproportionateRetribution: “Just You Wait”, in which Eliza wishes death on Professor Higgins in return for his rudeness.
* DoggedNiceGuy: Freddy, in what would be considered stalking by today's terms.
* DrJerk: Henry Higgins himself, though he's [[NotThatKindOfDoctor technically a professor of linguistics and not a doctor per se.]]
* DressesTheSame: In the Ascot scene in the film.
* DrillSergeantNasty: Higgins mercilessly drills Eliza day and night. Meanwhile, his servant staff fawns over ''his'' ordeal.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: Eliza is ''extremely'' angry over how Higgins gets all the praise for fooling everyone at the Embassy ball.
-->"Yoooooooooooooooooooooouuuuuuuuuuu did it! ♫"
* TheEdwardianEra: 1912, to be precise. ([[FridgeHorror Makes one rather wonder]] about Freddy's [[WorldWarI fate]].)
** In a flash of FridgeBrilliance, this may imply a case of DeathOfTheHypotenuse.
** In 1912, Edward VII had been dead for two years so strictly speaking the New Georgian Era.
*** In historical terms, the Edwardian Era lasted from the death of Queen Victoria until the First World War.
* EntertaininglyWrong:
-->And although she may have studied with an expert dialectitian and grammarian,\\
I can tell that she was born -- Hungarian!\\
...Not only Hungarian, but of royal blood.
* EpicMovie: Huge cast, lavish sets and costumes, long (nearly 3 hours), highly promoted, award bait? Yep, it was an epic movie.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Higgins might experiment on the desperate and vulnerable for the sake of his own amusement, but Zoltan -- a hatchet man who likes to mix with socialites -- is low even for him.
* {{Fanfare}}: "The Transylvanian March".
* FeeFiFauxPas: Eliza's outburst at the races, to her (and Henry's) embarrassment.
* FictionalHoliday: In Eliza's dream ("Just You Wait"), the King is so enraptured by her voice that he declares Eliza Dolittle Day.
* FlatJoy: Those prim-and-proper racetrack patrons sure are excited to be there. Can't you tell?
* GemEncrusted: The embassy dress is loaded with jewels.
* GentlemanSnarker: Professor Higgins is impeccably polite in the rudest way possible.
* GilliganCut: In the film, after Pickering pulls the plug on the Embassy Ball. ("This experiment is '''OVER'''.") He's wearing a tux in the next shot.
* GoodCopBadCop: Pickering and Higgins.
* GorgeousPeriodDress: One of its Oscars was for Costume Design.
* GotMeDoingIt: The voice exercises start getting to poor Pickering after awhile. "'Ave you troid the ploin cayke?"
* GriefSong: "I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face" arguably, since it's a combination of grief and anger. Doubles as LoveEpiphany.
* HatesEveryoneEqually: Higgins' defense to Eliza's charge that he still treats her like rubbish. In point of fact, he treats ''everyone'' like that -- and he's proud of it, too.
-->'''Higgins:''' The question is not whether I treat you rudely, but whether you've ever heard me treat anyone else better.
* HeManWomanHater: Henry is very misogynistic, though he insists he's not. In fact, he's got a whole song dedicated to whining about how much he dislikes women ("An Ordinary Man"). The end of the play may have helped him get over it, but again, it's up to viewer interpretation.
** ''Two'' whole songs -- there's also "A Hymn to Him" ([[RefrainFromAssuming a.k.a.]] "Why Can't a Woman Be More Like a Man?").
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Both Higgins and Pickering have that "confirmed bachelor" vibe thing going for them.
** Higgins even uses that exact phrase, then shudders at the idea of marriage. He also has a hard time admitting Eliza "might" be attractive when he suggests she marry herself off (cue flamboyant flourish), laments that women aren't more like men, and while all this might have been intended as BelligerentSexualTension it's taken so far that the idea of a sexual/romantic relationship between him and Eliza becomes ... a stretch.
** Higgins asks Pickering where one can find a Ladies' Dress Shop. Pickering replies so quickly, Higgins asks how he would know. Pickering clears his throat and says "Common knowledge" (despite having just arrived in London from years living in India).
** If you insist, you ''can'' interpret Higgins' "Why Can't A Woman Be More Like A Man" number as evidence.
* HeyItsThatGuy: Eliza is followed home by SherlockHolmes who then proceeds to sing in the street for several days (albeit in somebody else's voice).
* HypocriticalHumor: As they prepare for the ball, Pickering [[INeedAFreakingDrink downs a glass of port]] and curses Higgins for his constant serenity. Before they leave, however, Higgins peeks over his shoulder and quaffs some alcohol, too.
** "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face." He's [[FalseReassurance a most forgiving man]].
* IAmSong: "With a Little Bit of Luck" and "An Ordinary Man".
* IMeantToDoThat: In the midst of being thoroughly castigated by Eliza, Higgins springs up from his chair and claims credit for her self-confidence. What a chode.
* IWantSong: Eliza's "Wouldn't It Be Loverly?": she wants a cosy warm room, a comfy chair, and lots of chocolate.
* IUhYouToo: Higgins finally confesses to Eliza that he's going to miss her... then quickly follows it up by saying Pickering misses her, too.
* InnocentFlowerGirl: Eliza at the start of the story. The later battle to get her bathed kind of proves her innocence.
* InnocentInnuendo: ''She sent the boy for her belongings, but she said she won't need her clothes'' *wink*
* InsufferableGenius: Even Higgins' own mother can't stand him.
* ItsAllAboutMe: "You Did It".
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Henry. Maybe there's some gold in there somewhere, but you'd be hard pressed to find it. Not quite JerkWithAHeartOfJerk territory, but YMMV.
* KavorkaMan: Alfie. There's a reason he departs for his wedding as if it were his own funeral.
* LastSecondWordSwap:
-->''You, dear friend, who talk so well\\
You can go to...Hertford, Heresford and Hampshire!''
* LicensedPinballTables: Played with; there are actually two {{Pinball}} games based on ''My Fair Lady'', though both of them were unofficial {{Spiritual Licensee}}s.
** Creator/{{Gottlieb}} released ''Fair Lady'' in 1956, capitalizing on the success of the Broadway play, with illustrations of the masked women from the embassy ball.
** Then in 1966, Creator/{{Gottlieb}} released ''Pinball/{{Mayfair}}'', riding the coattails of the film adaptation.
* LighterAndSofter: Much more so than the original Shaw play.
* LyricalDissonance: "Ascot Gavotte," wherein upper-class gents and ladies sing about "a ripping, absolutely gripping moment" with all the enthusiasm of a funeral host.
* MaybeEverAfter: [[spoiler: Eliza and Henry]] are reconciled at the end, but are they a romantic couple now, or what? The answer is only hinted.
* MayDecemberRomance: What may have happened between the 21-year-old Eliza and the much older Higgins, who is at least twice her age.
* MeaningfulName: A name like Doolittle totally makes sense for someone like Eliza's father. Eliza herself, [[UnfortunateName on the other hand...]]
* MisogynySong: "An Ordinary Man" and "A Hymn to Him".
* MissingMom: Seeing as Eliza's father remarries, and his side comments about his old wife are along the lines of "You look just like her, Eliza" and "Just like her, you never give me money!" it can be safely assumed Eliza's mother is dead.
** He didn't "re" marry, actually...
-->Pickering:"...marriage isn't so frightening; you married Eliza's Mother."
-->Doolittle: "Who told ya that, guv'ner?" [Gives Pickering a headshake and a slightly leering wink.]
* TheMusical
* MysteriousMiddleInitial: Alfred P. Dolittle.
* NiceHat: The racetrack scene goes crazy with this. ''Every lady'' has a hat nicer than the previous one. Eliza's hat is just massive, including the [[FluffyFashionFeathers loads of feathers on the side]].
** Honorable mention goes to Henry's teacup and saucer.
* NoSympathy: The servants express more compassion for Higgins than his hapless student (Doesn't rest / Doesn't eat / Doesn't touch a crumb!) [[DescriptionCut Cut]] to Higgins munching on cakes while Eliza is wasting away.
** Also, while trying to practice with marbles in her mouth, Eliza accidentally swallows one, but Higgins simply replies "Doesn't matter, I've got more", and puts more into her mouth.
* NonSingingVoice: Marni Nixon did most of Audrey Hepburn's singing for the movie; this is at least partially responsible for the AwardSnub mentioned above. And no, Marni Nixon's name appeared ''nowhere'' in the original credits.
** However, when video of Hepburn's original vocal performances was released in the 1990's, many fans found Nixon's overdubbing to be completely unnecessary.
** Also, Jeremy Brett as Freddy was dubbed by Bill Shirley (AKA [[Disney/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians Roger]] (singing) and [[Disney/SleepingBeauty Prince Philip]]).
*** Out of all of them, Brett was the one who ''could'' sing. Look him up on Website/YouTube. But his singing voice was thought too mature for Freddy.
** Rex Harrison couldn't actually sing either, but he developed a sort of recitative to compensate.
* NurseryRhyme: The title, of course, comes from "London Bridge is falling down", a snatch of whose melody is heard at the beginning of "Get Me To The Church On Time".
* ObsessionSong: "On the Street Where You Live". Considering that Freddy continues to wait outside for several days: possibly weeks -- this song can get creepy for some viewers.
** One really should consider that he has no other polite way of contacting her, due to Higgins. It's not as if he could just text her.
** The text of the musical says that he arrives at the house after Ascot. Six weeks later is the Transylvanian Embassy Ball, and the day after that is the first time we see Freddy again. He's been on that street for SIX WEEKS.
* ParasolOfPrettiness: Eliza takes one to the races.
* ParentalAbandonment: Eliza's father pushes this into borderline abuse levels as he not only leaves all of his children to fend for themselves, he takes their hard-earned money for himself to waste on alcohol. (And he ''brags'' about this, no less!)
** The line immediately following his proud description of his parenting style? "You've got a good heart, Alfie..."
* PassFail: The plot is driven by Higgin's bet that he can train a rough, low-class flower girl into passing as a member of the aristocracy.
* PetTheDog: After a full day of nonstop, grueling exercises, an exhausted Higgins finally offers Eliza a few soft words of encouragement. At this, her voice instantly transforms into an impeccable upper class accent.
** Alfie gets one when he cajoles Eliza to be self-reliant, as "she's a lady now."
* PimpedOutDress: See the photo; also, her gown for the Embassy ball.
* PinkProductPloy: Every DVD cover since 2004 has a pink background. (The 2004 cover actually uses a 1964 poster which was pink to begin with.)
* PlankGag: Happens during the "With A Little Bit Of Luck" song, since Alfie Doolittle is singing in what seems to be a construction area and there is inevitably someone who swings a plank around and someone else gets hit by it.
* PlatonicLifePartners: Eliza and Henry. [[MaybeEverAfter Maybe.]]
* PrecisionFStrike: '''COME ON, DOVER! MOVE YER BLOOMIN' ARSE!'''
* PrincessForADay: Well, for several months. Eliza's training is to help her pass as a "lady."
* APupilOfMineUntilHeTurnedToEvil: It seems Higgin's contempt for his pupil lies in the fact that he abandoned academia; Zoltan uses his linguistics abilities "more to blackmail and swindle than teach."
** Since Eliza mentioned straight to Higgins that she might become a linguist like him as her way of getting back at him, [[UnreliableNarrator you should wonder whether Zoltan really is as devious and conniving as Higgins claims]].
*** Still, Zoltan did say of the Greek Ambassador's birth origin "I keep his secret, but I make him pay. I make them all pay.", so the character himself seems to confirm the blackmail accusation.
* PygmalionPlot: Duh.
* RagsToRoyalty: Well, upper middle class. And she ''was'' able to be taken for nobility.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Both Eliza and Henry deliver these to each other. Several times. Henry even gets a Reason Your Speech Sucks Speech.
** Eliza even gets a Reason You Suck ''Song'' ("Just You Wait").
* RightBehindMe: At the end of "Just You Wait", Eliza realizes that Higgins was standing behind her, watching her singing about his death. Awkward...
* RomanticFalseLead: Freddy
** Or Higgins. It's left very ambiguous.
* TheScapegoat: Following Eliza's spat with Higgins, Freddy gets chewed out for the high crime of being [[DoesNotLikeMen the first man who crosses her path]].
* SheCleansUpNicely: See the image; when first introduced Eliza's very dirty and wearing torn-up, worn clothing. The exact words of the trope are used by her father on first seeing her as a 'lady'.
* ShotAtDawn: Eliza gleefully fantasizes about this happening to Higgins, who is very casual about the whole business before keeling over.
* SlapSlapKiss: Eliza and Henry's relationship...and if the play is to be believed, no doubt this would have carried on.
* SmugSnake: Higgins throughout most of the musical.
* SophisticatedAsHell: What happens when you combine Eliza's blue language with a posh accent.
* SpiritedYoungLady: Eliza's uncouth behavior got Freddy's interest.
* SpotOfTea: It is set in England, after all!
* SpringtimeForHitler: Higgins sarcastically writing a letter of recommendation for Alfred Dolittle, calling him "one of the original moralists in England." An American philanthropist dies and bequeaths a fortune to Alfie.
* StalkingIsLove: Freddy. 'Nuff said.
* StealthInsult: Eliza gets Higgins with a few. Higgins isn't so good at being stealthy with insults, but doesn't understand why he has to be.
** Which is about the best you can hope for from Higgins. "I've [[AnAesop learned something]] from your idiotic notions."
* StrangerInAFamiliarLand: Fed up with her keeper, Eliza returns to the old neighborhood after her blossoming into a lady, but no one recognizes her.
* SubvertedRhymeEveryOccasion[=/=]LastSecondWordSwap: In "Without You"
-->And you, dear friend, who talked so well,\\
You can go to -- Hertford, Hereford, and Hampshire!
* TalkAboutTheWeather: While in public, Higgins advises Eliza to stick to mundane topics: the weather, and everyone's health. It backfires.
** Mrs. Higgins, disgusted with every word that comes out of her son's mouth, [[IronicEcho echoes this advice]] in the end.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodSandwich: Higgins and Pickering are too stuffed to finish the last cake tart. Not to worry, says Higgins; he knows somebody who ''loves'' these. He marches right past a famished Eliza to feed it to a parrot.
* TrainingFromHell: ''Linguistics'' training from hell, although not as over-the-top as some examples.
* {{Tsundere}}:
** Eliza is Type A, though this largely comes through from being around Higgins; when left with her Cockney friends, she's more Type B.
** Higgins himself is a type A, notably when he meets Eliza at his mother's. He'll get close to being kind to Eliza, realise what he just said and promptly insult her.
* TheVillainSucksSong: "Without You" is this, as well as being a bit of a AntiLoveSong. Also "Just You Wait".
* WestminsterChimes: A modified version begins every iteration of "Poor Professor Higgins".
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: When TwentiethCenturyFox hired Creator/DonBluth to direct an animated movie for them, they said he could helm an AnimatedAdaptation of either ''My Fair Lady'', or Marcelle Maurette's ''Anastasia''. [[WesternAnimation/{{Anastasia}} Bluth picked the latter.]]
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