The london cast album with the same leads can give you stereo. Laura benanti on playing her dream role in my fair lady. 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 on the sexism in my fair lady, donald trump and cuts. 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. 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. The production, starring harrison as higgins, julie andrews as eliza, and holloway as her father, ran for. Rex harrison, julie andrews my fair lady 1956, vinyl. The 1964 audrey hepburn movie version of my fair lady is based on the broadway musical starring julie andrews with songs written by. With audrey hepburn, rex harrison, stanley holloway, wilfrid hydewhite. 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. At first performance of my fair lady, the drama was. Julie andrews sings i could have danced all night on the dinah shore chevy show january 12, 1958.
The movie was later adapted into a broadway musical, also featuring. Dame julie andrews talks my fair lady, sexism, trump and. 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 the rain in spain my fair lady youtube. 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. Would they have waited and wouldboth films hav won best picture in separate years. 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. Andrews, rex harrison, and robert coote in 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. Dame julie andrews talks my fair lady, sexism, trump and the. 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. Mar 15, 2020 my fair lady premiered on broadway march 15, 1956, at the mark hellinger theatre. Lyndon terracini announced in august 2015 that andrews would direct my fair lady in 2016 for opera australia at the sydney opera house.
Look back at julie andrews and rex harrison in my fair lady. It could have been the biggest rivalry in academy history, but with two of the classiest stars and two beloved musicals. 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. Dame julie andrews talks my fair lady, sexism, trump and the importance of art julie andrews on the sexism in my fair lady. See more ideas about julie andrews, victor victoria and sound of music. Rex harrison, julie andrews with stanley holloway book and lyrics by alan jay lerner music by frederick loewe my fair lady original broadway cast. 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. 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. The production, starring harrison as higgins, julie andrews as eliza, and holloway as her father, ran for 2,717 performances, until september 1962. Julie andrews directs my fair lady by stagewhisperstv. The wonderful musical was remastered and digitalized and the sound on this cd is. My fair lady original soundtrack original soundtrack. 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. Listen free to julie andrews my fair lady overture, why cant the english.
Why didnt julie andrews star in the movie version of my. 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. 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. His film costar hepburn presented his award, and as the camera panned several times to his. 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. Compared to hepburn, andrews was a relative unknown. The loverly sets from the audrey hepburn movie my fair lady.
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. Celebrating the beloved original, lerner and loewes my fair lady comes to the regent theatre in may. This number is from the musical my fair lady, which julie. 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. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. While audrey hepburn was a great actress, loved her in breakfast at tiffanys, she was miscast in my fair lady. Walt disney was working on mary poppins at the same time.
Date aired 121071 julie andrews for clip licensing opportunities please visit. Julie andrews on why she wasnt cast in my fair lady the dick. The show went on to break all boxoffice records, in london and new york. The album became a massive seller, topping the charts on the us billboard 200 for fifteen weeks at different times in 1956 eight. I was certainly aware of tales about the casting couch. 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. Andrews recalled a conversation she later had with hepburn.
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. 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. She remembers hepburn saying to her, julie, you should. Snobbish phonetics professor henry higgins agrees to a wager that he can make flower girl eliza doolittle presentable in high society.
The album became a massive seller, topping the charts on the us billboard 200. This product is an authorized cdr and is manufactured on demand. 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. Dame julie andrews got her revenge on producer jack l. Despite his initial reservations about hepburn being cast as eliza instead of julie andrews, when rex harrison. Also, apparently marni nixon is the one singing in the movie.
Julie andrews and rex harrison in my fair lady on broadway. 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. Walt offered to delay filming on mary poppins so julie could be in lady. I hadnt realized that my fair lady had been on broadway.
Audrey said to me, you should have done my fair lady, julie but i didnt have the guts to turn it down. The production earned rex harrison a tony award and. Complete your rex harrison, julie andrews collection. Together with director moss hart, movie and theatrical star rex harrison and a teenage stage ingenue called julie andrews, they created a classic. Julie andrews on why she wasnt cast in my fair lady the dick cavett show duration. I noticed though that one song has some flaws and my cd went a bit berserk at one point. 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. Andrews my fair lady broadway costar rex harrison won best actor for the film version of the musical. Why didnt julie andrews star in the movie version of my fair. My fair lady was a show you gotand still geton first listeningwithout having seen it. Apr, 2018 yet my fair lady opened improbably, triumphantly, to its first paying audience on that saturday, feb. 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.
Look back at julie andrews and rex harrison in my fair lady on. 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. This film reveals how the story provided a touchstone of social values throughout the 20th century. Rex harrison dedicated his oscar to two fair ladies. 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. Jul 15, 2019 julie andrews discusses making her film debut in mary poppins and performing in my fair lady on broadway. This documentary tells the story of george bernard shaws my fair lady, theatrelands greatest play and musical. 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. My fair lady show me hannah bentivegna mhs play 2015. 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. Julie andrews on why she wasnt cast in my fair lady.
The broadway cast recording of the musical my fair lady was released as an album on april 2, 1956. My fair lady premiered on broadway march 15, 1956, at the mark hellinger theatre. The production earned rex harrison a tony award and julie andrews a nomination. Julie andrews on why she wasnt cast in my fair lady the. 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. Yet my fair lady opened improbably, triumphantly, to its first paying audience on that saturday, feb.
Embarrassingly, by the time the movie opened, mary poppins had made her more than enough of a star to. I had some very serious schadenfreude when julie andrews won the oscar for mary poppins the same year my fair lady came out. 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. Jun 30, 2017 there was one person who didnt understand that decision. Andrews performed in the theater to acclaim, when lerner and loewe sold the movie rights to warner brothers, jack warner wanted. Their immediate solution was to turn to marni nixon. In the case of my fair lady, rex harrrisons vocals and synced image match perfectly as does everyone else. Audrey hepburns landing the role of eliza doolittle in warner bros. My fair lady academy awardwinning 1964 movie trailer by montrealflickers. I listened to julies version and it was really nice. Audrey hepburn couldnt sing, so all the songs were dubbed using marni nixons voice 19302016. 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.
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