My Fair Lady
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My Fair Lady (1964) this musical is about Eliza Doolittle's magical change from a lower class flower girl into a fine lady. My Fair Lady became a highly successful movie. It received 12 Academy Award nominations in 1964 and won eight Academy�s. It is a comedy but the movie has romance and heartbreak. There are romantic songs like �I could have danced all night� and humorous ones like �I�m just an ordinary man�
Meeting Eliza Doolittle, Colonel Pickering & Professor Higgens
In the opening scene of My fair Lady we meet the main characters, Professor Henry Higgens (Rex Harrison) a professor of phonetics, Eliza Doolittle (Audrey Hepburn) a lower class flower girl and colonel Pickering a student of Indian dialects. They are in the convent gardens. Professor Higgens hears Eliza, the flower girl speaking and begins to take notes. Eliza finds this suspicious and she assumes she is in trouble. She objects and says she has done nothing wrong, but the professor keeps taking notes. Henry Higgen then insults Eliza Doolittle�s English and sings �Why can�t the English learn to speak?� The song attracts Colonel Pickering who, as it turns out, has come from India to meet Professor Higgens. The Professor and colonel Pickering then talk about their shared interest in speech. She listens to the professor and colonel Pickering talking and she then starts to desire to become a lady. Colonel Pickering and Professor Higgens sing �Wouldn�t it be lovely?�
The song �Why can�t the English learn to speak?� is about people like Eliza that don�t speak correctly. The orchestra in the background accompanies the song.
�Wouldn�t It be lovely?� is a song about their lives if they were more wealthy. They would have a nice place to stay and would be able to eat thing like chocolates.
Higgens at Work
Professor Higgens and Colonel Pickering are discussing about phonetics when Eliza makes an entrance at the Higgen�s house. She tells them she wants to become a lady and have lessons to become one. Professor Higgens thinks it is a ridiculous idea and tells her to leave. Colonel Pickering convinces him it would be an interesting challenge and says he will have a bet with Higgens. Colenel Pickering says he will pay for the expenses if he is able to turn Eliza in to a proper lady. Higgens, then sends Eliza upstairs to be dressed and have a shower to look more presentable. Professor Higgens expresses his feelings about women and sings �Let A Woman In Your Life�
Eliza�s father hears about Eliza living at Professor Higgnen�s place. He show�s up at Higgen�s place and earns a few dollars �With a Little Bit of Luck�. After...
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