My Fair Lady.My Fair Lady (Warner Bros BROS Brothers BROS Benefits and Retirement Operations Section (King County, Washington) BROS Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society (London, UK) , 1964). The granddaddy of all makeover movies, Lerner and Loewe's musical rendition of George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion won eight Oscars for the tale of a flower girl transformed into the loveliest belle at the ball. Betting he can train any commoner to act and speak like a noble, the erudite and arrogant Henry Higgins (Rex Harrison) selects Eliza Doolittle (Audrey Hepburn) as his human guinea pig guinea pig (gĭn`ē), domesticated form of the cavy, Cavia porcellus, a South American rodent. It is unrelated to the pig; the name may refer to its shrill squeal. and sets out to transform this working class Cockney Cockney Bow Bells famous bell in East End of London; “only one who is born within the bell’s sound is a true Cockney.” [Br. Hist.: NCE, 347] Doolittle, Eliza Cockney girl taught by professor to imitate aristocracy. into a sparkling socialite. While the experiment succeeds, it has some side effects Side effects Effects of a proposed project on other parts of the firm. . Higgins has grown attached to his research subject, and Eliza finds that being a lady is something of a letdown. Still, the music is glorious. **** |
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