Wouldn’t It Be Loverly – My Fair Lady

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My Fair Lady
My fair lady poster.jpg

Theatrical release poster by Bill Gold,
original illustration by Bob Peak
Directed by George Cukor
Produced by Jack L. Warner
Screenplay by Alan Jay Lerner
Based on
Starring
Music by
Cinematography Harry Stradling
Edited by William H. Ziegler
Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.
  • November 9, 1964
Running time
170 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $17 million
Box office $72 million

My Fair Lady is a 1964 American musical film adapted from the Lerner and Loewe eponymous stage musical based on the 1913 stage play Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw. 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 could teach her to speak “proper” English, thereby making her presentable in the high society of Edwardian London.

The film stars Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison as Eliza Doolittle and Henry Higgins respectively, with Stanley HollowayGladys Cooper and Wilfrid Hyde-White in supporting roles. A critical and commercial success, it won eight Academy Awards, including Best PictureBest Actor, and Best Director. In 1998, the American Film Institute named it the 91st greatest American film of all time.

Wouldn’t It Be Loverly” is a popular song by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe, written for the 1956 Broadway play My Fair Lady. The song is sung by flower girl Eliza Doolittle and her street friends. It expresses Eliza’s wish for a better life. In addition to pronouncing “lovely” as “loverly”, the song lyrics highlight other facets of the Cockney accent that Professor Henry Higgins wants to refine away as part of his social experiment.

In the stage version it was sung by Julie Andrews. In the 1964 film versionMarni Nixon dubbed the song for Audrey Hepburn. Both Andrews’ and Nixon’s versions are available on the original cast and soundtrack albums, respectively, and Hepburn’s original version is available in the specials for the DVD of the film. Andy Williams released a version of the song on his 1964 album, The Great Songs from “My Fair Lady” and Other Broadway Hits.
In the late 1980s and early 1990s the song was used in television advertisements for Commonwealth Bank of Australia home mortgages 

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