#My Fair Lady 1964

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ELIZA DOOLITTLE & HATS

MY FAIR LADY (1964), costumes by Cecil Beaton

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Period dramas dresses tournament: Pink dresses Round 2- Group B: Eliza Doolittle, My fair lady (pics set) vs Teresa Raffo, The innocent (pics set)

Propaganda for Eliza's dress (written by a submitter):

Designed by Cecil Beaton, who won an Academy Award for Costume Design (Color) for this work.

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Women in cinema wearing pink whilst coming into their own 🤌

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**Shots of the Movie**

My Fair Lady (1964)

Director: George Cukor Cinematographer: Harry Stradling

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other than of course eliza pickering is the real mvp of my fair lady

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And be with me for evermore

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And thus begins my campaign to posthumously revoke Rex Harrison’s Tony and Oscar wins for his portrayal of Higgins, and give them to Harry Hadden-Paton instead.

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Thankfully, 1964 went better than 1963.

While I can't normally justify musicals lasting almost 3 hours, there is significantly more plot in My Fair Lady than most musicals, so I will make an exception. My Fair Lady also shares writer/lyricist Alan Jay Lerner and composer Frederick Loewe with previous winner Gigi, so the musical numbers were decent as well.

However, I do believe much of the film could have been cut if they removed every time Audrey Hepburn wailed/screeched so loud I worried I'd wake someone in my house.

As my mother puts it, "Rex Harrison's character is an ass". He does a great job playing the character, but was it necessary?? He's so obnoxious.

Current critics have overwhelming support towards Dr. Strangelove as the upset for this year. I've been excited to watch it not only because it's satire (I love satire) but also because it has a ridiculous subtitle.

Thankfully, it did not disappoint. It's a quick film, switching between the War Room, the plane, and the Air Force base so fast I wanted more by the time it ended. It stars Peter Sellers in three separate roles and introduces James Earl Jones in his film debut! It's just a treat all around.

Nothing new or ridiculous for the 37th Academy Awards. My Fair Lady picked up 8 wins from 12 noms, missing out on typical ones for editing and screenplay.

Wins for film, direction, and acting for Harrison were mirrored at the previous Golden Globes, as well as a few individual ceremonies.

Both films won BAFTAs for Best Film, Dr. Strangelove at the 18th ceremony and My Fair Lady the following year. Dr. Strangelove was recognized most at the BAFTAs, losing all noms at the Golden Globes and Oscars. Dr. Strangelove was also named by the AFI as #3 in funniest American films.

Unofficial Review: The Academy loves to give it to musicals. If that's your thing, great! My Fair Lady is a great one! But Dr. Strangelove has an edge over the 3 hour winner.

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Higgins + learning to accept Eliza flowers in his life.

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Live-"tweeting" my reaction to watching My Fair Lady (1964) for the first time

Jesus this girl goes into hysterics over EVERYTHING

Is that writing A) gibberish because it's just gibberish, B) a special coded language he made up, C) gibberish because it's supposed to be from Eliza's POV and she can't read or something, or D) just how linguists write? (I'm not a linguist so idk)

Look I don't blame her for thinking he's a cop and they have no right to judge her for that

My god I fucking hate Higgins

Sir don't flatter yourself with fancy words you are a linguist plain and simple

Look if a guy insulted me every two seconds and called me a pigeon I'd scream at him too

Sir you are the only one who cares about how this lady sounds "the idea of accents dictating class should be gone by now" sir you're the one judging her by her accent stfu stfu stfu

And even if it is an "antiquated notion" people will always have different accents and THAT'S OKAY THAT'S PART OF LIFE

Okay but Wouldn't It Be Loverly is actually a pretty good song (when put in comparison to the only other song I've seen so far which is Classism Based On Accents: The Song)

Okay Mr. Doolittle needs to shut up

Like sir your wife doesn't like you because you're a drunk bastard who shit talks her to your daughter and tries to waste said daughter's wages on booze not because you're "not a lawful husband"

Jesus do ALL the men in this movie suck????

Apparently yes

Is this going to be the entire plot of the movie? Just Eliza getting insulted and mistreated by men?

*checks Wikipedia* also apparently yes

Did- did he just call her BAGGAGE?

And THIS is my mom's favorite musical???? WHY????? THE MEN IN THIS ARE SHIT

MA'AM I THOUGHT YOU WERE A FEMINIST HOW ARE YOU ANY KIND OF OKAY WITH THIS KIND OF BEHAVIOR

(I'm aware it's a period piece and this is how men acted back then (and still act today) but that doesn't make it okay and I will continue to judge

Eliza has a point with the "I'm not paying you a ton of money to teach me how to speak my own damn language"

Oh thank god ONE somewhat semi-decent man (he's paying for the lessons (even if it's part of a wager)) (it's Pickering)

I absolutely hate everything about Higgins and I hope he dies in a car explosion with hammers /ref

Thank god at least Mrs. Pearce has common sense with the "what the hell is she supposed to do with her life during and after you fuck everything up for her"

Relatable - I also can be bribed with chocolate (although I don't blame her for thinking they might be drugged since as we've established Henry Higgins is absolute trash and I wouldn't put it past the fucker)

So this man is telling her to either do whatever he tells her or be physically abused and if she doesn't pass as a rich lady at Buckingham Palace she'll be THROWN IN JAIL

WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH HIM??????

THIS IS THE LOVE INTEREST??????

WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK?????

THIS IS THE MOST MISOGYNISTIC ABUSIVE PIECE OF SHIT I'VE EVER MET IN MY LIFE

AND SOMEHOW SHE FALLS IN LOVE WITH HIM???????

I feel sorry for this poor girl

My mom got mad and turned it off because of the amount of times I said "Jesus Christ this man is a piece of garbage" (about several men)

Look if you don't want me to talk about how much the men suck and mistreat the main character DON'T SHOW ME A MOVIE THAT CONSISTS ENTIRELY OF THE MEN BEING SHIT TO THE MAIN CHARACTER AND EXPECT ME TO BE OKAY WITH IT

I already get enough of this shit at school and I don't want to have to see it at home too

Live-"tweeting" over

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Period dramas dresses tournament: Pink dresses Round 3- Group B: Eliza Doolittle, My fair lady (pics set) vs Christine Daae, The phantom of the opera (gifset)

Propaganda for Eliza's dress (written by a submitter):

Designed by Cecil Beaton, who won an Academy Award for Costume Design (Color) for this work.

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Audrey Hepburn at the Grauman’s Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood Boulevard at the premiere night of their movie My Fair Lady on 28 October 1964

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The flower girl becomes a flower. They thought Eliza was an unsightly weed, but all she needed was the proper care to really bloom.