My Fair Lady
My Fair Lady 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 Profess
'Let a woman in your life' is a song that Professor Higgens sings. It's about him, he does what he likes and he wouldn't let a woman into his life. '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. 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 intensive English lessons. Eliza is able to pronounce her words correctly. She was able to pronounce and sing 'The Rain In Spain' and 'I could have danced all Night' 'I could have danced all night' this is a song Eliza sings. She is excited by the fact of being able to know how to say The Rain in Spain. This is a joyful song. 'The Rain In Spain' This is a song they sing because this is what Eliza learns how to say. Colonel Pickering and Professor Henry Higgens are happy because they have finally succeeded. Freddie admits his devotion to Eliza, by singing 'On the Street where you Live' outside her doorstep, however Freddie wasn't able to see Eliza because of the maid would not let him in because Eliza was embarrassed by her performance at the Ascot racetrack to see him. or 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?' 'On the street where you live' Freddie Eynsford-Hill sings this. It's a romantic song about his love for Eliza Doolittle.
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Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)
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