My Fair Lady
The loverliest motion picture of them all!
ComedyRomanceMusictransformationmusicalflower girlcolonelsuitorwagerclass differencestutoraristocratlinguisthigh societymisogynist
A witty, visually sumptuous musical romance about transformation and class, built on charm, song, and the gradual softening of a misogynist professor through his unlikely bond with a spirited flower girl.
A snobbish phonetics professor agrees to a wager that he can take a flower girl and make her presentable in high society.
Essence
Ensemble
Audrey Hepburn
Eliza Doolittle
Rex Harrison
Professor Henry Higgins
Stanley Holloway
Alfred P. Doolittle
Wilfrid Hyde-White
Colonel Hugh Pickering
Gladys Cooper
Mrs. Higgins
Jeremy Brett
Freddy Eynsford-Hill
Theodore Bikel
Zoltan Karpathy
Mona Washbourne
Mrs. Pearce
Isobel Elsom
Mrs. Eynsford-Hill
John Holland
Butler
Marni Nixon
Eliza Doolittle (singing voice) (uncredited)
Colin Kenny
Ad Lib at Church (uncredited)
Closest match
Nearest across the full emotional profile.
Same mood
Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.
Go darker
Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.
Hidden gem
Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.
