"My Fair Lady" on TCM @ 8pm
"My Fair Lady" on TCM @ 8pm
#2"My Fair Lady" on TCM @ 8pm
Posted: 5/31/14 at 7:31pm
They're also playing Born Yesterday if you're willing to stay up till 2:30. I wish they were reversed (I've seen My Fair Lady loads of times, but have never seen Born Yesterday). Nonetheless, I think I'll watch them both.
TCM is definitely my favorite channel!
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Posted: 5/31/14 at 11:45pm
Yep -TCM. Is always on in my house.
I thought Drew's comments after the movie were rather elequent. Drew loved Audrey H. In the movie (alhough host Robert Osborne did not) and appreciated how much women "with class who were also good" meant to women and made them feel good about themselves too watching them.
if you like the Broadway message board and also like movies you might like the TCM Message Board as well.
Updated On: 5/31/14 at 11:45 PM
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Posted: 6/1/14 at 12:13am
Wow, I never knew there was a TCM message board! I guess I should have known (there's pretty much a message board for everything on the face of the earth). I'll definitely have to check it out.
I thought it was interesting that Robert Osborne didn't think it was an essential, and his reasons behind it. I always lament the fact that Julie Andrews wasn't in the movie, but whenever I actually watch it I remember how good Hepburn is in it and sort of don't miss her. The dubbing situation is of course another issue, but it is what it is. I read once that had they transposed Eliza's numbers down Hepburn would have been able to sing them pretty well, so I wish they had tried a little harder to make it work for her to do her own singing. It's certainly not one of my favorite musical films, but I often don't give it the credit it deserves.
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Posted: 11/25/14 at 8:39pmAw nuts. I was totally going to DVR it. I saw My Fair Lady at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion last year for the first time since I was a kid. I don't think a lot of classic movie musicals stand the test of time, but I was astonished at how wonderful virtually every aspect of the film remained. An absolute masterpiece. And, as a kid I was so hooked on Audrey - how could you not with those ravishing costumes and her made-to-be-in-movies face - but as an adult it became clear to me how much this was Rex Harrison's film. So glad his marvelous performance was preserved for the ages.
