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My Fair Lady

The loverliest motion picture of them all!

1964173 minutesComedy, Romance, and MusicDirected by George Cukor
About the film

My Fair Lady at a glance.

Screen Path places this 1964 film at stop 89 in one curated journey through cinema. The learning experience adds context before you watch and deeper analysis after.

A snobbish phonetics professor agrees to a wager that he can take a flower girl and make her presentable in high society.

Principal cast

Audrey Hepburn as Eliza Doolittle, Rex Harrison as Professor Henry Higgins, Stanley Holloway as Alfred P. Doolittle, Wilfrid Hyde-White as Colonel Hugh Pickering, and Gladys Cooper as Mrs. Higgins

Key craft credits

Harry Stradling Sr. (director of photography), William H. Ziegler (editor), Frederick Loewe (original music composer), Alan Jay Lerner (screenplay), and Cecil Beaton (production design)

Director
George Cukor
Release
1964-12-01
Runtime
173 minutes
Genres
Comedy, Romance, and Music
Country
United States
Quiz
50 questions
The Screen Path journey

Before. After. Remember.

The featured film is watched outside Screen Path. The app provides the learning experience around it: a guide, an analysis, and a quiz with explanations.

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Before you watch

Start with a spoiler-free video guide to the context and filmmaking choices worth noticing.

Spoiler-free
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After the film

Return after watching for a deeper video analysis of craft, meaning, and legacy.

Contains spoilers
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Quiz yourself

Answer 50 questions with clear rationales designed to make the ideas stick.

50 questions in this journey

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