"Hello Guv'nor" was just one of many ways someone of a lower class (specifically London here) might refer to someone of higher class, especially if they didn't now what rank they were addressing. It basically means 'Boss' or 'Someone better than me'. 'Governor', like 'Squire', 'Lordship', 'Judge' and so on, were terms cockneys (and other working class Brits), would use a lot.
@jedijones
2 жыл бұрын
It sounds weird in America because we aren't as class-obsessed as the Brits. If somebody seemed to be acting 'above' someone else here, they're more likely to be addressed with a mocking insult. Sort of the way Han Solo talks to Princess Leia in Star Wars, e.g. "your worship."
@monnezzapromizoulin5169
2 жыл бұрын
"Hello Guv'nor" reminds me "The admirable Crichton"
@TheNightBadger
2 жыл бұрын
@@jedijones _"It sounds weird in America because we aren't as class-obsessed as the Brits"_ - I wouldn't say Britain is class obsessed. It's just that class and the class system was the reality of British life for most of history - My Fair Lady is set while that was still very much in force. Even in the US in the South a kind of class system developed (which was damaged by the Civil War). The modern US has one too - it's human nature I guess, but in the US it isn't about titles, just wealth and dynastic family names, etc.
@TheNightBadger
2 жыл бұрын
@@monnezzapromizoulin5169 Spoken in a posh voice, too; _"Hello Guv'nor!"_
@patticrichton1135
2 жыл бұрын
@@monnezzapromizoulin5169 and "CRICHTON" is MY last name TOO. (for those who are not familiar with the name "CRICHTON" (as in THE ADMIRABLE CRICHTON, and the famous author MICHAEL CRICHTON ( Jurassic Park, The Andromeda Strain, The Lost World, Time Line, Sphere, The Terminal Man, The "CH" in the middle of "CriCHton" is SILENT. Pretend they are NOT there, so it was pronounced like "CRY - tin" MOST people who don't know will say my name like "CriTCHtin" (like CH in "CHERRY" or like "itch with a hard C instead of the "i" in front) It's funny because people who met me and are calling my name from a paper (like at a doctor's/dentists office, etc, Will say it like I just mentioned. But I HAVE had some actually say it correctly and I always tell them that I was glad they pronounce it correctly, and EVERYONE of them would say,, "Yes, like MICHEAL CRICHTON....are you any relation to him?" I always say I WISH I WAS, I would like just a FIFTH of his money ( he made a lot of money with his books and so many of them were turned into blockbuster movies. Sadly he died at the age of 66 in Nov, 2008 from cancer. RIP Michael. By the way, "CRICHTON" is a SCOTTISH name.
@epsteinisms1483
2 жыл бұрын
I neglected to tell you that you did a marvelous job editing and putting this all together. Carefully using very short clips, you managed to capture this film's rare beauty and best moments. Great job, Mia!
@MoviesWithMia
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! I was really nervous about the songs but am content with the final cut!
@RLucas3000
2 жыл бұрын
@@MoviesWithMia I’m a little late but would you consider doing the musical 1776? Fantastic for a belated 4th of July, maybe chow down with a hot dog and potato chips while enjoying?! PS I love Wait Until Dark! You are picking awesome movies.
@oliverbrownlow5615
2 жыл бұрын
@@RLucas3000 Strange to say, the musical *1776* (1972), about the writing and signing of the American Declaration of Independence, has some of the virtues of *My Fair Lady* (1964). If you watch it, make sure you get the Director's cut.
@edisonlima4647
2 жыл бұрын
There is a harsh and interesting social commentary inserted in that dialogue where Eliza asks what is she supposed to do with herself now that she can no longer feel at home living in the slums but has no means to live anywhere else. Higgins suggests that, being a lady, she is not supposed to work, anyway, but marry, to which she snaps back: "So, back when I sold flowers, I didn't sell myself but now that you made a lady of me I'm not fit to sell anything else..."
@SavingHistory
22 күн бұрын
I know I’m 2 years late, but I caught that line too. Profound!
@jonnyquatromusic
2 жыл бұрын
The young man you were understandably fawning over who plays Freddie is Jeremy Brett, the DEFINITIVE Sherlock Holmes. He played Sherlock Holmes for Granada Television and it is the greatest performance of the Great Detective ever!
@lechat8533
7 ай бұрын
For my taste, Jeremy Brett WAS Sherlock Holmes.❤
@lovethomassowell
6 ай бұрын
@@lechat8533 Unquestionably.
@wiggion
Ай бұрын
I cringe watching the old black and white holmes with Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce. Rathbone, was a great Holmes, but they didn't do The Doyle stories the the way Granada and Jeremy Brett did. I watched the Brett Holmes and with the feeling that Doyle wrote Watson very much as if Doyle himself was Watson as if the eye witness narrator. And glad you mentioned Marni Nixon. Did that dubbing make it virtually impossible for Audrey Hepburn to get the Oscar?
@Not-Impressed..1821
2 жыл бұрын
Audrey Hepburn is an eternal vision of style and glamour, but Jeremy Brett is in my heart as the best Sherlock Holmes ever.
@billolsen4360
2 жыл бұрын
Yes he was!
@MrTimothybee
2 жыл бұрын
Couldn’t agree more!
@tarmaque
2 жыл бұрын
Poor Jeremy Brett, who died too young. What a brilliant actor, and the _only_ Sherlock Holmes I will ever recognize as authentic.
@sarahturner7408
2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely!
@arturocostantino623
2 жыл бұрын
You’re absolutely right!
@sarahturner7408
2 жыл бұрын
I'm so glad you love Jeremy Brett! He is so gorgeous and precious in this film. I also highly recommend his Sherlock series it is amazing!
@eddhardy1054
2 жыл бұрын
He was and is the greatest Sherlock Holmes I've ever seen (especially in the first two series before ill-health started to affect his performance) 🥰
@cthulhupriestess
2 жыл бұрын
I concur about Jeremy Brett’s portrayal of Holmes. Really recommend giving them a watch. 😊
@itsokifwedisagree8909
2 жыл бұрын
Yes, yes! Second and third these recommendations!
@lewstone5430
2 жыл бұрын
THE BEST Sherlock Holmes imo!
@johnreddick7650
Жыл бұрын
It's interesting that @25:00 Mia thought of Prince Eric, since Freddie's singing voice was actually that of Bill Shirley, AKA Prince Phillip from Disney's "Sleeping Beauty."
@johnnehrich9601
2 жыл бұрын
Pygmalion in ancient mythology was a king and sculptor who fell in love with the marble statue he created. In Shaw's time, education included much classical literature such as the works of Homer and Plato, and so people would know of this legend. Shaw used the title for his play but obviously updated it to recent times and with a real woman. (Now that I think about it, Pygmalion is slightly similar to Pinocchio.)
@jackasswhiskyandpintobeans9344
2 жыл бұрын
I've read that Joyce's "Finnegans Wake," is actually a nod to Shaw's Pygmalion.
@amandaasbury3688
2 жыл бұрын
That really makes me want to write a paper on the similarities, also tying in with the (Jewish?) lore of gollums.
@denvan3143
2 жыл бұрын
Shaw wrote a sequel to _Pigmalion_ but it’s really an outline for a story that would be better suited to a miniseries than a play or a movie. You can find it online.
@jedijones
2 жыл бұрын
Similar to Mannequin also. 😆 I think there are a LOT of movies that riffed on Pygmalion. Other movies like Can't Buy Me Love, Trading Places, Pretty Woman, Mighty Aphrodite, She's All That, etc. Using the concept of taking a nobody and trying to mold them into something with a higher status.
@johnnehrich9601
2 жыл бұрын
@@jedijones Yes but also the idea the creator unintentionally falls in love with the creation. Sort of "boy builds girl, boy loses girl, boy gets girl."
@jackcarl2772
Жыл бұрын
I despise this film. Why? The ending. After all the artistry, brilliant musical numbers, outstanding performances, a character arc culminating in "Goodbye, Professor Higgins. You shall not be seeing me again." we get...what probably qualifies as the most limp ending to any movie.
@Mermaids7
Жыл бұрын
In the musical Eliza left and never came back to Higgins I honestly prefer that ending to be honest he really annoyed me so it was nice to see her tell him off and live her life without his ego and putting her down
@kathyastrom1315
2 жыл бұрын
I was lucky to see Rex Harrison’s final tour of My Fair Lady in the early ‘80s, co-starring Cathleen Nesbitt as Henry’s mother (she had originated the role on Broadway). It was wonderful, although he was getting very long in the tooth. (I also saw Yul Brynner in his final tour of The King and I.)
@samsonau8205
2 жыл бұрын
Me too! 1981 in Boston for me!!
@storyteller2882
Жыл бұрын
I saw Richard Kiley in the original run of Man of La Mancha (1967 on tour) and then when he reprised it in 1979. I wish I'd seen the musical productions you got to see.
@kathyastrom1315
Жыл бұрын
@@storyteller2882 The other big-name actors I saw on stage in Chicago in touring musicals were Victor Garber and Luci Arnaz in They’re Playing Our Song, and Peter Noone and Jim Belushi in The Pirates of Penzance. My favorite though was when a 1999 revival of You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown was in tryouts in Chicago before going to Broadway. I got the tickets because Anthony Rapp and BD Wong were playing Charlie Brown and Linus. Afterwards, though, all my mom and I could talk about were the then-unknown Roger Bart and Kristin Chenoweth as Snoopy and Sally, especially Kristin, who we knew immediately was going to be a huge star. She was amazing!
@matthines4748
2 жыл бұрын
Ah, then now you need to see GiGi. A similar story, with a young French girl learning to be arm candy for a rich patron. Gaston (Louis Jourdan) will make you swoon, as you did for Freddie here. And the music is phenomenal.
@paintedjaguar
2 жыл бұрын
Yes, please ignore the bluenoses who insist on coloring everything in sight with their own peculiar cultural obsessions, which sadly have seeped into the mainstream in the form of Stranger Danger, "Toxic Male creepiness", and ahistorical 3rd-wave feminism. "Gigi" is actually yet another story about a man realizing that a woman in his life is a person, and not just a social place holder.
@contacluj758
2 жыл бұрын
This time, a role writen for Audrey, but casted to Leslie Caron (like, the opposite of My Fair Lady)
@oliverbrownlow5615
2 жыл бұрын
And another great dubbing job (of star Leslie Caron), this time by Betty Wand!
@baskervillebee6097
2 жыл бұрын
Don't forget Maurice Chevalier singing Thank Heaven For Little Girls. Louie Jourdan is every bit as gorgeous as Jeremy Brett.
@adrianaheiler9794
2 жыл бұрын
@@baskervillebee6097 Louis Jourdan was my very first man crush. He really is handsome. Glad I grew up watching and loving those old movies with my parents and could swoon over all those classy men 😉
@SwiftFoxProductions
2 жыл бұрын
If you're curious, the writing that Henry Higgins uses to write down Eliza's speech at the beginning is called the international phonetic alphabet. It is, literally, used as a way to write down not only what someone says but, the specific pronunciation of how they are saying it. EDIT: Just for anyone who is wondering and doesn't have time to read the replies to this... the specific symbols Henry Higgins uses in the movie are a combination of the international phonetic alphabet (IPA) along with a similar system by Alexander Graham Bell called Visible Speech. Both served the same function but, since both were still in use at the time My Fair Lady is set, the filmmakers decided to have Henry use a bit of both of them rather than just working entirely in IPA the way a modern phonetician would.
@paintedjaguar
2 жыл бұрын
Some may be interested to know that there is also a system called Labanotation that is used to write down dance choreography, in the same way that musical notation is used to write down tunes.
@fad23
2 жыл бұрын
The symbols I saw didn't look like IPA, but maybe an alphabet of his own design.
@judithweiss6727
2 жыл бұрын
@@fad23 yes it wasn't IPA. My guess it the movie just made up something.
@SwiftFoxProductions
2 жыл бұрын
@@judithweiss6727 I can assure you that they most certainly did not just make up something. "My Fair Lady" actually had the foremost expert in phonetics consulting on the film (his name was Peter Ladefoged). He's the one who actually wrote the symbols in Henry's notebook. To be absolutely specific, the symbols in the notebook are a combination of both IPA and Visible Speech, which was an earlier transcription style invented by Alexander Graham Bell that was used before IPA became the standard. To be historically accurate, they chose to use a combination of both styles. So, there are IPA symbols in there but, they are supplemented by Visible Speech symbols, as well.
@chevychase
2 жыл бұрын
It was an absolute JOY to watch you experiencing "MY FAIR LADY" for the first time! In my 68 years I have watched it many times, and there are some scenes I have re-watched too many times to count, especially the "Ascot Opening Day" scene. It was such genius to dress everyone in white, black & gray - and then to let Audrey enter wearing the only color there! The choreography of the old rich ladies is magnificent. They make fun of the rigidity of the upper class Brits, but they also show incredible charm and beauty. It just fascinates me endlessly. And I have found myself singing "On the Street Where You Live" on the sidewalks of new romantic interests. This movie is a masterpiece.
@billshine401
2 жыл бұрын
"Hello Guvnor" just means "Hello, boss" basically a recognition that he's speaking to someone of a higher class. Take it from a cockney. 😀
@sparky6086
2 жыл бұрын
Before the recording of sound existed, voice experts like Henry Higgins, actually did have systems to write down what people sounded like, sort of like notes, etc on sheet music. That's how we know; the the British sounded like Americans 250 years ago & not the other way around.
@rileywildman3224
2 жыл бұрын
We still do it! I took 2 linguistic classes in college and had to learn how to do it. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabet
@judithweiss6727
2 жыл бұрын
actually it isn't because the system wasn't invented that far back. We figured out how pronunciation changed through other means.
@sparky6086
2 жыл бұрын
@@judithweiss6727 There were previous systems as well as just very talented people at describing how people sounded going back throughout written hustory.
@eddhardy1054
2 жыл бұрын
@@judithweiss6727 Spot on mate. We can tell more by how words were used in rhymes and poems and also by how foreign visitors would transcribe English words phonetically.
@richardzinns5314
2 жыл бұрын
I'm so very glad to see you react to this fabulous movie! As another commenter has noted, most of the dialogue is from the original Shaw play, but that play ends with Eliza really cutting off relations with Higgins. The climactic moment when she returns to Higgins was first introduced (despite Shaw's objections) in the 1938 movie version of Pygmalion, and carried over into both the stage and screen versions of My Fair Lady. I think it works better than Shaw's ending, but we do have to thank Shaw for so much of what is great in this movie.
@AScreenwritersJourney
Жыл бұрын
I just read the original play PYGMALION before watching your video. The play ends with Eliza leaving Higgins. Shaw wrote an Afterword that explains what happens next, although he felt it would be obvious to the audience. Eliza marries Freddy. They have a rough time until Pickering helps them open a flower shop. He also sends them to business school. Eliza and Freddy end up moving back in with Higgins and Pickering! Shaw said that he didn't like that the studio made him change the ending to where Eliza and Higgins end up together. He thought his original ending showed that women had agency and were their own people outside of men.
@postscript67
8 ай бұрын
Shaw, in insisting that the original plot of his play should be followed and Higgins' "creation" Eliza have a life of her own beyond Higgins' control, presumably did not see the irony of his own creation, the play, also developing a life of its own beyond his own control!
@tarmaque
2 жыл бұрын
That "dreamy effect" you noticed is remarkably simple to attain with old-skool film cameras. They simply smear Vaseline around the circumference of the lens. Today that effect would be easily done in post with computer editing, but back in the day they did it in-camera.
@amandaasbury3688
2 жыл бұрын
@Mia Tiffany The way a person talks can affect the sort of jobs you can get, even these days. For example, I live in southern West Virginia. I speak rather well for a person from this area, and locals think I'm a bit snobbish because of it. But anyone that isn't from this area thinks I sound like an absolute country bumpkin.
@victorsixtythree
2 жыл бұрын
32:46 - "She's a very complex character. Usually you think a musical, and you're like there's no character development, it's a musical." The thing about this and a lot of the great musicals, it was a play first and the music and songs were added to make it a musical. As you know, My Fair Lady was based on Pygmalion and a lot of the (non-musical) dialogue is taken directly from the play. Oklahoma! was based on a play called Green Grow the Lilacs. The story of The Sound of Music was a German film first based on the true story of the von Trapp family. The King and I was based on the novel 'Anna and the King of Siam' which was based on the memoirs of Anna Leonowens. Oliver! is based on Oliver Twist. West Side Story is based on Romeo and Juliet....etc.
@paintedjaguar
2 жыл бұрын
Some might like to know that there is an earlier non-musical movie of "Anna and the King of Siam" (1946), starring Irene Dunne as Anna and (guess who) Rex Harrison as the King. Casting Harrison as a Thai was a bit of a stretch even for old-school Hollywood, but it's still a pretty good movie, and worth a watch. The 1999 version with Jodie Foster, called "Anna and the King", is also pretty decent.
@patticrichton1135
2 жыл бұрын
@@paintedjaguar Those both are VERY good and shows the King (especially Rex Harrison's portrayal) as not a very nice man.
@charlessperling7031
Ай бұрын
Marni Nixon was also known as "the Ghostess with the Mostest." Her son Andrew Gold wrote "Thank You for Being a Friend," which became the theme song for "The Golden Girls."
@matthewl7572
2 жыл бұрын
I grew up with my grandmother and she loved this movie. And looking at in now as an adult, I feel like this is a film modern writers should look at for an example of a strong female character.
@SwiftFoxProductions
2 жыл бұрын
To answer your question about "She's All That"... yes! "She's All That" is meant to be a modern adaptation of George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion/My Fair Lady. 😊Modern teen adaptations of classic literature/plays got very trendy for a quick second there in the '90s and "She's All That" was part of that. (Some other movies that kinda rode that trend include "Clueless", which is an adaptation of Jane Austen's Emma and "10 Things I Hate About You", which is based on Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew). There was, also, a short lived tv series with Karen Gillan and John Cho a few years back that was intended to be a modern-day adaptation of My Fair Lady/Pygmalion called "Selfie". It was pretty cute but, they really sucked at marketing it. Very few people even knew it was based on My Fair Lady and a lot of people I've talked to have said that if they'd been made aware of that, they would've been more interested in checking it out.
@martyemmons3100
2 жыл бұрын
When Professor Higgins sings "I'm An Ordinary Man"; lets you know Mia, why he talks to Eliza with such distain. You know, he isn't the only one that behaves obnoxiously in the movies. The character of Melvin Udall in the movie "As Good As It Gets" has got Prof. Higgins beat. I never paid to much attention when Jeremy Brett sings "On the Street Where You Live". He seemed TOO 'thirsty'. I had to watch it again after I realized he was the same guy that played Sherlock Holmes. The BEST Sherlock Holmes I've ever watched. "My Fair Lady" is one of my all-time favorite movies! You're absolutely right, the quality of this movie is brilliant. Okay, you seem confused by Prof. Higgins attitude toward women. Well from a mans perspective, I can comment that the only way I can have a 'long' relationship with a woman is when I don't mind being 'nagged' by her.
@MoviesWithMia
2 жыл бұрын
Oh yeah! Melvin Udall definitely has Higgins beat!! 😂
@eddhardy1054
2 жыл бұрын
14:43...in the British Empire a 'Governor' was an official appointed to oversee a Crown Colony (or was the top official in certain businesses...the Bank of England being an obvious example). Gradually it came to be used as a slang word for any man who held a superior position socially. Therefore "Allo Guvna (Governor)' is a deferential way of greeting a social superior (basically it's just a dialectical way of saying 'Hello Sir')
@paulkennedy8701
2 жыл бұрын
'Governor' was used to refer to a position of personal authority centuries before there was a British empire. It was essentially the male equivalent of a governess, a young person's tutor/guardian. The development of 'guv'nor' would have had more to do with that meaning, as well as the meaning in "board of governors", than it did to the administrator of an overseas colony.
@eddhardy1054
2 жыл бұрын
@@paulkennedy8701 I didn't say it wasn't, I just picked a couple of random examples to give context to the sense of it referring to a social superior
@eddhardy1054
2 жыл бұрын
@@paulkennedy8701 also as far as I know the male equivalent of a governess is just 'tutor' never governor...and a tutor and a guardian are definitely not the same thing.
@paulkennedy8701
2 жыл бұрын
@@eddhardy1054 Then I have added to your knowledge, haven't I.
@eddhardy1054
2 жыл бұрын
@@paulkennedy8701 sadly no...you're just wrong 😉😊
@decusq
2 жыл бұрын
Audrey Hepburn is one of my favorite actresses and celebrities for a reason. Her life story is so tragic how she started life as a WW2 survivor. The reason why Audrey Hepburn is so skinny most of her life is because she was malnourished as a young girl due to war times and she had VERY low self esteem even when she was the talk of how beautiful she always was. She used her celebrity status VERY early in her career to set up charities for children of poor countries ravaged by war. She had her flaws in her relationships but in the end she did her best for herself, her children and the children her charity supported. She truly was a Princess and a Queen of Hollywood Royalty.
@billolsen4360
2 жыл бұрын
And I don't think she wasted her time on Hollywood parties.
@decusq
2 жыл бұрын
@@billolsen4360 i beleive thats true, unless she absolutely needed to she avoided a lot of the Hollywood shin digs.
@theolamp5312
2 жыл бұрын
Mia, without exception, you always pick great films. I understand why you would have loved Julie Andews to play this role. But, with the knowledge I have of Miss Audrey Hepbern, I could never criticize her for anything. Also Sean did a beautiful documentary on his mother that is on KZitem.
@ElliotNesterman
2 жыл бұрын
The thing about Marni Nixon is that not only did she have a beautiful voice but she had the ability to alter her timbre so that she sounded like the person she was dubbing, but better. Regarding Eliza's development, recall that the book is Shaw's _Pygmalion,_ so that's where the characters development comes from. The ending of Eliza coming back was not in the original script of _Pygmalion._ It was added for Anthony Asquith's film of the play. It has since come to by used in most stage productions of _Pygmalion._ FWIW, Mrs. Higgins was not wearing a lavalier in her last scene. She was wearing a choker of the type sometimes called a dog collar, as well as the long string of beads.
@MoviesWithMia
2 жыл бұрын
I almost wish they kept the original ending! It would have been much more effective of getting Eliza’s point across! And yeah Marni Nixon was AMAZING!!!
@billolsen4360
2 жыл бұрын
Mrs. Higgins was played by Gladys Cooper who was a beautiful pin-up girl for British soldiers in WWI
@epsteinisms1483
2 жыл бұрын
@@billolsen4360 Gladys Cooper was a great actress. "Rebecca", "Separate Tables", many more. Always memorable.
@HannibalFan52
2 жыл бұрын
@@epsteinisms1483 Gladys Cooper was also one of the leads in the short-lived American series 'The Rogues', along with Robert Coote, who was the original Colonel Pickering in London.
@HannibalFan52
2 жыл бұрын
If I recall correctly, Eliza's return was actually one of the alternative endings Shaw postulated in published version of the script. It was not one of his favorites, but he did consider it.
@Serai3
2 жыл бұрын
17:15 Like so many great effects, it's completely practical - Vaseline. You rub it on the lens and you get that unfocused look. Buff it up and you get that soft, sweet glow you often see around really beautiful actresses' faces back in the day. It's crude but perfectly effective. A musical I think you would love is "Meet Me In St. Louis", starring Judy Garland. The story covers a lot of emotional ground, and Judy is a genius of pathos and depth. It's very much a musical with very famous songs, but it's also a story of a family torn by circumstances. A real Hollywood classic of the golden age of musicals.
@briane3657
6 ай бұрын
"Meet Me in St. Louis" is also one of the greatest Technicolor movies ever made. Nearly eevery shot is breathtaking. Oh, and little 7 year old Margaret O'Brien steals every scene she's in, playing "Tootie". Do see the film. One of MGM's greatest musicals.
@thomasbradley4505
Жыл бұрын
“Move your blooming arse Dover” is the best line ever
@rebeccassweetmusic4632
2 жыл бұрын
Also, this wasn't the first play-to-film adaptation that Audrey was offered because in 1962, she and Elizabeth Taylor were both offered the role as Annie Sullivan for the movie version of The Miracle Worker. They would bring in butts in seats. However, Arthur Penn insisted that Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke should reprise their roles as Annie Sullivan and Helen Keller for the movie. It was the best idea ever because they both won their Oscars a year later (well deserved!)
@franciscogarza2304
2 жыл бұрын
Oh No! Mia forgot to finish these movies of Audrey Hepburn is Roman holiday with Gregory peck(1953) Funny face with Fred Astaire (1957) And breakfast at Tiffany's with George peppard (1961) Wait until dark has Alan Arkin in this one, Arkin used to be in the 2017 movie Going In Style with Morgan Freeman and Michael Caine.
@noirgatherer
2 жыл бұрын
When I saw this as a child I wanted a library/study like Higgen’s. Thankfully I now have wall to wall bookcases (17) full of hardcover books.
@franciscogarza9633
2 жыл бұрын
George cukor's elegant colorful adaptation of the beloved stage play is elevated to new heights thanks to winning performances by Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison, My FAIR LADY (1964) 94/100% Certified Approved ☑️ Eliza Doolittle: the difference between a lady and a flower girl is not she behaves, but how she is treated.
@epsteinisms1483
Жыл бұрын
"Knock knock...." "Who's there?" "Armageddon". "Armageddon who?" 🎶"Armageddon married in the morning..... Ding dong the bells are gonna chime......"
@francoisevassy6614
Жыл бұрын
Freddy sings « On the Street where you live ». Have you noticed that theses are the very words Cary Grant uses in Charade when the elevator of the hotel stops : - where are we ? - on the street where you live
@contraryMV
3 ай бұрын
This movie is like a series of Monet paintings put to music. And in focus. Loverly.
@TraciWCanada
2 жыл бұрын
Loved your video and your take on it... I read Pygmalion in high school (part of our English curriculum) and my parents introduced me to the movie musical, which I loved... (the book is different, but very good, and Eliza does come off as a strong woman like in the movie)... in fact, Rex Harrison's Henry Higgins influenced my choice of career (as did the song Why Can't the English...). I am a translator, editor and linguist.
@themadwomanskitchen9732
Жыл бұрын
38:38 the fact that Eliza is such a three dimensional character is a credit to the writer of the original play, Pygmalion, although that play ends very differently. Spoiler Alert,,,,, Henry doesn't change and Eliza has too much self respect to go back to him and according to a prologue written by the author, Eliza does marry Freddie with Colonel Pickering's help.
@rs-ye7kw
2 жыл бұрын
It's wonderful that your next reaction is "Wait Until Dark", a great thriller. Just a bit disappointed, however, that it's the last Audrey Hepburn movie you're planning. That means we won't get to see you react to her Oscar winning performance in "Roman Holiday".(Or have you previously done it before this series?)
@paintedjaguar
2 жыл бұрын
"Roman Holiday" is core essential Audrey, much more so than "Breakfast at Tiffany's", the one that everybody's heard of.
@normankennith7919
3 ай бұрын
check out 'pygmalion', starring wendy hiller, the non musical version!!
@ElliotNesterman
2 жыл бұрын
Hepburn's track of "Wouldn't It Be Loverly" is available on youtube. After listening to it I think you'll agree that it is not at all unfortunate that Eliza's songs were dubbed by the great Marni Nixon. kzitem.info/news/bejne/r3qwsaVufHmQo6Q "Guv'nor" is as much as to say "boss" or "chief." It's a casual title of respect for someone above you one way or another. The original Broadway Cast Album of _My Fair Lady_ is still in print, and many of the songs are available on youtube. Here's Julie Andrews and the Ensemble in "Wouldn't it Be Loverly" for the Ed Sullivan show. kzitem.info/news/bejne/2oOEtnhmhox1ZX4 Also, "Bros." is simply the abbreviation of Brothers, so "Warner Bros." is pronounced Warner Brothers. You must watch Anthony Asquith's film of _Pygmalion,_ starring Leslie Howard and Wendy Hiller. Howard's Higgins is a mature individual, in contrast to Harrison's petulant adolescent. And the moment we see Wendy Hiller in her ball gown walking into closeup is worth the price of admission.
@etherealtb6021
2 жыл бұрын
Still pretty sure it is Audrey in parts of the songs, like in Just You Wait.
@paintedjaguar
2 жыл бұрын
@@etherealtb6021 Yes it is. They did let Audrey do some of the singing in the movie, though even in those numbers Nixon was dubbed in for notes that were out of Audrey's natural range.
@oliverbrownlow5615
2 жыл бұрын
@@etherealtb6021 The entire opening of "Just You Wait" is Audrey (up until "One day I'll be famous ..").
@oliverbrownlow5615
2 жыл бұрын
Although there is no proshot of *My Fair Lady," Julie Andrews performed virtually the entire score piecemeal, in various television appearances between 1956 and 1974 (when she was still very much at the peak of her vocal abilities). Most of those appearances are on KZitem today, and by watching them you can get a real sense of what she must have been like in the role of Eliza, and what she might have been like in the movie.
@WallyHartshorn
2 жыл бұрын
“Pretty Woman,” starring Julia Roberts and Richard Gere, is in some ways a very loose modern version of the same story.
@MoviesWithMia
2 жыл бұрын
Great movie!!
@BonnyT
2 жыл бұрын
Especially the polo scene!
@HuntingViolets
Жыл бұрын
Jeremy Brett and Audrey Hepburn are so cute together. I go along with George Bernard Shaw, who said Eliza and Freddie end up together (she still visits her friend Higgins, though).
@LaCantressa
Жыл бұрын
For a musical with depth, try Show Boat, with Howard Keel, Kathryn Grayson, and the amazing Ava Gardner.
@lucieudem
2 жыл бұрын
Freddy, Eliza's suitor, is Jeremy Brett. He later become really famous for is interpretation of Sherlock Holmes in the Granada series.
@timothypanngam2249
4 ай бұрын
I absolutely adored this musical as a young man. I think I first saw it on Christmas morning when I was around 12.
@SueProv
2 жыл бұрын
Red lipstick was typical in 30s 40s and 50s. You always look well in every video.
@MoviesWithMia
2 жыл бұрын
Well thank you, Sue 😁
@warre1
2 жыл бұрын
I didn't remember that real Sherlock Holmes (Jeremy Brett) was on this.
@MoviesWithMia
2 жыл бұрын
Uh uh!! HE WAS SHERLOCK HOLMES!?! No way! Where can I find that??
@luismarianocalvorojo2067
2 жыл бұрын
It was a TV serie. It is in KZitem in english and spanish.
@caitlin329
2 жыл бұрын
@@MoviesWithMia it was the Granada series. He's generally considered by many of us Holmes fans as *the* quintessential Sherlock Holmes. They adapted more of the stories than anyone else. Quite sad actually, as he did his own singing, but was then dubbed over without his knowledge. He had a fine singing voice.
@johnnehrich9601
2 жыл бұрын
@@caitlin329 Absolutely Brett is the gold standard of Holmes (bypassing Basil Rathbone). And the episodes are based as close as possible to the Conan Doyle stories. (No Holmes Fights Godzilla or so taking him out of contest.) Silver Blaze - kzitem.info/news/bejne/x4Sc1pmiaZVjfW0 For other episodes, just type "Jeremy Brett" and "Sherlock Holmes" into a KZitem search. Brett really studied the depiction of Conan Doyle's Holmes and I think did a great job of bringing to life Holmes's many quirks and mannerisms that make him who he was. (Jeremy Brett was suffering a fatal illness as the series went on but he kept with it to the end. and so they almost represent his life's work - even though a small part of it in terms of time.)
@MoviesWithMia
2 жыл бұрын
Oh man! Warner Brothers really screwed these actors over! And I have to see that!! I love Sherlock Holmes! Of course I was introduced to the character by way of the RDJ movies and then Benedict Cumberbatch in SHERLOCK! Which I LOVED!!!
@theprune7366
2 жыл бұрын
I detest most musicals but I love this. It's the wry humour that does it. My favourite part is Why Can't a Woman be More Like a Man. His sense of vaguely amused indignation and wounded innocence as he throws out these outrageous, pompous opinions. Brilliantly played. Incidentally, her cockney accent is reasonable but no more - a special version of cockney that only exists on stage and screen. Not that that matters enough to spoil her fabulous performance - I mean, I thoroughly enjoyed Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins and that was possibly the worst accent in film history!
@airman9820
2 жыл бұрын
I have a hard time watching this because Pygmalion was so much better.
@MoviesWithMia
2 жыл бұрын
Okay, I am gonna have to watch that one!!
@celinhabr1
2 жыл бұрын
I love this movie so much. "On the street where you live" is one of the most beautiful songs ever. I'm so excited for Wait Until Dark!
@TS-pl4tf
Жыл бұрын
My favorite: 11 March 1964, Los Angles at the Golden Globes. Julie Andrews acceptance speech for best actress. “Thank you very much for this lovely honour. It's a wonderful momento of a very happy time. Finally my thanks to a man who made a wonderful movie and made all this possible in the first place -- Mr Jack Warner. “ Jack Warner failed to cast Andrews as Eliza Doolitle in My Fair Lady despite Andrews being the star on Broadway for several years. Had she been cast in My Fair Lady, she would not have been Mary Poppins. Jack Warner, to his credit, laughed the hardest.
@Matthew-rc1xt
3 ай бұрын
My guilty pleasure movies. I used to always watch "girly" movies with my Aunt as a kid and had to act like I didn't enjoy them. Now as an adult i'm glad I was cultured in good films
@TheWhistlingGypsy
2 жыл бұрын
Loved this reaction. If you're interested in doing another musical with some interesting undertones and quite funny scenes, I'd really recommend Calamity Jane starring Doris Day!
@tierneybeckett
2 жыл бұрын
That is one of my favorite Doris Day movies.
@patticrichton1135
2 жыл бұрын
@@tierneybeckett THAT IS AN EXCELLENT and AMUSING Musical, LOVE CALAMITY JANE. There is another one that is a musical called "ANNIE GET YOUR GUN" inspired by the real ANNIE OAKLEY
@mikurtis1767
2 жыл бұрын
Jeremy Brett, who played Freddy, sang in a more operatic style. So he was dubbed by the actor who did the voice of Prince Philip in SLEEPING BEAUTY
@MoviesWithMia
2 жыл бұрын
Ohh!! Interesting!!
@paulpeacock1181
2 жыл бұрын
I always enjoyed the ending with Eliza returning because I never thought that Freddie was worthy of Eliza. I might be the only one but I think the closing line about the slippers was Henry’s way of saying I am sorry without actually saying I am, and Eliza had grown to understand Henry well enough to realize it as such. Growing up, My Fair Lady was the only musical I remembered my father watching with us on t.v. He especially loved the Rain in Spain number. Mia, you should do a movie series of film adaptations of Broadway musicals from the fifties (the movies are). You can choose from Oklahoma, The King &I, South Pacific, Guys & Dolls, Kiss Me Kate, Pajama Game, and Damm Yankees.
@mthreapl
2 жыл бұрын
I recently saw the stage version in Seattle and some of the modern audience were uncomfortable with Higgins treatment of Eliza. They have even made a subtle change to the ending that suggests a complete divergence from the original ending and that seen in the film.
@hapgood22
2 жыл бұрын
Eliza can do better than either Freddie or Henry.
@jedijones
2 жыл бұрын
@@mthreapl Even when we watched it in high school in the '90s, some of the girls absolutely hated Henry. 🤣
@mthreapl
2 жыл бұрын
What's wrong with Freddie? He is besotted and also the most highly educated and wealthy man who's ever shown a romantic interest in Eliza. Plus Jeremy Brett went on to be the sans pareil portrayer of Sherlock Holmes.
@paulpeacock1181
2 жыл бұрын
I think Freddie doesn’t have the strength of character to be a suitable mate for Eliza. Henry has the strength to challenge Eliza. Of course Richard Berry is corrected that Eliza can have her choice of any man she wants in London
@jomac2046
2 жыл бұрын
Julie singing 'Wouldn't It Be Loverly' on the Dick Cavett Show kzitem.info/news/bejne/2ZCul66BqIBzq2k
Governor or “Guv’nor” (Captain was also used) was a way to express deference or acknowledge that someone was above you - I believe it was quite common in East London. Kind of like saying “Boss” today.
@rebeccathompson275
Жыл бұрын
Fun Fact: the man walking beside the Queen of Transylvania was played by Henry Daniell who played Sydney Kid in The Philadelphia Story.
@002DrEvil
2 жыл бұрын
UK MP Angela Rayner has recently been criticised for working class grammar, so it is still a barrier in certain types of jobs.
@caitlin329
2 жыл бұрын
You're also not allowed to ever go to the opera whilst being from a working class (or even middle class; just Northern lol) background, apparently.
@labratamber
2 жыл бұрын
I just discovered you !!!! Try Giant, How the west was won, the Quiet man, and Gigi Also you have no Bette Davis, that's sacrilege because Now voyager, dark victory, all about eve,, JEZABEL and baby jane are CLASSICS
@keithmartin4670
2 жыл бұрын
I would argue that prejudice based on accents is nearly as much of an issue as it was in the early 1900’s. Imagine your favorite TV or radio journalist with a lower class accent. Better yet, learn several different accents and see if strangers don’t respond to you differently based on your speech.
@tarmaque
2 жыл бұрын
Just think how different this movie would have been if they'd gone with the ending from _Pygmalion_ where Higgins kicks Eliza out of the house and never sees her again.
@beckybookreviews7820
2 жыл бұрын
Governor is a way of addressing someone of a higher status. It isn't a term much used now but still is used in slang. It tends to be referred to when someone is speaking about their boss
@BarleyC
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for reacting to this! You should also check out the 1938 movie version of the original play “Pygmalion” (currently available on HBOmax).
@SomeHarbourBastard
2 жыл бұрын
This wasn't shot in Three-Strip Technicolor, it was shot in 70mm. The exposed frame is three times the size of 35mm, that's why it looks so great.
@debbieday5812
2 жыл бұрын
Oh yes, Freddie is handsome, have you seen his portrayal of Sherlock thought? Best ever version of Sherlock if you ask me and I think you'll enjoy it too because it's the version of Sherlock that's the most loyal to the books and you can tell by the lack of romance between him and Irene Adler (because she was never a romantic interest just a character in one of the books and that's it) and I think you'll enjoy it, but a warning, the actor isn't as handsome there as he is in this movie because he's a bit older (but tbh that's what happens, this is a movie form the 60s and the version of Sherlock I'm talking about is from the 80s)
@tyytlerwhoknows821
2 жыл бұрын
I'm from Canada. My understanding of "Hello Guv'na" is simply a lower class person calling any, any person of a higher class a name that is both respectful, but means absolutely nothing....therefore not respectful at all. Very clever.
@gallendugall8913
2 жыл бұрын
KZitem. We need to talk KZitem. I subscribed and set notifications to all. I did this. In return you were supposed to notify me when there is new content from Mia. You failed me KZitem. Failed. Now, I'm not mad. I'm just deeply disappointed. KZitem, you can do better. This movie and the thinking behind it are great. Back in the day it was nature vs nurture, and then it became genetics vs environment. I'm a big "environment" guy, but I think more than environment or genetics is will. If you have the will to change you can change. The human will is a miraculous thing that can change the world.
@sennin7139
2 жыл бұрын
need to check out silk stockings/ and the original Ninotchka
@a35362
Жыл бұрын
25:19 Jeremy Brett's voice was dubbed too. He played arguably the best period Sherlock Holmes on TV in the '80s. You should check it out!
@mikelheron20
Жыл бұрын
If you think colour has improved since the 1930s I suggest you have a look at Gone with the Wind and The Wizard of Oz. The colour in both films is perfect.
@Wanda711
Жыл бұрын
Rex Harrison was not really a singer in the classical sense. You picked up on it immediately, he has a sort of way of speak-singing through a song. I remember seeing him on a talk show in the 70s, where he said he once was talking to Louis Armstrong about his singing style, and Armstrong said to him (and he was imitating Armstrong's voice) "You were right down the middle of every note!" So I think that's an authority we can rely on!
@arthurrubiera8750
2 жыл бұрын
Thank You for your video. But l must say if you watch no other movie again you simply must do a reaction video on the classic and ground breaking movie, Guess Who is Coming to Dinner starting Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn. This movie is one of the best movies of all time. It is high time that you be introduced to Spencer Tracy as an actor. Hepburn and Tracy we off screen lovers for years. This was Tracy's last movie he was dying and both him and Hepburn knew it during filming. Please consider it it is an all time classic.
@chuckcharles3113
2 жыл бұрын
How about,The Barbarian and the Geisha. Staring John Wayne. In a completely different role then what many are used to. Also a movie about the attraction of 2 opposite people. But not of different classes. But of different cultures !
@altaclipper
2 жыл бұрын
Mia, you have to believe that some of us totally judge people by the way they talk. Don't you, really? Don't you make subconscious determinations about people, their backgrounds and histories and beliefs based on their vocabulary choices and grammatical adeptness? Don't certain accents and dialects seem warmer, more comfortable or less safe or more alien from your own experience? In your own country, certain accents mark people as backwood hicks and and certain accents from the northeast seaboard, think Boston, for example, can indicate a clannish, pseudo-aristocratic snobbishness. Historically, Americans from the south have been discriminated against because of the way they talk and Kennedys and Vanderbilts sound patrician and posh. You might be unaware you do it, but diction and dialects give us a form of subconscious shorthand to inform us about people even before we get to know them.
@thomasbradley4505
Жыл бұрын
There’s unfortunately no full recording of the stage version with Julie Andrew’s, but there are several clips from the Ed Sullivan show available to watch. There are also clips of her in Camelot, which was also by Lerner and Loewe, which is an incredible show but was made into one of the worst movies ever with people who could not sing. And underrated lerner and loewe movie is Brigadoon, about an enchanted Scottish town with Gene Kelly and Cyd Charisse. Highly recommended
@reader4111
2 жыл бұрын
You can buy the Broadway version with Julie Andrews to hear her sing it. We had the album growing up. Think my parents saw it on Broadway.
@MoviesWithMia
2 жыл бұрын
Oh your parents were very lucky!! I would have done ANYTHING to see Julie Andrews on stage and Eliza!!
@fayesouthall6604
Жыл бұрын
I love her version.
@charlessperling7031
Ай бұрын
@@fayesouthall6604 There are clips of Andrews singing some of the songs on "The Ed Sullivan Show" on KZitem.
@00Anjie
2 жыл бұрын
Glad you watched this! There is an earlier black and white film version of Pygmalion (of the same name) from 1938 starring Leslie Howard and Wendy Hiller. It is FANTASTIC. It's not a musical, but it has great dialogue and humor, and the leads have great chemistry together. I actually prefer that version to this one (ever so slightly), but both films are wonderful. You should definitely check out 1938's Pygmalion, even if you do it in your free time. It's been uploaded to KZitem for anyone curious.
@janedoe5229
Жыл бұрын
I never liked the ending of this movie. Higgins treated her like dirt. He was upset when she left, but then went back to treating her like dirt when she came back. Typical Narcissist. At least Freddie adored her and treasured her (and he was REALLY, REALLY cute!) And think about it: if you had to choose spending the rest of your life with Rex Harrison or Jeremy Brett, it's a no-brainer.
@NoHandleGrr
2 жыл бұрын
"Guv'nor" is how lower/middle-classes addressed their boss, so long as there wasn't a title or nobility involved. It might be used when addressing any figure of authority or person you're trying to suck up to: policeman (no women cops then), rich guy, whatever. Being judged by language is what this movie is all about and it wouldn't make sense if it weren't true. Nowadays the BBC no longer uses "Received Pronunciation," and has people using their native accents, while attempting British diversity: economic, cultural, racial, class-wise, language-wise, and so on.
@monnezzapromizoulin5169
2 жыл бұрын
"Guv'nor" reminds me "The Admirable Crichton"
@patricksullivan2261
2 жыл бұрын
As others have said, Audrey didn't have the greatest singing voice, while Marni Nixon did. But Audrey absolutely crushed this role. She hit every character beat you could have wanted from an actress. It can be, I think, so hard to play an over the top character without going over the top in your performance. Audrey famously didn't win the Oscar because her singing was dubbed but I think this was one of her finest roles.
@kellicoffman8440
11 ай бұрын
You can find on utube clips of the film cut with her vocals really does enhance the character and her voice wa not bad if a little thin
@savannah65
2 жыл бұрын
When this musical was on Broadway, an original cast record album was issued. I remember that ALL of the sons in the show were played a lot on the radio. All of the songs in this movie are very familiar to me.
@victorsixtythree
2 жыл бұрын
Jeremy Brett (Freddie) went on to do an amazing Sherlock Holmes in a series of British TV series starting in the mid-80's: kzitem.info/news/bejne/lIuFun2NcWWgi6g
@scottjones758
Жыл бұрын
Still should have been with Freddy.
@baskervillebee6097
2 жыл бұрын
Jeremy Brett was an outstanding Sherlock Holmes in the 1980s. My favorite.
@MoviesWithMia
2 жыл бұрын
Omg!! I would LOVE to see him as Sherlock 😍😍
@baskervillebee6097
2 жыл бұрын
@@MoviesWithMia There is a wonderful montage of clips (youtube) from SH set to the ZZ Top song Sharp Dressed Man that is Not To Be Missed!
@davichalk5421
2 жыл бұрын
The character development IS THE STORY. Ans yes "She's All That" is the same basic story.
@user-pe9gz8si8k
2 жыл бұрын
Edwardian society was extremely class strict
@anthonyvictor3034
2 жыл бұрын
Hello guv’nov = hello governor. Expression of social class distinction, like hello sir. Shaw was an Irish social democrat who as an outsider to the British scene saw the class distinction in British as a bit absurd.
@long-timesci-fienthusiast9626
2 жыл бұрын
Hi Mia, isn`t it strange, that Rex Harrison went on to play the character of Dr. Dolittle 3 yrs later. One less "O" but the same surname as Eliza`s character in this earlier film.
@arturocostantino623
2 жыл бұрын
You should try Gig which is set in Paris at same time. Cast Leslie Caron Louis Jourdan and Hermione Gingold and Maurice Chevalier who steal the show.
@Crumphorn
2 жыл бұрын
Looking beautiful, as ever, if I may be so bold. But how many times do I have to recommend: "Blithe Spirit" (1947). David Lean! Rex Harrison! Noel Coward! And now adding Margaret Rutherford! You'll love it.
@MoviesWithMia
2 жыл бұрын
Why thank you 😁 and oh yes! Blithe Spirit is DEFINITELY on my radar!! I’ve been CONVINCED!!
@Crumphorn
2 жыл бұрын
@@MoviesWithMia I am so pleased. I really believe you'll love it (at least I hope so) Rex Harrison at his testiest! And two of the sexiest, sassiest British theatrical sirens of the time!
@paintedjaguar
2 жыл бұрын
@@MoviesWithMia Better put "Miranda" (1948, Glynis Johns) on that radar too!
@Calander1000
2 жыл бұрын
Man I'd love to see you react to a doris day film.
@elizabethduplat5835
2 жыл бұрын
OMG your reaction to Freddie singing!!! I love it!!! HAHAHAHA I grew up watching this and believe me, I would always melt in a puddle with this song. I can still sing it along with him...
@suebob16
2 жыл бұрын
Sadly Jeremy Brett met the same fate as Audrey Hepburn. He could definitely sing but it was decided to have him dubbed as well.
@matthewzuckerman6267
2 жыл бұрын
"Governor" or "guv'nor" was just a common word used by workingmen to address their "superiors".
@MoviesWithMia
2 жыл бұрын
Oh wow 😂 and here I thought it was from a movie or book or something like that!
@matthewzuckerman6267
2 жыл бұрын
@@MoviesWithMia By the way, here's Audrey Hepburn singing Wouldn't It Be Lovely. Nixon and Andrews were both wonderful, but Hepburn's own voice would have worked. It has a charm. kzitem.info/news/bejne/r3qwsaVufHmQo6Q
@dougearnest7590
2 жыл бұрын
No no no, nobody "hurt" Higgins in the past. He was simply a man wrapped up in his work -- which affected the development of his ability to relate. And he certainly didn't need to complicate things with a woman in his life. Though for different reasons, he was the original MGTOW guy. He wasn't being mean to Eliza, he was just being himself. When, however, she left and he was saying she belonged to him because he paid five pounds for her, that's the point he really cared, and that was the only logical way he could justify (to himself) why he cared, why her absence was "wrong".
@rebeccassweetmusic4632
2 жыл бұрын
In real life, a man sings outside your apartment would be seen as unexpected and kinda creepy, but in a fantasy or the movies, it's fine cause he sings and is in love with her, lol 😂
@musicaltheatergeek79
2 жыл бұрын
Only in recent times is it seen that way. Up until the late 20th century, a besotted man serenading a woman outside of her window/balcony was seen as very romantic.
@paulhorgan6152
2 жыл бұрын
Half a sixpence me dalin Tommy Steele classic ❤❤❤🇬🇧🇬🇧😊😊🙂🙂
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