My Fair Lady (Warner Bros.) (1964)

Enjoying The Races Wilfrid Hyde-White introduces Audrey Hepburn to the Ascot Races in a high moment from Warner Bros.’ Academy Award-winning musical “My Fair Lady.” The story involves the struggle of Prof. Henry Higgins, played by Rex Harrison, to reform Eliza Doolittle, a London slum girl portrayed by Audrey Hepburn, and make her a beautiful, well-spoken lady. Hyde-White co-stars in the film as Harrison’s friend, Col. Pickering. ““My Fair Lady,” the sumptuous $17,000,000 musical, opens a special limited engagement....... at the | Col. Pickering Wilfrid Hyde-White co-stars in Warner Bros.’ Technicolor-Panavision musical ““My Fair Lady,” as Col. Pickering, a student of Indian dialects. Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison star in the Academy Award-winning film which opens a special limited engagement on ..... at the. antes Theatre. George Cukor directed. Mat 1D Still No. 877/91 (Special Publicity Still) Make-Up Created For ‘Dresden’ Look In keeping with the Edwardian complexions of English ladies, Gordon Bau, head of Warner Bros.’ makeup department, developed a new luminous makeup for Audrey Hepburn, star of “My Fair Lady,” which opens ...... at ther sen seers Theatre for a special engagement. The “My Fair Lady” look, based on a peaches-and-cream appearance, is pale, dewy and completely feminine. Its luminous effect comes from a natural tone foundation, topped by a cream rouge and then translucent powder. Lips make a cupid’s bow. Eyes get no shadow or mascara, just soft eye-liner to make them appear larger and rounder, with the top line extending half an inch in a downward curve. Eyebrows have a natural, unplucked look, lightly penciled and softly arched. The “My Fair Lady” look in hair styles is achieved with postiches and switches worn near the nape of the neck rather than piled on top. Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison star in the Alan Jay LernerFredrick Loewe musical which George Cukor directed and Jack L. Warner produced. Filmed in Technicolor and Panavision, the $17,000,000 film won eight “Oscars”, including those for best actor, best picture and best director. It opens here following its reserved seat run. Theatre, George Cukor directed. Mat 2F_ Still No. 877/89 Her Mother Said ‘No’ To Acting Profession Mother didn’t always know best as far as Mona Washbourne was concerned. Miss Washbourne co-stars as Rex Harrison’s housekeeper in Warner Bros.’ eight-Academy-Awardwinning musical, “My Fair Lady”, which opens a limited engagement OTe Meo ars at the Theatre. Harrison and Audrey Hepburn star in the Technicolor-Panavision release, which George Cukor directed. “Mother was a conservative Victorian,’ Miss Washbourne says. “She rigidly disapproved of the theatre. At best she considered acting a trivial profession, at worst she believed it to be an immoral one.” Hence, when young Mona set her heart to earning her living behind the footlights, her mother was violently against it. But Mona knew her own mind and in conspiracy with her sister Kathline, who paid her tuition, enrolled at the Birmingham Repertory Company. Mrs. Washbourne was told that Mona was studying “elocution” for poise. Today she is one of the best-known character actresses on the British stage. She broke into the professional theatre by working with touring troupes which played resort towns. Miss Washbourne, who was leading lady opposite Sir Lawrence Olivier in “Semi Detached,” is especially pleased with her present role as the housekeeper in “My Talent Worth $1,000,000 Wears Rags In Film Version Of ‘Fair Lady’, Academy Award-Winning Musical A million dollars worth of talent is currently seen on the screen in rags. She is Audrey Hepburn star of “My Fair Lady”, Warner Bros.’ sumptuous, record-breaking, eightAcademy Award-winning musical in Technicolor and Panavision, which opens a special limited engagement ONG teens AUC <lcera ees Theatre. Audrey Hepburn, long regarded as one of the most elegant, welldressed women in the world, commanded a salary of $1,000,000 for her portrayal of Eliza Doolittle, the Cockney guttersnipe who becomes a lady under the tutelage of Professor Henry Higgins, who is portrayed by Rex Harrison. Miss Hepburn loved every minute of it. “I believe this is the most challenging and difficult characterization I’ve ever undertaken,” she says. “In some ways Eliza is the first character I’ve ever attempted on the screen. In others there has almost always been a little bit of me, in this one there is none.” It was as much work for Miss Hepburn to descend the ladder of femininity as for Eliza to climb it. Months before the film started, she began work with the vocal coach, the musical director, the dance director and, of course, with director George Cukor. To develop authenticity, Miss Hepburn roamed the less fashionable streets of London, talking to, listening to and observing every sound and movement of girls like the untamed Eliza. Having seen the bedraggled clothes these girls wore, she offered no protest when costume designer Cecil Beaton dragged the black velvet outfit, in which she is first seen, through the mud to give it an antiquated look. She patiently underwent such horrors as having her hair heavily vaselined and thickened with fullers earth, and also put under her fingernails, for the sake of authenticity. Fortunately, all this did not last forever and Eliza slowly developed from a street urchin to a ballroom beauty clad in jewelry and exquisite gowns. Thus, in true Cinderella—and Eliza Doolittle fashion — she emerges the fairest lady in all of London. She gets her man and becomes what Audrey Hepburn herself has always been — an elegant, radiant woman with the splendor of a princess. Doolittle Stanley Holloway co-stars as Alfred P, Doolittle, in) Warner Bros.’ “My Fair Lady,” as the happy low-life Cockney he originally created on the New York and London stages. Rex Harrison and Audrey Hepburn star in the Award-winning Technicolor-Panavision film which opens a special limited engagement ...... Lat tHE sce ee Theatre direct from its reserved seat run. Mat 1C Still No. 877/605 (Special Publicity Still) Gladys Cooper— Good Teaching Gladys Cooper who co-stars as Mrs. Higgins in Warner Bros.’ “My Fair Lady,” played a scene so well that she prompted director George Cukor to remark, “Wonderful! You read those lines exactly as if Shaw had coached you.” “He did,” answered Miss Cooper. “IT played Violet Robinson in the original West End production of ‘Man and Superman’ in 191] and Shaw frequently took over rehearsals to show the actors exactly how his lines should be spoken.” “My Fair Lady,” based on Shaw’s play “Pygmalion,” opens a special limited engagement run at the..... Theatre on ........ Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison star in the Technicolor and Panavision film which won eight Academy Awards, including those for best actor, best director and best picture. The Alan Jay Lerner-Fredrick Loewe film was produced by Jack L. Warner. Fair Lady” because, she says, it helped her lose the weight she gained while playing an invalid in “Night Must Fall”. The audience will see what she means when they see her in the Technicolor-Panavision musical, which comes here directly from a reserved seat engagement. A Daughter’s Goodbye Excitement Calms Previn's Fears Academy Award-winning Andre Previn completed conducting the score of “My Fair Lady” several years before producer Jack L. Warner, head of Warner Bros. Pictures, thought of approaching him for the film. Actually, Previn did not really work on the film score but on his own interpretation, a jazz version, which became the hottest selling jazz album of the year. Previn, at that time already the winner of three Academy Awards, admits he had trepidations when asked to supervise and conduct the score of the film. Many considered the music already perfect. He says that the excitement and challenge of trying to make it even finer was such that he could not have done anything but channel all his energies into directing the score. His association with it gave him not only new stature and distinction in a field he has already conquered, but one more Oscar as well. “My Fair Lady”, the TechnicolorPanavision film which won eight Academy Awards, opens a special limited engagement on ........ at ilatele peer ence Theatre. Actor Falls Flat, Director Pleased Jeremy Brett really fell hard for Audrey Hepburn. The actor co-stars in Warner Bros.’ “My Fair Lady” as Freddie, the young man who falls in love with Eliza Doolittle. During the musical number, “Show Me,” he pursues Audrey down a street, trips and falls flat on his face. The scene required eight takes and as many falls for Brett before the shot was okayed by director George Cukor. “That was great,” Cukor finally told the actor. “You did those comedy falls so well you could have been a star for Mack Sennett!” Rex Harrison and Audrey Hepburn star in the Technicolor-Panavision film which opens a special limited engagement at the Theatre. The Alan Jay Lerner-Fredrick Loewe musical, based on G. B. Shaw’s play, “Pygmalion,” was the most successful production ever to reach the stage. “My Fair Lady,” tells the story of an irascible professor of phonetics who takes a London slum child and transforms her into the most elegant lady in all of London. Winner of eight Awards, the film was produced by Jack L. Warner. eeeere AL LIIG we eeeveve Record Breaking Film Gets Record Breaking Awards A near-record of Academy Award winners was involved in the preparation and performance of Warner Bros.’ sumptuous musical, “My Fair Lady,” which opens a special limited engagement at the Theatre. A year of painstaking effort and care went into the Technicolor and Audrey Hepburn, as Eliza Doolittle, bids her father a fond farewell while Rex Harrison, who plays Prof, Henry Higgins, looks on. The scene is from Warner Bros.’ Technicolor and Panavision musical which opens a special limited engagement ae tne se fe bes Theatre. Stanley Holloway co-stars as Alfred P. Doolittle, father of the London guttersnipe who becomes a grand lady under the tutelage of Higgins. George Cukor directed ““My Fair Lady,” and Jack L. Warner produced. Mat 2E Still No, 877/43 S658 08-6 Panavision film, which adds a new dimension to its already fabulous success as a stage play. Based on George Bernard Shaw’s “Pygmalion,” “My Fair Lady” was the longest-running musical ever presented on the Broadway stage. It opened in March, 1956, and closed in September 1962, after 2,717 performances. The part of Prof. Higgins is given its ultimate performance by Rex Harrison, who created the role on the New York stage, and won the Academy Award for best actor for his performance in the film. Another Academy Award went to the director, George Cukor, whose well-ordered mind, infinite patience and enviable past record of accomplishments on the screen made him the ideal man for the year’s most important directorial undertaking. Cecil Beaton, a famous man of plural distinctions, was production, scenery and costume designer. The assignment which covered almost everything visual, resulted in still another award for Beaton, already a much honored man. Harry Stradling, one of the screen’s most distinguished cinematogra phers, once again showed his wide-angle talents by winning the Oscar in 1965. The task of taking an already perfect score and making it even better was given to Andre Previn, who received an Oscar for best scoring. The $17,000,000 film which also won awards for best sound, best art direction and best picture was personally produced by Jack L. Warner. “My Fair Lady” stars Audrey Hepburn as Eliza Doolittle, the Cockney guttersnipe who through the efforts of a phonetics teacher becomes a lady. Harrison stars as the teacher. The Alan Jay Lerner-Fredrick Loewe musical comes here directly from its reserved seat engagement. PAGE 25