MY FAIR LADY (1964)

On a bet, a language obsessed phonetics professor takes in a poor, cockney-speaking flower girl, and teaches her how to speak properly and to be a lady, hoping to introduce her into high society as an upper class lady, who would accept her as one of their own.

The cast includes: Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison, Stanley Holloway, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Gladys Cooper, Jeremy Brett, Theodore Bikel, Mona Washbourne, and Isobel Elsom.

My Fair Lady won 8 academy awards, including: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Musical score, Best Cinematography, Best Set Direction, and Best Costumes.

Screenplay by Alan Jay Lerner - based on George Bernard Shaw's stage play "Pygmalion".

Directed by George Cukor.

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