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Instead, it tore the Hollywood community apart. Everytime I see the film "My Fair Lady" I think of the film that might have been. She made it work on Broadway. Buy the Broadway soundtrack, close your eyes, and try to picture a young ingénue Julie Andrews in the role that made her a star.
Just as Warner ruined "Camelot" the same way, "My Fair Lady" will always be a Julie Andrews vehicle. Her clear perfect tones, wonderful girlish charm, and graceful style of acting outshined her roles in "Mary Poppins" "The Sound of Music" and "Victor, Victoria." Sadly, "My Fair Lady" and "Camelot" are not part of her great visual lexicon. However, we all know that listening to Marnie Nixon sing "Wouldn't it be loverly" is the not the same as Julie's incredible voice. Years later, Andrews sounded gracious over her chance to perform for Disney instead (for which she received the Best Actress of the Year Oscar).
He didn't. Poor Audrey was caught in the middle. I'm sorry, fans of Audrey Hepburn, but that role was Julie Andrews'. Many Academy members knew of the rift and had seen Andrews in her famous role.
When you listen to this soundtrack, one can only visualize how the film would have swept the Oscars that year. She made it work in London, and if Jack Warner had any sense at all, he would have hired her for the film. Mores the pity.
Add to that, Alan Jay Lerner's incredible lyrics and Frederick Loewe's delicious score, and you have theatrical magic. Indeed, one of Broadway's dearest shows.When I hear Julie Andrews' wonderful voice next to the immortal talking songs of Rex Harrison I cannot imagine a more perfect duo. It's like Ginger Rogers--Fred Astaire dancing through their vocal chords. After 53 years, My Fair Lady, Starring Rex Harrison and Julie Andrews, featuring the incomparable Stanley Holloway, never lost its charm. No theatre lover's collection is complete without this disc. Rex Harrison oozes charm from every pore, in his masterful portrayal of Henry Higgins. George Bernard Shaw's classic tale, Pygmalion, comes to life under the genius direction of Moss Hart. And, by George, Julie Andrews really got it as she sings like an angel in her rendition of Eliza Doolittle.Even Al Hirschfeld, famous theatrical satirical caricaturist of the New York Times, outdid himself in his graphic representation of the master play-right, George Bernard Show, manipulating the master linguist, Professor Higgins, who in turn attempts to manipulate the fate of a poor Cockney flower girl, Eliza Doolittle, in wagering a bet with the gracious colonel Pickering.
Love it. We were delighted with this musical over 50 years ago -- with all the "pops" and distortions of the olf vinyl records. How sweet it is to hear this remastered version.
This is certainly one which has space on that lofty mantel. In a watershed moment for Columbia Records, this original Broadway cast recording began the rapid climb of the company into the stratosphere of pop culture consciousness.Produced by company president Goddard Lieberson, it sold five million copies and spent a staggering 480 weeks on the Billboard 200 album chart. To place the album in an accurate historical perspective, it was the Thriller of its generation.It is timeless music - due to the rich arrangements & performances - with the numbers encapsulating the musical for those who only have the album as the point of reference.There are few albums that truly define the American music industry.
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