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Description
A Cockney waif is transformed by a linguistics professor into an elegant lady.
Original publication date
1964-10-21
Media reviews
What distinguishes "My Fair Lady" above all is that it actually says something. It says it in a film of pointed words, unforgettable music and glorious images, but it says it. Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion" was a socialist attack on the British class system, and on the truth (as true when the film was
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made as when Shaw wrote his play) that an Englishman's destiny was largely determined by his accent. It allowed others to place him, and to keep him in his place. Show Less
Awards
Academy Award (Nominee — Best Picture — 1964)
National Film Registry (2018)