True. Lol 😅 Freddie here reminds me of Dick Van Dyke ir Tim Conway with his flexibility. I grew up hearing the Broadway album but never saw this before and always wondered what happens in the scene; how the actors act in it. Thank you sooo much for posting this!
As 0:32, u can get a glimpse of her Mary Poppins powers. Note how she throws the luggage and it somehow magically ends up upright. And of course her glorious tone, WOW
michael barnett Totally! Tragic loss for us who would have enjoyed the movie with Julie as Eliza! Watched the clips from her MFL Broadway brings back that feeling of if only
pookiebear364 Julie was actually offered the movie Camelot, but turned it down. One of the primary reasons is that Richard Burton, who she enjoyed working with, was unavailable. And the King was then to be played by Richard Harris, who she detested.
I've simply never heard a voice that sounds even close to Julie's voice. While there are many beautiful voices, Julie's is overwhelmingly distinguishable.
Hepburn wasn't really tough enough for this role. The whole point is that Liza's no delicate flower, even AFTER her reeducation/transformation. Andrews totally had the moxie for this role (and the elegance as well), and it makes all the difference.
Yeah, Hepburn was too much of a gamine to be convincing as a headstrong Eliza. I've heard some people argue that Andrews would've been great as the Cockney Eliza, but wouldn't be convincing as the transformed Eliza, and that Hepburn worked better as the post-Eliza. But IMO Hepburn only looked good in the scrumptious gowns; she was basically a walking mannequin in the second half of the movie, and her Eliza came off as too whiny and cry-baby. Like you said, Andrews nailed the toughness and exasperation.
Michael Lubin I totally agree! Underwhelming in comparison to Julie Andrews! How I wish Warner had given her that role for the movie! Her phenomenal portrayal of Eliza would have been iconic & epic in the movie as it was in the broadway of My Fair Lady! And that would still be so appreciated & loved from 1 generation to the next like her Mary Poppins & The Sound of Music! What a loss!
@@jeanpierredevos3137 Not a better actress for this part. Not for any part that needed a touch of broad comedy. Julie would continue to prove throughout her career that she had a talent for comedy.
This is great. A glimpse as to what she was like in the role. Most all other videos of this show are of her just singing to the TV camera. It's a shame that they never filmed the Broadway production. Her portrayal of Eliza has been lost to history.
So many have sung this but no one can come close not even remotely, to Julie's! Not just the vocal but she totally owns this! Gosh, I love ya Julie Andrews!
My mother bought Original Broadway Cast albums since I was a little girl and I had a grown-up Julie Andrews like voice since I was eight years old - not bragging, I had nothing to do with it, it was just there. This song came into my head a little while ago and thank goodness for UA-cam here it is - now that I’m 70 I thought I’d give it a shot and still hit the notes, including the last one which frankly surprised me.😊 Not with the strength I had as a child and woman, but Still there, clear and on pitch. Singing has brought me joy all my life, and sharing wonderful music such as this with friends, never gets old, does it? To all those who sought out and enjoyed this video, we have much in common and I hope you’re all having a wonderful day! ❤️🎶
The brilliance of the lyric to rhyme mine, “ haven’t your arms, hungered for mine,””with her Cockneyed pronunciation of the word explain - morphing into “ex-pline”. Perfect lyric!
Wow! To finally see this and see how wonderful Julie Andrews was in it. Her drama as Eliza here is on full display. And the staging is just right. So natural, theatrical and real. What a mistake to have not cast her in the film version. Don't get me wrong, I love Audrey Hepburn like mad as well, but this was Julie Andrews' role. I heard Audrey herself on how she was not satisfied with her being cast in the film, declined doing it, then changed her mind when she had discovered who the role was going to. Shame on Warner Brothers for this egregious error.
Yes, the shame is Jack Warner's in particular. The original Broadway cast recordings of MY FAIR LADY and CAMELOT convinced many more people than saw the shows that Julie Andrews OWNED the roles in those shows. In fact, Lerner and Lowe composed her songs in those shows for her voice! But Jack Warner didn't care what we wanted to see and obviously didn't have a musical cell in his brain. Audrey Hepburn is wonderful as Eliza when she's not being dubbed, but she was an alto and the songs should have been better adjusted to her own alto singing range if it was so important to cast a movie star instead of a Broadway star who had a four-octave singing range!
I saw the 60th anniversary production of My Fair Lady at the Sydney Opera House on Tuesday. This production was very special. Julie Andrews has been in Sydney for several months and directed this production. She worked with associates of the musical's original designers, Cecil Beaton and Oliver Smith so the costumes and sets were based on the original production.
Because at the time, she was unknown to movie going audiences (having never done a film). As such, the studio was not willing to take a risk on casting an unknown actress in the lead role of a multi-million dollar movie. However she would get the ultimate "consolation prize" when she won a certain award for her work in another popular musical.....
@@woohooboy A very common mistake with casting actresses. Michael Douglas didn't want Sharon Stone for Basic Instinct either and she basically got it by default when every other actress turned it down. Audiences love to discover new actresses in a star-making role.
Words! Words! Words! I'm so sick of words! I get words all day through; First from him, now from you! Is that all you blighters can do? Don't talk of stars burning above; If you're in love, Show me! Tell me no dreams filled with desire. If you're on fire, Show me! Here we are together in the middle of the night! Don't talk of spring! Just hold me tight! Anyone who's ever been in love'll tell you that this is no time for a chat! Haven't your lips Longed for my touch? Don't say how much, Show me! Show me! Don't talk of love lasting through time. Make me no undying vow. Show me now! Sing me no song! Read me no rhyme! Don't waste my time, Show me! Don't talk of June, Don't talk of fall! Don't talk at all! Show me! Never do I ever want to hear another word. There isn't one I haven't heard. Here we are together in what ought to be a dream; Say one more word and I'll scream! Haven't your arms Hungered for mine? Please don't "expl'ine, " Show me! Show me! Don't wait until wrinkles and lines Pop out all over my brow, Show me now
What splendid attack! Jack Warner was out of his mind using Audrey Hepburn (and Marni Nixon) for the movie version instead of preserving Julie's performance for all time.
I am just with you! I always wish if only another producer--another more sensible one--had purchased the filming rights to My Fair Lady. Then Julie must have played the role of Eliza in the film as well.
It is a shame, but perhaps a blessing in disguise as I if she'd have done My Fari Lady she wouldn't have been available for Mary Poppins (I believe they were in production at the same time)
@jessica penhallow I never thought of it that way but I think you're right. I think Mary Poppins is actually the better movie as much as I love the My Fair Lady Play. I find the Mu Fair Lady bloated and ponderous. Walt Disney saw Dame Julie in Camelot on Broadway and that was basically her screen test for Mary Poppins. Jack Warner was probably very annoyed with Mary Poppins being a bigger hit the same year as My Fair Lady and of course Julie winning over Audrey for the Oscar.
@princessplayroom I didn't remember the part about Jack Warner. That was def clever. I remember her witty opening something like "I've heard of your Americ hospitality but really this is ridiculous. Will watch the whole thing again. Thanks for the tip!
Okay guys I feel bad that Julie Andrews didn't get to be in the movie even though she did this show so well on the broadway stage... it was her role but I liked Audrey Hepburn (even if she wasn't nominated for an academy award like the rest of the film) and it doesn't matter that Marni Nixon dubbed her "eloquent voice" I liked the film on a whole
Still - Audrey didn't sing it at all - she was dubbed, and although she was an excellent actress in the film, it had been better if it were Julie Andrews who had got the role which she knew thoroughly from her many years on Broadway.
OMG ... I've never seen this until now! Oh, to have ALL of the songs sung by Julie Andrews! I love Audray Hepburn & Marnie Nixon but NO ONE can play this part like Julie Andrews!
One of my favorite songs from any musical. I love her voice, I love the music and lyrics and that guy is a sport. He gets knocked around pretty good in that song!
I love this version as compared how it was done in the movie. *Yes, they made a movieeeee?! 😂 She sounded and looked more upset and frustrated which she should be since this scene happened after her fight with Higgins. It was an outcry out of her disappointment from men and their words words words. Dame Julie Andrews, there's nothing u really can't do
This clip is awesome, it brings a smile to my face :) . She's spectacular. I think she's suppressing laughter at the beginning of the song as soon as she turns to face Freddie :) . Thanks for sharing.
It is a shame that we simply cannot re-write time. I think that if Julie Andrews had been cast in the film, it would still have been a success. A star would have been born twice over (along with her triumph in Mary Poppins). I believe the critics would have lauded her, the public would have wanted to see this very new film star and that would be that. Audrey Hepburn worked hard doing it, looked beautiful, but I think Julie Andrews was regrettably overlooked.
I'm old enough to have seen this in Drury Lane about 1959. Too young then to appreciate it.I read black market tickets were going for £5 . (What a rip off!!).
Words Words Words I'm so sick of words I get words all day through First from him, now from you Is that all you blighters can do Don't talk of stars Burning above If you're in love Show me Tell me no dreams Filled with desire If you're on fire Show me He we are together In the middle of the night Don't talk of spring Just hold me tight Anyone who's ever been In love'll tell you that This is no time For a chat Haven't your lips Longed for my touch Don't say how much Show me, show me Don't talk of love Lasting through time Make me no undying vow Show me now Sing me no song Read me no rhyme Don't waste my time Show me Don't talk of June Don't talk of fall Don't talk at all Show me Never do I ever want to hear another word There isn't one I haven't heard Here we are together in What ought to be a dream Say another word And I'll scream Haven't your arms Hungered for mine Please don't explain Show me, show me Don't wait until Wrinkles and lines Pop out of my brow Show me now
This should have been used for the scene of "Show Me!" in the film version of "My Fair Lady." Julie Andrews was much younger than Audrey Hepburn back in the 60s. Jack Warner should have pursued quality instead of profit. We could see Julie performing Eliza Doolittle had another more sensible producer purchased filming rights for the musical. Why did God let him be the winner?
Thank you for this he is clearly a dancer. Every movement is perfect in response to every move of Julie’s. He is as much a joy to watch for his physical response as she is to listen to for her voice thanks for posting I was going to try and find out who the actor was in this clip. ❤️🎶
Julie is about 10 billion times better than poor little Audrey. Julie's voice was a singer's voice, while Audrey's wasn't. She had a very small range. Watch her in the movie sing this and the huge difference is obvious. Audrey was a lovely actress but just not a singer.
srothbardt actually Audrey's voice was dubbed by the ever amazing Marni Nixon in the movie... so both voices were great but Audrey's character wasn't her singing voice so...
Victoria Odegaard That's right. I found out later. Very embarrassing, but it's my ignorant mistake. Audrey was a good Liza, though, but not better than Julie. I mean in acting. Audrey comes up to the challenges of the role very well, but perhaps not quite as convincingly as Julie might have.
srothbardt no problem, it wasn't something that was known when the movie came out... Marni didn't get any credit which sucked... but I don't know, Julie is good but I liked Audrey's look and acting for the part... just an opinion though.
Broadway Classics I suppose many people were upset they didn't use Julie? Well if the overall film won an academy award and she was the main character then... she did a good job so... yeah
As great as it might have been for Julie to be Eliza in the film adaptation, let's not forget that if she had done the My Fair Lady film, she might not have been able to do Mary Poppins, which came out the same year and earned her an Oscar while Audrey Hepburn didn't even get nominated as Eliza. She might not have become the star we all know today. All this might have been for the best.
Julie could have done both My Fair Lady and Mary Poppins. Disney offered to delay filming Mary Poppins for her if she was cast in My Fair Lady. The Sound of Music would have been the film in question. If that was delayed a year, we could have had a trifecta of Julie musicals...My Fair Lady, Mary Poppins and The Sound of Music.
Way down in the comments, some identify the man playing Freddy as Johnny (later known as Steve) Harmon. I was able to confirm that, doing image searches, trying both names, and finding a very few photos, and they do look like this man. In the end credits of the full show, (which has been posted twice on UA-cam), he’s listed as John Harmon. The choreography was by Carol Haney.
They get together at the end in the book "Pygmalion". Suggestion to the Viewer/Reader: You choose your ending. (*happy endings are easier to live with in the long run).
But Audrey's singing voice was dubbed by Marni Nixon, so you can't really compare the same scene (in both the film and here) because Hepburn didn't do her own singing.
I was thinking the same thing. Leslie Caron had a small but sweet and on-key voice and wanted them to go with her vocal. She did begin the vocal, but you can hear where Marni takes over.
I much prefer Audrey Hepburn, I grew up on it as my fav movie, even though she didn’t sing it I love the vocals on that version better, but I love seeing these. Julie andrews was meant to be Maria and Mary poppins it fits much better for her imo. But it’s such a joy to see and hear her sing these songs since she was in the live production and I so wish there was a full recording of that.
Brilliant. I never cared for Audrey's performance. Similar to casting Vanessa Redgrave in Camelot. They were still in that left-over big studio mindset of casting the 'popular" actors and actresses in these big roles.
Hepburn's acting was perfection and Warner's only mistake was not using her voice. It is absurd to compare Redgrave to Hepburn and at the time Camelot was made, Andrews was far more popular than Andrews.
Well Julie was quite obviously better.. they had to call in Marni Nixon to sing Audrey's parts. She'd had gotten the part had she been more famous at the time. She sure showed them.
I love Julie's 'revenge.' She was passed over for MY FAIR LADY, but her consolation prize was doing Disney's MARY POPPINS the same year, which won her the Golden Globe (over Audrey) and the Oscar. I love when she accepted her GG and she began thanking 'the man who made this all possible,' and everyone assumed she was talking about Walt Disney (because he single-handedly cast her in MP, thus giving her her first movie role), but when she got to the end, she said "Mr. Jack Warner," who had vehemently opposed and rejected her casting in MFL. His reason was that Julie was only a regional Broadway actress and had never made a movie before. But then Julie went on to headline the #1 movies of 1964 (MARY POPPINS), 1965 (THE SOUND OF MUSIC), and 1966 (HAWAII), and also had hits with THE AMERICANIZATION OF EMILY, Alfred Hitchcock's TOM CURTAIN, and THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE. In fact, Julie achieved something Audrey never did, and that is she made Quigley's annual list of Top Ten Box Office Champs four years in a row. Quigley's Publishing has long been regarded as one of the most reliable barometers of a movie star's box-office power, and thanks to Julie's string of hits, she made the list in 1965 (at #4), 1966 (at #1), 1967 (at #1), and 1968 (at #3). In fact, she was the last woman to top the list for 32 years, until Julia Roberts made #1 in 1999. Since then, only Sandra Bullock (2009) and Jennifer Lawrence (2013) have also made #1, which goes to show how difficult it is for a woman to achieve the feat, and Julie did it twice only a few years after Jack Warner didn't deem her movie star material. But in the mid-'60s, Julie became the most successful movie star in the world at that time. As you said, she sure showed them.
Please change your description to give credit to Johnny Harmon, the dancer who appears with Julie Andrews in this number. If you watch the rest of the show, you can see him dancing in the other musical numbers as well.
Here is some trivia. Of the four traditional musicals where Andrews played a role on Broadway , all hits by the way, ( she was also in a revue Putting it together, that did not quite make it that far) in three of the four, she was nominated for outstanding performance in a starring role ( The Boyfriend was the nomination that got away) But she never won the tony She did not win the Tony for her portrayals of Eliza, or Guinevere, or Victoria Grant even despite having originated each of these characters.
And in both MFL and Camelot her male co-stars won a Tony (Rex Harrison and Richard Burton respectively). Julie was nominated but got nothing despite the fact both the musicals were built around her singing.
can we take a moment to appreciate technology? this is a couple decades old. i hate reading comments about who deserved what for the role of my fair lady. personally, does it matter at this point? i think we should be grateful that we have the technology and resources to listen to julie andrew's vocals, marni nixons, and even a few of audrey's lost recording. i just want everyone to stop making such a big deal about something that doesn't matter. both did an amazing job in the role and that's all that really matters.
This is the reason why I prefer Julie, both acting and singing. I love Audrey at Charade or Breakfast at Tiffany's for example, but here she was miscast. She even looks a little old for the role (although 34 years is not being old, but for "a young flower girl"). It's as if for Maria in TSOM they had used Doris Day. Well, NO! I understand that Audrey was the highest grossing at that time and Warner wanted her investment back. It was just business. That's what it was about ... I also prefer Julie, as a singer, because although Marnie was a good singer, she cannot transmit the emotions of the character like Julie. Perhaps because she was not an actress and didn't have to enter the character. Her job was to sing following the movement of the leading lady's lips, and it was what she did. They gave her a score and she sang it beautifully... But, when I listen to the original Broadway recording, I can feel Eliza's entire transition. From being a screaming girl, and without education ("Wouldn't It Be Loverly?") To an educated girl with perfect diction ("The Rain in Spain", "I Could Have Danced All Night"). And through each song you can feel the frustration, emotion, anger, joy, everything. Even without a video or image. Only audio. And this mainly, due to Andrews' ability to change even the placement of the voice (something quite difficult for someone who learned classical singing and also do it live, night after night). And Julie was not an actress either, since her training as a child was as a singer. That she could act was a "plus", since she had no training as an actress ... In the end, saying that Audrey was a better actress than Julie, is the same as saying that Julie was a better singer than Audrey. But we must not forget, that this was a M U S I C A L. Not a drama or romantic comedy. Eliza expressed herself with music ...
It would probably be insulting for both, but it might have been a good idea to get Julie to voice over Audrey in the movie. That way you get the best of both!
That's a truly horrible idea. Julie was quite capable of playing the role after doing it on Broadway for year, and would never have agreed to the humiliation of only dubbing Audrey while not being seen.
why are audrey fans so mean in the comment section omg. both did great in their own way, sure we might have our personal favorite eliza or whatever, but trying to say who was the better actress just ain't it. they definitely have different acting styles and when it comes to MFL comparisons it's not hard to grasp that julie is portraying eliza for theater and audrey for a movie, which can definitely differ from one another. in the end, one made eliza an iconic musical theater character and the other made her also an iconic movie character so just... chill with the hating
the amazing thing is that if Julie Andrews got this role, someone else would have been Mary Poppins....the movies were recorded the same time, and the awards went to Mary Poppins......Julie got the last laugh :)
Can me someone tell if there exist theatrical record from musical?? My fair lady is one of my favorites musicals I Love Movie I Love Audrey but I Also love JUlie and I woud be so sosoooooo grateful and happy if someone tell or show me :)))
+IrmalaDouce Theatrical record? There is a CD soundtrack available on Amazon. Is that what you mean? I have it, and I listen to it all the time. It's from a stage recording (with Julie Andrews and Rex Harrison). Great quality, and well worth it!
Color films have existed as far back as the 1930s, but they were reserved for musicals, epics, and fantasy films, because the process was so expensive. That's why the majority of films were dramas and in black & white. It wasn't until the mid-1960s that color films became the majority. The Oscars used to have two different categories for Best Cinematography (color and black&white) and Best Costume Design (color and black&white). 1966 was the last year when they split the categories, because by then, color movies had become more common and b&W were few and far between, so they discontinued the b&w category for both Cinematography and Costume Design, starting in 1967. As for television, there were some programs in color in the 1950s and early 1960s, but you needed a color TV set and those were very expensive. It wasn't until the late 1960s that color sets became more affordable to the average consumer, and that's when people began replacing their b&w sets. Think of it in terms of cell phones. They've been around since the 1980s, but only professionals and rich people could afford them. Cell phones were a luxury item until the late 1990s, when it became affordable to the average person.
@@boinx1234 I was wondering if this effort represents the same basic staging as the Broadway or West End productions of the same number? Is this pretty close to how Andrews did this with similar costume and scenery and action. Are Michael King and Andrews recreating the same performance they gave in 1956 or is this very different from what audiences saw?
Oh, if only ... if only someone had filmed the Broadway production with Julie Andrews. She was incomparable.
Audrey was pretty good
Agree!
The Great Julie/Audrey Controversy aside, a moment of appreciation for Freddie's physical comedy there. Dude knows how to mug.
I really appreciate how well he falls and flops around. His physical comedy is super on-point.
@@harleycynofficial Very true. Reminds me of John Ritter in Three's Company. 😆
Literallyyyy
True. Lol 😅 Freddie here reminds me of Dick Van Dyke ir Tim Conway with his flexibility. I grew up hearing the Broadway album but never saw this before and always wondered what happens in the scene; how the actors act in it. Thank you sooo much for posting this!
As 0:32, u can get a glimpse of her Mary Poppins powers. Note how she throws the luggage and it somehow magically ends up upright. And of course her glorious tone, WOW
Are you kidding jedijones. You're the crazy one. As if. Julie is the most amazing thing that has happened on the earth
@@mariasmith9460 What did I say? It looks like my comment was deleted. I love Julie. I wouldn't have said anything bad. :-|
@@jedijones I don't remember but it wasn't nice.
One of the great tragedy of all film musicals of all time, was not casting Julie Andrews in My Fair Lady.
michael barnett Totally! Tragic loss for us who would have enjoyed the movie with Julie as Eliza! Watched the clips from her MFL Broadway brings back that feeling of if only
michael barnett I agree but add to that list no Julie in Camlet so sad...!:-(
pookiebear364 & The Boyfriend! But ppl recognize & appreciate Julie's incredible talent all the more!
People be stupid
pookiebear364 Julie was actually offered the movie Camelot, but turned it down. One of the primary reasons is that Richard Burton, who she enjoyed working with, was unavailable. And the King was then to be played by Richard Harris, who she detested.
I've simply never heard a voice that sounds even close to Julie's voice. While there are many beautiful voices, Julie's is overwhelmingly distinguishable.
Julie did this perfect, singing, accent, so much passion & strength in the character! She is the one & only Fair Lady!
But this is so exaggerated! Cannot stand it!
I am in awe of Julie Andrews. I can only imagine how mesmerizing it must have been to see her perform this live.
Hepburn wasn't really tough enough for this role. The whole point is that Liza's no delicate flower, even AFTER her reeducation/transformation. Andrews totally had the moxie for this role (and the elegance as well), and it makes all the difference.
Yeah, Hepburn was too much of a gamine to be convincing as a headstrong Eliza. I've heard some people argue that Andrews would've been great as the Cockney Eliza, but wouldn't be convincing as the transformed Eliza, and that Hepburn worked better as the post-Eliza. But IMO Hepburn only looked good in the scrumptious gowns; she was basically a walking mannequin in the second half of the movie, and her Eliza came off as too whiny and cry-baby. Like you said, Andrews nailed the toughness and exasperation.
Michael Lubin I totally agree! Underwhelming in comparison to Julie Andrews! How I wish Warner had given her that role for the movie! Her phenomenal portrayal of Eliza would have been iconic & epic in the movie as it was in the broadway of My Fair Lady! And that would still be so appreciated & loved from 1 generation to the next like her Mary Poppins & The Sound of Music! What a loss!
Julie created a perfect Eliza. She is truly one in millions .
She was a fantastic singer but Audrey was a far better actress
@@jeanpierredevos3137 Not a better actress for this part. Not for any part that needed a touch of broad comedy. Julie would continue to prove throughout her career that she had a talent for comedy.
This is great. A glimpse as to what she was like in the role. Most all other videos of this show are of her just singing to the TV camera. It's a shame that they never filmed the Broadway production. Her portrayal of Eliza has been lost to history.
Its not just the flawless singing but the ferocity she brings here. Run for the hills when Eliza is pissed!!!!!!!!!!!
Julie Andrews is simply amazing, she's an amazing singer, actress, and she's gorgeous even in her old age.
what an AMAZING performance. You can't watch it without smiling.
So many have sung this but no one can come close not even remotely, to Julie's! Not just the vocal but she totally owns this! Gosh, I love ya Julie Andrews!
My mother bought Original Broadway Cast albums since I was a little girl and I had a grown-up Julie Andrews like voice since I was eight years old - not bragging, I had nothing to do with it, it was just there. This song came into my head a little while ago and thank goodness for UA-cam here it is - now that I’m 70 I thought I’d give it a shot and still hit the notes, including the last one which frankly surprised me.😊 Not with the strength I had as a child and woman, but Still there, clear and on pitch. Singing has brought me joy all my life, and sharing wonderful music such as this with friends, never gets old, does it? To all those who sought out and enjoyed this video, we have much in common and I hope you’re all having a wonderful day! ❤️🎶
Lots of physical humor here, great! She clearly held the stage.
The brilliance of the lyric to rhyme mine, “ haven’t your arms, hungered for mine,””with her Cockneyed pronunciation of the word explain - morphing into “ex-pline”. Perfect lyric!
Wow! To finally see this and see how wonderful Julie Andrews was in it. Her drama as Eliza here is on full display. And the staging is just right. So natural, theatrical and real. What a mistake to have not cast her in the film version. Don't get me wrong, I love Audrey Hepburn like mad as well, but this was Julie Andrews' role. I heard Audrey herself on how she was not satisfied with her being cast in the film, declined doing it, then changed her mind when she had discovered who the role was going to. Shame on Warner Brothers for this egregious error.
Yes, the shame is Jack Warner's in particular. The original Broadway cast recordings of MY FAIR LADY and CAMELOT convinced many more people than saw the shows that Julie Andrews OWNED the roles in those shows. In fact, Lerner and Lowe composed her songs in those shows for her voice! But Jack Warner didn't care what we wanted to see and obviously didn't have a musical cell in his brain. Audrey Hepburn is wonderful as Eliza when she's not being dubbed, but she was an alto and the songs should have been better adjusted to her own alto singing range if it was so important to cast a movie star instead of a Broadway star who had a four-octave singing range!
Who would it have gone to?
@@osahju914 - Elizabeth Taylor was mentioned.
Julie Andrews - The true Eliza !!!
Now that was Audrey Hepburn.
I saw the 60th anniversary production of My Fair Lady at the Sydney Opera House on Tuesday. This production was very special. Julie Andrews has been in Sydney for several months and directed this production. She worked with associates of the musical's original designers, Cecil Beaton and Oliver Smith so the costumes and sets were based on the original production.
I love how Julie created the amazing character of Eliza & made it her own, timeless & iconic!
How can they not cast Julie on the film version of MFL!?!? No one can ever be as perfect as her
Because at the time, she was unknown to movie going audiences (having never done a film). As such, the studio was not willing to take a risk on casting an unknown actress in the lead role of a multi-million dollar movie.
However she would get the ultimate "consolation prize" when she won a certain award for her work in another popular musical.....
That time box office took precedence over real genuine talent
@@woohooboy A very common mistake with casting actresses. Michael Douglas didn't want Sharon Stone for Basic Instinct either and she basically got it by default when every other actress turned it down. Audiences love to discover new actresses in a star-making role.
This is perfect! No other Eliza Doolittle can ever match this! Love Julie!
she's breathtaking.
Words! Words! Words!
I'm so sick of words!
I get words all day through;
First from him, now from you!
Is that all you blighters can do?
Don't talk of stars
burning above;
If you're in love,
Show me!
Tell me no dreams
filled with desire.
If you're on fire,
Show me!
Here we are together
in the middle of the night!
Don't talk of spring!
Just hold me tight!
Anyone who's ever been
in love'll tell you that
this is no time for a chat!
Haven't your lips
Longed for my touch?
Don't say how much,
Show me!
Show me!
Don't talk of love
lasting through time.
Make me no undying vow.
Show me now!
Sing me no song!
Read me no rhyme!
Don't waste my time,
Show me!
Don't talk of June,
Don't talk of fall!
Don't talk at all!
Show me!
Never do I ever want to hear another word.
There isn't one I haven't heard.
Here we are together in
what ought to be a dream;
Say one more word and I'll scream!
Haven't your arms
Hungered for mine?
Please don't "expl'ine, "
Show me!
Show me!
Don't wait until wrinkles and lines
Pop out all over my brow,
Show me now
She did justice and sole and heart of portraying the character ........
What splendid attack! Jack Warner was out of his mind using Audrey Hepburn (and Marni Nixon) for the movie version instead of preserving Julie's performance for all time.
I am just with you! I always wish if only another producer--another more sensible one--had purchased the filming rights to My Fair Lady. Then Julie must have played the role of Eliza in the film as well.
It is a shame, but perhaps a blessing in disguise as I if she'd have done My Fari Lady she wouldn't have been available for Mary Poppins (I believe they were in production at the same time)
@jessica penhallow I never thought of it that way but I think you're right. I think Mary Poppins is actually the better movie as much as I love the My Fair Lady Play. I find the Mu Fair Lady bloated and ponderous. Walt Disney saw Dame Julie in Camelot on Broadway and that was basically her screen test for Mary Poppins. Jack Warner was probably very annoyed with Mary Poppins being a bigger hit the same year as My Fair Lady and of course Julie winning over Audrey for the Oscar.
Rusty Phresh Have you ever seen the clip of her acceptance speech? She actually thanks Jack Warner. LOL Classy and sassy.
@princessplayroom I didn't remember the part about Jack Warner. That was def clever. I remember her witty opening something like "I've heard of your Americ hospitality but really this is ridiculous. Will watch the whole thing again. Thanks for the tip!
Agree, I think Julie is good at performing this type of musical film. She should be the first choice perform my fair lady
The orchestrations are different in this and they're great.
Okay guys I feel bad that Julie Andrews didn't get to be in the movie even though she did this show so well on the broadway stage... it was her role but I liked Audrey Hepburn (even if she wasn't nominated for an academy award like the rest of the film) and it doesn't matter that Marni Nixon dubbed her "eloquent voice" I liked the film on a whole
but for me julie andrews should the one who dubbed audreys voice replacment
Ana Isabel Yeah but I like Audrey too...
Audrey is good at singing. She is good in low notes her voice is just sweet That attracts everyones hearts
Ana Isabel Yeah, she wasn't much of a professional singer and her range was small but she was on key and her voice was so lilting and pretty
Still - Audrey didn't sing it at all - she was dubbed, and although she was an excellent actress in the film, it had been better if it were Julie Andrews who had got the role which she knew thoroughly from her many years on Broadway.
She's magnificent.
truly wonderful. at the too of her game. she really owns this song.
INCREDIBLE VOICE FROM AN INCREDIBLE LADY !!!!!!!!! Loved her since the first time I saw SOUND OF MUSIC in 1963 !!!
Ok no matter what people say about Audrey Hepburn, Julie is still in fact the Best Eliza Doolittle.
OMG ... I've never seen this until now! Oh, to have ALL of the songs sung by Julie Andrews! I love Audray Hepburn & Marnie Nixon but NO ONE can play this part like Julie Andrews!
How could anyone not like this ? This was fantastic!
One of my favorite songs from any musical. I love her voice, I love the music and lyrics and that guy is a sport. He gets knocked around pretty good in that song!
A lot of great stage business to sell the song. And Julie is sensational.
My God! What acting is that? It’s simply terrific!
This medley is from J.A.'s 1965 NBC-Tv special, THE JULIE ANDREWS SHOW.
What a voice
Freddie Eynsford-Hill played by John Michael King. He Won the Theatre World Award for his part in My Fair Lady, according to Wikipedia.
Wowwww she is so ferocious love itttt
yes i like the Broadway one better thanks for the clip
Film or Broadway.......they're both amazingly great! Great music, great lyrics, Great American Songbook!
Julie you're my perfect Eliza in each & every single aspect of the character that you so creatively created & portrayed!
I wish I was alive when My Fair Lady was on Broadway.
I wish I could see the whole musical with Julie Andrews.
Wow. No idea this existed...and I love her in it.
I love this version as compared how it was done in the movie. *Yes, they made a movieeeee?! 😂
She sounded and looked more upset and frustrated which she should be since this scene happened after her fight with Higgins. It was an outcry out of her disappointment from men and their words words words. Dame Julie Andrews, there's nothing u really can't do
INCOMPARABLE
This clip is awesome, it brings a smile to my face :) . She's spectacular. I think she's suppressing laughter at the beginning of the song as soon as she turns to face Freddie :) . Thanks for sharing.
This performance speaks volumes of how Julie Andrews is the only Eliza Doolittle! Jack Warner messed up big time!
Don't think so. She could sing beatifulya but the was an actrice with limeted possebilleties.
YES, HE DID.
Hahahahhahaha wooow that is hilarious!!!! Very different from the movie, but this is too good!!! Lol!!!!
It is a shame that we simply cannot re-write time. I think that if Julie Andrews had been cast in the film, it would still have been a success. A star would have been born twice over (along with her triumph in Mary Poppins). I believe the critics would have lauded her, the public would have wanted to see this very new film star and that would be that. Audrey Hepburn worked hard doing it, looked beautiful, but I think Julie Andrews was regrettably overlooked.
I'm old enough to have seen this in Drury Lane about 1959. Too young then to appreciate it.I read black market tickets were going for £5 . (What a rip off!!).
Words Words Words
I'm so sick of words
I get words all day through
First from him, now from you
Is that all you blighters can do
Don't talk of stars
Burning above
If you're in love
Show me
Tell me no dreams
Filled with desire
If you're on fire
Show me
He we are together
In the middle of the night
Don't talk of spring
Just hold me tight
Anyone who's ever been
In love'll tell you that
This is no time
For a chat
Haven't your lips
Longed for my touch
Don't say how much
Show me, show me
Don't talk of love
Lasting through time
Make me no undying vow
Show me now
Sing me no song
Read me no rhyme
Don't waste my time
Show me
Don't talk of June
Don't talk of fall
Don't talk at all
Show me
Never do I ever
want to hear another word
There isn't one
I haven't heard
Here we are together in
What ought to be a dream
Say another word
And I'll scream
Haven't your arms
Hungered for mine
Please don't explain
Show me, show me
Don't wait until
Wrinkles and lines
Pop out of my brow
Show me now
This should have been used for the scene of "Show Me!" in the film version of "My Fair Lady." Julie Andrews was much younger than Audrey Hepburn back in the 60s. Jack Warner should have pursued quality instead of profit. We could see Julie performing Eliza Doolittle had another more sensible producer purchased filming rights for the musical. Why did God let him be the winner?
Except Julie got the Oscar that year for Mary Poppins. She got her win over Jack Warner in one way.
Freddie is played by the dancer Johnny Harmon, later called Steve Harmon.
Thank you for this he is clearly a dancer. Every movement is perfect in response to every move of Julie’s. He is as much a joy to watch for his physical response as she is to listen to for her voice thanks for posting I was going to try and find out who the actor was in this clip. ❤️🎶
that was amazing.
Julie is about 10 billion times better than poor little Audrey. Julie's voice was a singer's voice, while Audrey's wasn't. She had a very small range. Watch her in the movie sing this and the huge difference is obvious. Audrey was a lovely actress but just not a singer.
srothbardt actually Audrey's voice was dubbed by the ever amazing Marni Nixon in the movie... so both voices were great but Audrey's character wasn't her singing voice so...
Victoria Odegaard That's right. I found out later. Very embarrassing, but it's my ignorant mistake. Audrey was a good Liza, though, but not better than Julie. I mean in acting. Audrey comes up to the challenges of the role very well, but perhaps not quite as convincingly as Julie might have.
srothbardt no problem, it wasn't something that was known when the movie came out... Marni didn't get any credit which sucked... but I don't know, Julie is good but I liked Audrey's look and acting for the part... just an opinion though.
Victoria Odegaard It was known, and is the reason Audrey was not nominated for an Academy Award for her performance.
Broadway Classics I suppose many people were upset they didn't use Julie? Well if the overall film won an academy award and she was the main character then... she did a good job so... yeah
Julie is the best, I miss her so much
As great as it might have been for Julie to be Eliza in the film adaptation, let's not forget that if she had done the My Fair Lady film, she might not have been able to do Mary Poppins, which came out the same year and earned her an Oscar while Audrey Hepburn didn't even get nominated as Eliza. She might not have become the star we all know today. All this might have been for the best.
She, and Walt, would have happily done Mary later if she had been offered MFL.
Julie could have done both My Fair Lady and Mary Poppins. Disney offered to delay filming Mary Poppins for her if she was cast in My Fair Lady. The Sound of Music would have been the film in question. If that was delayed a year, we could have had a trifecta of Julie musicals...My Fair Lady, Mary Poppins and The Sound of Music.
what is shocking is she is so good in this why not the film?
Staging is wonderful.
Way down in the comments, some identify the man playing Freddy as Johnny (later known as Steve) Harmon. I was able to confirm that, doing image searches, trying both names, and finding a very few photos, and they do look like this man. In the end credits of the full show, (which has been posted twice on UA-cam), he’s listed as John Harmon.
The choreography was by Carol Haney.
They get together at the end in the book "Pygmalion". Suggestion to the Viewer/Reader: You choose your ending. (*happy endings are easier to live with in the long run).
Julie is a singer, and Audrey was not. But Audrey did a good job. In all fairness.
But Audrey's singing voice was dubbed by Marni Nixon, so you can't really compare the same scene (in both the film and here) because Hepburn didn't do her own singing.
I was thinking the same thing. Leslie Caron had a small but sweet and on-key voice and wanted them to go with her vocal. She did begin the vocal, but you can hear where Marni takes over.
I'm talking about "The Night They Invented Champagne."
John Michael King appeared as Freddie in the original Broadway production.
Yes! His dad was a Broadway star. Was that him in the video?
Rusty Phresh I believe so.
This clip is from the 1961 NBC special “The Broadway of Lerner & Loewe.”
Didn't I say that in my note?
I much prefer Audrey Hepburn, I grew up on it as my fav movie, even though she didn’t sing it I love the vocals on that version better, but I love seeing these. Julie andrews was meant to be Maria and Mary poppins it fits much better for her imo. But it’s such a joy to see and hear her sing these songs since she was in the live production and I so wish there was a full recording of that.
My favourite track in the LP
Jack Warner was insane
Is there a way to watch this version? I can’t seem to find a way to watch
Ooh did we see that spin after "This no time for a chat!"
That's how it's done!
I'm not trying to be rude, but did she lipsynced in this video? At 2:18 to 2:21, she closed her mouth before the high note is over.
It could be, but it might also just be the quality of the video. It's very old. But even if she is lipsyncing, it's still AMAZING
Brilliant. I never cared for Audrey's performance. Similar to casting Vanessa Redgrave in Camelot. They were still in that left-over big studio mindset of casting the 'popular" actors and actresses in these big roles.
Hepburn's acting was perfection and Warner's only mistake was not using her voice. It is absurd to compare Redgrave to Hepburn and at the time Camelot was made, Andrews was far more popular than Andrews.
Well Julie was quite obviously better.. they had to call in Marni Nixon to sing Audrey's parts. She'd had gotten the part had she been more famous at the time. She sure showed them.
I love Julie's 'revenge.' She was passed over for MY FAIR LADY, but her consolation prize was doing Disney's MARY POPPINS the same year, which won her the Golden Globe (over Audrey) and the Oscar. I love when she accepted her GG and she began thanking 'the man who made this all possible,' and everyone assumed she was talking about Walt Disney (because he single-handedly cast her in MP, thus giving her her first movie role), but when she got to the end, she said "Mr. Jack Warner," who had vehemently opposed and rejected her casting in MFL. His reason was that Julie was only a regional Broadway actress and had never made a movie before.
But then Julie went on to headline the #1 movies of 1964 (MARY POPPINS), 1965 (THE SOUND OF MUSIC), and 1966 (HAWAII), and also had hits with THE AMERICANIZATION OF EMILY, Alfred Hitchcock's TOM CURTAIN, and THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE. In fact, Julie achieved something Audrey never did, and that is she made Quigley's annual list of Top Ten Box Office Champs four years in a row. Quigley's Publishing has long been regarded as one of the most reliable barometers of a movie star's box-office power, and thanks to Julie's string of hits, she made the list in 1965 (at #4), 1966 (at #1), 1967 (at #1), and 1968 (at #3). In fact, she was the last woman to top the list for 32 years, until Julia Roberts made #1 in 1999. Since then, only Sandra Bullock (2009) and Jennifer Lawrence (2013) have also made #1, which goes to show how difficult it is for a woman to achieve the feat, and Julie did it twice only a few years after Jack Warner didn't deem her movie star material. But in the mid-'60s, Julie became the most successful movie star in the world at that time. As you said, she sure showed them.
"Torn," not "Tom" Curtain.
Please change your description to give credit to Johnny Harmon, the dancer who appears with Julie Andrews in this number. If you watch the rest of the show, you can see him dancing in the other musical numbers as well.
Here is some trivia. Of the four traditional musicals where Andrews played a role on Broadway , all hits by the way, ( she was also in a revue Putting it together, that did not quite make it that far) in three of the four, she was nominated for outstanding performance in a starring role ( The Boyfriend was the nomination that got away) But she never won the tony She did not win the Tony for her portrayals of Eliza, or Guinevere, or Victoria Grant even despite having originated each of these characters.
And in both MFL and Camelot her male co-stars won a Tony (Rex Harrison and Richard Burton respectively). Julie was nominated but got nothing despite the fact both the musicals were built around her singing.
Oh, her diction! Thank you, Julie!
can we take a moment to appreciate technology? this is a couple decades old. i hate reading comments about who deserved what for the role of my fair lady. personally, does it matter at this point? i think we should be grateful that we have the technology and resources to listen to julie andrew's vocals, marni nixons, and even a few of audrey's lost recording. i just want everyone to stop making such a big deal about something that doesn't matter. both did an amazing job in the role and that's all that really matters.
Are there any other versions of the original Broadway video? or is this the only one video we have ?
Unfortunately, no - only clips.
this guy is hilarious
Ohh, so this is how it's done.
This is the reason why I prefer Julie, both acting and singing. I love Audrey at Charade or Breakfast at Tiffany's for example, but here she was miscast. She even looks a little old for the role (although 34 years is not being old, but for "a young flower girl"). It's as if for Maria in TSOM they had used Doris Day. Well, NO! I understand that Audrey was the highest grossing at that time and Warner wanted her investment back. It was just business. That's what it was about ... I also prefer Julie, as a singer, because although Marnie was a good singer, she cannot transmit the emotions of the character like Julie. Perhaps because she was not an actress and didn't have to enter the character. Her job was to sing following the movement of the leading lady's lips, and it was what she did. They gave her a score and she sang it beautifully... But, when I listen to the original Broadway recording, I can feel Eliza's entire transition. From being a screaming girl, and without education ("Wouldn't It Be Loverly?") To an educated girl with perfect diction ("The Rain in Spain", "I Could Have Danced All Night"). And through each song you can feel the frustration, emotion, anger, joy, everything. Even without a video or image. Only audio. And this mainly, due to Andrews' ability to change even the placement of the voice (something quite difficult for someone who learned classical singing and also do it live, night after night). And Julie was not an actress either, since her training as a child was as a singer. That she could act was a "plus", since she had no training as an actress ... In the end, saying that Audrey was a better actress than Julie, is the same as saying that Julie was a better singer than Audrey. But we must not forget, that this was a M U S I C A L. Not a drama or romantic comedy. Eliza expressed herself with music ...
It would probably be insulting for both, but it might have been a good idea to get Julie to voice over Audrey in the movie. That way you get the best of both!
That's a truly horrible idea. Julie was quite capable of playing the role after doing it on Broadway for year, and would never have agreed to the humiliation of only dubbing Audrey while not being seen.
Exactly that question was posed to Julie in an old Larry King interview. She was polite but replied that it was doubtful she would have done so.
The one & only Eliza Doolittle! Julie !!!
why are audrey fans so mean in the comment section omg. both did great in their own way, sure we might have our personal favorite eliza or whatever, but trying to say who was the better actress just ain't it. they definitely have different acting styles and when it comes to MFL comparisons it's not hard to grasp that julie is portraying eliza for theater and audrey for a movie, which can definitely differ from one another. in the end, one made eliza an iconic musical theater character and the other made her also an iconic movie character so just... chill with the hating
the amazing thing is that if Julie Andrews got this role, someone else would have been Mary Poppins....the movies were recorded the same time, and the awards went to Mary Poppins......Julie got the last laugh :)
They were not filmed simultanously. I think Disney would have waited for Julie.
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Like the advice to fiction writers not to overdo exposition..."show, don't tell."
Julie rocks, of course.
Can me someone tell if there exist theatrical record from musical?? My fair lady is one of my favorites musicals I Love Movie I Love Audrey but I Also love JUlie and I woud be so sosoooooo grateful and happy if someone tell or show me :)))
+IrmalaDouce Theatrical record? There is a CD soundtrack available on Amazon. Is that what you mean? I have it, and I listen to it all the time. It's from a stage recording (with Julie Andrews and Rex Harrison). Great quality, and well worth it!
+Audra Knatcal I ment a video ...I know about soundtrack:)
Wow. Criminal she didn’t get cast. Play this against movie and there’s no comparison
0:33 bottleflip
How did they make this color? It was supposed to be black and white at that time
Color films have existed as far back as the 1930s, but they were reserved for musicals, epics, and fantasy films, because the process was so expensive. That's why the majority of films were dramas and in black & white. It wasn't until the mid-1960s that color films became the majority. The Oscars used to have two different categories for Best Cinematography (color and black&white) and Best Costume Design (color and black&white). 1966 was the last year when they split the categories, because by then, color movies had become more common and b&W were few and far between, so they discontinued the b&w category for both Cinematography and Costume Design, starting in 1967.
As for television, there were some programs in color in the 1950s and early 1960s, but you needed a color TV set and those were very expensive. It wasn't until the late 1960s that color sets became more affordable to the average consumer, and that's when people began replacing their b&w sets. Think of it in terms of cell phones. They've been around since the 1980s, but only professionals and rich people could afford them. Cell phones were a luxury item until the late 1990s, when it became affordable to the average person.
Was this from film from an actual Broadway production?
Read the note beneath the clip.
@@boinx1234 I was wondering if this effort represents the same basic staging as the Broadway or West End productions of the same number? Is this pretty close to how Andrews did this with similar costume and scenery and action. Are Michael King and Andrews recreating the same performance they gave in 1956 or is this very different from what audiences saw?
GOD what a powerhouse. I had to cover my balls and I don't even have balls
wow, a crime jack warner didn't want her in MFL.
This is not John Michael King (I've look for pictures). Who is he, then?
www.discogs.com/artist/1127412-John-Michael-King