History Film / MyFairLady

* MeaningfulEcho: Eliza has her first big breakthrough in pronunciation with the phrase "The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain," leading directly into the song, "The Rain in Spain". At the story's climax, as she sings "Without You" she tells Higgins: "And there still will be rain on that plain down in Spain / Even that will remain without you."

* SheCleansUpNicely: See the image; when first introduced Eliza's very dirty and wearing torn-up, worn clothing. The exact words of the trope are used by her father on first seeing her as a 'lady'. She even catches the attentions of Prince Gregor, and his mother the Queen of Transylvania is even charmed by her beauty. Not to mention the effect she has on Freddy.

%% * TheVillainSucksSong: "Without You" is this, as well as being a bit of a AntiLoveSong. Also "Just You Wait".

* NiceHat:
** The racetrack scene goes crazy with this. ''Every lady'' has a hat nicer than the previous one. Eliza's hat is just massive, including the [[FluffyFashionFeathers loads of feathers on the side]].
** Honorable mention goes to Henry's teacup and saucer.

** At the beginning of the movie, Professor Higgins correctly decries the fact that people's accent and the ''way'' they speak acts as a social and class divider and keeps them in their place, particularly the lower classes. However, his solution isn't to wish that people stopped judging others simply based off their accent; it's to want to get ''rid'' of dialectical idiosyncrasies and lament that everybody isn't taught to "speak ''properly.''"

* SpotOfTea: It is set in England, after all! Professor and Colonel are seen enjoying their tea with sweets, and the characters also enjoy their tea break at the races. "A cup of tea" is one of the phrases that Eliza practices to pronounce correctly.

** At the beginning of the movie, Professor Higgins correctly decries the fact that people's accent and the ''way'' they speak acts as a social and class divider and keeps them in their place, particularly the lower classes. However, his solution isn't to wish that people stopped judging others simply based off their accent; it's to want to get ''rid'' of dialectical idiosyncrasies and lament that everybody isn't taught to "speak ''properly.''"

-->And although she may have studied with an expert dialectitian and grammarian,\\
I can tell that she was born -- Hungarian!\\
...Not only Hungarian, but of royal blood.

* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Henry Higgins' reaction to Eliza Doolittle's PrecisionFStrike at the races.

* {{Asexual}}: A good case can be made for Henry Higgins. He absolutely prides himself on being a ConfirmedBachelor and shows no interest in women, having a whole song about how he'd never let a woman in his life. The furthest that he ever goes in acknowledging anyone's outward beauty is when he says Eliza's attractive, and even then, the way he says so doesn't leave the strongest indication that he himself is attracted to her. While he can be played as falling for Eliza and has HoYay with Pickering, there's really nothing too explicit on those fronts.

* SheCleansUpNicely: See the image; when first introduced Eliza's very dirty and wearing torn-up, worn clothing. The exact words of the trope are used by her father on first seeing her as a 'lady'.

* TheEdwardianEra: 1912, to be precise. ([[FridgeHorror Makes one rather wonder]] about Freddy's [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarI fate]].) The scene at the recetrack, where everyone (except Henry Higgins) wears black and white, is based on the real fashions of the time - they were in mourning after the death of the old king. A recent touring production went even further by dressing everyone in black only and using a paperboy announcing the King's death as a scene-changing device.

Pompous phonetics professor Henry Higgins is so sure of his abilities that he takes it upon himself to transform a Cockney working-class girl into someone who can pass for a cultured member of high society. His subject turns out to be the lovely Covent Garden flower girl Eliza Doolittle, who agrees to take speech lessons to improve her job prospects. Higgins and Eliza clash, then form an unlikely bond -- one that is threatened by an aristocratic suitor.

''My Fair Lady'' is a 1964 Creator/WarnerBros musical film adapted from the hit [[Theatre/MyFairLady Broadway musical]] of the same name, directed by Creator/GeorgeCukor and starring Creator/AudreyHepburn as Eliza Doolittle and Creator/RexHarrison (reprising his stage role) as Henry Higgins.

Pompous phonetics professor Henry Higgins is so sure of his abilities that he takes it upon himself to transform a Cockney working-class girl into someone who can pass for a cultured member of high society. His subject turns out to be the lovely Eliza Doolittle, who agrees to speech lessons to improve her job prospects. Higgins and Eliza clash, then form an unlikely bond -- one that is threatened by an aristocratic suitor.

''My Fair Lady'' is a 1964 Creator/WarnerBros musical film adapted from the hit [[Theatre/MyFairLady Broadway musical]] of the same name, directed by Creator/GeorgeCukor and starring Creator/AudreyHepburn as Eliza Doolittle and Creator/RexHarrison (reprising his stage role) as Professor Henry Higgins.