Eliza doolittle my fair lady quotes11/8/2023 ![]() ![]() (Eliza and Pickering walk towards them, but Eliza appears slightly nervous. (with delight seeing Pickering arriving with Eliza, who is dressed spectactularly) (pointing to Higgins who is still looking out for Eliza) Eynsford-Hill and her son, Freddie-come to join Mrs. (A group of four people-an older couple and Mrs. I told Pickering we should have taken her with us. She's being pinned some of the clothes they bought her didn't quite fit. Well, you've got to talk about something. (looking away expecting Eliza and Pickering to arrive any moment) Safe! to talk about one's health in the middle of a race? Help her along, darling, you'll be quite safe. She's to keep to two subjects: the weather and everybody's health "fine day", and "how do you do", and not just let herself go on things in general. She has strict instructions as to her behaviour. Oh, it's alright, I taught her how to speak properly. So I invited her to your box today, do you understand? I'm taking her to the annual Embassy Ball but I wanted to try her out first. Oh no, dear, not a love affair she's a flower girl. Now, listen mother, I've got a job for you a phonetics job. (Taking her up by the arm before she can continue walking towards her box) I'm quite serious, you'll offend all my friends: the moment they've met you I've never see them again.Besides, you're not even dressed for Ascot. What are you doing here? You promised never to come to Ascot. ![]() He sees his mother, whom he recognises from behind by her hat. Higgins arrives, looking completely out of place in his brown suit. She has been warned in advance to keep to phrases such as "How do you do?" and "How kind of you to let me come"Ĭlick here for "My Fair Lady" DVDs, Soundtracks and Posters In this scene, Eliza is facing her first “test” as a lady and joins Higgins and his mother’s friends at the Ascot race course. This is one of the all-time great movie musicals, featuring classic songs and the legendary performances of Harrison. So horribly dirty." He turns his mission into a sporting proposition, making a bet with Pickering that he can accomplish his six-month miracle to turn Eliza into a lady. "It's almost irresistable," clucks Higgins. The next morning, face and hands freshly scrubbed, Eliza presents herself on Higgins' doorstep, offering to pay him to teach her to be a lady. After delivering a musical tirade against "verbal class distinction," Higgins tells his companion Colonel Pickering (Wilfred Hyde-White) that, within six months, he could transform Eliza into a proper lady, simply by teaching her proper English. Outside Covent Garden on a rainy evening in 1912, dishevelled cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle (Audrey Hepburn) meets linguistic expert Henry Higgins (Rex Harrison). ![]()
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