My Movie Quiz at 1:15pm New Years Eve on Jazz Radio 94.1fm ..........

 

 

This week we are giving away a Django Rheinhardt CD entitled Pioneer of Jazz Guitar coming to you courtesy of my website www.moviemem.com where you will find a great selection of movie memorabilia and you can see some of the posters on display at the Sanctuary Cove Antique Gallery just down the road from our studios here at 94.1fm. But as it’s the last show for the year I will be adding a double pass to the Village Theatre at Sanctuary Cove to see a movie of your choice.

 

Now to this week’s question. The next track I am about to play is from one of the all time great musicals, My Fair Lady with Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison. This is one of the great songs from the movie sung by the man who was nominated for best supporting actor. To win this weeks great prize all you need to do is phone us here at 94.1fm and tell me the name of the actor who sang this next track…

 

WITH A LITTLE BIT OF LUCK

 

Congratulations to …………..for the correct answer ......

 

And a little about the film…..

 

My Fair Lady was loosely based on Pygmalion by Bernard Shaw with music by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe with adaptation from Andre Previn. It picked up 8 Oscars including Best Picture.

 

You probably know by now that my background is in movie memorabilia and about 10 years ago I acquired the memorabilia from the estate of Stanley Holloway and it included a letter from George Cukor, the director of My Fair Lady. The letter went into some detail of how the film was progressing and asked Stanley Holloway to help Audrey Hepburn with her cockney accent. Its one of my prize possessions.

 

Stanley Holloway was perfect as Alfred Dolittle but he was only a last minute choice. James Cagney had been originally given the role but had to pull out at the last minute. Cary Grant was offered the role of Henry Higgins but he told Jack L Warner that not only would he not play Henry Higgins, but if Rex Harrison was not cast in the role, he wouldn't even go see the picture.

 

Jack Warner originally wanted Julie Andrews to play the lead but settled for Audrey Hepburn who's singing was actually dubbed by Marnie Nixon

 

My Fair Lady – one of the all time great musicals. We’ll have another movie quiz next week on Jazz Radio 94.1fm.

 

Here is part of the letter from George Cukor to Jack L. Warner...........