Classic Musicals Film Lecture Series: My Fair Lady In-Person
Join Doug Swiszcz on Wednesdays in May at 1 pm for this Classic Musicals Film Lecture Series. From dazzling dance numbers to unforgettable melodies, experience the magic, history, and behind-the-scenes stories of Hollywood’s most beloved musicals. A brief film lecture will proceed each film.
Wednesday, May 28 - My Fair Lady
Lerner and Loewe’s adaptation of George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion, about a professor of phonetics who teaches a Cockney flower girl proper elocution so that she can pass for a cultured lady at an embassy ball. With Rex Harrison, Audrey Hepburn, Stanley Holloway. Winner of 8 Academy Awards, including Best Picture.
1964 – 2 hrs 53 mins – Rated G
Presented with one 15-minute intermission
Complete Series:
- May 7 - Singin’ in the Rain
- May 14 - South Pacific
- May 21 - West Side Story
- May 28 - My Fair Lady
Sponsored by The Friends of the Barrington Public Library.
