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Auction History Result 5p0240 MY FAIR LADY linen int'l 1sh 1964 classic art of Audrey Hepburn & Rex Harrison by Bob Peak! Date Sold 9/1/2020 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked International One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 41" [69 x 104 cm]) (Learn More) My Fair Lady, the classic 1964 George Cukor (winner of the Best Director Academy Award for this film) England romantic love triangle rich-educated-man/poor-flower-girl musical ("The most loverly motion picture event of all!......"; "Based upon the play 'My Fair Lady'"; "From the play by Bernard Shaw"; adapted from the hit Broadway play by Lerner and Loewe, which itself was adapted from George Bernard Shaw's non-musical "Pygmalion"; winner of the Best Picture Academy Award) starring Audrey Hepburn (as Eliza Doolittle), Rex Harrison (winner of the Best Actor Academy Award for this film; as Henry Higgins), Stanley Holloway (nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for this film; as Alfred Doolittle), Wilfrid Hyde-White (as Colonel Pickering), Gladys Cooper (nominated for the Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for this film), Jeremy Brett (as Freddy Eynsford-Hill), and Theodore Bikel. Of course, the making of this movie was the center of a major controversy! When Hollywood went to make this movie adaptation of this hit play in 1964 (after it completed its Broadway run, where Julie Andrews had played Eliza Doolittle), they were fine with retaining the lead stars of the stage production EXCEPT for Julie Andrews, because she wasn't a big enough "name"! They replaced her with Audrey Hepburn, which was especially surprising, given that Miss Hepburn could not sing the part, and Marni Nixon was brought in to sing the songs for her (but that was uncredited and carefully kept under wraps, and Miss Nixon was not allowed to admit to it!). This was very unfortunate for Julie Andrews, but in an unusual twist of fate, she made Mary Poppins that year, and, while My Fair Lady swept the top Oscars with the Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor awards, Miss Andrews won the Best Actress award over Miss Hepburn (who wasn't even nominated!)! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Artist: Bob Peak Important Added Info: Note that this is the "foreign" style of one-sheet for this movie. There was also a "domestic" style. The two posters have different coloring, but are otherwise identical. We are currently also auctioning a domestic style one-sheet in a separate auction. What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: fair to good. The poster had fine surface paper loss on parts of some foldlines (typical of high-gloss posters of this period). Either before or after the poster was backed (or possibly a combination of the two), the poster acquired a number of creases and scuffs around the edges, with a scratch mark in the lower right of the art, running from the black area at right, through the pink background area, and extending into the edge of the image, with surface paper loss in that area. These defects can be touched up by a restorer (without re-backing the poster), but bear them in mind before bidding. There is also a brown circular stain in the center of the bottom excess linen, but it does not affect the poster itself. Learn More about condition grades 
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