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Stephen Sondheim once said that
My Fair Lady was probably the greatest musical comedy ever fashioned in terms of sheer entertainment, and there are probably few who would argue with him. Lyrical and literate,
My Fair Lady was and is one of the apexes of the American musical theater. Its 1964 film version is a handsome, über-faithful transcription of the theater piece with two of its original cast members recreating their roles and a top-flight set of actors filling in the other legendary parts with ease. Directed with controlled finesse and command by veteran George Cukor, the movie was pretty much everything one who loved the stage version could have hoped for. There may be no surprises or unusual innovations in the movie, but the playâs dramatic, comedic, and musical merits have all been brought forward and play to perfection on the big screen. After receiving a masterful restoration and a subsequent Blu-ray release in 2015,