October 21, 1964 –
Possibly the most fully realized movie musical, My Fair Lady premiered at the Criterion Theater in New York, on this date.
Audrey Hepburn apparently believed that Julie Andrews should have played Eliza Doolittle in this movie but was told by producer Jack L. Warner that she wouldn’t be cast even if Hepburn turned down the role. Andrews said that she “threw a few tantrums” when she learned that she wouldn’t be playing Eliza in this movie, and yet she got along very well with Hepburn without holding a grudge against her – she knew was an innocent party in the whole thing. Andrews would instead appear in Walt Disney’s Mary Poppins for which she won the Oscar for Best Actress for her role as the titular character.
The Haus of Dcaligari 