‘My Fair Lady’ premiered in New York City 50 years ago tonight (Oct 21 1964)


Video: 'My Fair Lady' (trailer)

(Thursday, October 21, 1964)My Fair Lady, a musical film about a phonetics instructor who bets that he can pass a street urchin off as a lady, premiered tonight at the Criterion Theater in New York City.

Directed by George Cukor, the film starred Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison, Stanley Holloway, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Gladys Cooper and Jeremy Brett.