Editing My Fair Lady (section)

===1964 film===
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[[George Cukor]] directed the [[My Fair Lady (film)|1964 film adaptation]], with Harrison returning in the role of Higgins. The casting of [[Audrey Hepburn]] as Eliza created controversy among theatregoers, both because Andrews was regarded as perfect in the part and because Hepburn's singing voice was dubbed (by [[Marni Nixon]]). [[Jack L. Warner]], the head of [[Warner Bros.]], wanted "a star with a great deal of name recognition", but since Andrews did not have any film experience, he deemed success more likely with an established movie star.<ref>Roman, James W. [https://books.google.com/books?id=JBHRxrM9u-oC&dq=%22Audrey+Hepburn%22+%22My+Fair+Lady%22&pg=PA125 "My Fair Lady"] ''Bigger Than Blockbusters: Movies That Defined America'', ABC-CLIO, 2009, {{ISBN|0-313-33995-3}}, pp. 125–126.</ref> (Andrews went on to star in ''[[Mary Poppins (film)|Mary Poppins]]'' that same year for which she won both the Academy Award and the Golden Globe for Best Actress.) Lerner in particular disliked the film version of the musical, thinking it did not live up to the standards of Moss Hart's original direction. He was also unhappy with the casting of Hepburn as Eliza Doolittle and that the film was shot in its entirety at the Warner Bros. studio rather than, as he would have preferred, in London.<ref>Lerner, ''The Street Where I Live'' pp 134–6.</ref> Despite the controversy, ''My Fair Lady'' was considered a major critical and box-office success, and won eight [[Oscars]], including [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture of the Year]], [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] for [[Rex Harrison]], and [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]] for [[George Cukor]].