Wouldn't it Be Loverly - Julie Andrews (My Fair Lady )

Julie Andrews created Eliza Doolittle on the original stage version of My Fair Lady, later she wouldn't be called to play Eliza in the movie version, Audrey Hepburn was the star of the movie... but I still think Julie would be so much better for the part! But had Julie been in My Fair lady (the movie) would we have Mary Poppins as we know it today? No we wouldn't! So here it is a slideshow of photos from the Original Broadway play and cast, starring Julie Andrews & Rex Harrison ... and Julie Andrews singing Wouldn't it Be Loverly like no one else will ever sing it! And it seems I was born in the wrong decade, and in the wrong place! I so wish I could have a way of seeing her performing this...live!

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I just want to spread the Julieness!

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[jimdivax]

Have you ever heard a cockney singing...they DON'T sing witha 'Cockney' accent...they usualy soften or 'posh' it up...as we all do when we sing...Me? I'm Scottish and NEVER sing with a Scots accent unless I'm taking the piss!

[catiaadao]

@jimdivax I suppose you're right! And also the fact that they were dealing with an american audience for starters, wouldn't make it possibly to "be" totally cockney...

[bigpudding8888]

The voice is beautiful, fantastic singer, but the cockney accent, hmm

[catiaadao]

@bigpudding8888 Julie Andrews herself, said that even with the accent/voice coaching and doing the play for nearly 2 and half years, she could never really get the cockney down to perfection... so we got to give her praise for the honesty and for, in one or another, making Eliza immortal :)

[rivkahchaya]

@catiaadao

She played the role on the US stage; notwithstanding her own comments, actors on the US stage usually use a "Mockney" accent, because some British accents are difficult for Americans to follow, and Cockney is one of them. Actors with genuine Cockney accents (Michael Caine, for example) usually tone them down for roles in the US, or in British films intended for very wide release. Sometimes the same things happens when the British hear certain US accents, mostly Southern ones.

[catiaadao]

@rivkahchaya True; I've heard about that! But Julie has never really been able to do accents, she said so herself, many times, she also said she really had troubles with the "mockney" especially when singing Wouldn't It Ber Loverly. Actually she says that she could always get people laughing by trying to do a southern accent. :)

[catiaadao]

@kakak20 Julie Roberts?? Am I missing something?? LOL

[catiaadao]

@AlfieNoakesOhHo We'll have to agree to disagree! And I still say we can't compare, they're two very different ladies, which means their beauty is different and perceived in different wasys, but as Audrey once said "I think happy girls are the prettiest girls"... and she might have that right!

[Alandix]

Julie had bronchitis when she recorded this, so I consider her performance with its slightly dull edged pitch in places the result. I prefer the first hi-fi recording for her singing. And yet, even with bronchitis [you can hear her sniffing at one point in one song] there's nobody like her. There's never been a greater song for a great singer on Broadway than this one.

[NellaRose]

I just adore Julie Andrews... But one of my favorite features of the song are the gents at the start of the song... <3

[Terry5135]

I admit I love Audrey Hepburn dearly. Having said that, though, there's no question that Julie Andrews got screwed out of the film version of My Fair Lady. I feel for her over that one.

[belle26ramirez]

@catiaadao no matter what..julie sings and portray the character better than anyone..i think it was a huge mistake of jack warner to cast audrey instead of her...and also it was shame that they used other voice in singing...audrey did great though but the voice was not hers....

[Bandaids4ever]

@jimdivax It's a musical. Singing is the equivalent of talking for them. Of course they're gonna sing in their speaking accent. The whole story is about accents, it wouldn't make much sense if they didn't exaggerate it a bit.

[fuamus1]

Beautiful voice Julie Andrews! No one is better as Maria in "Sound of my music" and in one of the best in this one too!

[UpstairsMaid]

i love julie and audrey. we get the best of both worlds in 1964. audrey in a picture that won 8 academy awards, and julie as the incomparable mary poppins taking 5 academy awards - including best actress for julie.

[giggles1242]

Julie has said that while playing this role of Eliza she never stopped working on the character of Eliza for the years she played on Broadway and the West End! And she herself was never quite sure of the cockney accent either! Anyways its Amazing you wouldn't know from listening to this how much she at first doubted herself in this role! And well she is Julie Andrews and a Dame at that, how could you NOT love her :)