eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 9s0446 MY FAIR LADY signed stage play souvenir program book 1964 by Lola Fisher & FIVE others! Date Sold 9/5/2021Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Autographed Stage Play Souvenir Program Book (measures 9" x 12" [23 x 30 cm]; 24 pages) (Learn More) My Fair Lady, the 1956 - 1960s stage play musical production ("Adapted from Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion"; "Music by Frederick Loewe"; "Book and Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner"; "In the critics' prize musical") starring (in 1956) Julie Andrews (as Eliza Doolittle), Rex Harrison (as Henry Higgins), Robert Coote (as Colonel Pickering), Stanley Holloway (as Alfred P. Doolittle), and Cathleen Nesbitt (as Mrs. Higgins). Note that this was a long-running show (both on and off Broadway) and the above cast was not the same throughout the years. Of course, this was the center of a major controversy! When Hollywood went to make a movie of this hit play in 1964 (after it completed its Broadway run), they were fine with retaining the lead stars of the stage production EXCEPT for Julie Andrews, because she wasn't a big enough "name"! They replaced her with Audrey Hepburn, which was especially surprising, given that Miss Hepburn could not sing the part, and Marni Nixon was brought in to sing the songs for her (but that was uncredited and carefully kept under wraps, and Miss Nixon was not allowed to admit to it!). This was very unfortunate for Julie Andrews, but in an unusual twist of fate, she made Mary Poppins that year, and, while My Fair Lady swept the top Oscars with the Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor awards, Miss Andrews won the Best Actress award over Miss Hepburn (who wasn't even nominated!)! Artist: Al Hirschfeld Important Added Info: Note that this souvenir program book has been personally autographed (signed) by SIX people: Lola Fisher, Peter Pagan, Ken Delo, Jim Demarest, Jim Myers, AND Evanna Lynn! Our consignor purchased this program and others from the collection of Randy Beth, who was a theatrical wardrobe supervisor, and these were her personal programs. Our consignor does not have a certificate of authenticity, but we are certain the signatures are authentic. Also note that we have pictured the front cover and an interior 2-page spread from this program. You can use these images to determine the exact condition of it from our super-sized image, but realize that there are some other pages you are not seeing. As is true of all the signed items we are currently auctioning, we give every buyer 30 days in which to review what they purchased and they can return any item as long as it is within 30 days of the end of the auction. On non-signed items, we give a "lifetime guarantee" on everything we auction, but on signed items, we give the above modified guarantee of 30 days after the auction closes. Condition: very good. Learn More about condition grades
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