Deliberate mistake: When Eliza is about to be bathed, the mirror keeps turning around between shots to avoid reflecting the filming crew.
My Fair Lady (1964)
1 deliberate mistake
Directed by: George Cukor
Starring: Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Stanley Holloway
Continuity mistake: The white carnations in the vase on the piano (Higgin's study) move around from shot to shot during the scene immediately after the Embassy ball.
Professor Henry Higgins: Why can't a woman be more like a man?
Trivia: Rex Harrisson also played Henry Higgins on broadway. He wanted Julie Andrews for Eliza as well, since she had also played Eliza on broadway. (Julie didn't get the role obviously, but did play Mary Poppins that year, and won the Best Actress Oscar).
Question: The song, "Get Me To The Church On Time," mentions "roll up the floor." What does that mean?
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Answer: It just means put away (roll up) the dance floor so that he won't be distracted with dancing when he has to be at the church on time.
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