
Lot 66
A group of opening title storyboards for My Fair Lady
25 November 2013, 13:00 EST
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A group of opening title storyboards for My Fair Lady
Warner Bros., 1964. Oil pastel and pencil on paper, stapled to two folders labeled "David Rose / 1623 North Curson Avenue / Hollywood 46, Calif. HO 7-9357." One folder is inscribed in black ink, "David Rose / First Ruff Title Ideas / 'My Fair Lady'" and the second inscribed, "My Fair Lady."
An unused title concept for the musical, showing a truck delivering flowers to Covent Garden, "Warner Brothers presents" appearing on a basket of violets, and then Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison leaping out of a gramophone and dancing. The finished film's title sequence consists of closeups of bouquets of flowers and was designed by Wayne Fitzgerald. Both sequences reference Eliza Doolittle's occupation as a flower seller but the final title sequence is rather more restrained that the one depicted in these designs.
Folders, open: 11 3/4 x 26 1/2 in.; Folders, closed: 11 3/4 x 13 1/4 in.
An unused title concept for the musical, showing a truck delivering flowers to Covent Garden, "Warner Brothers presents" appearing on a basket of violets, and then Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison leaping out of a gramophone and dancing. The finished film's title sequence consists of closeups of bouquets of flowers and was designed by Wayne Fitzgerald. Both sequences reference Eliza Doolittle's occupation as a flower seller but the final title sequence is rather more restrained that the one depicted in these designs.
Folders, open: 11 3/4 x 26 1/2 in.; Folders, closed: 11 3/4 x 13 1/4 in.
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