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[MY FAIR LADY]: HARRISON REX (1908-1990) English actor, Academy Award winner. A good signed 8 x 10 photograph of Harrison in a close-up portrait study in costume as Professor Henry Higgins from the musical comedy-drama film My Fair Lady (1964). Signed by Harrison in bold blue fountain pen ink with his name alone to a clear area of the background. It was for his performance in this role that Harrison won his Best Actor Oscar. EX

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[MY FAIR LADY]: HARRISON REX (1908-1990) English actor, Academy Award winner. A good signed 8 x 10 photograph of Harrison in a close-up portrait study in costume as Professor Henry Higgins from the musical comedy-drama film My Fair Lady (1964). Signed by Harrison in bold blue fountain pen ink with his name alone to a clear area of the background. It was for his performance in this role that Harrison won his Best Actor Oscar. EX

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George Cukor Document Signed for My Fair Lady DS, two pages, 8.5 x 11, August 10, 1962. Agreement between George Cukor and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer authorizing the director to pursue "an offer of an outside engagement with Warner Brothers Pictures, Inc., namely the photoplay now entitled 'My Fair Lady,' which offer if accepted by you would require the rendition of your services for approximately one year commencing January 1, 1963." Neatly signed at the conclusion in fountain pen by George Cukor, and countersigned by an MGM secretary. In fine condition. A musical comedy-drama based on George Bernard Shaw's stage play Pygmalion, My Fair Lady stars Audrey Hepburn as Eliza Doolittle and Rex Harrison as Professor Henry Higgins. A critical and commercial success, it became the second highest-grossing film of 1964 and won eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor—it was Cukor's first Oscar, after four previous nominations.

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George Cukor Document Signed for My Fair Lady DS, twelve pages, 8.5 x 13, July 30, 1962. Contract between George Cukor, Warner Bros., and G-D-C Enterprises for Cukor's services as "Director, in connection with the preparation and production of the motion picture photoplay...tentatively entitled 'My Fair Lady.'" The contract outlines the specifics of the agreement, including its term, remuneration, rights, and responsibilities: for example, under this agreement, Cukor "shall edit the first rough cut of the photoplay." Signed twice at the conclusion in fountain pen by Cukor (one struck through), and countersigned by Elsa Schroeder of G-D-C Enterprises and A. J. Obringer of Warner Bros. In fine condition. A musical comedy-drama based on George Bernard Shaw's stage play Pygmalion, My Fair Lady stars Audrey Hepburn as Eliza Doolittle and Rex Harrison as Professor Henry Higgins. A critical and commercial success, it became the second highest-grossing film of 1964 and won eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor—it was Cukor's first Oscar, after four previous nominations.

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