Funny Face
Summary:
This filmed version of the 1927 George Gershwin Broadway musical Funny Face utilizes the play's original star, Fred Astaire, and several of the original tunes, then goes merrily off on its own. Astaire is cast as as fashion photographer Dick Avery (a character based on Richard Avedon, the film's "visual consultant"), who is sent out by his female boss Maggie Prescott (Ka... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Audrey Hepburn - (Jo Stockton)
Fred Astaire - (Dick Avery)
Kay Thompson - (Maggie Prescott)
Michel Auclair - (Prof. Emile Flostre)
Robert Flemyng - (Paul Duval)
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Review:
The Paris fashion scene is rendered in broad, cartoonish glory by director Stanley Donen in Audrey Hepburn's first attempt at a major studio musical. Hepburn's American naif is discovered in a bookstore by photographer Dick Avery (played by Fred Astaire, in a deliberate homage to Richard Avedon), who romances her into the role of hi... Continue >>
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