Movies / Funny Face (1957)

8/10

Runtime: 103 min

Genres: Comedy Musical Romance

Languages: English French

Countries: USA


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 (Kay Thompson) to find a new face. It doesn't take Dick long to discover Jo (Audrey Hepburn, who does her own singing), an owlish Greenwich Village bookstore clerk. Acting as Pygmalion to Jo's Galatea, Dick whisks the wide-eyed girl off to Paris and transforms her into the fashion world's hottest model. Along the way, he falls in love with Jo, and works overtime to wean her away from such phony-baloney intellectuals as Professor Emile Flostre (Michel Auclair). The Gershwin tunes include the title song, S'wonderful, How Long Has This Been Going On and He Loves and She Loves; among the newer numbers is Kay Thompson's energetic opener Think Pink. For years available only in washed-out, flat prints, Funny Face was eventually restored to its full Technicolor and VistaVision glory.~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide


Directors (1) Credit
Stanley Donen ...
Writers (1) Credit
Leonard Gershe written by
Editors (1) Credit
Frank Bracht ...
Cinematographers (1) Credit
Ray June ...
Actors (54) Credit
Albert D'Arno Beautician (uncredited)
Albert Godderis Seedy Man (uncredited)
Alex Gerry Dovitch
Audrey Hepburn Jo Stockton
Baroness Ella Van Heemstra Sidewalk Cafe Patron (uncredited)
Bess Flowers Woman at Duval's Fashion Show (uncredited)
Bruce Hoy Minor Role (uncredited)
Carole Eastman Specialty Dancer (uncredited)
Cecile Rogers Junior Editor (uncredited)
Diane DuBois Minor Role (uncredited)
Donald Lawton Airport Clerk (uncredited)
Don Powell Specialty Dancer (uncredited)
Dorothea Wolbert Minor Role (uncredited)
Dovima Marion
Elizabeth Slifer Madame La Farge (uncredited)
Elsa Peterson Female Buyer (uncredited)
Emilie Stevens Assistant Beautician (uncredited)
Fern Barry Southern Wife (uncredited)
Forbes Murray Man at Duval's Fashion Show (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum Guest at Duval's Fashion Show (uncredited)
Fred Astaire Dick Avery
Gabriel Curtiz Minor Role (uncredited)
Geneviève Aumont French Actress (uncredited)
George Dee Seedy Man (uncredited)
Harold Miller Guest at Aborted Fashion Show (uncredited)
Heather Hopper Junior Editor (uncredited)
Iphigenie Castiglioni Armande
Jack Chefe Frenchman at Flostre's Party (uncredited)
Jan Bradley Crying Girl (uncredited)
Jean Del Val Hairdresser
Jerry Chiat Man on Head (uncredited)
Jerry Lucas Bruiser (uncredited)
Karen Scott Gigi (uncredited)
Karine Nordman French Girl (uncredited)
Kay Thompson Maggie Prescott
Kenner G. Kemp Guest at Aborted Fashion Show (uncredited)
Louise Glenn Junior Editor (uncredited)
Marcel De la Brosse Seedy Man (uncredited)
Marilyn White Receptionist (uncredited)
Michel Auclair Prof. Emile Flostre
Nancy Kilgas Melissa (uncredited)
Nesdon Booth Southern Man (uncredited)
Nina Borget Assistant Hairdresser (uncredited)
Paul Bisciglia Photographer (uncredited)
Paul Smith Steve (uncredited)
Peter Camlin Male Buyer (uncredited)
Robert Flemyng Paul Duval
Roger Edens Sidewalk Cafe Patron (uncredited)
Ruta Lee Lettie
Sam Harris Guest at Aborted Fashion Show (uncredited)
Sue England Laura
Sunny Hartnett Specialty Dancer (Think Pink Number)
Suzy Parker Specialty Dancer (Think Pink Number)
Virginia Gibson Babs