The Audrey Quest Part Two: "Funny Face".

   Part Two!! YES! Last night, I stayed up late to watch this sweet movie from 1957, "Funny Face"! Maggie Prescott (played by Kay Thompson) is an editor for a fashion magazine who is looking for the next big trend. Fred Astaire plays her photographer, Dick Avery. Together, they decide to find a nice gritty city backdrop for their model to pose against, so in a spur of the moment, they head to Greenwich Village and land in a book store.
    There, they find Jo Stafford (Audrey Hepburn) a girl working there. With their crew, they turn the place upside down, much to Jo's dismay. After, Dick stays behind to help Jo clean up, he likes what he sees and thinks that she could be a model in their magazine. I'm not going to give the rest away, but it is another "Transformation Audrey" movie, where they turn her into a fashion model. But she still remains a beatnik learning about philosophy, in her heart.
   There are a lot of great songs in this. AUDREY DOES ALL OF HER SINGING! No dubs here. "How Long Has This Been Going On?" Is fantastic and is one of my favorites. I heard Julie Andrews and Jerry Lewis do it first though. "Funny Face" is a cute song. "Think Pink" is really fab because they colored the movie so well!! Pink shampoo and toothpaste!!
   But my favorite scenes featured Kay Thompson. Before this movie, all I knew about Kay was that she wrote the "Eloise" books (LOVE, LOVE THEM!) And that she was Liza Minnelli's godmother. She is so cool in this! Her singing is great. "Clap Yo' Hands" was super.
  I also dug the scene at the cafe where Audrey dances. Also at the cafe, they have this jazzy instrumental rendition of "How Long Has This Been Going On?" As backround music, which I thought was pretty sweet. Maybe I should listen to some more jazz. Ok. Question of the day: What is your favorite musical and why?