Funny Face (1957)

NR02/13/1957Music, Comedy, Romance1h 43m
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S'Wonderful! S'Marvelous! ...She's The Fairest Lady of All!

Overview

A shy Greenwich Village book clerk is discovered by a fashion photographer and whisked off to Paris where she becomes a reluctant model.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Audrey Hepburn

    Jo Stockton

  2. Cast 1

    Fred Astaire

    Dick Avery

  3. Cast 1

    Kay Thompson

    Maggie Prescott

  4. Cast 1

    Michel Auclair

    Prof. Emile Flostre

  5. Cast 1

    Robert Flemyng

    Paul Duval

  6. Cast 1

    Dovima

    Marion

  7. Cast 1

    Suzy Parker

    Specialty Dancer (Think Pink Number)

  8. Cast 1

    Sunny Hartnett

    Specialty Dancer (Think Pink Number)

  9. Cast 1

    Jean Del Val

    Hairdresser

Despite the presence of Audrey Hepburn and Fred Astaire, I think this film actually belongs to Kay Thompson. She plays really well as the 1950s version of Dame Anna Wintour in this amiable, if a little thinly spread, musical comedy. Infuriated by the rather drab quality of her latest "Quality" magazine, she determines to revamp the whole thing. In pink! A bookshop being used for a photo shoot by "Avery" (Astaire) provides the unlikely source for her new model - "Jo" (Hepburn) who is to the fashion industry what Herod was to babies. "Avery" is clever, though, and he offers a trade off that sees...