Using songs from a 1927 Broadway musical of the same name, Funny Face (1957) changed the story around to form an entirely new premise, focusing on the Fashion world of the late 1950's. Full of vibrant colors and lively dancing, directed by Stanley Donen, Funny Face is a marvel to look at. The male lead, played by Fred Astaire, was loosely based on fashion photographer Richard Avedon, and Avedon himself served as a consultant as well as designing parts of the title sequence. Like many of her other films, Audrey Hepburn was paired with a much older leading man in Fred Astaire, who was 30 years her senior. Audrey always maintained the odd pairing was at her insistence, though. Unlike her later musical, My Fair Lady (1964), in which her voice was over-dubbed, Audrey Hepburn did all her own singing in Funny Face... performing four songs, as well as a solo, black-clad bohemian dance routine that has become one of her most Iconic screen moments.
With change in mind, Quality fashion magazine is looking to add an intellectual feel to their new designs...
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| Funny Face. 1957 |
They venture to storm a bookstore for an impromptu photo shoot, and bewilder the poor, philosophy-loving store clerk, Jo Stockton (Audrey Hepburn)...
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| Funny Face. 1957: Audrey Hepburn |
Photographer Dick Avery (Fred Astaire) sees something special in Jo's unorthodox beauty...
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| Funny Face. 1957: Audrey Hepburn |
and after much convincing, Jo becomes the new face of Quality magazine...
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| Funny Face. 1957: Audrey Hepburn |
She is whisked off to Paris...
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| Funny Face. 1957: Audrey Hepburn |
for a runway show...
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| Funny Face. 1957: Audrey Hepburn |
and a dazzling series of fashion shoots...
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| Funny Face. 1957: Audrey Hepburn |
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| Funny Face. 1957: Audrey Hepburn |
Jo and Dick are showing amorous feelings towards one another...
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| Funny Face. 1957: Audrey Hepburn |
and complications arise...
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| Funny Face. 1957: Audrey Hepburn |
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| Funny Face. 1957: Audrey Hepburn |
