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funny face paramount centennial collection ws 2 discs widescreen
this filmed version of the 1927 george gershwin broadway musical funny face utilizes the plays 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 films visual consultant who is sent out by his female boss maggie prescott kay thompson to find a new face . it doesnt take dick long to discover jo audrey hepburn who does her own singing an owlish greenwich village bookstore clerk . acting as pygmalion to jos galatea dick whisks the wide eyed girl off to paris and transforms her into the fashion worlds 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 swonderful how long has this been going on and he loves and she loves ; among the newer numbers is kay thompsons 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 rovi . br br cc disc 1 none specified disc 2 kay thompson think pink this is vistavision fashion photographers exposed the fashion designer and his muse parisian dreams paramount in the 50s retrospective featurette original theatrical trailer photo galleries . br br cc disc 1 none specified disc 2 kay thompson think pink this is vistavision fashion photographers exposed the fashion designer and his muse parisian dreams paramount in the 50s retrospective featurette original theatrical trailer photo galleries .