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The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947) starring Gene Tierney, Rex Harrison, George Sanders

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

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The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947) starring Gene Tierney, Rex Harrison, George Sanders

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir is a strange, touching love story. A widow (Gene Tierney) develops a friendship with the ghost of a cantankerous sea captain (Rex Harrison). He haunts her seaside house – until a flesh-and-blood suitor turns up. But that man’s hiding a secret …

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The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965) starring Charlton Heston, Rex Harrison , Diane Cilento

The Agony and the Ecstasy

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The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965) starring Charlton Heston, Rex Harrison , Diane Cilento

Synopsis of The Agony and the Ecstasy

During the Italian Renaissance, Pope Julius II (Rex Harrison) contracts the influential artist Michelangelo (Charlton Heston).  He wants him to sculpt 40 statues for his tomb. However, the pope changes his mind and asks the sculptor to paint a mural in the Sistine Chapel.  Michelangelo doubts his painting skills and abandons the project. Divine inspiration returns Michelangelo to the mural, but his artistic vision clashes with the pope’s demanding personality and threatens the success of the historic painting.

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My Fair Lady (1964) starring Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Jeremy Brett

My Fair Lady [Rex Harrison, Audrey Hepburn]

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My Fair Lady (1964) starring Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison

Synopsis of My Fair Lady

Audrey Hepburn as Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady

My Fair Lady is the tale of a Cockney flower girl becoming the belle of British society. She’s transformed by a strict phonetics expert … who starts to fall in love with her. And, despite his character flaws, she begins to fall in love with him as well. But their relationship is threatened by an aristocratic suitor, closer to Eliza’s age …

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Song Lyrics to Like Animals, Written by Leslie Bricusse, Performed by Rex Harrison

Like Animals [song lyrics]

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Song Lyrics to Like Animals, Written by Leslie Bricusse, Performed by Rex Harrison in Doctor Dolittle

Doctor Dolittle: I … I do not understand the human race,
That has so little love
For creatures with a different face.
Treating animals like people
Is no madness or disgrace.
I do not understand the human race.

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