***Watch the film carefully. Eliza enters, turns off the recording, and says, "I washed me face and 'ands before I come, I did." Higgins sighs and very tenderly says "Eliza?", then reverts back to his old self (but more kind) and says "Where the devil are my slippers?" Eliza smiles knowingly, blinks her eyes twice as if to brush away tears, and very deliberately takes a few steps toward Higgins.***
Thanks for clarifying in great detail, but I still don't think that ending is significantly more sentimental or romantic than the ending of the stage version of the musical as described in the original stage directions. |
