> Oh, also, the film version isn't helped much by Rex Harrison's total inability to sing. The guy's an excellent actor, and he looks the part brilliantly, but he can't (and doesn't even try to) sing, which one must admit is not a good thing in a musical.

Point taken, but I think it's overstated. The songs were actually written specifically for his modest vocal range in mind, and so they're performed about how they're intended to be.

I can understand an objection to his singing on technical grounds -- he is, after all, not a singer -- but what he lacks on technical grounds, he more than makes up for in performance. He *performs* the songs probably better than most better singers could. I don't think anybody, for example, would accuse Gene Kelly of being a better singer than Placido Domingo, but which one would you rather watch?