Pygmalion (1938)

  • NR
  • 12/08/1938 (US)
  • Comedy, Drama, Romance
  • 1h 36m

He picked up a girl from the gutter - and changed her into a glamorous society butterfly !

Overview

When linguistics professor Henry Higgins boasts that he can pass off Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle as a princess with only six months' training, Colonel George Pickering takes him up on the bet. Eliza moves into Higgins's home and begins her rigorous training after the professor comes to a financial agreement with her dustman father, Alfred. But the plucky young woman is not the only one undergoing a transformation.

Anthony Asquith

Director

Leslie Howard

Director

George Bernard Shaw

Screenplay

Ian Dalrymple

Writer

Cast

Leslie Howard's headshot

Leslie Howard

Henry Higgins
Wendy Hiller's headshot

Wendy Hiller

Eliza Doolittle
Wilfrid Lawson's headshot

Wilfrid Lawson

Alfred Doolittle
Marie Lohr's headshot

Marie Lohr

Mrs. Higgins
Scott Sunderland's headshot

Scott Sunderland

Colonel George Pickering
Jean Cadell's headshot

Jean Cadell

Mrs. Pearce
David Tree's headshot

David Tree

Freddy Eynsford-Hill
Everley Gregg's headshot

Everley Gregg

Mrs. Eynsford-Hill

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