Pygmalion (1939)
1h 36m
Running Time
March 3, 1939Release Date

Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.

Leslie Howard
Henry Higgins / Director

Wendy Hiller
Eliza Doolittle

Wilfrid Lawson
Alfred Doolittle

Marie Lohr
Mrs. Higgins

Scott Sunderland
Colonel George Pickering

Jean Cadell
Mrs. Pearce

David Tree
Freddy Eynsford-Hill

Everley Gregg
Mrs. Eynsford-Hill

Leueen MacGrath
Clara Eynsford-Hill

Esme Percy
Count Aristid Karpathy

Violet Vanbrugh
Ambassadress

Irene Browne
Duchess

Kate Cutler
Grand Old Lady

O.B. Clarence
Mr. Birchwood

Ivor Barnard
Sarcastic Bystander

Cecil Trouncer
First Policeman

Iris Hoey
Ysabel

Viola Tree
Perfide

Cathleen Nesbitt
A Lady

Wally Patch
First Bystander

H.F. Maltby
Second Bystander

George Mozart
Third Bystander

Stephen Murray
Second Policeman

Eileen Beldon
Mrs. Higgin's Parlourmaid

Frank Atkinson
Taxi-Driver

Anthony Quayle
Eliza's Hairdresser (uncredited)

Leo Genn
Prince (uncredited)

Moyna MacGill
Woman Bystander (uncredited)

Patrick Macnee
Extra (uncredited)

Anthony Asquith
Director

George Bernard Shaw
Screenplay / Theatre Play / Dialogue

Cecil Lewis
Scenario Writer

Jack Hildyard
Camera Operator

W.P. Lipscomb
Scenario Writer

Teddy Baird
Assistant Director

Madeleine Godar
Wardrobe Master

Ladislaw Czettel
Costume Designer

Carl Mayer
Script Consultant

Hazel Wilkinson
Continuity

Sash Fisher
Sound Recordist
Media.

Details.
Release DateMarch 3, 1939
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 36m
Budget$350,000
Filming LocationsPinewood Studios, United Kingdom
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
bet
bath
professor
tea
transformation
etiquette
elocution
based on play or musical
teacher
teacher student relationship
high society
guttersnipe
flower vendor
social class
class system
social reception
mother son relationship
speech lessons
taken for granted
phonetics
quick learner
pygmalion
Wiki.
Pygmalion is a 1938 British film based on the 1913 George Bernard Shaw play of the same name, and adapted by him for the screen. It stars Leslie Howard as Professor Henry Higgins and Wendy Hiller as Eliza Doolittle.
The film was a financial and critical success, and won an Oscar for Best Screenplay and three more nominations: Best Picture, Best Actor (Howard), and Best Actress (Hiller). The screenplay later was adapted into the 1956 theatrical musical My Fair Lady, which in turn led to the 1964 film of the same name.
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