Pygmalion (1938)

1938 · Feature film · 96 min · dir. Leslie Howard

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

• Comedy
• Drama
• Romance

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Synopsis

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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Details

Director

Leslie Howard

Writer

George Bernard Shaw

Cinematography

Harry Stradling Sr.

Studio

Gabriel Pascal Productions, J. Arthur Rank Organisation

Released

1938-10-06

Running time

96 minutes

Cast & crew

• Leslie Howard Director
• Leslie Howard
• Wendy Hiller
• Wilfrid Lawson
• Marie Lohr
• Scott Sunderland
• Jean Cadell
• David Tree
• Everley Gregg

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