Pygmalion

Pygmalion (1939)

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

  • Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
  • Release Date: 1939-03-03
  • User Rating: 6.9/10 from 137 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 36min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Gabriel Pascal Productions
  • Production Country: United Kingdom
  • Directors: Anthony Asquith, Leslie Howard.
star 6.9/10
From 137 Ratings

Summary

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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  • Leslie Howard

    as Henry Higgins
  • Wendy Hiller

    as Eliza Doolittle
  • Wilfrid Lawson

    as Alfred Doolittle
  • Marie Lohr

    as Mrs. Higgins
  • Scott Sunderland

    as Colonel George Pickering
  • Jean Cadell

    as Mrs. Pearce
  • David Tree

    as Freddy Eynsford-Hill
  • Everley Gregg

    as Mrs. Eynsford-Hill
  • Leueen MacGrath

    as Clara Eynsford-Hill
  • Esme Percy

    as Count Aristid Karpathy
  • Violet Vanbrugh

    as Ambassadress
  • Irene Browne

    as Duchess
  • Kate Cutler

    as Grand Old Lady
  • O.B. Clarence

    as Mr. Birchwood
  • Ivor Barnard

    as Sarcastic Bystander
  • Cecil Trouncer

    as First Policeman
  • Iris Hoey

    as Ysabel
  • Viola Tree

    as Perfide
  • Cathleen Nesbitt

    as A Lady
  • Wally Patch

    as First Bystander
  • H.F. Maltby

    as Second Bystander
  • George Mozart

    as Third Bystander
  • Stephen Murray

    as Second Policeman
  • Eileen Beldon

    as Mrs. Higgin's Parlourmaid
  • Frank Atkinson

    as Taxi-Driver
  • Anthony Quayle

    as Eliza's Hairdresser (uncredited)
  • Leo Genn

    as Prince (uncredited)
  • Moyna MacGill

    as Woman Bystander (uncredited)
  • Patrick Macnee

    as Extra (uncredited)
Directing Anthony Asquith Director
Directing Leslie Howard Director
Writing George Bernard Shaw Screenplay
Writing Cecil Lewis Scenario Writer
Camera Jack Hildyard Camera Operator
Writing W.P. Lipscomb Scenario Writer
Directing Teddy Baird Assistant Director
Costume & Make-Up Madeleine Godar Wardrobe Master
Writing George Bernard Shaw Theatre Play
Costume & Make-Up Ladislaw Czettel Costume Designer
Writing Carl Mayer Script Consultant
Directing Hazel Wilkinson Continuity
Sound Sash Fisher Sound Recordist
Art Baden Siddall Property Buyer
Art Laurence Irving Set Designer
Writing George Bernard Shaw Dialogue
Production Phil C. Samuel Production Manager
Camera Harry Stradling Sr. Director of Photography
Writing Ian Dalrymple Writer
Production Gabriel Pascal Producer
Art John Bryan Art Direction
Sound Arthur Honegger Music
Editing David Lean Editor

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