Pygmalion

Pygmalion

1938
1h 36m
7.0

7.0/10

158 votes • View on IMDb
Comedy Drama Romance

"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.

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Status: Released

Budget: $350,000

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
Gabriel Pascal Productions J. Arthur Rank Organisation
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Spoken Languages
English

Keywords

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Quick Facts

Release Date October 6, 1938
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0030637

Cast

Leslie Howard
Leslie Howard

Henry Higgins

Wendy Hiller
Wendy Hiller

Eliza Doolittle

Wilfrid Lawson
Wilfrid Lawson

Alfred Doolittle

Marie Lohr
Marie Lohr

Mrs. Higgins

Scott Sunderland
Scott Sunderland

Colonel George Pickering

Jean Cadell
Jean Cadell

Mrs. Pearce

David Tree
David Tree

Freddy Eynsford-Hill

Everley Gregg
Everley Gregg

Mrs. Eynsford-Hill

Leueen MacGrath
Leueen MacGrath

Clara Eynsford-Hill

Esme Percy
Esme Percy

Count Aristid Karpathy

Violet Vanbrugh
Violet Vanbrugh

Ambassadress

Irene Browne
Irene Browne

Duchess

Key Crew

Anthony Asquith
Director
Leslie Howard
Director
George Bernard Shaw
Screenplay
Ian Dalrymple
Writer
Gabriel Pascal
Producer