Pygmalion
1938 · Movie · 1h 36m
ComedyDramaRomance
"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.
Ratings
IMDb
7.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes
100%
Key crew
- Leslie HowardDirector
- Anthony AsquithDirector
- George Bernard ShawScreenplay
- Ian DalrympleWriter
Cast
- Leslie HowardHenry Higgins
- Wendy HillerEliza Doolittle
- Wilfrid LawsonAlfred Doolittle
- Marie LohrMrs. Higgins
- Scott SunderlandColonel George Pickering
- Jean CadellMrs. Pearce
- David TreeFreddy Eynsford-Hill
- Everley GreggMrs. Eynsford-Hill
- Leueen MacGrathClara Eynsford-Hill
- Esme PercyCount Aristid Karpathy
- Violet VanbrughAmbassadress
- Irene BrowneDuchess
Stills
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Themes
betprofessorbathtransformationteaetiquetteelocutionbased on play or musicalteacherteacher student relationshiphigh societyguttersnipe