Pygmalion (1938)

10/06/1938 (GB) • 1h 36m

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.

Top Billed Cast

Leslie Howard

Henry Higgins

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


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$350,000.00

Revenue

-

Keywords

bet

professor

bath

transformation

tea

etiquette

elocution

based on play or musical

teacher

teacher student relationship

high society

guttersnipe

pygmalion

flower vendor

social class

class system

social reception

mother son relationship

speech lessons

taken for granted

phonetics

quick learner

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