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Gabriel Pascal

Born June 4, 1894 · Arad, Austria-Hungary [now Romania]

Died July 6, 1954 · aged 60

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Gabriel Pascal (4 June 1894 – 6 July 1954) was a Hungarian film producer and director. Born 1894 in Arad, Kingdom of Hungary, Austro–Hungarian Empire, Pascal was the first film producer to bring the plays of George Bernard Shaw successfully to the screen. His most famous production was Pygmalion, for which Pascal himself received an Academy Award nomina…

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PygmalionPygmalion · 1938
Pygmalion
★ 7.01938
MovieComedyDrama
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.
Caesar and CleopatraCaesar and Cleopatra · 1945
Caesar and Cleopatra
★ 6.21945
MovieDramaHistory
At the height of the Roman Civil War, an aging Julius Caesar finds himself intrigued by the young Egyptian queen Cleopatra, whom he teaches how to rule Egypt.
Androcles and the LionAndrocles and the Lion · 1952
Androcles and the Lion
★ 5.91952
MovieComedy
George Bernard Shaw’s breezy, delightful dramatization of this classic fable—about a Christian slave who pulls a thorn from a lion’s paw and is spared from death in the Colosseum as a result of his kind act—was written as a meditation on modern Christian values. Pascal’s final Shaw production is played broadly, with comic character actor Alan Young as the titular naïf. He’s ably supported by Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, Robert Newton, and Elsa Lanchester.
InterstateInterstate · 2024
Interstate
★ 5.02024
MovieThrillerFantasy
A supernatural thriller in which a hitman, facing an existential crisis, decides to exit the game and leave town with the woman he loves, but his plans are disrupted by a mysterious young man and his ruthless former boss.
Major BarbaraMajor Barbara · 1941
Major Barbara
★ 6.81941
MovieComedy
Idealistic young Barbara is the daughter of rich weapons manufacturer Andrew Undershaft. She rebels against her estranged father by joining the Salvation Army. Wooed by professor-turned-preacher Adolphus Cusins, Barbara eventually grows disillusioned with her causes and begins to see things from her father's perspective.
Reasonable DoubtReasonable Doubt · 1936
Reasonable Doubt
1936
MovieDrama
A lawyer's love for a young girl causes him to defend the man he thinks to be her lover. During the trial the lawyer finds out that the man is his own son.
The Captain from KöpenickThe Captain from Köpenick · 1931
The Captain from Köpenick
★ 6.01931
MovieComedy
Based on the true story of a cobbler who bought a second-hand captain's uniform, assumed command of a troop of guardsmen, declared the town of Köpenick under military law, arrested the mayor and confiscated the town treasury.
The Living DeadThe Living Dead · 1932
The Living Dead
★ 6.61932
MovieHorror
A crazed scientist murders his wife, walls her up, then flees. A reporter sets out to track him down. Remake of Unheimliche Geschichten (Richard Oswald, 1919).

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