Pygmalion

Pygmalion

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

1938 · 96 min · ★ 7.0 · Comedy, Drama, Romance

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.

Directed by Leslie Howard · Written by George Bernard Shaw

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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
Esme Percy Count Aristid Karpathy
Violet Vanbrugh Ambassadress
Irene Browne Duchess

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