He picked up a girl from the gutter - and changed her into a glamorous society butterfly!
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.
Pygmalion (1938) is a comedy, drama and romance film directed by Anthony Asquith, released on October 6, 1938 with a runtime of 1h 36m. It stars Leslie Howard, Wendy Hiller, Wilfrid Lawson and Marie Lohr. Viewers rate it 7.0 out of 10 across 165 ratings.
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Leslie Howard
as Henry Higgins
Wendy Hiller
as Eliza Doolittle
Wilfrid Lawson
as Alfred Doolittle
Marie Lohr
as Mrs. Higgins
Scott Sunderland
as Colonel George Pickering
Jean Cadell
as Mrs. Pearce
David Tree
as Freddy Eynsford-Hill
Everley Gregg
as Mrs. Eynsford-Hill
Leueen MacGrath
as Clara Eynsford-Hill
Esme Percy
as Count Aristid Karpathy
Violet Vanbrugh
as Ambassadress
Irene Browne
as Duchess
Directed by Anthony Asquith, written by George Bernard Shaw, Cecil Lewis and W.P. Lipscomb, produced by Gabriel Pascal.
Average viewer score of 7.0/10 from 165 ratings.
Even though it was made some 25 years, or so, before "My Fair Lady" it still takes a few minutes before you get used to the fact that it has no singing... Once that has been established, we can enjoy a witty and pithy observation of class and superficiality that raises both smiles and heckles in equal measure. Leslie Howard is great as the somewhat snobbish phonetics expert ("Prof. Higgins") who bets his pal "Col.…
Reviewed on June 20, 2022
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Pygmalion (1938) is available to stream on fuboTV, HBO Max Amazon Channel, Criterion Channel, FlixFling, HBO Max and Artiflix, and to rent or buy from Amazon Video and FlixFling. Streaming availability is checked against JustWatch data and can change by region.
The main cast of Pygmalion (1938) includes Leslie Howard, Wendy Hiller, Wilfrid Lawson, Marie Lohr and Scott Sunderland. The film was directed by Anthony Asquith. You can see the full cast and crew list, with character names, further up this page.
Pygmalion was released on October 6, 1938 and runs for 1h 36m.
Pygmalion (1938) holds an average rating of 7.0 out of 10 from 165 viewer votes, and is a good pick if you enjoy comedy, drama and romance films. Read the viewer reviews on this page to decide for yourself.
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