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Pygmalion

Pygmalion

He picked up a girl from the gutter - and changed her into a glamorous society butterfly!
Mar 03, 1939 1h 36m
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Synopsis

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.

Title Pygmalion
Companies Gabriel Pascal Productions, J. Arthur Rank Organisation
Countries United Kingdom
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
Leslie Howard

Leslie Howard

Henry Higgins
Wendy Hiller

Wendy Hiller

Eliza Doolittle
Wilfrid Lawson

Wilfrid Lawson

Alfred Doolittle
Marie Lohr

Marie Lohr

Mrs. Higgins
Scott Sunderland

Scott Sunderland

Colonel George Pickering
Jean Cadell

Jean Cadell

Mrs. Pearce
David Tree

David Tree

Freddy Eynsford-Hill
Everley Gregg

Everley Gregg

Mrs. Eynsford-Hill
Leueen MacGrath

Leueen MacGrath

Clara Eynsford-Hill
Esme Percy

Esme Percy

Count Aristid Karpathy
Violet Vanbrugh

Violet Vanbrugh

Ambassadress
Kate Cutler

Kate Cutler

Grand Old Lady
O.B. Clarence

O.B. Clarence

Mr. Birchwood
Ivor Barnard

Ivor Barnard

Sarcastic Bystander
Cecil Trouncer

Cecil Trouncer

First Policeman
Wally Patch

Wally Patch

First Bystander
H.F. Maltby

H.F. Maltby

Second Bystander
George Mozart

George Mozart

Third Bystander
Stephen Murray

Stephen Murray

Second Policeman
Eileen Beldon

Eileen Beldon

Mrs. Higgin's Parlourmaid
Anthony Quayle

Anthony Quayle

Eliza's Hairdresser (uncredited)
Leo Genn

Leo Genn

Prince (uncredited)
Moyna MacGill

Moyna MacGill

Woman Bystander (uncredited)
Patrick Macnee

Patrick Macnee

Extra (uncredited)