Pygmalion
1938
He picked up a girl from the gutter - and changed her into a glamorous society butterfly!
- Anthony Asquith,Leslie Howard
- 1h 36m
- October 6, 1938 · United Kingdom
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.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- October 6, 1938
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Cast
- Frank Atkinson,George Mozart,Scott Sunderland,Leo Genn,Wendy Hiller,Cecil Trouncer,David Tree,Jean Cadell,Leueen MacGrath,Moyna MacGilland 19 more
- Director
- Anthony Asquith,Leslie Howard
- Producer
- Gabriel Pascal
- Cinematography
- Harry Stradling Sr.
- Budget
- $350,000
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
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