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Pygmalion(1939)

03/03/1939 (GB)ComedyDramaRomance1h 36m
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He picked up a girl from the gutter - and changed her into a glamorous society butterfly !

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.

Movie Cast

Leslie Howard photo

Leslie Howard

Henry Higgins

Wendy Hiller photo

Wendy Hiller

Eliza Doolittle

Wilfrid Lawson photo

Wilfrid Lawson

Alfred Doolittle

Marie Lohr photo

Marie Lohr

Mrs. Higgins

Scott Sunderland photo

Scott Sunderland

Colonel George Pickering

Jean Cadell photo

Jean Cadell

Mrs. Pearce

David Tree photo

David Tree

Freddy Eynsford-Hill

Everley Gregg photo

Everley Gregg

Mrs. Eynsford-Hill

Leueen MacGrath photo

Leueen MacGrath

Clara Eynsford-Hill

Esme Percy photo

Esme Percy

Count Aristid Karpathy

Violet Vanbrugh photo

Violet Vanbrugh

Ambassadress

Movie Stats

StatusReleased

Budget$350,000.00

RevenueNot Given

Production CompanyGabriel Pascal Productions

Original LanguageEnglish

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