Movie Description
Pygmalion
(1939)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.
Featured Crew
- Director : Leslie Howard,Anthony Asquith
- Producer : Gabriel Pascal
- Writer : Ian Dalrymple
- Editor : David Lean
- Cast : Leslie Howard,Wendy Hiller,Wilfrid Lawson,Marie Lohr,Scott Sunderland,Jean Cadell,David Tree,Everley Gregg,Leueen MacGrath,Esme Percy,Violet Vanbrugh,Irene Browne,Kate Cutler,O.B. Clarence,Ivor Barnard,Cecil Trouncer,Iris Hoey,Viola Tree,Cathleen Nesbitt,Wally Patch,H.F. Maltby,George Mozart,Stephen Murray,Eileen Beldon,Frank Atkinson,Anthony Quayle,Leo Genn,Moyna MacGill,Patrick Macnee
Cast
Henry Higgins
Eliza Doolittle
Alfred Doolittle
Mrs. Higgins
Colonel George Pickering
Mrs. Pearce
Freddy Eynsford-Hill
Mrs. Eynsford-Hill
Clara Eynsford-Hill
Count Aristid Karpathy
Ambassadress
Duchess
Grand Old Lady
Mr. Birchwood
Sarcastic Bystander
First Policeman
Ysabel
Perfide
A Lady
First Bystander
Second Bystander
Third Bystander
Second Policeman
Mrs. Higgin's Parlourmaid
Taxi-Driver
Eliza's Hairdresser (uncredited)
Prince (uncredited)
Woman Bystander (uncredited)
Extra (uncredited)
Posters
Facts
Original TitlePygmalion
Status Released
Release Information
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1939-03-03
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 01h 36m
Budget₹ 350000
Production CompaniesGabriel Pascal Productions,J. Arthur Rank Organisation
Genres
- Comedy
- Drama
- Romance
