Pygmalion

Pygmalion (1939)

Released: 1939-03-03 Duration: 1hr 36min
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Rating 7.0
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.

Production Companies

Gabriel Pascal Productions
J. Arthur Rank Organisation

Additional Info

Budget $350,000.00
Revenue $0.00
Original Language en
Popularity 10.093

Directed By

Leslie Howard

Anthony Asquith

Crew

Director
Leslie Howard
Director
Anthony Asquith
Scenario Writer
Cecil Lewis
Theatre Play
George Bernard Shaw
Continuity
Hazel Wilkinson
Sound Recordist
Sash Fisher
Scenario Writer
W.P. Lipscomb
Script Consultant
Carl Mayer
Wardrobe Master
Madeleine Godar
Property Buyer
Baden Siddall
Camera Operator
Jack Hildyard
Costume Designer
Ladislaw Czettel
Production Manager
Phil C. Samuel
Assistant Director
Teddy Baird
Set Designer
Laurence Irving
Director of Photography
Harry Stradling Sr.
Editor
David Lean
Art Direction
John Bryan
Producer
Gabriel Pascal

TOP CAST

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

Irene Browne
Irene Browne

Duchess

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

Iris Hoey
Iris Hoey

Ysabel

Viola Tree
Viola Tree

Perfide

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

Frank Atkinson
Frank Atkinson

Taxi-Driver

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)

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