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Pygmalion (1938)

Pygmalion (1938)

Drama Comedy Romance

He picked up a girl from the gutter - and changed her into a glamorous society butterfly!

Release Date: 1938, October 6
Directors: Leslie Howard, Anthony Asquith
Countries: United Kingdom
Production: Gabriel Pascal Productions, J. Arthur Rank Organisation
Cast: Ivor Barnard, Leslie Howard, Patrick Macnee, Anthony Quayle, Wendy Hiller, Cathleen Nesbitt, Frank Atkinson, Leo Genn, Everley Gregg, Stephen Murray, Wally Patch, Esme Percy

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.

Keywords:

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