Pygmalion

Pygmalion

96 mins | Comedy, Romance | March 3, 1939

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.

Pygmalion

96 mins | Comedy, Romance | March 3, 1939

Pygmalion
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.
IMDb rating 7.7
Producers Gabriel Pascal Productions
Original title Pygmalion
Directors Hazel Wilkinson, Teddy Baird, Anthony Asquith, Leslie Howard
Writers Cecil Lewis, W.P. Lipscomb, George Bernard Shaw, Carl Mayer

Cast

Leslie Howard

as Henry Higgins

Wendy Hiller

as Eliza Doolittle

Wilfrid Lawson

as Alfred Doolittle

Marie Lohr

as Mrs. Higgins

Scott Sunderland

as Colonel George Pickering

Jean Cadell

as Mrs. Pearce

David Tree

as Freddy Eynsford-Hill

Everley Gregg

as Mrs. Eynsford-Hill

Leueen MacGrath

as Clara Eynsford-Hill

Esme Percy

as Count Aristid Karpathy

Violet Vanbrugh

as Ambassadress

Irene Browne

as Duchess

Kate Cutler

as Grand Old Lady

O.B. Clarence

as Mr. Birchwood

Ivor Barnard

as Sarcastic Bystander

Cecil Trouncer

as First Policeman

Iris Hoey

as Ysabel

Viola Tree

as Perfide

Cathleen Nesbitt

as A Lady

Wally Patch

as First Bystander

H.F. Maltby

as Second Bystander

George Mozart

as Third Bystander

Stephen Murray

as Second Policeman

Eileen Beldon

as Mrs. Higgin's Parlourmaid

Frank Atkinson

as Taxi-Driver

Anthony Quayle

as Eliza's Hairdresser (uncredited)

Leo Genn

as Prince (uncredited)

Moyna MacGill

as Woman Bystander (uncredited)