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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.
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Anthony Asquith profile
Anthony Asquith

Director

Leslie Howard profile
Leslie Howard

Director

Cast

Leslie Howard profile
Leslie Howard

Henry Higgins

Wendy Hiller profile
Wendy Hiller

Eliza Doolittle

Wilfrid Lawson profile
Wilfrid Lawson

Alfred Doolittle

Marie Lohr profile
Marie Lohr

Mrs. Higgins

Scott Sunderland profile
Scott Sunderland

Colonel George Pickering

Jean Cadell profile
Jean Cadell

Mrs. Pearce

David Tree profile
David Tree

Freddy Eynsford-Hill

Everley Gregg profile
Everley Gregg

Mrs. Eynsford-Hill

Leueen MacGrath profile
Leueen MacGrath

Clara Eynsford-Hill

Esme Percy profile
Esme Percy

Count Aristid Karpathy

Violet Vanbrugh profile
Violet Vanbrugh

Ambassadress

Irene Browne profile
Irene Browne

Duchess

Leslie Howard profile
Leslie Howard

Henry Higgins

Wendy Hiller profile
Wendy Hiller

Eliza Doolittle

Wilfrid Lawson profile
Wilfrid Lawson

Alfred Doolittle

Marie Lohr profile
Marie Lohr

Mrs. Higgins

Scott Sunderland profile
Scott Sunderland

Colonel George Pickering

Jean Cadell profile
Jean Cadell

Mrs. Pearce

David Tree profile
David Tree

Freddy Eynsford-Hill

Everley Gregg profile
Everley Gregg

Mrs. Eynsford-Hill

Leueen MacGrath profile
Leueen MacGrath

Clara Eynsford-Hill

Esme Percy profile
Esme Percy

Count Aristid Karpathy

Violet Vanbrugh profile
Violet Vanbrugh

Ambassadress

Irene Browne profile
Irene Browne

Duchess

Extra

Release Date

March 3, 1939

Original Language

English

Budget

$350,000.00

Production Company

Gabriel Pascal Productions logoJ. Arthur Rank Organisation logo

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