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ComedyDramaRomance

Pygmalion

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

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.

Release Date : 1939-03-03

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Gabriel Pascal ProductionsJ. Arthur Rank Organisation

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Leslie Howard

Character Name : Henry Higgins

Original Name : Leslie Howard

Gender : Male

Wendy Hiller

Character Name : Eliza Doolittle

Original Name : Wendy Hiller

Gender : Female

Wilfrid Lawson

Character Name : Alfred Doolittle

Original Name : Wilfrid Lawson

Gender : Male

Marie Lohr

Character Name : Mrs. Higgins

Original Name : Marie Lohr

Gender : Female

Scott Sunderland

Character Name : Colonel George Pickering

Original Name : Scott Sunderland

Gender : Male

Jean Cadell

Character Name : Mrs. Pearce

Original Name : Jean Cadell

Gender : Female

David Tree

Character Name : Freddy Eynsford-Hill

Original Name : David Tree

Gender : Male

Everley Gregg

Character Name : Mrs. Eynsford-Hill

Original Name : Everley Gregg

Gender : Female

Leueen MacGrath

Character Name : Clara Eynsford-Hill

Original Name : Leueen MacGrath

Gender : Female

Esme Percy

Character Name : Count Aristid Karpathy

Original Name : Esme Percy

Gender : Male

Violet Vanbrugh

Character Name : Ambassadress

Original Name : Violet Vanbrugh

Gender : Female

Irene Browne

Character Name : Duchess

Original Name : Irene Browne

Gender : Female

Kate Cutler

Character Name : Grand Old Lady

Original Name : Kate Cutler

Gender : Female

O.B. Clarence

Character Name : Mr. Birchwood

Original Name : O.B. Clarence

Gender : Male

Ivor Barnard

Character Name : Sarcastic Bystander

Original Name : Ivor Barnard

Gender : Male

Cecil Trouncer

Character Name : First Policeman

Original Name : Cecil Trouncer

Gender : Male

Iris Hoey

Character Name : Ysabel

Original Name : Iris Hoey

Gender : Female

Viola Tree

Character Name : Perfide

Original Name : Viola Tree

Gender : Male

Cathleen Nesbitt

Character Name : A Lady

Original Name : Cathleen Nesbitt

Gender : Female

Wally Patch

Character Name : First Bystander

Original Name : Wally Patch

Gender : Male

H.F. Maltby

Character Name : Second Bystander

Original Name : H.F. Maltby

Gender : Male

George Mozart

Character Name : Third Bystander

Original Name : George Mozart

Gender : Male

Stephen Murray

Character Name : Second Policeman

Original Name : Stephen Murray

Gender : Male

Eileen Beldon

Character Name : Mrs. Higgin's Parlourmaid

Original Name : Eileen Beldon

Gender : Female

Frank Atkinson

Character Name : Taxi-Driver

Original Name : Frank Atkinson

Gender : Male

Anthony Quayle

Character Name : Eliza's Hairdresser (uncredited)

Original Name : Anthony Quayle

Gender : Male

Leo Genn

Character Name : Prince (uncredited)

Original Name : Leo Genn

Gender : Male

Moyna MacGill

Character Name : Woman Bystander (uncredited)

Original Name : Moyna MacGill

Gender : Female

Patrick Macnee

Character Name : Extra (uncredited)

Original Name : Patrick Macnee

Gender : Male

Reviews

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@Geronimo1967

2022-06-20

Even though it was made some 25 years, or so, before "My Fair Lady" it still takes a few minutes before you get used to the fact that it has no singing... Once that has been established, we can enjoy a witty and pithy observation of class and superficiality that raises both smiles and heckles in equal measure. Leslie Howard is great as the somewhat snobbish phonetics expert ("Prof. Higgins") who bets his pal "Col. Pickering" (Scott Sunderland) that he can take the gutturally linguistic flower girl "Eliza" (Wendy Hiller) and pass her off as a duchess to the highest of society. Hiller is super, too. She takes the role of the reluctant, naive but strong willed and savvy street seller by the scruff of the neck and before long we see that the Professor has more than met his match! His housekeeper "Mrs. Pearce" (Jean Cadell) has a go at umpiring now and again and there is a scene stealing performance from Esme Percy as the even more pompous "Count Karpathy" who is the one person "Higgins" fears may be able to rumble his deception. Right from the raucous and hilarious bathing scene, it sets off at quite a pace swiping relentlessly at the British societal system - ribbing snobs and workers alike as Bernard Shaw's story is transferred to celluloid in a way that (hopefully) the author would have appreciated too. I can't say I liked the ending of the play and I don't really much care for the ending here, either - but boy, it's one hell of a journey demonstrating creative skill at just about every turn.