Pygmalion (1938)

Directed by

Leslie Howard, Anthony Asquith

Genre

drama film, romantic comedy

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 30m

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 163 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A linguistics professor wagers he can pass a Cockney flower girl off as a duchess by changing her speech and manners. The transformation creates unexpected tensions and comic situations between the two.

wittyromanticlightheartedsharpcharmingsocial satirecleverwarm

What happens

Pygmalion is a 1938 British film based on George Bernard Shaw's 1913 play, and adapted by him for the screen. It stars Leslie Howard as Professor Henry Higgins and Wendy Hiller as Eliza Doolittle. The film was a financial and critical success, and won an Oscar for Best Screenplay and three more nominations: Best Picture, Best Actor (Howard), and Best Actress (Hiller). The screenplay later was adapted into the 1956 theatrical musical My Fair Lady, which in turn led to the 1964 film of the same name. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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