

Pygmalion (1938)
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Drama
Romance
- 2h 36m
70 %
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He picked up a girl from the gutter - and changed her into a glamorous society butterfly!
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.
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.
Top Billed Cast

Leslie Howard
Henry Higgins

Wendy Hiller
Eliza Doolittle

Wilfrid Lawson
Alfred Doolittle

Marie Lohr
Mrs. Higgins

Scott Sunderland
Colonel George Pickering

Jean Cadell
Mrs. Pearce

David Tree
Freddy Eynsford-Hill

Everley Gregg
Mrs. Eynsford-Hill

Leueen MacGrath
Clara Eynsford-Hill

Esme Percy
Count Aristid Karpathy
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