Pygmalion (1938)
Subtitles for: Pygmalion (1938)
"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.
| Rate | ★ 7/10 (160 votes) |
| Genre | Comedy Drama Romance |
| Duration | 1h 36m |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Release | 06 Oct 1938 |
| Language | EN |
| Director | Anthony Asquith, Leslie Howard |
| Keywords | bet professor bath transformation tea etiquette elocution based on play or musical teacher teacher student relationship high society guttersnipe pygmalion flower vendor social class class system social reception mother son relationship speech lessons taken for granted |
| IMDb | tt0030637 ↗ |
| Type | Movie Released |
Cast
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Leslie Howard
Henry Higgins
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Wendy Hiller
Eliza Doolittle
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Wilfrid Lawson
Alfred Doolittle
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Marie Lohr
Mrs. Higgins
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Scott Sunderland
Colonel George Pickering
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Jean Cadell
Mrs. Pearce
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David Tree
Freddy Eynsford-Hill
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Everley Gregg
Mrs. Eynsford-Hill
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Leueen MacGrath
Clara Eynsford-Hill
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Esme Percy
Count Aristid Karpathy
