Pygmalion
He picked up a girl from the gutter - and changed her into a glamorous society butterfly!
1939-03-03 | 96 minutes
Plot Summary
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.
Cast
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Leslie HowardHenry Higgins
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Wendy HillerEliza Doolittle
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Wilfrid LawsonAlfred Doolittle
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Marie LohrMrs. Higgins
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Scott SunderlandColonel George Pickering
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Jean CadellMrs. Pearce
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David TreeFreddy Eynsford-Hill
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Everley GreggMrs. Eynsford-Hill
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Leueen MacGrathClara Eynsford-Hill
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Violet VanbrughAmbassadress
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Irene BrowneDuchess
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Kate CutlerGrand Old Lady
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O.B. ClarenceMr. Birchwood
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Ivor BarnardSarcastic Bystander
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Iris HoeyYsabel
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Cathleen NesbittA Lady
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Wally PatchFirst Bystander
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