Pygmalion (1939)

ALL 03/03/1939 (en) Comedy, Drama, Romance 96 Min
  • Release
    03/03/1939
  • Production
    Gabriel Pascal Productions, J. Arthur Rank Organisation
  • Rotten tomato
    69.93%
  • Original title
    Pygmalion
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

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.

  1. Story

  2. David Lean

    Editor

  3. Gabriel Pascal

    Producer



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Casts

  1. Leslie Howard

    Henry Higgins

  2. Wendy Hiller

    Eliza Doolittle

  3. Wilfrid Lawson

    Alfred Doolittle

  4. Marie Lohr

    Mrs. Higgins

  5. Scott Sunderland

    Colonel George Pickering

  6. Jean Cadell

    Mrs. Pearce

  7. David Tree

    Freddy Eynsford-Hill

  8. Everley Gregg

    Mrs. Eynsford-Hill

  9. Leueen MacGrath

    Clara Eynsford-Hill

  10. Esme Percy

    Count Aristid Karpathy

  11. Violet Vanbrugh

    Ambassadress

  12. Irene Browne

    Duchess

  13. Kate Cutler

    Grand Old Lady

  14. O.B. Clarence

    Mr. Birchwood

  15. Ivor Barnard

    Sarcastic Bystander

  16. Cecil Trouncer

    First Policeman

  17. Iris Hoey

    Ysabel

  18. Viola Tree

    Perfide

  19. Cathleen Nesbitt

    A Lady

  20. Wally Patch

    First Bystander

  21. H.F. Maltby

    Second Bystander

  22. George Mozart

    Third Bystander

  23. Stephen Murray

    Second Policeman

  24. Eileen Beldon

    Mrs. Higgin's Parlourmaid

  25. Frank Atkinson

    Taxi-Driver

  26. Anthony Quayle

    Eliza's Hairdresser (uncredited)

  27. Leo Genn

    Prince (uncredited)

  28. Moyna MacGill

    Woman Bystander (uncredited)

  29. Patrick Macnee

    Extra (uncredited)

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 29 , Crews : 23

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Pygmalion (1939) 96 Min

ALL 03/03/1939 (en)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
  • Release 03/03/1939
  • Production
    Gabriel Pascal Productions, J. Arthur Rank Organisation
  • Original title Pygmalion
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

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.

  1. Leslie Howard, Anthony Asquith

    Director

  2. Story

  3. David Lean

    Editor

  4. Gabriel Pascal

    Producer