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Pygmalion is a 1938 British film based on the 1913 George Bernard Shaw play of the same name, 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 ...
Find out who starred in the 1938 film adaptation of George Bernard Shaw's play Pygmalion, directed by Anthony Asquith and produced by Gabriel Pascal. See the full list of actors, writers, producers, and other crew members on IMDb.
This classic centers around a conceited language professor who tricks his snobby peers by teaching a girl from the gutter to behave like a lady—and everyone ...
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Nov 4, 2010 · This public domain classic centers around a conceited language professor who tricks his snobby peers by teaching a girl from the gutter to behave like a lady...
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A classic comedy of manners based on George Bernard Shaw's play, starring Leslie Howard and Wendy Hiller. Edited by David Lean, this film was the inspiration for My Fair Lady and is out of print on DVD.
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Oct 11, 2017 · A vintage film review of Pygmalion, a 1938 adaptation of George Bernard Shaw's play about the transformation of a lowly flower girl by a professor of phonetics. The review praises the witty dialogue, the performances, and the themes of the film, which inspired My Fair Lady.
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"Pygmalion" is where any screenwriter needs to start in adapting a play for the movies. No one has done it better since. (BTW, GBS's afterward to "Pygmalion" is intended to be tongue-in-cheek, I ...
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