Pygmalion

Pygmalion

7.0 Rating1938-10-06Comedy, Drama, Romance

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

Leslie Howard

Leslie Howard

as Henry Higgins

Wendy Hiller

Wendy Hiller

as Eliza Doolittle

Wilfrid Lawson

Wilfrid Lawson

as Alfred Doolittle

Marie Lohr

Marie Lohr

as Mrs. Higgins

Scott Sunderland

Scott Sunderland

as Colonel George Pickering

Jean Cadell

Jean Cadell

as Mrs. Pearce

David Tree

David Tree

as Freddy Eynsford-Hill

Everley Gregg

Everley Gregg

as Mrs. Eynsford-Hill

Leueen MacGrath

Leueen MacGrath

as Clara Eynsford-Hill

Esme Percy

Esme Percy

as Count Aristid Karpathy