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Pygmalion (1939)
96 mins
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COMEDY
DRAMA
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.
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namecharacter
Irene Browne Duchess
Jean Cadell Mrs. Pearce
Kate Cutler Grand Old Lady
Everley Gregg Mrs. Eynsford-Hill
Wendy Hiller Eliza Doolittle
Iris Hoey Ysabel Social Reporter
Leslie Howard Prof. Henry Higgins
Wilfrid Lawson Alfred Doolittle
Marie Lohr Mrs. Higgins
Leueen MacGrath Clara Eynsford-Hill
Esme Percy Count Aristid Karpathy
Anthony Quayle Eliza's Hairdresser (uncredited)
Scott Sunderland Colonel George Pickering
David Tree Freddy Eynsford-Hill
Viola Tree Perfide Social Reporter
Violet Vanbrugh Ambassadress
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Anthony Asquith director
Ian Dalrymple screenplay
Arthur Honegger composer
Leslie Howard director
Cecil Arthur Lewis screenplay
W. P. Lipscomb screenplay
Gabriel Pascal producer
George Bernard Shaw writer (original), screenplay
awardcategorynameyear
Academy Award Best Screenplay George Bernard Shaw 1938
Academy Award Best Screenplay W. P. Lipscomb 1938
Academy Award Best Screenplay Ian Dalrymple 1938
Academy Award Best Screenplay Cecil Arthur Lewis 1938
 
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