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Pygmalion
He picked up a girl from the gutter - and changed her into a glamorous society butterfly!
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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Checked Sep 3, 2026
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Synopsis
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.
More about Pygmalion
Cast
Leslie HowardHenry Higgins
Wendy HillerEliza Doolittle
Wilfrid LawsonAlfred Doolittle
Marie LohrMrs. Higgins
Scott SunderlandColonel George Pickering
Jean CadellMrs. Pearce
David TreeFreddy Eynsford-Hill
Everley GreggMrs. Eynsford-HillCredits
- Directed by
- Leslie Howard, Anthony Asquith
- Written by
- Ian Dalrymple, George Bernard Shaw
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $350K
Production
- Gabriel Pascal ProductionsUnited Kingdom
- J. Arthur Rank OrganisationUnited Kingdom
