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Pygmalion (1939)

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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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Cast & Crew

Director
Leslie Howard
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    Henry Higgins Leslie Howard
  • Profile picture of Wendy Hiller
    Eliza Doolittle Wendy Hiller
  • Profile picture of Wilfrid Lawson
    Alfred Doolittle Wilfrid Lawson
  • Profile picture of Marie Lohr
    Mrs. Higgins Marie Lohr
  • Profile picture of Scott Sunderland
    Colonel George Pickering Scott Sunderland
  • Profile picture of Jean Cadell
    Mrs. Pearce Jean Cadell
  • Profile picture of David Tree
    Freddy Eynsford-Hill David Tree
  • Profile picture of Everley Gregg
    Mrs. Eynsford-Hill Everley Gregg

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