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Pygmalion
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7.0When 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.
Released: 1938-10-0696 minDir: Leslie HowardComedy, Drama, RomanceBudget: $350,000
Cast
- Leslie Howard as Henry Higgins
- Wendy Hiller as Eliza Doolittle
- Wilfrid Lawson as Alfred Doolittle
- Marie Lohr as Mrs. Higgins
- Scott Sunderland as Colonel George Pickering
- Jean Cadell as Mrs. Pearce
Themes
- bet
- professor
- bath
- transformation
- tea
- etiquette
- elocution
- based on play or musical
- teacher
- teacher student relationship
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