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Pygmalion
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Pygmalion is a 1938 British black-and-white film directed by Anthony Asquith and Leslie Howard. The screenplay was written by George Bernard Shaw, W. P. Lipscomb, Cecil Arthur Lewis, and Ian Dalrymple, based on Shaw’s play. Produced by Gabriel Pascal, the movie features a cast including Wendy Hiller, Wilfrid Lawson, Leueen MacGrath, and Leslie Howard. Arthur Honeger composed the score, while Harry Stradling served as director of photography.
Set in London, the film is categorized as a romantic comedy and drama. It was filmed at Pinewood Studios and edited by David Lean. John Bryan handled production design. The work was distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Netflix, with additional providers including fuboTV and HBO Max. It received the Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay, and was nominated for Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay.
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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.
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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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- Pygmalion
- Director
- Leslie Howard
- Screenwriter
- Kay Walsh
- Cast member
- Esme Percy
- Composer
- Arthur Honegger
- Producer
- Gabriel Pascal
- Cinematographer
- Harry Stradling
- Narrative location
- London
- Filming location
- Pinewood Studios
- Duration
- 90
- FilmAffinity ID
- 454917
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Wendy Hiller, Boxoffice Barometer 1939.jpg
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- publication date
- 1938-01-01
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
- film editor
- David Lean
- title
- Pygmalion
- production designer
- John Bryan
- distributed by
- Netflix
- color
- black-and-white
- Commons category
- Pygmalion (1938 film)
- different from
- Pygmalion
- review score
- 94%
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