Pygmalion
George Bernard Shaw wrote the Academy Award-winning screenplay for this adaptation of his comedy which later became 'My Fair Lady'. Leslie Howard is Professor Henry Higgins and Wendy Hiller is Cockney flower-peddler Eliza Doolittle, about to be transformed into a 'lady of society' on a gambler's whim. The first feature film to use the word 'bloody', also stars Wilfrid Lawson as Eliza's dad. Future director David Lean was the editor.
Year: 1938
Genre: Classic Comedy, Best of the 1930s, George Bernard Shaw, Classic Cinema
Country: UK
Director: Anthony Asquith, Leslie Howard
Starring: Leslie Howard, Wendy Hiller, Wilfrid Lawson
Duration: 92 Minutes
Rating: G
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