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Pygmalion

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Original title

Pygmalion

Year

1938

Running time

95 min.

Country

United Kingdom

Director

Anthony Asquith, Leslie Howard

Screenwriter

W.P. Lipscomb, Cecil Lewis, Ian Dalrymple, Anatole de Grunwald. Dialogues: Kay Walsh. Play: George Bernard Shaw

Cast

Music

William Axt, Arthur Honegger

Cinematography

Harry Stradling Sr. (B&W)

Producer

Pascal Film Productions

Genre

Drama. Comedy. Romance | 1910s

Synopsis

The snobbish & intellectual Professor of languages, Henry Higgins makes a bet with his friend that he can take a London flower seller, Eliza Doolittle, from the gutters and pass her off as a society lady. However he discovers that this involves dealing with a human being with ideas of her own.

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Awards: 1938: Oscar: Best Screenplay. 4 Nominations

1938: Venice: Best Actor (Leslie Howard)

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Critics' reviews

"Smartly produced, this makes an excellent job of transcribing George Bernard Shaw, retaining all the key lines and giving freshness to the theme."

Variety Staff: Variety
"A marvelous 1938 adaptation of the Shaw classic."

Don Druker: Chicago Reader
"'Pygmalion' is good Shaw and a grand show."

Frank S. Nugent: The New York Times
"Shaw's magnificent comedy, a 1913 stage smash, was never better served than here, with Howard and Hiller perfectly matched as thoroughly mismatched lovers."

TV Guide
"Above all, the film is remarkable in that it strengthens rather than dilutes Shaw's insistence on language as the vital instrument of power and oppression."

Time Out

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