Pygmalion

Directed by Anthony Asquith, Leslie Howard

Written by George Bernard Shaw, Cecil Lewis, W.P. Lipscomb, George Bernard Shaw, Carl Mayer

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.

Cast

Leslie Howard

Henry Higgins

Wendy Hiller

Eliza Doolittle

Wilfrid Lawson

Alfred Doolittle

Marie Lohr

Mrs. Higgins

Scott Sunderland

Colonel George Pickering

Jean Cadell

Mrs. Pearce

David Tree

Freddy Eynsford-Hill

Everley Gregg

Mrs. Eynsford-Hill

Leueen MacGrath

Clara Eynsford-Hill

Esme Percy

Count Aristid Karpathy

Violet Vanbrugh

Ambassadress

Irene Browne

Duchess