Film
Pygmalion
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.
Overview
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 HowardHenry Higgins
- Wendy HillerEliza Doolittle
- Wilfrid LawsonAlfred Doolittle
- Marie LohrMrs. Higgins
- Scott SunderlandColonel George Pickering
- Jean CadellMrs. Pearce
- David TreeFreddy Eynsford-Hill
- Everley GreggMrs. Eynsford-Hill
