Pygmalion (1938)


Pygmalion
Release Date01 August 1938
GenreDrama, Comedy, Romance
CountryUK
Filming LocationsPinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixMono
ColorBlack and White
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassComedy of Manners, Romantic Comedy
MoodIn the Mood for Love
ThemesCulture Clash, Opposites Attract, Mentors, Class Differences, Pygmalion Stories
TonesLiterate, Poignant, Reflective, Witty, Wry, Bittersweet
TagsCourse [education], Etiquette, Forbidden Love, High Society, How To, Language, Peasant, Professor, Pygmalion, Role Switching, Training, Transformation, Wager

Pygmalion is a 1938 British film based on the George Bernard Shaw play of the same title, and adapted by him for the screen. It stars Leslie Howard and Wendy Hiller.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Professor Henry Higgins

Wilfrid Lawson
Alfred Doolittle

Mrs. Higgins

Scott Sunderland
Colonel George Pickering

Mrs. Pearce

David Tree
Freddy Eynsford-Hill

Mrs. Eynsford-Hill

Leueen MacGrath
Clara Eynsford Hill

Esme Percy
Count Aristid Karpathy

Violet Vanbrugh
Ambassadress

Iris Hoey
Ysabel, Social Reporter

Viola Tree
Perfide, Social Reporter

Duchess

Kate Cutler
Grand Old Lady

Old Lady

O.B. Clarence
Mr. Birchwood, the Vicar

Wally Patch
First Bystander

H.F. Maltby
Second Bystander

George Mozart
Third Bystander

Sarcastic Bystander

Cecil Trouncer
First Policeman

Second Policeman

Eileen Beldon
Mrs' Higgins Parlormaid

Frank Atkinson
Taxi Driver

Prince

Moyna MacGill
Woman Bystander

Eliza's Hairdresser

Director

W.P. Lipscomb

uncredited

Anatole de Grunwald
uncredited

additional dialogue

Producer

producer

Original Music

Cinematographer

Harry Stradling Sr.

Editor

Art Director

John Bryan
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Costume Designer

Ladislaw Czettel

Schiaparelli
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Worth
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Production Manager

Phil C. Samuel
production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Teddy Baird
assistant director

Art Department

Laurence Irving
set designer

Baden Siddall
property buyer

Sound Department

Sash Fisher
sound recordist

Camera and Electrical Department

Jack Hildyard
camera operator

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Madeleine Godar
wardrobe

Music Department

Louis Levy
conductor

Other Crew

Hazel Wilkinson
continuity

Production Company

Gabriel Pascal Productions
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Distributor

General Film Distributors (GFD)

MGM-International Dist.

Ellis Films Inc.

Lloyd-Filmverleih

Continental Home Vídeo

Criterion Collection, The
,

Hollywood Classics

Home Vision Entertainment (HVE)

Monterey Home Video

Miscellaneous

Worth and Schiaparelli
dresses






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