Pygmalion (Film 1938)

Pygmalion is a 1938 British film based on the 1913 George Bernard Shaw play of the same name, and adapted by him for the screen. It stars Leslie Howard as Professor Henry Higgins and Wendy Hiller as Eliza Doolittle. (Click on CC for English subtitles)

The film was a financial and critical success, and won an Oscar for Best Screenplay and three more nominations: Best Picture, Best Actor (Howard), and Best Actress (Hiller). The screenplay later was adapted into the 1956 theatrical musical My Fair Lady, which in turn led to the 1964 film of the same name.

Cast & Characters:
Leslie Howard as Professor Henry Higgins
Wendy Hiller as Eliza Doolittle
Wilfrid Lawson as Alfred Doolittle
Marie Lohr as Mrs. Higgins
Scott Sunderland as Colonel George Pickering
Jean Cadell as Mrs. Pearce
David Tree as Freddy Eynsford-Hill
Everley Gregg as Mrs. Eynsford-Hill
Leueen MacGrath as Clara Eynsford-Hill
Esme Percy as Count Aristid Karpathy
Violet Vanbrugh as the Ambassadress
Iris Hoey as Ysabel, Social Reporter
Viola Tree as Perfide, Social Reporter
Irene Browne as the Duchess
Kate Cutler as The Grand Old Lady
Cathleen Nesbitt as Old Lady
O. B. Clarence as Mr. Birchwood, the Vicar
Wally Patch as First Bystander
H. F. Maltby as Second Bystander
Ivor Barnard as Sarcastic Bystander
Cecil Trouncer as First Policeman
Stephen Murray as Second Policeman
Eileen Beldon as Mrs Higgins’s Parlourmaid
Frank Atkinson as Taxi Driver