Pygmalion Movie Review 1938

Oscar-winning film adaptation of Shaw's play about a cockney flower-girl who is transformed into a "lady" under the guidance of a stuffy phonetics professor. Shaw himself aided in writing the script in this superbly acted comedy that would be adapted into the musical, "My Fair Lady," first on Broadway in 1956 and for the screen in 1964.

Distribution

Valencia Entertainment International, 26030 Avenue Hall, Ste. 5, Valencia, CA 91355, Phone: (661)257-8000, Fax: (661)257-1780, URL: http://

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 96 minutes.
Originally from British.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Adapted from a Play, Wrong Side of the Tracks, Etiquette, Plays to Film: George Bernard Shaw, Cinderella Stories, Rags to Riches

Screenplay

W.P. Lipscomb, Anatole De Grunwald, Cecil Lewis, Ian Dalrymple, George Bernard Shaw

Cast

Leslie Howard, Wendy Hiller, Wilfred Lawson, Marie Lohr, Scott Sunderland, David Tree, Everley Gregg, Leueen McGrath, Jean Cadell, Eileen Beldon, Frank Atkinson, O.B. Clarence, Esme Percy, Violet Vanbrugh, Iris Hoey, Viola Tree, Irene Browne, Kate Cutler, Cathleen Nesbitt, Cecil Trouncer, Stephen Murray, Wally Patch, H.F. Maltby

Cinematography

Harry Stradling

Director

Anthony Asquith, Leslie Howard

Producer

Gabriel Pascal

Awards

Oscars 1938: Screenplay; Venice Film Fest. 1938: Actor (Howard).