Pygmalion (1938) | |
| Director(s) | Anthony Asquith, Leslie Howard |
| Producer(s) | Gabriel Pascal |
| Top Genres | Comedy, Drama, Film Adaptation, Romance |
| Top Topics | Based on Play, Professors |
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Pygmalion (1938) was a Comedy - Drama Film directed by Leslie Howard and Anthony Asquith and produced by Gabriel Pascal.
Academy Awards 1938 --- Ceremony Number 11 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Actor | Leslie Howard | Nominated |
| Best Actress | Wendy Hiller | Nominated |
| Best Writing | Screenplay and Dialogue by George Bernard Shaw; Adaptation by W. P. Lipscomb, Cecil Lewis, Ian Dalry | Won |
| Best Picture | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | Nominated |
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Pygmalion (1938) with Leslie Howard and Wendy Hiller
By Greg Orypeck on Feb 19, 2014 From Classic Film FreakShare This!?I washed me face and hands before I come, I did.? ?? Eliza Doolittle The 1964 film musical version of George Bernard Shaw?s 1912 play, now retitled My Fair Lady and, some say, the most anticipated film since Gone With the Wind, earned many headlines and captured much attention during pro... Read full article
Pygmalion (1938)
By Beatrice on Nov 29, 2013 From Flickers in TimePygmalion Directed by Anthony Asquith Written by George Bernard Shaw 1938/UK Gabriel Pascal Productions Repeat viewing This may be the best adaptation of George Bernard Shaw’s play. ?I love this film! Professor Henry Higgins (Leslie Howard) bets that he can pass Cockney flower seller Eliza... Read full article
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By Alyson on Dec 21, 2010 From The Best Picture ProjectIn the first month of this blog, I watched My Fair Lady, the musical remake of Pygmalion, for the first time in my life and simply ripped that film a new one. ?I still stand behind what I said, but realize now that all I needed to enjoy the same story was less flamboyant actors and no musical interr... Read full article
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Quotes from
Eliza Doolittle: I'm a good girl, I am!
Eliza Doolittle: Walk? Not bloody likely. I'm going to take a taxi.
Professor Henry Higgins: Where the devil are my slippers, Eliza?
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In British prints, Leslie Howard utters the word "damn". In American prints he says either "hang" or "confounded". This was a year before David O. Selznick famously tussled with the Hays Office over permission for Clark Gable to say "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn" at the end of Gone with the Wind
The first British film to use the word "bloody" in its dialogue.
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