
Pygmalion

He picked up a girl from the gutter - and changed her into a glamorous society butterfly!
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.
Fun facts
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Awards
Won the Oscar for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (1939)
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Nominations
3 award nominations, including the Oscar for Best Picture (1939)
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Box office
Made on a $350K budget
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Based on
Based on Pygmalion
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Filming locations
Filmed in Pinewood Studios
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Setting
Set in London
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Music
Music by Arthur Honegger
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Harry Stradling
Details
- Directors
- Writers
- George Bernard ShawScreenplay
- Ian DalrympleWriter
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- October 6, 1938
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $350K
- Countries
- United Kingdom
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In the United States
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