Learning on ScreenPygmalion (1938)
- Synopsis
- Later adapted as ‘My Fair Lady’, in George Bernard Shaw’s comedy of manners, Pygmalion Snobbish Professor Higgins has a wager with his friend Colonel Pickering that with the right instruction he can pass off cockney ‘gutter-snipe’ Eliza Doolittle as a ‘lady’ among high society. Taken under his wing Eliza is given rigorous coaching in elocution and manners in preparation for the ultimate test, her appearance at an ambassador’s reception.
Directed by Anthony Asquith and Leslie Howard, who also stars in the film as Professor Higgins alongside Wendy Hiller as Eliza Doolittle. - Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Year of production
- 1938
- Subjects
- Anthropology; Drama; Education; Languages
- Keywords
- social anthropology; social change; working classes
Credits
- Director
- Anthony Asquith
- Producer
- Gabriel Pascal
- Writer
- George Bernard Shaw
- Cast
Leslie Howard Wendy Hiller
Distribution Formats
- Type
- DVD
- Format
- Region 2 PAL
- Price
- £19.99
- Availability
- Sale
- Duration/Size
- 96 minutes
- Year
- 2007
Distributor
Available from retail outlets
- Name
Second Sight Films Ltd
- info@secondsightfilms.co.uk
- Web
- http://www.secondsightfilms.co.uk External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 8977 0553
- Fax
- 020 8977 1470
- Address
- 16 Connaught Road
Teddington
London
TW11 0PS - Notes
- A UK DVD distributor of celebrated classics and cult cinema from around the world, as well as some television titles. Sale via retail outlets.
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