George bernard shaw pygmalion wikipedia

1938 British film written by G. B. Shaw from his play

Pygmalion is a 1938 British film based on the 1913 George Bernard Shawplay 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.

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.

George bernard shaw pygmalion wikipedia biography

Plot

While transcribing the conversation of passers-by one evening, linguist Professor Higgins is mistaken for a policeman, causing protests from the Covent Gardenflower seller Eliza Doolittle and various bystanders.

As the incident is being cleared up, Higgins talks to Colonel Pickering, a fellow scholar of languages and dialects, who has come from India in order to meet him. Hi