FILM

Pygmalion

A film based off of George Bernard Shaw's play in which a man is tasked with teaching a lower-class girl to speak proper English in order to be taken for a lady.

Pygmalion
Released:
October 06, 1938

Cast:

Leslie Howard
Wendy Hiller
Wilfrid Lawson
Leueen MacGrath

Director:
Anthony Asquith, Leslie Howard

Producer:
Gabriel Pascal

Written by:
George Bernard Shaw, Ian Dalrymple, Cecil Lewis, W.P. Lipscomb

Distributor:
GenMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Budget:
£87,000

Box Office:
$1.4 million

Awards:

Academy Award (Won) - Best Writing, Screenplay
Academy Award (Nominated) - Best Picture
Academy Award (Nominated) - Best Actor in a Leading Role (Leslie Howard)
Academy Award (Nominated) - Best Actress in a Leading Role (Wendy Hiller)



Rotten Tomatoes Score:
94