Movie
Pygmalion
Released: October 6, 1938 (1938)
Runtime: 96 minutes
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance
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.
Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- Scott Sunderland as Colonel George Pickering
Age at release: 55
- Jean Cadell as Mrs. Pearce
Age at release: 54
- Esme Percy as Count Aristid Karpathy
Age at release: 51
- Marie Lohr as Mrs. Higgins
Age at release: 48
- Leslie Howard as Henry Higgins
Age at release: 45
- Wilfrid Lawson as Alfred Doolittle
Age at release: 38
- Everley Gregg as Mrs. Eynsford-Hill
Age at release: 34
- Wendy Hiller as Eliza Doolittle
Age at release: 26
- Leueen MacGrath as Clara Eynsford-Hill
Age at release: 24
- David Tree as Freddy Eynsford-Hill
Age at release: 23
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- George Mozart as Third Bystander
Age at release: 74
- Violet Vanbrugh as Ambassadress
Age at release: 71
- Kate Cutler as Grand Old Lady
Age at release: 68
- O.B. Clarence as Mr. Birchwood
Age at release: 68
- H.F. Maltby as Second Bystander
Age at release: 57
- Iris Hoey as Ysabel
Age at release: 53
- Ivor Barnard as Sarcastic Bystander
Age at release: 51
- Wally Patch as First Bystander
Age at release: 50
- Cathleen Nesbitt as A Lady
Age at release: 49
- Irene Browne as Duchess
Age at release: 47
- Frank Atkinson as Taxi-Driver
Age at release: 45
- Moyna MacGill as Woman Bystander (uncredited)
Age at release: 42
- Eileen Beldon as Mrs. Higgin's Parlourmaid
Age at release: 37
- Leo Genn as Prince (uncredited)
Age at release: 33
- Stephen Murray as Second Policeman
Age at release: 26
- Anthony Quayle as Eliza's Hairdresser (uncredited)
Age at release: 25
- Patrick Macnee as Extra (uncredited)
Age at release: 16
- Cecil Trouncer as First Policeman
Age at release: Unknown
- Viola Tree as Perfide
Age at release: Unknown