---
title: 'Pygmalion (1938)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Leslie Howard'
released: '1938-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 90
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/pygmalion-1938'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0030637/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Pygmalion (1938)

1938 · 90 min · Drama, Romance · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

Pygmalion is a 1938 British film based on George Bernard Shaw's 1913 play, and adapted by him for the screen. It stars Leslie Howard as Professor Henry Higgins and Wendy Hiller as Eliza Doolittle.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Leslie Howard](https://cinepixo.com/people/leslie-howard), [Anthony Asquith](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony-asquith)
- **Screenplay:** [George Bernard Shaw](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-bernard-shaw), [Kay Walsh](https://cinepixo.com/people/kay-walsh), [Anatole de Grunwald](https://cinepixo.com/people/anatole-de-grunwald), [Cecil Arthur Lewis](https://cinepixo.com/people/cecil-arthur-lewis), [Ian Dalrymple](https://cinepixo.com/people/ian-dalrymple), [W. P. Lipscomb](https://cinepixo.com/people/w-p-lipscomb)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Arthur Honegger](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-honegger)
- **Producer:** [Gabriel Pascal](https://cinepixo.com/people/gabriel-pascal)
- **Director of Photography:** [Harry Stradling](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-stradling)
- **Editor:** [David Lean](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-lean)

## Cast

- [Jean Cadell](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-cadell) as Mrs. Pearce
- [Wendy Hiller](https://cinepixo.com/people/wendy-hiller) as Eliza Doolittle
- [Wilfrid Lawson](https://cinepixo.com/people/wilfrid-lawson) as Alfred P. Doolittle
- [Irene Browne](https://cinepixo.com/people/irene-browne)
- [Leslie Howard](https://cinepixo.com/people/leslie-howard) as Henry Higgins
- [Moyna Macgill](https://cinepixo.com/people/moyna-macgill)
- [Helen Westley](https://cinepixo.com/people/helen-westley)
- [Cathleen Nesbitt](https://cinepixo.com/people/cathleen-nesbitt)
- [Leueen MacGrath](https://cinepixo.com/people/leueen-macgrath) as Clara Eynsford-Hill
- [David Tree](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-tree) as Freddy Eynsford-Hill
- [Marie Lohr](https://cinepixo.com/people/marie-lohr) as Mrs. Higgins
- [Scott Sunderland](https://cinepixo.com/people/scott-sunderland) as Colonel Hugh Pickering
- [Esme Percy](https://cinepixo.com/people/esme-percy) as Zoltan Karpathy

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/pygmalion-1938
Film facts: Wikidata (Q1196539); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.