Synopsis
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.
Facts
Based on
Pygmalion
Awards
Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
Setting
London
Filming location
Pinewood Studios
Original language
English
Stills
Festival History
- Academy Awards 1939 academy_award
- New York Film Critics Circle Awards 1938 generic
- Venice Film Festival 1938 generic
