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pygmalion (1938)

Original title: pygmalion
Production: UK|96 min| black and white
Comedy, Dramatic, Romantic
Poster of movie pygmalion
a phonetics and diction expert makes a bet that he can teach a cockney flower girl to speak proper english and pass as a lady in high society.

Festivals and awards

Oscar 1939 - logo Oscar Best Adapted Screenplay
Assigned to: W.p.lipscomb, George Bernard Shaw, Ian Dalrymple, Cecil Lewis
Venezia Festival 1938 - logo Venezia Festival Miglior attore
Assigned to: Leslie Howard
Oscar 1939 - nomination Best Motion Picture
Assigned to: Gabriel Pascal

Origin of the subject

dall'opera teatrale: Pygmalion (1912, George Bernard Shaw)

Direction

Leslie HowardLeslie Howard: regista
Anthony AsquithAnthony Asquith: regista

Production and Screenplay

Leslie HowardLeslie Howard: sceneggiatore
W.p.lipscomb: sceneggiatore
Ian Dalrymple: sceneggiatore
Kay WalshKay Walsh: dialoghi
George Bernard ShawGeorge Bernard Shaw: sceneggiatore
Gabriel Pascal: produttore
Cecil Lewis: sceneggiatore

Interpreters and Characters

Wilfrid Lawson
(Alfred Doolittle)
Wendy Hiller(età:26)
(Eliza Doolittle)
Scott Sunderland (attore)
(colonnello george pickering)
Esme Percy(età:51)
(conte aristid karpathy)
David TreeDavid Tree(età:23)
(freddy heynsford hill)
Everley GreggEverley Gregg(età:38)
(mrs. heynsford hill)
Marie Lohr
(mrs. higgins)
Jean Cadell
(mrs. pearce)
Leslie HowardLeslie Howard(età:45)
(professor henry higgins)
Leo GennLeo Genn(età:33)
Anthony AsquithAnthony Asquith(età:36)
Anthony QuayleAnthony Quayle(età:25)
Cathleen NesbittCathleen Nesbitt(età:49)
Irene Browne(età:42)
Stephen MurrayStephen Murray(età:26)
Ivor Barnard(età:51)
O.b.clarence
H.f.maltby(età:58)
Wally PatchWally Patch(età:50)
Frank Atkinson(età:42)
Scott Sunderland
George MozartGeorge Mozart(età:74)
Viola Tree(età:54)
Violet Vanbrugh(età:71)
Patrick MacNeePatrick MacNee(età:16)
Moyna MacGill(età:43)
Leueen MacGrathLeueen MacGrath(età:24)
Eileen Beldon(età:37)
Cecil Trouncer(età:40)
Iris Hoey

Technical staff

David LeanDavid Lean: montatore
John Bryan: scenografo
Arthur Honnegger: musiche
Arthur HoneggerArthur Honegger: musiche
Harry Stradling sr.Harry Stradling sr.: direttore della fotografia

Voices and Dubbing

Version Italia ridoppiaggio(1982)

Vittorio Bestoso Voice of Scott Sunderland (attore)
Stefania PatrunoStefania Patruno Voice of Wendy Hiller
Anna Bolens Voice of Marie Lohr
Lia Luone Voice of Everley Gregg
Marcello CorteseMarcello Cortese Voice of David Tree
Danilo Bruni Voice of Leslie Howard
Ivana Erbetta Voice of Jean Cadell
Eligio Irato Voice of Wilfrid Lawson