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Pygmalion

1938 · 96 min

A witty, talky battle of wills that charms with sharp dialogue and class satire, leaving a bittersweet ambiguity.

Directed by: Anthony Asquith, Leslie Howard
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Starring: Leslie Howard, Wendy Hiller, Wilfrid Lawson

Tagline: He picked up a girl from the gutter - and changed her into a glamorous society butterfly!
Overview: 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.

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Directed by: Anthony Asquith, Leslie Howard
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Starring: Leslie Howard, Wendy Hiller, Wilfrid Lawson

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Tone: satiricalstrength 3 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: class
identity
gender
love
betrayal
Places: big city
single country house
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	7
Realism	8
Romance	4
Tension	3
Darkness	2
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	5

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Genres: comedy, drama, romance
Directed by: Anthony Asquith, Leslie Howard
Written by: George Bernard Shaw, Ian Dalrymple
Starring: Leslie Howard, Wendy Hiller, Wilfrid Lawson, Marie Lohr, Scott Sunderland, Jean Cadell, David Tree, Everley Gregg
Cinematography: Harry Stradling Sr.
Runtime: 96 min
Country: United Kingdom
Languages: English

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