Pygmalion(1939)
He picked up a girl from the gutter - and changed her into a glamorous society butterfly!
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.
Movie: Pygmalion
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Henry Higgins
Eliza Doolittle
Alfred Doolittle
Mrs. Higgins
Colonel George Pickering
Mrs. Pearce
Freddy Eynsford-Hill
Mrs. Eynsford-Hill
Clara Eynsford-Hill
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