Pygmalion
Anthony Asquith and Leslie Howard, 1938
B&W, cert U, 95 mins
Saturday 18 October, 2.30pm
Sainsbury Wing Theatre
Asquith's and Howard’s film adaptation of George Bernard Shaw’s 1912 stage play, deservedly won an Oscar for Best Screenplay. It draws out the satire and irresistible romance of Shaw’s story, based on an ancient myth in which a sculptor falls in love with his own creation.
Leslie Howard brings a handsome eccentricity and insouciant wit to Professor Higgins, which perfectly complements and provokes the earthy determination and passion of Wendy Hiller’s cockney flower-seller Eliza Doolittle.
The conclusion of the 1938 'Monthly Film Bulletin review' holds true: ‘It is all brilliantly amusing and remarkably undated’.
Tickets: £4/£3 concessions
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