Pygmalion (1938 film)

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film romantic comedy-drama film

Pygmalion (1938 film) is a British romantic comedy-drama adaptation of George Bernard Shaw’s play, best known for its witty exploration of class and language and for inspiring the later musical My Fair Lady.

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Pygmalion (1938 film) canonical 4
Pygmalion (film adaptation) 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf film ⓘ
romantic comedy-drama film ⓘ
academyAwardCategoryWon Best Writing, Screenplay ⓘ
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Screenplay ⓘ
basedOn Pygmalion ⓘ
surface form: Pygmalion (play)
basedOnAuthor George Bernard Shaw ⓘ
blackAndWhite true ⓘ
character Alfred P. Doolittle ⓘ
surface form: Alfred Doolittle

Colonel Pickering ⓘ
Eliza Doolittle ⓘ
Professor Henry Higgins ⓘ
surface form: Henry Higgins
cinematographyBy Harry Stradling Sr. ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
director Anthony Asquith ⓘ
Leslie Howard ⓘ
distributor Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ
editedBy David Lean ⓘ
filmingLocation Pinewood Studios ⓘ
genre drama film ⓘ
romantic comedy ⓘ
inspiredWork My Fair Lady (film) ⓘ
surface form: My Fair Lady (1964 film)

My Fair Lady (stage direction) ⓘ
surface form: My Fair Lady (stage musical)
medium theatrical feature film ⓘ
musicBy Arthur Honegger ⓘ
narrativeFocus class and language ⓘ
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ
notableFor focus on spoken language and accent ⓘ
witty exploration of class distinctions ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
portrays Eliza Doolittle as a Cockney flower girl ⓘ
Henry Higgins as a phonetics professor ⓘ
producer Gabriel Pascal ⓘ
productionCompany Gabriel Pascal Productions ⓘ
releaseDate 1938-10-06 ⓘ
releaseYear 1938 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 96 ⓘ
screenwriter Cecil Lewis ⓘ
George Bernard Shaw ⓘ
W. P. Lipscomb ⓘ
setIn London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
starring David Tree ⓘ
Everley Gregg ⓘ
Jean Cadell ⓘ
Leslie Howard ⓘ
Marie Lohr ⓘ
Scott Sunderland ⓘ
Wendy Hiller ⓘ
Wilfrid Lawson ⓘ

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Leslie Howard → performedIn → Pygmalion (1938 film) ⓘ
George Bernard Shaw → AcademyAwardedWork → Pygmalion (1938 film) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pygmalion (film adaptation)
Denham Film Studios → producedWork → Pygmalion (1938 film) ⓘ
Pygmalion → adaptedAs → Pygmalion (1938 film) ⓘ
Anthony Asquith → notableWork → Pygmalion (1938 film) ⓘ