George Bernard Shaw was commissioned to write the screenplay to Anthony Asquith and Leslie Howard's 1938 adaptation of his 1913 play "Pygmalion." A tale so familiar to people as the basis of so many revised and conte03,
+mporary romantic comedies, most notably as the musical "My Fair Lady" and more recently as the adolescent comedies "She's All That" and "The Duff." Within two blocks, he can determine where a person comes from by their accent. He encounters a flower girl with a heavy Cockney accent and lewd conduct with Eliza Doolittle (Wendy Hiller). Higgins says that in three months he will pass her off as a duchess. This bid is taken up by Colonel Pickering (S
cott Sundersund). Eventually, Eliza comes to Higgin's house to learn how to act like a lady. Pygmalion's Greek mythology was a sculptor who fell in love with a statue he had carved and brought to life afterwards. Metaphorically, Eliza is "borne to life" and becomes the ideal woman of Higgin. With a beautiful Oscar winning script written by Shaw with fresh dialog and scenes with W's support, Wendy Hiller does a tremendous job. P. Lipscomb and Lewis. Leslie Howard is coming off stubborn and trapped, but he manages it very well. A wonderful movie that was the first editing job for David Lean.
