German-Speaking Emigrés A Biographical Database |
PYGMALION |
Title of the Film | PYGMALION |
Alternative Titles | BERNARD SHAW'S PYGMALION |
English Titles | |
Year of Release | 1938 |
Country of Origin | UK |
Language(s) | English |
Run Time (in minutes) | 96 |
Length (in meters) | 2625 |
Colour | b/w |
Genre | Comedy, drama, romance |
Based on/Source | Eponymous play by George Bernard Shaw |
Production Companies | Gabriel Pascal Productions |
Producer(s) | Gabriel Pascal |
Director | Anthony Asquith, Leslie Howard |
Cast | Leslie Howard, Wendy Hiller, Wilfrid Lawson, Marie Lohr |
Literature | Pariser Tageszeitung, 29 August 1938 Monthly Film Bulletin, August 1938 Times, 6 October 1938 Jewish Chronicle, 7 October 1938 Film Weekly, 8 October 1938 Punch, 19 October 1938 London Mercury, November 1938 New York Times, 8 December 1938 Picturegoer Weekly, 31 December 1938 Pariser Tageszeitung, 16 March 1939 Zeitspiegel, 12 June 1943 Jewish Chronicle, 21 April 1944 Picturegoer, 27 March 1948 Essener Tageblatt, 19 November 1949 http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/467426/index.html |
Special notes | Script advisor: Carl Mayer Costumes: Ladislaus Czettel |