September 6, 2011 (XXIII:2) Anthony Asquith and Leslie Howard, PYGMALION (1938, 96 Min)
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September 6, 2011 (XXIII:2) Anthony Asquith and Leslie Howard, PYGMALION (1938, 96 min) Directed by Anthony Asquith and Leslie Howard Written by George Bernard Shaw (play, scenario & dialogue), W.P. Lipscomb, Cecil Lewis, Ian Dalrymple (uncredited), Anatole de Grunwald (uncredited), Kay Walsh (uncredited) Produced by Gabriel Pascal Original Music by Arthur Honegger Cinematography by Harry Stradling Edited by David Lean Art Direction by John Bryan Costume Design by Ladislaw Czettel (as Professor L. Czettel), Schiaparelli (uncredited), Worth (uncredited) Music composed by William Axt Music conducted by Louis Levy Leslie Howard...Professor Henry Higgins Wendy Hiller...Eliza Doolittle Wilfrid Lawson...Alfred Doolittle Marie Lohr...Mrs. Higgins Scott Sunderland...Colonel George Pickering GEORGE BERNARD SHAW [from Wikipedia](26 July 1856 – 2 Jean Cadell...Mrs. Pearce November 1950) was an Irish playwright and a co-founder of the David Tree...Freddy Eynsford-Hill London School of Economics. Although his first profitable writing Everley Gregg...Mrs. Eynsford-Hill was music and literary criticism, in which capacity he wrote many Leueen MacGrath...Clara Eynsford Hill highly articulate pieces of journalism, his main talent was for Esme Percy...Count Aristid Karpathy drama, and he wrote more than 60 plays. Nearly all his writings address prevailing social problems, but have a vein of comedy Academy Award – 1939 – Best Screenplay which makes their stark themes more palatable. Shaw examined George Bernard Shaw, W.P. Lipscomb, Cecil Lewis, Ian Dalrymple education, marriage, religion, government, health care, and class privilege. ANTHONY ASQUITH (November 9, 1902, London, England, UK – He was most angered by what he perceived as the February 20, 1968, Marylebone, London, England, UK) directed 43 exploitation of the working class. An ardent socialist, Shaw wrote films, some of which were 1964 The Yellow Rolls-Royce, 1963 An many brochures and speeches for the Fabian Society. He became an Evening with the Royal Ballet, 1963 The V.I.P.s, 1962 Guns of accomplished orator in the furtherance of its causes, which included Darkness, 1961 Two Living, One Dead, 1960 The Millionairess, gaining equal rights for men and women, alleviating abuses of the 1959 Libel, 1958 The Doctor's Dilemma, 1954 The Final Test, 1952 working class, rescinding private ownership of productive land, and The Importance of Being Earnest, 1951 The Browning Version, promoting healthy lifestyles. For a short time he was active in local 1948 The Winslow Boy, 1945 Man of Evil, 1943 We Dive at Dawn, politics, serving on the London County Council. 1942 Uncensored, 1941 Bombsight Stolen, 1941 A Voice in the In 1898, Shaw married Charlotte Payne-Townshend, a fellow Night, 1940 French Without Tears, 1938 Pygmalion, 1935 I Stand Fabian, whom he survived. They settled in Ayot St. Lawrence in a Condemned, 1934 Unfinished Symphony, 1932 Dance Pretty Lady, house now called Shaw's Corner. Shaw died there, aged 94, from 1932 The Lucky Number, 1931 The Battle of Gallipoli, 1929 Escape chronic problems exacerbated by injuries he incurred by falling from Dartmoor, 1929 The Runaway Princess, 1929 Underground, from a ladder. and 1928 Shooting Stars. He is the only person to have been awarded both a Nobel Prize for Literature (1925) and an Oscar (1938), for his contributions to literature and for his work on the film Pygmalion Asquith and Howard—PYGMALION—2 (adaptation of his play of the same name), respectively. Shaw Lawrence of Arabia (1962) and The Bridge on the River Kwai wanted to refuse his Nobel Prize outright because he had no desire (1957). He was an editor on 29 films, among them 1984 A Passage for public honors, but accepted it at his wife's behest: she to India, 1942 In Which We Serve (uncredited), 1942 One of Our considered it a tribute to Ireland. He did reject the monetary award, Aircraft Is Missing, 1941 49th Parallel, 1941 Major Barbara, 1940 requesting it be used to finance translation of Swedish books to Spies of the Air, 1940 Spy for a Day, 1940 French Without Tears, English. 1938 Pygmalion, 1937 The Last Adventurers, 1936 With Pleasure, Madame, 1936 As You Like It, 1935 Brewster's Millions LESLIE HOWARD (April 3, 1893, Forest Hill, London, England, UK (uncredited), 1935 Turn of the Tide (uncredited), 1934 Tiger Bay, – June 1, 1943, Bay of Biscay) directed 4 films—1943 The Gentle 1934 Java Head, 1934 The Secret of the Loch, 1933 Matinee Idol, Sex, 1942 Spitfire, 1941 'Pimpernel' Smith, and 1938 Pygmalion— 1933 The Ghost Camera, 1931 These Charming People, and 1930 and acted in 34, some of which were 1943 The Gentle Sex, 1943 The Night Porter. He directed all or part of 19 films: 1984 A War in the Mediterranean, 1942 In Which We Serve, 1942 Spitfire, Passage to India, 1979 “Lost and Found: The Story of Cook's 1941 49th Parallel, 1941 'Pimpernel' Smith, 1939 Gone with the Anchor,” 1970/I Ryan's Daughter, 1965 Doctor Zhivago, 1965 The Wind, 1939 Intermezzo: A Love Story, 1938 Pygmalion, 1937 It's Greatest Story Ever Told (some scenes - uncredited), 1962 Love I'm After, 1936 Romeo and Juliet, 1936 The Petrified Forest, Lawrence of Arabia, 1957 The Bridge on the River Kwai, 1955 1934 The Scarlet Pimpernel, 1934 British Agent, 1934 The Lady Is Summertime, 1954 Hobson's Choice, 1952 Breaking the Sound Willing, 1934 Of Human Bondage, 1933 Berkeley Square, 1933 Barrier, 1950 Madeleine, 1949 One Woman's Story, 1948 Oliver Secrets, 1932 Reserved for Ladies, 1931 Devotion, 1931 Never the Twist, 1946 Great Expectations, 1945 Brief Encounter, 1945 Blithe Twain Shall Meet, 1930 Outward Bound, 1919 The Lackey and the Spirit, 1944 This Happy Breed, 1942 In Which We Serve, and 1941 Lady, and 1917 The Happy Warrior. Major Barbara (uncredited). HARRY STRADLING (September 1, 1901, Newark, New Jersey– WENDY HILLER (August 15, 1912, Bramhall, Cheshire, England, February 14, 1970, Hollywood, California) won best UK – May 14, 2003, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England, cinematography Oscars for The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945) and UK) won a best supporting actress Oscar for Separate Tables My Fair Lady (1964). He has 139 cinematographer credits, some of (1958). Some of her other 53 film and TV roles were in 1993 The which are for 1970 The Owl and the Pussycat, 1970 On a Clear Countess Alice, 1991 “The Best of Friends,” 1989 “Ending Up,” Day You Can See Forever, 1969 Hello, Dolly!, 1968 Funny Girl, 1988 “A Taste for Death” (6 episodes), 1987 “The Death of a 1966 Walk Don't Run, 1965 How to Murder Your Wife, 1964 My Heart,” 1987 The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne, 1986 Fair Lady, 1964 Mary, Mary, 1962 Gypsy, 1962 Five Finger “Masterpiece Theatre: Lord Mountbatten - The Last Viceroy,” 1985 Exercise, 1961 A Majority of One, 1961 Parrish, 1960 The Dark at “Great Performances,” 1983 “Attracta,” 1982 “Hallmark Hall of the Top of the Stairs, 1960 Who Was That Lady?, 1959 A Summer Fame,” 1981 Miss Morison's Ghosts, 1980 The Elephant Man, 1978 Place, 1959 The Young Philadelphians, 1958 Auntie Mame, 1958 The Cat and the Canary, 1976 Voyage of the Damned, 1974 Murder Marjorie Morningstar, 1957 The Pajama Game, 1957 A Face in the on the Orient Express, 1972 “Clochemerle” (8 episodes), 1966- Crowd, 1956 The Eddy Duchin Story, 1955/I Guys and Dolls, 1954 1968 “BBC Play of the Month,” 1968 “From Chekhov with Love,” Johnny Guitar, 1953 A Lion Is in the Streets, 1952 Androcles and 1966 A Man for All Seasons, 1965 “Profiles in Courage,” 1963 Toys the Lion, 1952 Hans Christian Andersen, 1952 My Son John, 1951 in the Attic, 1960 Sons and Lovers, 1957 Something of Value, 1951 A Streetcar Named Desire, 1951 Valentino, 1950 The Schumann Outcast of the Islands, 1945 'I Know Where I'm Going!', 1941 Story, 1949 In the Good Old Summertime, 1949 The Barkleys of Major Barbara, 1939 The Fame of Grace Darling, 1938 Broadway, 1948 Words and Music, 1948 Easter Parade, 1948 The Pygmalion, and 1937 Lancashire Luck. Pirate, 1946 Till the Clouds Roll By, 1946 Easy to Wed, 1945 The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1944 Bathing Beauty, 1944 Song of Russia, WILFRID LAWSON (January 14, 1900, Bradford, Yorkshire, 1943 The Human Comedy, 1942 White Cargo, 1942 Maisie Gets England, UK – October 10, 1966, in London, England, UK) has 65 Her Man, 1942 Mr. and Mrs. North, 1942 Nazi Agent, 1941 The acting credits, among them 1967 The Viking Queen, 1966 The Corsican Brothers, 1941 Suspicion, 1941 The Devil and Miss Wrong Box, 1966 “Secret Agent,” 1963 Tom Jones, 1962 Go to Jones, 1940 They Knew What They Wanted, 1940 My Son, My Son!, Blazes, 1962 Postman's Knock, 1961 Nothing Barred, 1961 The 1939 Intermezzo: A Love Story, 1939 Jamaica Inn, 1939 Clouds Naked Edge, 1960 “ITV Play of the Week,” 1959 Room at the Top, Over Europe, 1938 The Citadel, 1938 Pygmalion, 1938 South 1953-1958 “BBC Sunday-Night Theatre,” 1958 Tread Softly Riding, 1937 Action for Slander, 1937 Dark Journey, 1936 The Stranger, 1957 Miracle in Soho, 1956 War and Peace, 1955 An Bread Peddler, 1936 Compartiment de dames seules, 1936 Wer Alligator Named Daisy, 1955 The Prisoner, 1954 Make Me an zuletzt küßt..., 1935 Arènes joyeuses, 1935 Carnival in Flanders, Offer, 1945 Man of Evil, 1943 Thursday's Child, 1942 The Great 1934 Jeanne, 1934 La dame aux camellias, 1934 Le grand jeu, Mr. Handel, 1941 Tower of Terror, 1941 Jeannie, 1941 Danny Boy, 1934 We Are Not Children, 1933 The Ironmaster, 1933 Esperáme, 1941 Men of the Sea, 1940 The Long Voyage Home, 1939 1932 Passionnément, 1932 Studenter i Paris, 1932 He Is Charming, Allegheny Uprising, 1939 Stolen Life, 1938 The Phantom Strikes, 1931 Le réquisitoire, 1930 Un hombre de suerte, 1929 Lucky in 1938 Pygmalion, 1938 Yellow Sands, 1938 The Terror, 1936 White Love, 1929 Mother's Boy, 1927 The Nest, 1927 Burnt Fingers, 1925 Hunter, 1933 Strike It Rich, and 1931 East Lynne on the Western The Substitute Wife, 1922 How Women Love, 1922/I His Wife's Front.