Criterion’s Best Picture Oscar Nominees
February 22, 2012
Film Info
- United Kingdom
- 1938
- 96 minutes
- Black and White
- 1.33:1
- English
- Spine #85
Cranky Professor Henry Higgins (Leslie Howard) takes a bet that he can turn Cockney guttersnipe Eliza Doolittle (Wendy Hiller) into a “proper lady” in a mere six months in this delightful comedy of bad manners, based on the play by George Bernard Shaw. This Academy Award–winning inspiration for Lerner and Loewe’s My Fair Lady was directed by Anthony Asquith and star Howard, edited by David Lean, and scripted by Shaw himself.
Cast
| Professor Henry Higgins | Leslie Howard |
| Eliza Doolittle | Wendy Hiller |
| Doolittle | Wilfrid Lawson |
| Mrs. Higgins | Marie Lohr |
| Colonel Pickering | Scott Sunderland |
Credits
| Director | Anthony Asquith and Leslie Howard |
| Producer | Gabriel Pascal |
| Screenplay | George Bernard Shaw |
| Scenario | W.P. Lipscomb and Cecil Lewis |
| Cinematography | Harry Stradling |
| Editing | David Lean |
| Music | Arthur Honegger |
| Art direction | John Bryan |
| Set designer | Laurence Irving |
| Assistant director | Teddy Baird |
| Camera | Jack Hildyard |
| Musical conductor | Louis Levy |
Disc Features
- Gorgeous new transfer, with digitally restored image and sound
- English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired
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