Pygmalion (1938) Rating: Starring: Leslie Howard, Jean Cadell, Wendy Hiller, Wilfrid Lawson, Marie Lohr, Scott Sunderland, David Tree Director: Anthony Asquith Category: Comedy, Classic Studio: Criterion Subtitles: English Length: 90 mins     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.Criterion presents Pygmalion in a beautifully restored digital transfer.