Gabriel Pascal Productions
Starring: Leslie Howard, Wendy Hiller, Wilfrid Lawson
Directed by: Anthony Asquith & Leslie Howard

Synopsis: A wonderful film version of George Bernard Shaw’s classic play (written for the screen by Shaw himself) tells the story of phoentics expert Professor Henry Higgins (Leslie Howard) and the Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle (Wendy Hiller) he bets he can turn into a lady through the teaching of dialect and proper etiquette.

Purr Blur: After her first meeting with Henry Higgins on the steps outside of the theater, Eliza takes a taxi home.  When she reaches her neighborhood, she walks through an alley where we see a black and white cat hurry on up the steps ahead of her and around the opposite corner.

Final Mewsings: Cats speak with purrfect diction and don’t need coaching.

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