Pygmalion 1938 - "Not bloody likely - I'm going in a taxi"
It must have been shocking to hear the b word in the more respectable era of the 1930s. Leslie Howard is quite sinister and misanthropic in this movie and Wendy Hiller is hilarious as the cockney girl trying to become a lady. This is the classic speech where she tries to sound posh but just ends up using a posh voice and common vocabulary to regale the vicar's tea party with tales of her dissolute family life: "It was them who pinched it what done her in"...
compulse sorry, ...
compulse sorry,byeeee
dlotus42x
I really dont like ...
I really dont like this version of pigmalion, i much prefer the most recent one and My Fair Lady is better, the songs really tell a story and they bring the play to life.
mathesman1
I still find this ...
I still find this one of the funniest scenes ever!
olin97217
God this is so ...
God this is so uncomfortable to watch and yet, it is hysterical. I prefer this to My Fair Lady, though I thought Rex Harrison and Audrey Hepburn were excellent. I think this movie is closer to what Shaw envisioned and probably why he took the risk.
franz0woyzeck
movies good, but ...
movies good, but studying Pygmalion just fails..
musikTECH
Wendy Hiller was a ...
Wendy Hiller was a marvel. She was so adorable when she said "Not bloody likely...". I could totally sympathize with Freddy then. I would have been smitten too. And Leslie Howard is underappreciated as Higgins as well.
Luke7304
sooo much better ...
sooo much better than My Fair Lady.
wattever333
I'm sorry to sound ...
I'm sorry to sound contrary but that's not the story here. Higgins and Eliza AREN'T related at all. Her father whom she discusses in this scene is quite a different character, shown on just two occasions; near the beginning after she comes to Higgins' house asking for lessons, and close to the end when he accuses Higgins of "destroying [his] happiness." Otherwise the story is interesting, and Higgins and Eliza's relationship, while curious, is for the most part, intriguing.
daydreamerjane
BRAVO!!!!!!! I ...
BRAVO!!!!!!! I love this! - very well done... so bloody splendid. she and Leslie Howard are wonderful actors...
cestlouise
Yes, I´m afraid so ...
Yes, I´m afraid so, @iriswigle! Strange, isn´t it? You can download the play on 4shared.
jacquelineviana
He was shot down ...
He was shot down like in a movie? Cause in real life he was a godfather to an orphan boy in 1968 and they said he did rather a terrific job at it while living in the LA area.
iriswigle
Personally, I think ...
Personally, I think that Eliza was spying on her father Mr. Higgins. I know, one should never do a romantic thing with father and daughter but it really wasn't romantic until he asked for "his slippers". Other than that, there was no romance whatsoever. It is wise to marry a Freddie cause Freddie is so harmless considering the types that she could have married...rite? Still, Freddie had merit. He didn't care at all that he married a flower girl with or without a mother or father.
iriswigle
You don't say!?!
You don't say!?!
iriswigle
It's so weird to ...
It's so weird to see Leslie Howard in a funny role! I've only seen him as Ashley Wilkes in GWTW, and I loved him in that. Now I want to see this movie!!!
Treblemaker09
Leslie Howard is my ...
Leslie Howard is my favorite actor. In this film he is as eloquent and debonair as EVER !!!!
9TheMajor
What planet do you ...
What planet do you come from - planet America, I think. Howard was dismissive of his role in GWTW, and returned to England shortly after. H then appeared in several British movies of the early war period, including "49th Parallel" and "First of the Few" (also as Producer. He was shot down over the Bay of Biscay in 1943 on a secret mission for the British government
racingrubberbiker
He didn´t write it. ...
He didn´t write it. He wrote a postfacium to the story when the producers started to make that "ambigious" ending to please the audiences. The original play ends with Eliza going to her father´s wedding and Higgins laughing about her engagement to Fred. Shaw said that Eliza, as the smart woman she was, would much rather take a man to search for her slippers (Fred) than searching for Henry´s slippers. He said that Eliza and Fred got married, but she continued to take care of Higgin´s house.
jacquelineviana
This has the same ...
This has the same ending as my fair lady...Shaw wrote this more romantic/albeit ambigious ending.
melissaratliff
Oh Lord! Priceless! ...
Oh Lord! Priceless! This is my favorite play of all time...'My Fair Lady' was a debacle, in my opinion...they changed the ending. Higgins would NEVER have gotten with a woman. Not ever. And, although I believe Eliza was in love with Higgins, she had the common sense to get out. Shaw wrote notes to tell what happened after the end of the play...she married Wet Freddie. Was this a wise move? Not bloody likely!
LittleHarriet
Yes Lesley Howard ...
Yes Lesley Howard never worked in Britain again after this outpouring of foul language. he did quite well in Gone With the Wind though.
mutikonka
Was this off the ...
Was this off the BBC? First Russell Brand and now this vile obscenity...
barrybas
Bernard Shaw's ...
Bernard Shaw's writing is just genius :)
bluegrasslass
Freddy cracks me up ...
Freddy cracks me up in this play, he reminds me of kelso from that 70's show,an airhead
goodmusic21
That's Hilarious
That's Hilarious
xxonibabyxx
omg! i absolutely ...
omg! i absolutely looooooove this movie! better than My Fair Lady!!!
pudinthehood