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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. - The Criteron Collection

Shown in the Busch Room. 96 min.

Local film collector and Athenaeum shareholder George Strimel returns for The Athenaeum's summer movie matinee series. Over four Wednesdays this August, George will screen and discuss a selection of films based on plays by George Bernard Shaw.