Starring: Leslie Howard
A Professor of phonetics takes a bet that he can turn a cockney flower seller in six months into a lady who can pass as a duchess.
A nice adaptation of a classic tale. The Covent garden scenes although clearly shot on a set, are wonderful. Leslie Howard is utterly disagreable as Higgins whilst Wendy Hiller is superb as Eliza Doolittle. This part must be difficult enough to play, but she not only changes the way she talks, she also changed the way she walked, looked and even thought. Hiller was so impressive that the movie lost pace every time she was off screen. 7/10
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