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1) Pygmalion
Series
Criterion collection volume 85
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2000]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (90 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Professor Henry Higgins works to transform a pretty flower girl into a young lady of society.
2) Pygmalion
Series
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
2006.
Edition
Standard format.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A stuffy professor of phonetics takes a bet that in six months time he can turn a Cockney flower seller into a lady he could pass off as a duchess.
3) Pygmalion
Author
Language
English
Description
In George Bernard Shaw's play Pygmalion a phonetician believes the power of speech is such that he can introduce a Cockney flower girl to polite society after careful language and etiquette training, and no one will discern her true roots. The professor and the flower girl grown close, but after her successful debut she rejects the professor and his overbearing ways for a poor gentleman.
The most famous adaptation of the play is the 1964
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Series
Beverly Hillbillies volume 10
Language
English
Description
Sonny and Elly are getting more serious. Sonny loves Elly's character and tells her how she makes him feel superior. But Jed worries about this courtship.
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
320 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Following her successful appearance at an Embassy Ball--where Eliza Doolittle won Professor Henry Higgins' bet that he could pass off a Cockney flower girl as a duchess--Eliza becomes an assistant to his chief rival Emil Nepommuck. After Nepommuck publicly takes credit for transforming Eliza into a lady, an enraged Higgins submits proof to a London newspaper that Nepommuck is a fraud. When Nepommuck is found with a dagger in his back, Henry Higgins...
11) My fair lady
Language
English
Description
A professor takes a wager to turn a London flower girl into someone presentable in high society.
Special features: British premiere ; Rex Harrison BFI honor ; More loverly than ever: The making of My Fair Lady then & now ; Behind the scene photos ; Comments on a lady ; Rex Harrison Golden Globe acceptance speech ; Academy Awards ceremony highlights 4/5/65 ; Alternate Audrey Hepburn vocals ; Production tests ; Los Angeles premiere ; 1963 production...
12) Pigmalion
Author
Publisher
Virgin Classics
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
1 online resource.
Language
Français
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
7 Blu-rays (753 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Gladiator: A former Roman general sets out to exact vengeance against the corrupt emperor who murdered his family and sent him into slavery.
The English patient: At the close of World War II, a young nurse tends to a badly-burned plane crash victim. His past is shown in flashbacks, revealing an involvement in a fateful love affair.
American beauty: A sexually frustrated suburban father has a mid-life crisis after becoming infatuated with his daughter's...
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
306 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In the second book from talented writing team D.E. Ireland, famous literary characters Eliza Doolittle and Henry Higgins once again come to life as a hilarious investigative team. Move Your Blooming Corpse explores the Edwardian racing world and the fascinating characters who people it, from jockeys to duchesses, in this delightful traditional mystery that will appeal to fans of British mysteries. Eliza Doolittle and Henry Higgins are at the posh...
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
8 Blu-rays (939 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Breakfast at Tiffany's: A young New York socialite becomes interested in a young man who has moved into her apartment building, but her past threatens to get in the way.
Funny face: An impromptu fashion shoot at a book store brings about a new fashion model discovery in the shop clerk.
My fair lady: In 1910s London, snobbish phonetics professor Henry Higgins agrees to a wager that he can make crude flower girl Eliza Doolittle presentable in high...
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