Pygmalion 1938 - "Not bloody likely - I'm going in a taxi"

[mathesman1]

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.

[olin97217]

I still find this one of the funniest scenes ever!

[franz0woyzeck]

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.

[musikTECH]

movies good, but studying Pygmalion just fails..

[Luke7304]

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.

[wattever333]

sooo much better than My Fair Lady.

[cestlouise]

BRAVO!!!!!!!

I love this! - very well done...

so bloody splendid.

she and Leslie Howard are wonderful

actors...

[Treblemaker09]

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!!!

[9TheMajor]

Leslie Howard is my favorite actor. In this film he is as eloquent and debonair as EVER !!!!

[melissaratliff]

This has the same ending as my fair lady...Shaw wrote this more romantic/albeit ambigious ending.

[jacquelineviana]

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.

[iriswigle]

@jacquelineviana You don't say!?!

[jacquelineviana]

Yes, I´m afraid so, @iriswigle! Strange, isn´t it?

You can download the play on 4shared.

[LittleHarriet]

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!

[iriswigle]

@LittleHarriet 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.

[daydreamerjane]

@iriswigle 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.

[barrybas]

Was this off the BBC? First Russell Brand and now this vile obscenity...

[mutikonka]

Yes Lesley Howard never worked in Britain again after this outpouring of foul language. he did quite well in Gone With the Wind though.

[racingrubberbiker]

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

[iriswigle]

@racingrubberbiker 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.

[bluegrasslass]

Bernard Shaw's writing is just genius :)

[goodmusic21]

Freddy cracks me up in this play, he reminds me of kelso from that 70's show,an airhead

[xxonibabyxx]

That's Hilarious

[mikejes117]

Very funny clip. Better than My Fair Lady. Had me in hysterics the first time I saw it.

[pudinthehood]

omg! i absolutely looooooove this movie! better than My Fair Lady!!!

[bluevitriol]

This is one of my favourite films! Eliza is great, Pickering's so kind, and naturally Higgins is unbelievably arrogant, intelligent and a singular character!

Pygmalion, in my opinion, is far better than My Fair Lady - Rex Harrison freaks me out. But I didn't like the ending of Pygmalion - they appealed to the audience with a romantic ending instead of using the original ending of the play.

But yeah, Leslie Howard is cute :)

[jacquelineviana]

Do you have the complete movie, please?

[mutikonka]

Yes but I haven't got the time or bandwidth to upload it - it would require about twelve uploads. So sorry!

[dcbandnerd]

Brilliant...Freddie was such a moron. He's like one of the Upper Class Twits from Monty Python. Great story (though I've yet to see the film)

[bakerstreetbookworm]

I Love Leslie's glasses! And Freddy's quite ridiculous in this version-- makes you feel less sorry for him at the end :D

[MerleOberon]

Wendy Hiller is one of my favorites. Too bad she made so few movies. I loved her in Separate Tables also.

[mutikonka]

And she's great in I know Where I'm Going

[babajaga39]

too bad, he was of hungarian jew origin, born in vienna.

[bookishmuch]

what do you mean too bad?

[babajaga39]

i didn't mean any negative thing!!! I love him but it is so funny, that he wasn't really a real-birn Englishman, although many people consider him as a real English gentleman. i love him and his talent: he is the only actor from that era whose films I always watch..

[mutikonka]

"He was always more agreeable when he had a drop in him ..." my other favourite line!

[MunaAsalam]

i really love this scene !!! Thank you so much mutikonka !

[bookishmuch]

Higgins is my kind of man! And Leslie Howard is so cute!

[Gwynne66]

Wendy Hiller was quite a babe back in the day

[mutikonka]

More to come - when I get time!

[bookishmuch]

oh please do the end! I love the end so much! makes me cry every time!

[daniilsihastrul]

Congrats for the video. I hope to see more of Leslie Howard, one of my favorites english actors, who gave an exceptional performance in this movie.

So keep adding videos of him.