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Auction History Result 4r157 PYGMALION linen Danish R54 art of gentleman Leslie Howard over flower girl Wendy Hiller! Date Sold 4/9/2009 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. A 1954 Re-Release Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked Danish Movie Poster (measures approximately 24" x 33") (Learn More) Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion, the classic 1938 Anthony Asquith & Leslie Howard English romantic melodrama ("It's the talk of America!"; "From City Streets to Society Glamour Girl"; nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award; based on the classic play by George Bernard Shaw that "My Fair Lady" was based on, about an upper-class gentleman and his bet that he can teach a lower class girl to speak proper English and thus be taken for a lady; with a screenplay by George Bernard Shaw, a fortunate case of a playwright getting to adapt his own work) starring Leslie Howard (nominated for the Best Actor Academy Award for this film; as Henry Higgins), Wendy Hiller (nominated for the Best Actress Academy Award for this film; as Eliza Doolittle), Wilfrid Lawson (as Alfred Doolittle), Marie Lohr (as Mrs. Higgins), Scott Sunderland (as Colonel George Pickering), Jean Cadell (as Mrs. Pearce), David Tree (as Freddy Eynsford Hill), and Everley Gregg. Note that in 1956, this play/movie was changed into a musical, and it opened on Broadway with Julie Andrews in the lead role, and in 1964, it became a movie starring Audrey Hepburn in the lead role. There were several major differences between Pygmalion and My Fair Lady, mostly to accommodate Rex Harrison, in that he was decades older than his female co-star, and Freddy Eynsford Hill has become a really cool young man (so he can sing a classic song), and that weakened the original play significantly, although it did not stop the musical play and movie from both being gigantic hits! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: Note that the poster has an artist's signature on it, but we cannot make it out in the slightest (the first name clearly begins with a "B" and the last name begins with an "S"). If anyone knows the name of this artist, please e-mail us and we will post it here. Condition: good. The poster had tiny paper loss at the top two crossfolds and some creases and scuffs along parts of some foldlines. There were many pinholes in the corners and some paper loss and surface paper loss around the edges of the poster. There were a few tiny dot brown stains scattered in the poster and a censor stamp in the top left corner. Overall, the poster was in good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was mounted onto a very thin linen with no restoration whatsoever. Certainly, any talented restorer could remove this poster from the thin linen and properly linenback and restore it. Learn More about condition grades 
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