When George Bernard Shaw got the news in 1939 that his screen adaptation of his play Pygmalion had won an Academy Award, the playwright’s reaction was Higgins-like: “It’s an insult for them to offer me any honor, as if they had never heard of me before – and it’s very likely they never have. They might as well send some honor to [King] George for being King of England.” You just can’t please some people. Watch this classic comedy, which was later adapted into the musical My Fair Lady, by clicking here.
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