STATE THEATRE
One of the most successful films produced. “Pygmalion" is the main feature on the particularly attractive doublefeature programme presented this week at the State Theatre. The story concerns Eliza Doolittle (Wendy Hiller) and Professor Higgins (Leslie Howard). The professor is more than interested in voice production, and when he meets Eliza, the flower girl, he is horrified at. hyr dreadful Cockney accent. The idea of an experiment comes to him, and he takes Eliza into his home, telling a friend that, he will
convert Eliza into a “lady" in a matter of months. Completely fantastic —and all the more absorbing—“ Earthbound,” the other feature, is about a wan who would not stay dead-
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Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 45, 16 November 1940, Page 15
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115STATE THEATRE Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 45, 16 November 1940, Page 15
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