Word: pygmalion
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Grand Illusion, 4, 8; Rules of the Game, 6, 10, Friday and Saturday; Summertime, 4:15, 7:40, 11:10, Pygmalion...
...Earrings of Madame De..., 4, 7:30, 10:55, and Letter From an Unknown Woman, 5:55, 9:20, tonight; Woman in Love, 5:25, 9:10, and Ecstasy, 4, 7:45, Friday and Saturday; Summertime, 5:40, 9:05, and Pygmalion, 4:05, 7:25, 10:50, Sunday through Tuesday...
With his ninth beer, the gallant and the Pygmalion was coming out in Nick. The young girl with the woman truck driver was her daughter, 27 years old and unsure of herself, said Nick. As he explained it, "she needs a lot of help getting out of herself. I don't know who'd have the time...
Born Yesterday is a late '40s remake of the Pygmalion story. The movie is pretty drab, even for fluff, but Judy Holliday stole the show and saved it with her portrayal of the dumbest of all dumb blondes. The revival at the Loeb has its own virtues: see page two. Born Yesterday is playing Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. Tickets half an hour before the performance, at the door...
Born Yesterday is a variation on the Pygmalion story of a dumb girl who gets educated and, in this version, turns the tables on her rich, vulgar husband. The play, which dates from the late forties, was little more than a vehicle for the bizarre Judy Holliday, but this old warhorse could possibly be given a new twist in the light of new attitudes of sexism. At the Ex this weekend...