Holiday vs Pygmalion

British stage and screen legend Wendy Hiller was renowned for her supremely controlled, unsentimental performance style and her ability to imbue strong-willed heroines with intelligence and vigor. Though she concentrated primarily on theater for much of her career, Hiller left behind a small but treasured legacy on film, as seen in classics like the brilliant 1938 adaptation of PYGMALION (in which she starred at the insistence of playwright George Bernard Shaw), Powell and Pressburger’s sublime