Awards for
Pygmalion (1938)

Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
Academy Awards, USA
1939	Won	Oscar	Best Writing, Screenplay George Bernard Shaw Ian Dalrymple Cecil Lewis W.P. Lipscomb George Bernard Shaw was not present at the ceremony. When presenter Lloyd C. Douglas announced that Pygmalion has won the Oscar he joked "Mr. Shaw's story now is as original as it was three thousand years ago". Shaw's reaction to the award was not enthusiastic as he is quoted as saying "It's an insult for them to offer me any honour, as if they had never heard of me before - and it's very likely they never have. They might as well send some honour to George for being King of England". Although popular legend says Shaw never received the Oscar, when Mary Pickford visited him she reported that he was on his mantle. When Shaw died in 1950 his home at Ayot St Lawrence became a museum. By this time his Oscar statuette was so tarnished, the curator believed it had no value and used it as a door stop. It has since been repaired and is now on displayed at the museum.
	Nominated	Oscar	Best Actor in a Leading Role Leslie Howard
			Best Actress in a Leading Role Wendy Hiller
			Best Picture

Venice Film Festival
Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
1938	Won	Volpi Cup	Best Actor Leslie Howard
1938	Nominated	Mussolini Cup	Best Film Anthony Asquith Leslie Howard

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