"The Beverly Hillbillies" Pygmalion and Elly (1962)

User Rating:

8.5/10   

Director:

Richard Whorf

Writers:

Paul Henning (creator)
Paul Henning (writer)

TV Series:

"The Beverly Hillbillies" (1962)

Original Air Date:

28 November 1962 (Season 1, Episode 10)

Genre:

Comedy | Family

Plot:

Sonny Drysdale decides he needs to be Pygmalion to Elly's Galatea and remake her from a hillbilly into a woman of society, while Granny uses love charms to heat up their relationship. |

Plot Keywords:

Character Name In Title | Hillbilly | Millionaire | Oil | Nephew

Cast

Buddy Ebsen	...	Jed Clampett
Irene Ryan	...	Daisy Moses
Donna Douglas	...	Elly May Clampett
Max Baer Jr.	...	Jethro Bodine
Louis Nye	...	Sonny Drysdale
Nancy Kulp	...	Jane Hathaway
Harriet E. MacGibbon	...	Mrs. Margaret Drysdale

Runtime:

30 min

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Company:

Filmways Television

Trivia:

The title references the Greek myth of Pygmalion, about a sculptor who fell in love with his statue, and the subsequent George Bernard Shaw play 'Pygmalion', which premiered in 1912.

Movie Connections:

References Pygmalion (1938)