Thenon-musicalversion of the play, from Shaw""s own screenplay, was first filmed in Britain asPygmalion (1938)by co-directors Anthony Asquith and Leslie Howard (who also co-starred with Dame Wendy Hiller).On their wedding night train trip, she relates fanciful tales of numerous love affairs to cause her ""husband"" to become thoroughly disillusioned and then depart.The children accompany Maria to town, each wearing matching clothing from the heavy window drapes.They cross a footbridge and visit the open market for shopping, where she juggles ripe tomatoes.The happy group skips along the banks of a river, rides a train up into the Austrian Alps hills, where they experience an open-air picnic on the verdant grassy area of the film""s opening sequence, with a magnificent panorama of beautiful peaks behind them.In the warmth of sunshine in church, her heart became so full of salvation that it burst with peace and joy, and her soul flew up to God in heaven "and no one there asked about he red shoes.