gabriel pascal was born in transylvania (which is now part of romania) in 1894. pascal is best known for having turned some of the best plays by the famous irish playwright george bernard shaw into successful movies. his most famous movie made from one of shaw's plays was "pygmalion" in 1938. "pygmalion" tells the story of a bet that two rich men made over whether one of them, professor higgins, could turn a poor uneducated girl into a sophisticated lady. the movie was so successful that after gabriel pascal died it was made into a huge broadway musical called "my fair lady", and amazingly this musical was then made into another movie. so "pygmalion" was first a play, then a movie based on the play, then a play based on the movie, and then a new play based on the movie made from the old play. it is therefore quite a remarkable history and it was gabriel pascal's idea to make the play a musical, though he did not live long enough to do it himself.