WW 1940 Pygmalion December 29, 2021 2480 × 766 A Wunda-ful adventure: In local TV’s earliest years, Ruth Prins touched the youngest of hearts In the third act of “Pygmalion” in 1940 at Showboat Theatre, Eliza Doolittle, played by Ruth Prins (center) faces her first high-end social function at the home of professor Henry Higgins’ mother. (Courtesy Debra Prins)