The Perils of Pauline
The Untold Story of the Life and Loves of the First Great Thrill Star of the Screen!
1947 · 1h 36m · Approved
Comedy, Music
Directed by
George Marshall
Overview
Funloving Pearl White, working in a garment sweatshop, gets her big chance when she "opens" for a delayed Shakespeare play...with a comic vaudeville performance. Her brief stage career leads her into those "horrible" moving pictures, where she comes to love the chaotic world of silent movies, becoming queen of the serials. But the consequences of movie stardom may be more than her leading man can take
Director and cast
- George Marshall Director
- Betty Hutton as Pearl White
- John Lund as Michael Farrington
- Billy De Wolfe as Mr. Timmy Timmons
- William Demarest as George 'Mac' McGuire
- Constance Collier as Julia Gibbs
- Frank Faylen as Mr. Joe Gurt
- William Farnum as Western Saloon Set Hero
- Chester Conklin as Comic Chef
- Paul Panzer as Drawing Room Gent
- Harry 'Snub' Pollard as Western Saloon Set Propman
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