The Shocking Miss Pilgrim

The Shocking Miss Pilgrim

85 mins | Comedy, Romance, Music | Jan. 4, 1947

In the late 1800s, Miss Pilgrim, a young stenographer, or typewriter, becomes the first female employee at a Boston shipping office. Although the men object to her at first, she soon charms them all, especially the handsome young head of the company. Their romance gets sidetracked when she becomes involved in the Women's Suffrage movement.

The Shocking Miss Pilgrim

85 mins | Comedy, Romance, Music | Jan. 4, 1947

The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
In the late 1800s, Miss Pilgrim, a young stenographer, or typewriter, becomes the first female employee at a Boston shipping office. Although the men object to her at first, she soon charms them all, especially the handsome young head of the company. Their romance gets sidetracked when she becomes involved in the Women's Suffrage movement.
IMDb rating 6.4
Producers 20th Century Fox
Original title The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
Directors George Seaton
Writers Frederica Sagor Maas, Ernest Maas, George Seaton

Cast

Betty Grable

as Cynthia Pilgrim

Dick Haymes

as John Pritchard

Anne Revere

as Alice Pritchard

Allyn Joslyn

as Leander Woolsey

Gene Lockhart

as Saxon

Elizabeth Patterson

as Catherine Dennison

Elisabeth Risdon

as Mrs. Amanda Pritchard

Arthur Shields

as Michael Michael

Charles Kemper

as Herbert Jothan

Roy Roberts

as Mr. Foster

Jeff Corey

as Stenographer (uncredited)

Clarence G. Badger

as Herbert Jothan (singing voice) (uncredited)

Marilyn Monroe

as Telephone Operator (voice) (uncredited)

Mary Field

as Typewriting Academy Receptionist

Constance Purdy

as Suffragette

Robert McCord

as Office Clerk (uncredited)