The Perils of Pauline

The Perils of Pauline

96 mins | Comedy, Music | July 4, 1947

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

The Perils of Pauline

96 mins | Comedy, Music | July 4, 1947

The Perils of Pauline
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
IMDb rating 6.4
Producers Paramount
Original title The Perils of Pauline
Directors George Marshall
Writers Frank Butler, P.J. Wolfson

Cast

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 (as Snub Pollard)

James Finlayson

as Comic Chef

Creighton Hale

as Marcelled Leading Man

Hank Mann

as Comic Chef

Francis McDonald

as Western Saloon Set Heavy

Bert Roach

as Western Saloon Set Bartender

Heinie Conklin

as Studio Cop

Florence Allen

as Switchboard Operator (uncredited)

Chester Clute

as Willie Millick (uncredited)

Tom Dugan

as Balloonist (uncredited)

Julia Faye

as Nurse (uncredited)

Margaret Field

as Juliet in Show (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

as Reporter at Reception (uncredited)

Frank Mayo

as Reporter at Reception (uncredited)

Maxie Rosenbloom

as Maxie (uncredited)

Frank Ferguson

as Movie Theatre Owner (uncredited)

Chuck Hamilton

as Policeman at Switchboard (uncredited)

Bert Moorhouse

as Kitchen Set Cameraman (uncredited)

Arthur Tovey

as Troupe Actor (uncredited)