The Perils of Pauline

July. 04,1947      NR
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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

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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Reviews

Vashirdfel
1947/07/04

Simply A Masterpiece

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Onlinewsma
1947/07/05

Absolutely Brilliant!

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BelSports
1947/07/06

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

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Lela
1947/07/07

The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.

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