The Perils of Pauline
The Untold Story of the Life and Loves of the First Great Thrill Star of the Screen!
1947 | 96m | English
Popularity: 0.8 (history)
| Director: | George Marshall |
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| Writer: | P.J. Wolfson, Frank Butler |
| Staring: |
| 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 | |
| Release Date: | Jul 04, 1947 |
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| Director: | George Marshall |
| Writer: | P.J. Wolfson, Frank Butler |
| Genres: | Comedy, Music |
| Keywords | silent film star |
| Production Companies | Paramount Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 28, 2026 Entered: Apr 26, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Betty Hutton | Pearl White |
| John Lund | Michael Farrington |
| Billy De Wolfe | Mr. Timmy Timmons |
| William Demarest | George 'Mac' McGuire |
| Constance Collier | Julia Gibbs |
| Frank Faylen | Mr. Joe Gurt |
| William Farnum | Western Saloon Set Hero |
| Chester Conklin | Comic Chef |
| Paul Panzer | Drawing Room Gent |
| Harry 'Snub' Pollard | Western Saloon Set Propman |
| James Finlayson | Comic Chef |
| Creighton Hale | Marcelled Leading Man |
| Hank Mann | Comic Chef |
| Francis McDonald | Western Saloon Set Heavy |
| Bert Roach | Western Saloon Set Bartender |
| Heinie Conklin | Studio Cop |
| Florence Allen | Switchboard Operator (uncredited) |
| Chester Clute | Willie Millick (uncredited) |
| Tom Dugan | Balloonist (uncredited) |
| Julia Faye | Nurse (uncredited) |
| Margaret Field | Juliet in Show (uncredited) |
| Bess Flowers | Reporter at Reception (uncredited) |
| Frank Mayo | Reporter at Reception (uncredited) |
| Maxie Rosenbloom | Maxie (uncredited) |
| Frank Ferguson | Movie Theatre Owner (uncredited) |
| Chuck Hamilton | Policeman at Switchboard (uncredited) |
| Bert Moorhouse | Kitchen Set Cameraman (uncredited) |
| Arthur Tovey | Troupe Actor (uncredited) |
| Noreen Nash | (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| P.J. Wolfson | Story, Screenplay |
| Ray Rennahan | Director of Photography |
| Roland Anderson | Art Direction |
| Waldo Angelo | Costume Design |
| Walter Oberst | Sound Recordist |
| Charles W. Goddard | Thanks |
| Robert Emmett Dolan | Original Music Composer |
| Arthur P. Schmidt | Editor |
| Hans Dreier | Art Direction |
| Ray Moyer | Set Decoration |
| Gene Merritt | Sound Recordist |
| Frank Butler | Screenplay |
| George Marshall | Director |
| Sam Comer | Set Decoration |
| Edith Head | Costume Design |
| Wally Westmore | Makeup Supervisor |
| Louis J. Gasnier | Technical Advisor |
| Billy Daniel | Choreographer |
| Frank Loesser | Songs |
| Polly Burson | Stunt Double |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Sol C. Siegel | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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