The Perils of Pauline (1947)
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
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
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| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 2.514 |
Directed By
George Marshall
Crew
Wally Westmore
Walter Oberst
Louis J. Gasnier
Charles W. Goddard
Gene Merritt
Billy Daniel
Polly Burson
Frank Butler
P.J. Wolfson
P.J. Wolfson
George Marshall
Ray Rennahan
Roland Anderson
Sam Comer
Waldo Angelo
Edith Head
Sol C. Siegel
Hans Dreier
Robert Emmett Dolan
Ray Moyer
Arthur P. Schmidt
Frank Loesser
TOP CAST
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)
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