The Perils of Pauline (1947)
1947 · Feature film · 96 min · dir. George Marshall
The Untold Story of the Life and Loves of the First Great Thrill Star of the Screen!
- Comedy
Synopsis
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
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- George Marshall
- Writer
- P.J. Wolfson
- Composer
- Robert Emmett Dolan
- Cinematography
- Ray Rennahan
- Studio
- Paramount Pictures
- Released
- 1947-07-04
- Running time
- 96 minutes
Cast & crew
George Marshall Director
Jay Eaton- Bert Moorhouse
Edward Keane
Frances Morris
Ethan Laidlaw
Emmett Vogan
Eddie Kane
Hal K. Dawson
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · Delightful! · soulful01@hotmail.com · 2009-10-27
This film was a delightful surprise. It's the perfect combination of nostalgia and light-hearted fun.
★★★★ · Oh, Pearl!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! · quigs · 2008-11-10
alot of fun. It be should noted that at the time of those serials (19teens) that the stunts were done by the actors themselves. There was no stuntmen association. An example of that was Gary Cooper whose real name was Frank Cooper. As a stuntman, he paid for his college tuition doing stunts on horses until he broke his hip and that's why he rode so stiffly in later years.
★★★★ · Very enjoyable · kareneliot · 2009-02-28
I was surprised by how much I liked this film. Well worth watching.
