Description

The Perils of Pauline is a 1947 American film directed by George Marshall (director) and released by Paramount Pictures. The film is a fictionalized Hollywood account of silent film star Pearl White’s rise to fame, starring Betty Hutton as White.

The film, a broad satire of silent-film production, is a musical-comedy vehicle for Hutton, filmed in Technicolor, with original songs by Frank Loesser (including the standards “I Wish I Didn’t Love You So” and “Rumble, Rumble, Rumble”).

Paul Panzer, who played the villain in the 1914 film, has a very small part in this film, as do silent-comedy veterans Chester Conklin, Hank Mann, Snub Pollard, and Jimmy Finlayson.

The film is in the public domain today. However, Universal Studios (through NBC Universal Television Group, successor-in-interest to EMKA, Ltd.) owns the original film elements. All public domain video releases are sourced from 16mm television prints that have faded over the years.

Cast

• Betty Hutton as Pearl White
• John Lund (actor) 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
• “Snub” Pollard as Western Saloon Set Propman
• James Finlayson (actor) 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

Soundtrack

• “Poor Pauline” (Written by Charles McCarron and Raymond Walker (songwriter))
• Betty Hutton – “I Wish I Didn’t Love You So” (Written by Frank Loesser)
• Betty Hutton – “The Sewing Machine” (Written by Frank Loesser)
• Betty Hutton – “Rumble, Rumble, Rumble” (Written by Frank Loesser)
• Betty Hutton – “Poppa, Don’t Preach To Me” (Written by Frank Loesser)