The Perils of Pauline (1947 film)

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

Pearl White Betty Hutton is a frustrated factory worker who aspires to become a dramatic actress. She joins a touring theatrical troupe managed by handsome but pompous Mike John Lund, but fame and fortune elude her because shes unable to suppress her natural rambunctiousness. In desperation, White takes a job at a movie studio, where she promptly finds herself in the middle of a slapstick pie fight. With the help of bombastic director Mac William Demarest, tophatted villain portrayer Timmy Billy De Wolfe, and imperious dramatics coach Julia Constance Collier, Pearl soon becomes worldfamous as the star of such cliffhanging, tiedtotherailroadtracks serials as The Perils of Pauline.Frank Loesser was nominated for an Oscar in the category Best Music, Original Song for I Wish I Didnt Love You So. ........

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