The Perils of Pauline (1947 film)

The Perils of Pauline
1947 theatrical poster
Directed by	George Marshall
Produced by	Sol C. Siegel (producer)
Written by	P.J. Wolfson (story & screenplay) and Frank Butler (screenplay)
Starring	Betty Hutton John Lund
Music by	Robert Emmett Dolan
Cinematography	Ray Rennahan
Edited by	Arthur P. Schmidt
Production company	Paramount Pictures
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release dates	July 4, 1947 (1947-07-04)
Running time	96 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$3.8 million (US rentals)^[1]

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

Paul Panzer, who played the villain in the 1914 film The Perils of Pauline, has a very small part in this film, as do silent-comedy veterans Chester Conklin, Hank Mann, Snub Pollard, and James Finlayson. The 1933 film version The Perils of Pauline starred Evalyn Knapp and Craig Reynolds. In the 1967 film version The Perils of Pauline starred Pamela Austin and Pat Boone.

Plot

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 she's 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), top-hatted villain portrayer Timmy (Billy De Wolfe), and imperious dramatics coach Julia (Constance Collier), Pearl soon becomes world-famous as the star of such cliffhanging, tied-to-the-railroad-tracks serials as The Perils of Pauline.^[2]

Cast

Betty Hutton as Pearl White
John Lund 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 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)
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)

Awards

Frank Loesser was nominated for an Oscar in the category "Best Music, Original Song" for "I Wish I Didn't Love You So".^[3]

References

↑ "Top Grossers of 1947", Variety, 7 January 1948 p 63
↑ "The Perils of Pauline (1947) - George Marshall - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie". AllMovie. Retrieved January 30, 2016.
↑ "The 20th Academy Awards (1948) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved August 18, 2011.

External links

The Perils of Pauline at the Internet Movie Database
The Perils of Pauline at the TCM Movie Database
The Perils of Pauline at AllMovie
The Perils of Pauline at the American Film Institute Catalog
The Perils of Pauline is available for free download at the Internet Archive

Films directed by George Marshall

The Committee on Credentials (1916)
Love's Lariat (1916)
A Woman's Eyes (1916)
The Devil's Own (1916)
The Man from Montana (1917)
The Midnight Flyer (1918)
The Adventures of Ruth (1919)
Ruth of the Rockies (1920)
Prairie Trails (1920)
Pack Up Your Troubles (1932)
Their First Mistake (1932)
Towed in a Hole (1932)
She Learned About Sailors (1934)
365 Nights in Hollywood (1934)
Life Begins at 40 (1935)
Music Is Magic (1935)
Show Them No Mercy! (1935)
Can This Be Dixie? (1936)
A Message to Garcia (1936)
The Crime of Dr. Forbes (1936)
Nancy Steele Is Missing! (1937)
Love Under Fire (1937)
The Goldwyn Follies (1938)
Battle of Broadway (1938)
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (1939)
Destry Rides Again (1939)
The Ghost Breakers (1940)
When the Daltons Rode (1940)
Pot o' Gold (1941)
Texas (1941)
Valley of the Sun (1942)
The Forest Rangers (1942)
Star Spangled Rhythm (1942)
Riding High (1943)
True to Life (1943)
And the Angels Sing (1944)
Murder, He Says (1945)
Incendiary Blonde (1945)
Hold That Blonde (1945)
The Blue Dahlia (1946)
Monsieur Beaucaire (1946)
The Perils of Pauline (1947)
Variety Girl (1947)
Hazard (1948)
Tap Roots (1948)
My Friend Irma (1949)
Fancy Pants (1950)
Never a Dull Moment (1950)
A Millionaire for Christy (1951)
The Savage (1952)
Off Limits (1953)
Scared Stiff (1953)
Houdini (1953)
Money from Home (1953)
Red Garters (1954)
Duel in the Jungle (1954)
Destry (1954)
The Second Greatest Sex (1955)
Pillars of the Sky (1956)
Beyond Mombasa (1956)
The Guns of Fort Petticoat (1957)
The Sad Sack (1957)
The Sheepman (1958)
Imitation General (1958)
The Mating Game (1959)
It Started with a Kiss (1959)
The Gazebo (1959)
Cry for Happy (1961)
The Happy Thieves (1961)
How the West Was Won (1962)
Papa's Delicate Condition (1963)
Dark Purpose (1964)
Advance to the Rear (1964)
Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! (1966)
Eight on the Lam (1967)
The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz (1968)
Hook, Line & Sinker (1969)

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