The Perils of Pauline

The Untold Story of the Life and Loves of the First Great Thrill Star of the Screen!

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

Betty Hutton

John Lund

(Michael Farrington)

Billy De Wolfe

(Mr. Timmy Timmons)

William Demarest

(George 'Mac' McGuire)

Constance Collier

Frank Faylen

William Farnum

(Western Saloon Set Hero)

Chester Conklin

Paul Panzer

(Drawing Room Gent)

Harry 'Snub' Pollard

(Western Saloon Set Propman)

James Finlayson

Creighton Hale

(Marcelled Leading Man)

Hank Mann

Francis McDonald

(Western Saloon Set Heavy)

Bert Roach

(Western Saloon Set Bartender)

Heinie Conklin

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