The Perils of Pauline is a 1947 American Technicolor musical comedy film directed by George Marshall and starring Betty Hutton, John Lund and William Demarest.

The film is in the public domain today; all public-domain video releases are sourced from 16 mm television prints that have faded over the years.

Pearl White (Betty Hutton) is a frustrated garment worker who aspires to become a dramatic actress, although she really shines at singing and bantering with audiences.

She joins a touring theatrical troupe owned and managed by handsome but pompous Mike Farrington (John Lund).

Veteran actress Miss Julia Gibbs (Constance Collier) takes Pearl under her wing, as does Timmy Timmons (Billy De Wolfe), another member of the troupe.

Unable to suppress her natural rambunctiousness on stage, Pearl resorts to tying her hands together under an apron.

In a South Sea melodrama, Pearl is drenched with cold water, and shivers and sneezes so badly that she can't speak.

Furious, Pearl storms onto the set and retaliates, then helps her friend walk through several works in progress, shooing a lion out of the way.

McGuire arranges a publicity stunt that sends Pearl and Mike off in a runaway balloon—without the balloonist who was supposed to sneak into the basket.

Bosley Crowther of New York Times wrote, "Paramount's The Perils of Pauline, which came sprawling and spluttering and crashing into the Paramount Theatre yesterday, is neither a reasonable facsimile of the silent ancient silent serial for which it is named, nor is it a rightful biography of the famous serial queen, Pearl White.

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