The Perils Of Pauline (1947)

The real life story of actress Pearl White during her rise to fame in silent serials. Stars Betty Hutton, John Lund, Billy DeWolfe.
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