The Perils of Pauline is a motion picture serial shown in weekly installments featuring the actress Pearl White playing the title character. Pauline has often been cited as a famous example of a damsel-in-distress, although viewers will find her character more resourceful and less helpless than the classic 'damsel' stereotype. Nine episodes (from a condensed 1916 re-release) survive to this day.
Directed by Louis J. Gasnier and Donald MacKenzie
silent film
movie serial
damsel in distress
woman in peril
partially lost film
IMDB
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Letterboxd
3.2 / 5
Cast
Pearl White
Pauline Marvin
Crane Wilbur
Harry Marvin
Paul Panzer
Raymond Owen / Koerner
Edward José
Sanford Marvin
Francis Carlyle
Hicks
Eleanor Woodruff
Lucille Sampson
Jack Standing
Ensign Summers
Clifford Bruce
Gypsy Leader
Chief Thunderbird
Crew
Louis J. Gasnier
Director
George B. Seitz
Writer
Popular Reviews
2 reviews
lauren m
girl get up!!!!
girl get up!!!!
soph
5.3★ · 08/28/25
watched the first ep in my female heroines in action films class. we are truly starting at the beginning….
watched the first ep in my female heroines in action films class. we are truly starting at the beginning….
