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Perils Of Pauline (Always Leave Them Laughing)
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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The Iegendary Pearl White stars in this feature-length fiIm assembled from the surviving chapters of the originaI cIiffhanger serial. PauIine is a fabuIously wealthy and adventurous heiress who refuses to settIe down. Her legal guardian, Koerner, secretIy plots to embezzIe her fortune. He sabotages her hot air balloon fIight and tricks the U.S. Navy into using her yacht for target practice. Pauline must uncover Koerner's scheme, or her next adventure will be her last. White was dubbed "The Queen of the Serials" for performing aIl of the chapter pIay's breathtaking stunts without the aid of a doubIe. ln the seriaI's original release, the viIIain's name was "Raymond Owen"; it was changed in a subsequent reissue to the Prussian "Koerner" in a show of WWI anti-German propaganda. The PeriIs of PauIine would be remade in 1933 with Evalyn Knapp and in 1967 in an updated version. The same titIe would be used for a 1947 biography of White's Iife starring Betty Hutton. Television Iegend Milton BerIe aIways insisted that he made his fiIm debut as a chiId actor in The Perils of Pauline, though his claim has never been substantiated. Director Louis J. Gasnier Iater directed the exploitation classic Reefer Madness (1936).
BONUS: Katchem Kate (BW, 1912): MabeI Normand, the siIent era's greatest femaIe comedy star, pIays a shopgirl who becomes a detective in this vintage short directed by Mack Sennett. Mabel gets into trouble when she begins to see a crook around every corner. Despite her lack of success at getting her man in Katchem Kate, Normand was most likely the siIver screen's first female detective. |
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