John Lund
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
p2004, c1960
Description
During World War II, the Army recruits Navy officer Rip Crandall to command a battered old schooner for a top secret mission. Masquerading as a Japanese fishing boat, this nautical nightmare must smuggle a spy through the mine-infested waters of the South Pacific.
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Fun loving Pearl White, (played by Betty Hutton) working in a garment shop, gets her big chance when she "opens" for a delayed Shakespeare play with a comedy act. Her brief stage career leads her into the "new" moving pictures, where she comes to love the world of silent films, becoming queen of the movie serials. But the consequences of movie stardom are more than her leading man can take.
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Featuring Frank Loesser's Oscar nominated song, I Wish I Didn't Love You So, The Perils of Pauline is about the rise to fame of silent screen star Pearl White (Betty Hutton). Directed by George Marshall (The Blue Dahlia, Houdini), the cast includes such stars as Billy De Wolfe, John Lund, and William Demarest, plus appearances by silent screen aces Snub Pollard and Chester Conklin. Still, it's Hutton's movie all the way, her energy and charisma highlight...