The Perils of Pauline (1914)
Directed by Louis J. Gasnier
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.
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What critics compared The Perils of Pauline to
Pearl White, star of The Perils of Pauline (1914), described the serial’s storyline as a pursuit of what she called “the weenie,” an object that motivates the action…