Pearl White

Pearl White

From Wikipedia Pearl Fay White (March 4, 1889 – August 4, 1938) was an American stage and film actress. White began her career on the stage at the age of six, and later moved on to silent films appearing in a number of popular serials. Dubbed the "Queen of the serials", White was noted for doing the majority of her own stunts in several film serials, most notably in The Perils of Pauline. In 1910, White was offered a role by Pathé Frères in The Girl From Arizona, the French company's first American film produced at their new studio in Bound Brook, New Jersey. She then worked at Lubin Studios in 1911 and several other of the independents, until the Crystal Film Company in Manhattan gave her top billing in a number of slapstick comedy shorts from 1912 to 1914. White then took a vacation in Europe. Upon her return, she signed with Eclectic Film Company, a subsidiary of Pathé in 1914. Pathé director Louis J. Gasnier offered her the starring role in film serial The Perils of Pauline. By 1919, White had grown tired of film serials and signed with Fox Film Corporation with the ambition to appear in dramatic roles. Over the next two years, White appeared in ten drama films for Fox but her popularity had begun to wane. Pearl White's place in film history is important in both the evolution of cinema genres and the role of women. Like many silent film actors, many of White's films are now considered lost. The Perils of Pauline is only known to exist in a reduced nine-reel version released in Europe in 1916, but The Exploits of Elaine survives and was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry. All of her films were made at East Coast studios as White reportedly never visited Hollywood. For her contribution to the motion picture industry, Pearl White has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6838 Hollywood Blvd. The 1947 Paramount Pictures film The Perils of Pauline, starring Betty Hutton, is a fictionalized biography of Pearl White.

  • Title: Pearl White
  • Popularity: 1.639
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1889-03-04
  • Place of Birth: Green Ridge, Missouri, USA
  • Homepage:
  • Also Known As: Pearl Fay White
img

Pearl White Movies

  • 1915
    imgMovies

    The Romance of Elaine

    The Romance of Elaine

    1 1915 HD

    The heroine had little time for romancing newspaper reporter Walter Jameson, what with Doctor X, alias Marcus Del Mar, threatening American democracy...

    img
  • 1914
    imgMovies

    The Perils of Pauline

    The Perils of Pauline

    5.7 1914 HD

    The Perils of Pauline is a motion picture serial shown in weekly installments featuring the actress Pearl White playing the title character. Pauline...

    img
  • 1910
    imgMovies

    The Woman Hater

    The Woman Hater

    4 1910 HD

    A man is captured by Indians after swearing off all women.

    img
  • 1913
    imgMovies

    Pearl's Dilemma

    Pearl's Dilemma

    1 1913 HD

    Pearl mistakes a janitor for a member of the Black Hand.

    img
  • 1914
    imgMovies

    The Exploits of Elaine

    The Exploits of Elaine

    6 1914 HD

    Elaine Dodge is the beautiful young daughter of Taylor Dodge, president of the Consolidated Insurance Company. When Mr Dodge is murdered by a...

    img
  • 1920
    imgMovies

    The White Moll

    The White Moll

    1 1920 HD

    Desperate because a wealthy man has reduced her father to thievery, Rhoda agrees to rob the poor box of the church, although she finds the act...

    img
  • 1913
    imgMovies

    Lost in the Night

    Lost in the Night

    5 1913 HD

    Pearl White as a sleepwalking jewel thief.

    img
  • 1914
    imgMovies

    The Ring

    The Ring

    1 1914 HD

    Though Mr. and Mrs. Gray are supposed to be in comfortable circumstances, the husband has met business reverses and has been declared a bankrupt. It...

    img
  • 1913
    imgMovies

    The Hall-Room Girls

    The Hall-Room Girls

    5 1913 HD

    Pearl White & Chester Barnett want to go on a date and have nothing to wear, so they borrow some clothes....

    img
  • 1970
    imgMovies

    The Daughter of Niagara

    The Daughter of Niagara

    1 1970 HD

    Esoomgit tries to stop Red Doe from sacrificing herself for their tribe.

    img
  • 1916
    imgMovies

    The Iron Claw

    The Iron Claw

    1 1916 HD

    Only Episode 7, "The Hooded Helper," of this 20-Episode Serial is known to survive. All other episodes are believed to be lost.

    img
  • 1911
    imgMovies

    For Massa's Sake

    For Massa's Sake

    4 1911 HD

    Short directed by Joseph A. Golden.

    img
  • 1916
    imgMovies

    The King's Game

    The King's Game

    1 1916 HD

    The story tells of the adventures of an unusual young duke, whose father, the old Grand Duke of Kiev, coveted the wife of Count Dardinilis, his...

    img
  • 1917
    imgMovies

    The Fatal Ring

    The Fatal Ring

    1 1917 HD

    A silent movie serial directed by George B. Seitz.

    img
  • 1916
    imgMovies

    Pearl of the Army

    Pearl of the Army

    1 1916 HD

    A 1916 movie serial.

    img
  • 1918
    imgMovies

    The House of Hate

    The House of Hate

    6.6 1918 HD

    A young heiress of an American gun factory is threatened by a masked man after her father was murdered. This criminal might be a member of her family...

    img
  • 1919
    imgMovies

    The Black Secret

    The Black Secret

    1 1919 HD

    Adventures of an American Secret Service-girl in search of an important German secret during the war.

    img
  • 1919
    imgMovies

    The Lightning Raider

    The Lightning Raider

    1 1919 HD

    A beautiful young woman is a daring master thief. She meets the young millionaire Thomas Babbington Norton, while fleeing from the scene of her...

    img
  • 2014
    imgMovies

    A Night at the Cinema in 1914

    A Night at the Cinema in 1914

    7.5 2014 HD

    Cinema a century ago was a new, exciting and highly democratic form of entertainment. Picture houses nationwide offered a sociable, lively...

    img
  • 1922
    imgMovies

    Any Wife

    Any Wife

    1 1922 HD

    img
  • 1922
    imgMovies

    Without Fear

    Without Fear

    1 1922 HD

    Ruth Hamilton, from a wealthy aristocratic family, cares little for society or its conventions and refuses the proposal of William Barton, a...

    img
  • 1913
    imgMovies

    A Night in Town

    A Night in Town

    1 1913 HD

    A maid and butler take advantage of their employers' absence and have a party.

    img
  • 1920
    imgMovies

    The Thief

    The Thief

    1 1920 HD

    When jealousy and envy lead Mary Vantyne to make a foolish decision and commit an impulsive act she sets off a series of events that nearly bring...

    img
  • 1961
    imgMovies

    Days of Thrills and Laughter

    Days of Thrills and Laughter

    5.5 1961 HD

    An appreciative, uncritical look at silent film comedies and thrillers from early in the century through the 1920s.

    img
  • 1923
    imgMovies

    Plunder

    Plunder

    1 1923 HD

    Various groups of people, both well-intentioned and otherwise, search for a buried treasure that is buried underneath a skyscraper.

    img
  • 1924
    imgMovies

    Terreur

    Terreur

    1 1924 HD

    Terreur (Terror) is historically significant as Pearl White's last film.

    img
  • 1913
    imgMovies

    Will Power

    Will Power

    5 1913 HD

    Chester is Pearl's sweetheart. Her father dislikes Chester. He reads in a book of the great superiority of mind over matter, by the proper exercise...

    img
  • 1913
    imgMovies

    Pearl As A Clairvoyant

    Pearl As A Clairvoyant

    1 1913 HD

    Released as a split reel along with the comedy Almost a Winner (1913)

    img
  • 1911
    imgMovies

    Cupid’s Monkey Wrench

    Cupid’s Monkey Wrench

    1 1911 HD

    A young woman calls in a plumber to fix her radiator, igniting a string of romantic complications.

    img
  • 1917
    imgMovies

    Mayblossom

    Mayblossom

    1 1917 HD

    In this tale of the South in the mid-1800s, Annabel Lee and Warner Richmond get married, but they keep the wedding a secret so that Warner can...

    img
  • 1915
    imgMovies

    The New Exploits of Elaine

    The New Exploits of Elaine

    1 1915 HD

    A silent action movie serial.

    img
  • 1922
    imgMovies

    The Broadway Peacock

    The Broadway Peacock

    1 1922 HD

    img
  • 1911
    imgMovies

    The Lost Necklace

    The Lost Necklace

    1 1911 HD

    A young girl is presented, on her birthday, with a beautiful pearl necklace, the oldest heirloom in the family. Her maid carefully locks it up in the...

    img
  • 1970
    imgMovies

    The Tiger's Cub

    The Tiger's Cub

    1 1970 HD

    Queen of the serials Pearl White gets herself into plenty of trouble up Klondike way as a young maiden named Tiger's Cub.

    img
  • 1921
    imgMovies

    Know Your Men

    Know Your Men

    1 1921 HD

    Warren Schuyler, a wealthy widower in a small Eastern town, is highly-respected until the citizens are financially ruined by devaluation of the oil...

    img