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It's a fun movie., 29 August 2002
8/10
Author: steed-5 from Parkville, Md. USA

This is a movie that is fun to watch as well as being funny. It's also safe to watch with your kids. They will love the comic action, meanwhile you don't have to sit with your finger on the mute button to cut out the dirty words that most producer add in just so not to get the dreaded G rating.

It has been along time since I have seen it, however I'd buy it in a second if someone would release it on DVD !

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A nice wholesome movie, with a fantastic title song!, 31 May 2001
Author: Randy H. Farb (rhfarb@yahoo.com) from United States

This film is a must for families seeking good old-fashioned entertainment. Orphaned Pauline and mean-spirited George (Pat Boone!) are star-crossed lovers; will they ever get together? And what about Terry Thomas? Will he get Pauline before George? If you like "What A Way To Go", you'll enjoy this movie.

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waiting half my life to see this again, 19 March 2006
10/10
Author: thornnnn from United States

I was a military dependent in Rota Spain during most of the 60's, There were few if any televisions. I myself did not see a TV for 6 years. Imagine a kids life with no television. The movie theater was truly magic. I last saw this movie in 1967, and have been searching for it for the last 20+ years. Countless searches for this on the internet has only turned up others searching for it, but never anyone finding it. Well, Its finally here, on ELOVE channel encore love channel 23 mar 1020 am and 28 march 820 am. I'm looking forward to seeing some of this magic from the past. I don't know about the critics but this former 7-8 year old kid has had this film on his mind for the last 39 years.. THANK YOU ENCORE CHANNEL!! Some other movies i'd like to see again from that era include: John Goldfarb please come home, Lt Robinson Crusoe USN, The Haleluja Trail, and i think The Jungle Book played that tour too. It seems as time goes on, we're losing a few gems from the past.. it's getting really hard to find showings for some of these movies! (robinson Crusoe, perils of Pauline) From 39 year old memory of some young kid i give this one a 10! I'm gonna sit my kids down to watch this one, except they're a few years older than I was!

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what ever happened to this great classic?, 23 January 2007
10/10
Author: calta63-1 from United States

i haven't seen this movie since i was a child, my mother told me it was good, and she was right. the only problem, they never ever show it. i would like any info on how to purchase a copy, if any exist. or if there's going to be an airing on a channel sometime in "my" near future. i can still hear my mom, singing with pat Boone! ". where oh' where is my pretty Pauline". i really hope they air it again, my children would love it as well. another scene i can visualize from the movie was , Pat Boone, rowing, a block of ice with Pamela frozen in it. singing something i'm sure. I had purchased the 1947 version of this movie, but, it did little to remind me of the 1967 version.

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this movie is wholesome, funny and heartwarming, 22 May 2002
Author: Frodisgirl62 from New York

I absolutely love this movie, I remember seeing it in 1967, I think they only showed it on TV I don't think it was in theaters, but I was 4 or 5 at the time and I remember they showed it on TV alot. This movie is very funny and at times very heartwarming. I love the scene in the begining when George plays a trick on the son of the people who finally take Pauline (Pamela Austin) in after all the efforts to get her adopted fail. George releases the break on the car just as the son is getting Pauline's suitcase and Pauline goes back to the car for her toothbrush. They both end up riding the car in silent movie, comedy like romp (because neither of them can drive), with evryone chasing after them. They finally crash the car into a train, and pieces of the car go flying all over the place and Pauline ends up on a railroad signal pole. The people change their minds about adopting Pauline and when George admits to pulling the prank to the orphange trustee, he's told to pack his bag and leave. The scene when he's leaving is very heartwarming and touching bacause they must part and you get to hear Pat Boone sing the beautiful theme song. All through the movie, they must go through many perils and adventures in their efforts to find each other. I'm not going to tell you the ending though but I will say you will enjoy this movie thoroughly.

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The Perils of Pauline w/ Pat Boone, 2 July 2008
9/10
Author: Barbara Sprague (barbara.sprague@gmail.com) from United States

I LOVED this movie as a child and it's wonderful! AS mentioned before, You NEVER see it on TV, not even TCM! I do wish Someone would either release this or TCM show it sometime. I'm 44 and ONCE in 44 years! Come on! This is a great movie for the whole family, it's got everything, romance, comedy, mystery, drama, etc. Terry Thomas is great as he usually was in practically anything he starred in during his career. And Pat Boone when he sang his song about Pauline, I felt it was SO heartwarming and touching! It's a shame that when a good family movie can not get released to the public OR did somebody buy the rights to this movie and for some reason do not want to distribute it?

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one of the only memories of bonding with my mother, 12 April 2009
8/10
Author: rosemarie-rohlfs from United States

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not having a good relationship with my mom this was one of the only times we bonded. she woke me up really late one night to watch this movie with her. I totally fell in love with it. she had seen if once when i was really young and needed to share it with me. I have sung the theme song for years (being 48 that is a really long time) and i have tried to find it for years on some kind of media. It undoubtedly wouldn't be as good as i remember from being 9 or 10 but it still would bring back one of my better memories from my young life. Even now i can remember The last scene where they are in the gondola on their honeymoon with his aide and the woman who ran the orphanage and them slowly sinking below the water while the theme played. With all the boxed movie sets out on the market if they did one for Pat Boone or Terry-Thomas surely it could be included

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Sweet Little Send-up of Oldtime Silent Serials, 4 March 2009
6/10
Author: HarlowMGM from United States

Boy, this little, unambitious comedy sure has provoked a lot of hostility from reviewers. No one seems to realize THE PERILS OF PAULINE is a children's film made for the same market that was making Universal quite a nice little bundle with their Don Knotts comedies at the time. It's a spoof, folks, not a serious story. Maybe it's unsuccessful in it's attempt to be wacky ala THE GREAT RACE but it's still a fairly entertaining little picture. I loved it as a kid. THE PERILS OF PAULINE used to play once or twice a year on a local TV station in their Sunday morning movie in the early 1970's. A few years later, I owned the Super 8 "condensed" version (the first 10 minutes of the movie) and played it over and over. Didn't see the full movie again until the late 1980's when it was broadcast on American Movie Classics and alas, I found it too juvenile (as someone in their twenties will likely do when seeing an old film from their childhood made for kids.) Now, another 20 years later, I'd kind of like to give PAULINE another chance. And I do owe this movie a bit of thanks for turning me on to actual silent serials and Betty Hutton. Pamela Austin was gorgeous and very appealing as the ultra-pure Pauline, she deserved a better career in Hollywood. Old pros Terry-Thomas, Edward Everett Horton, and Doris Packer gave it their all and even Pat Boone was well cast as the bland but likable hero. This one seems unlikely to ever have a DVD release but it would be nice to see it on television again somewhere.

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1967 The Perils of Pauline, 15 January 2009
10/10
Author: lynnrademacher56 from United States

I would give just about anything if someone could get me a copy of this on DVD or VCR. As far as I know if never came out on DVD or VCR and I have only found it one time years and years ago on TV and I only found it as it was going off. If ANYONE knows when it might come on etc please notify me because it is my favorite movie from when I was a child.

I think there are too many unwholesome movies and kids today don't understand what we as children use to see at the 10 cent movies during the summer but this movie was silly, corny, good fun entertainment. I loved this movie, I talk about it to my sons all the time and they think, yeah sure there was a movie about someone being frozen in order to wait for someone else to marry them. What planet was I born on? Great Great Movie.

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Low budget MILLIE, 18 February 2005
6/10
Author: ptb-8 from Australia

Released in cinemas in Australia on a school holiday double bill with the Don Knotts comedy THE RELUCTANT ASTRONAUT this is a small comedy I guess made for 'the family market' from Universal. At the time THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE was a smash success for the studio and this might be considered her little sister film. There was big talk in 1967 of a sequel to MILLIE to be called JAZZ BABY with the same cast: Channing, Andrews and John Gavin. Instead somehow THE PERILS OF PAULINE was made instead or as an interim while the JAZZ BABY ideas were ironed out. PAULINE uses some of the MILLIE sets, props and clothes and even similar 'silent movie' comedy routines. It is a lot of fun and anything with Terry Thomas and Edward Everett Horton must be seen. Had Olivia Newton John been older it is exactly the sort of film she would have made. Instead we have Pamela Austin. Pat Boone was really on the way out by 1967 and stayed on TV instead. Anyway, unfortunately JAZZ BABY was shelved and Ross Hunter went on to make the embarrassing icecap musical LOST HORIZON for Columbia on the old CAMELOT set and was snowballed for doing so.

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