There is no acting in a serial. You simply race through the reels.

When Pearl White was 13 years-old White worked as a bareback rider for the circus. 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. Goddard.

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. She later moved on to silent film appearing in a number of popular serials. Pearl Fay White (March 4 1889 – August 4 1938) was an American film actress.