Pearl White (1889 - 1938)

American film actress.

* March 4, 1889 Green Ridge, Missouri, USA
 as Pearl Fay White
 August 4, 1938 Neuilly-sur-Seine, France



Vintage magazines

Mon Ciné, nr. 8, 13 April 1922
Mon Ciné, nr. 17, 15 June 1922
Mon Ciné, nr. 18, 22 June 1922

Mon Ciné, nr. 55, 8 March 1923
Mon Ciné, nr. 110, 27 March 1924
Photoplay, January 1928

Photoplay, April 1930
Photoplay, February 1933

Books by Pearl White

Pearl White
Just Me
New York, 1919

Books on Pearl White

Marina Dahlquist (ed.)
Exporting Perilous Pauline, Pearl White and the Serial Film Craze
Urbana, Chicago and Springfield, 2013

Manuel Weltmann and Raymond Lee
Pearl White, The Peerless Fearless Girl
South Brunswick, 1969

Books with substantial mentioning of Pearl White

Jennifer M. Bean (ed.)
Flickers of desire, Movie stars of the 1910s
New Brunswick, N.J., 2011

Foreword by John-Michael Howson Cut! Foreword by John-Michael Howson
Cut!, Hollywood murders, accidents, and other tragedies
Willoughby, Australia, 2005

David W. Menefee The first female stars David W. Menefee
The first female stars, women of the silent era
Westport, Connecticut; London, 2004

Eve Golden Golden Images Eve Golden
Golden Images, 41 Essays on Silent Film Stars
Jefferson, North Carolina, and London, 2001

Tom Pendergast, Sara Pendergast (eds.)
International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, 3. Actors and Actresses
Detroit/New York/San Francisco/London/Boston/Woodbridge, CT, 2000

Ally Acker Reel Women Ally Acker
Reel Women, Pioneers of the Cinema 1896-Present
New York, 1991

Buck Rainey
Those Fabulous Serial Heroines, Their Lives and Films
Metuchen, N.J. & London, 1990

Charles Donald Fox and Milton L. Silver (eds.) Who's Who on the Screen Charles Donald Fox and Milton L. Silver (eds.)
Who's Who on the Screen
New York City, 1920

Books with an entry on Pearl White

Richard Abel (ed.) Encyclopedia of early cinema Richard Abel (ed.)
Encyclopedia of early cinema
London and New York, 2005

Denise Lowe An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Women in Early American Films, 1895 - 1930 Denise Lowe
An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Women in Early American Films, 1895 - 1930
New York, London, Oxford, 2005

Glenn Mitchell A-Z of Silent Film Comedy Glenn Mitchell
A-Z of Silent Film Comedy, An Illustrated Companion
London, 1998

Roy Liebman Silent Film Performers Roy Liebman
Silent Film Performers, An Annotated Bibliography of Published, Unpublished and Archival Sources for over 350 Actors and Actresses
Jefferson, North Carolina, and London, 1996

Danny Peary Cult Movie Stars Danny Peary
Cult Movie Stars
New York, [..], 1991

Charles Donald Fox Mirrors of Hollywood Charles Donald Fox
Mirrors of Hollywood, with brief biographies of favorite film folk
New York, 1925

Books with photograph(s) of Pearl White

John Richard Finch and Paul Elby Close-Ups John Richard Finch and Paul Elby
Close-Ups, From the Golden Age of the Silent Cinema
South Brunswick and New York - London, 1978

Mary Dawn Earley
Stars of the Twenties, Observed by James Abbe
New York, 1975

Articles on Pearl White

Marina Dahlquist, Introduction, Why Pearl?, in: Marina Dahlquist (ed.), Exporting Perilous Pauline, Urbana, Chicago and Springfield, 2013

Rudmer Canjels, Changing Views and Perspectives, Translating Pearl White's American Adventures in Wartime France, in: Marina Dahlquist (ed.), Exporting Perilous Pauline, Urbana, Chicago and Springfield, 2013

Marina Dahlquist, "The Best-Known Woman in the World", Pearl White and the American Serial Film in Sweden, in: Marina Dahlquist (ed.), Exporting Perilous Pauline, Urbana, Chicago and Springfield, 2013

Monica Dall'Asta, Pearl, the Swift One, or the Extraordinary Adventures of Pearl White in France, in: Marina Dahlquist (ed.), Exporting Perilous Pauline, Urbana, Chicago and Springfield, 2013

Christina Petersen, "The Most Assassinated Woman in the World", Pearl White and the First Avant-Garde, in: Marina Dahlquist (ed.), Exporting Perilous Pauline, Urbana, Chicago and Springfield, 2013

Kevin B. Johnson, Fascinations for the Nation, American Serial Film, Czechoslovakia, and the Afterlives of Pearl White, in: Marina Dahlquist (ed.), Exporting Perilous Pauline, Urbana, Chicago and Springfield, 2013

Weihong Bao, From Pearl White to White Rose Woo, Tracing the Vernacular Body of Nüxia in Chinese Silent Cinema, 1927-1931, in: Marina Dahlquist (ed.), Exporting Perilous Pauline, Urbana, Chicago and Springfield, 2013