The Shocking Miss Pilgrim (1947)

8.8/10 • 85 min • Comedy Music Romance

Overview

In the late 1800s, Miss Pilgrim, a young stenographer, or typewriter, becomes the first female employee at a Boston shipping office. Although the men object to her at first, she soon charms them all, especially the handsome young head of the company. Their romance gets sidetracked when she becomes involved in the Women's Suffrage movement.

Cast

Betty Grable

Cynthia Pilgrim

Dick Haymes

John Pritchard

Anne Revere

Alice Pritchard

Allyn Joslyn

Leander Woolsey

Gene Lockhart

Saxon

Elizabeth Patterson

Catherine Dennison

Elisabeth Risdon

Mrs. Amanda Pritchard

Arthur Shields

Michael Michael

Charles Kemper

Herbert Jothan

Roy Roberts

Mr. Foster

Jeff Corey

Stenographer (uncredited)

Clarence G. Badger

Herbert Jothan (singing voice) (uncredited)

Marilyn Monroe

Telephone Operator (voice) (uncredited)

Constance Purdy

Suffragette

Robert McCord

Office Clerk (uncredited)

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