

The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
"A Merry Escapade! Scandalous! Joyous!"
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.
Movie Details
Languages
English
Studio
20th Century Fox
Key Crew

George Seaton
Director

George Seaton
Writer

Frederica Sagor Maas
Story
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)

Mary Field
Typewriting Academy Receptionist

Constance Purdy
Suffragette

Robert McCord
Office Clerk (uncredited)
Alice Mock
Alice Pritchard (singing voice) (uncredited)