The Hazards of Helen Ep26: The Wild Engine(1915)

Name: The Hazards of Helen Ep26: The Wild Engine
Director: J.P. McGowan
Released: 1915-05-07
Rating: 6
Cast: Helen Holmes, Leo D. Maloney, Rex Downs, Jack Hoxie, Hoot Gibson

05/07/1915 (US)Thriller0h 11m

6.0

Overview

Helen, informed of the danger which menaces an excursion train because another engine on the same track is running wild, mounts a motorcycle and speeds down the track to warn the passengers of their imminent peril. Nearing a river trestle under repair, she hurtles into the river; undaunted, she swims to the opposite bank and flags down the excursion train in the nick of time, causing the engineer to run his train onto a siding just a few moments before the runaway dashes by.

Edward T. Matlack

Story

J.P. McGowan

Director

Helen Holmes

Director

Top Billed Cast

Helen Holmes

Helen

Leo D. Maloney

Chief Dispatcher Bond

Rex Downs

Superindent Marks

Jack Hoxie

Hoot Gibson

Messenger on Motorcycle

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Part of the The Hazards of Helen

Long running movie series adventure train films. This thrill-a-minute series was the longest running of the entire silent film era. It was produced between 1914 and 1917, and consisted of 119 almost weekly episodes. The series began with silent serial film queen Helen Holmes as the star - with an occasional actor taking over the lead. Eventually Helen Gibson took over the role of Helen. Unlike the cliffhanger serials of the era, The Hazards of Helen is actually a film series made up of near autonomous single reel twelve-minute melodramas. Most episodes of this series are presumed lost.