A Race for a Crossing(1915)

Name: A Race for a Crossing
Director: J.P. McGowan
Released: 1915-04-24
Cast: Helen Holmes, Leo D. Maloney, George A. Williams, George Sloan

04/24/1915 (US)Thriller0h 12m

Overview

Sharky, a rival road agent, plots to spoil a trial run to be made on Helen's road that will win a mail contract. He opens a waste valve on the tank of the engine, and, when nearing Lone Point, the water tank runs dry. Helen comes to the rescue by mounting the new gasoline speeder and starting off with the mail for the end of the run.

J.P. McGowan

Director

Edward T. Matlack

Story

Top Billed Cast

Helen Holmes

Helen

Leo D. Maloney

Billy - a Lineman

George A. Williams

Sharky - Agent of the Rival Road

George Sloan

Brenton - Sharky's Accomplice

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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.