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Read on for a listing of streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription choices - along with the availability of 'The Broken Circuit' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into all the details of how you can watch 'The Broken Circuit' right now, here are some details about the Kalem Company thriller flick.
The Broken Circuit starring Helen Holmes, Leo D. Maloney, George A. Williams, M.J. Murchison has a NR rating, a runtime of about 12 min, and a scheduled release date of January 16th, 1915.
Here’s what’s going on in this one... Here's the plot: "Attempting to prevent an armed robbery in the paymaster's office, Helen is bound and gagged, and the thieves escape on a hand car. With her feet still bound by wire, Helen endeavors to pursue on foot, but stumbles and falls across the rails of the track of an oncoming train." .
'The Broken Circuit' Release Dates
Watch in Movie Theaters on January 16th, 1915
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.
