The Girl at the Throttle (1914)

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The Girl at the Throttle
Helen the telegrapher at Downing Junction receives word that an engineer has been accidentally shot by a partridge hunter and the runaway train will collide with the Eastbound Express Helen jumps onto a nearby standing locomotive opens it up full throttle catches up the Express warns the engineer of the impending danger

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.

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:November 28th, 1914
Original Language:English
Production Companies:Kalem Company