The Hazards of Helen Ep09 The Leap from the Water Tower (1915)

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The Hazards of Helen Ep09 The Leap from the Water Tower
Rand a vengeful discharged fireman tampers with the airbrakes of a large freight locomotive making them useless on the long descent from the summit of Pine Hill to Lone Point the following day Learning of the impending peril Helen dashes to a water tower under which the train must pass climbs out on the spout leaps onto the roof of one of the cars and warns the engineer in time Helens heroism wins her another offer of marriage this time from Wadsworth the freight engineer but once again she opts for next weeks hazards instead

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.

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Theatrical Release:January 9th, 1915
Original Language:English
Production Companies:Kalem Company