02 August 1915 Thriller 13 mins
Disguised as car repairmen, Mealius and Denney get aboard the express car, overpower the express messenger and steal a valuable package being forwarded to Arlington. Helen sees the crooks jumping from the car when it stops for water at Lone Point and gives the alarm.
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Helen Holmes as Helen
George Robinson as Warner - Express Messenger
Robyn Adair as Carl - Detective
James Strong as Mealius - Yeggman
Rex Downs as Denny - Yeggman
United States 02 August 1915
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1915:
15 December 1915
Movie mogul Thomas H. Ince may well have been the director of The Despoiler as indicated by the credits; but since Ince was known far and wide as a glory-hogger, it's also possible that one of his talented lieutenants wielded the megaphone.
20 October 1915
Bill Pike, recently married, hits his home town about seven in the evening, and immediately is seized by a bunch of his old cronies who drag him into a hotel to have a game of poker.
22 March 1915
A baby is left on the Brinbecombes' yacht while they are sailing up the Hudson River, and they adopt him and name him Everett.
08 November 1915
A man neglects his wife to be with a dance hall singer. When the truth of his infidelity reaches his wife and the truth of his marital status reaches his lover, both women are heartbroken.
26 February 1915
A short comic film in which a bickering duo start a taxi company. A constantly quarrelling duo, consisting of a tall fat man and a short thin man, find a wallet on the street, with twenty dollars inside.
13 September 1915
Richard Duvall is a young American detective in the employ of the French Secret Police. While in Paris he meets Grace Ellicot, also an American, with whom he falls in love.
19 April 1915
Young Martha Redmond, a poor girl from a small town, leaves to find a singing career in New York City.
11 May 1915
Early german comedy short.
10 April 1915
A dead child's broken doll reunites an estranged husband and wife.
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