09 September 1916 Thriller 12 mins
Helen, by a courageous leap from a motorcycle, reaches the burning boxcar in which the detectives are imprisoned and succeeds in applying the brakes in time to bring it to a stop and save them from almost certain death.
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Helen Gibson as Helen
George A. Williams as Benton
Scott Pembroke as The Construction Superintendent
George Routh as The Foreman
Jack Messick as Detective Kent
Gladys Blue as Kent's Sweetheart
United States 09 September 1916
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14 May 2019
After accidentally killing an opponent in the ring, a professional wrestler takes a job at a group home for youth offenders.
11 December 1915
Crossed telephone wires enable Helen to overhear a plot between Joe and Bill, escaped convicts, to join a number of Chinese who are being smuggled into the country in a freight train.
03 February 1917
Helen, the telegraph operator at the Lone Point Station, shields Miguel, a greaser, under suspicion of having stolen some horses, until the real thieves are caught.
01 July 1916
Circumstances make Helen think that Jack, the engineer and son of the road's auditor, is guilty of the theft of $50 that comes to light through a shortage in her accounts.
05 February 1916
When the Limited is forced to stop because of an obstruction on the tracks, the passengers alight for a stroll.
29 April 1916
Following the wreck of the pay-car, it is rifled by a band of conspirators. All but one of the band later succeed in making their escape from the town by automobile, but this one is forced to jump aboard a freight train to which is attached the wreck train and huge crane.
01 January 1916
Tony, a half-breed Mexican is kicked from pillar to post, but he grasps a chance for revenge on society when he peers through the station window and sees Helen, the operator at Lone Point, opening the express company bag containing a valuable shipment to a local rancher.
17 February 1917
Rupert Winslow, traffic superintendent of the railroad that employs Helen as operator at Lone Point, receives a telegram stating that his wife, who is ill, will be on the midnight express.
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13 February 1916
After the death of her father, a friend hides Dimples' inheritance in a doll, which Dimples carries to her new home at her aunt's boardinghouse.
21 August 1916
Orphaned sisters Kate and Irene are separated as children, but each keeps half of their mother's wedding ring.
01 June 1916
A Scottish Laird weds a peasant's niece who falls in love with his nephew.....
27 February 1916
Scott Wells, a lowly clerk in the offices of railroad magnate David Haldeman, overhears a plot to ruin Haldeman.
10 March 1916
Ranger Frank rescues a family from a devastating outlaw band.
08 May 1916
Upon hearing about a woman dubbed The Huntress because of her wild attention craving ways, Fleming Harcourt decides he can domesticate her and they marry.
05 June 1916
Olaf writes his memoirs, before his execution. He tells of his life as a struggling farmer when Renie, stranded in the village, stays one night in his home and Olaf falls in love with her.
25 September 1916
On New Year's Eve, the convicted murderer, Strong Henry, escapes from prison and collects his son from the orphanage.
22 January 1916
"The Open Track" is a short action film from the action series of short films "The Hazards of Helen".
05 June 1916
Mink Jones of Jonesville, is the lord high executioner and everything else.
21 October 1916
To her aunt's dismay, Prudence isn't interested in society life. She'd rather listen to the butler's tall tales of being a pirate.
28 May 1916
A young girl is betrothed to a rich Count by her family who have hopes of partaking in the Count's fortune.
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