Edward T. Matlack Trailers
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Most Popular Edward T. Matlack Trailers
Total trailers found: 63
The Dynamite Train Trailer (1915)
27 November 1915
The shifting of the dynamite contained in a boxcar causes the latter to be cut from the freight and set out as unsafe.
The Plot at the Railroad Cut Trailer (1914)
21 November 1914
In the second entry of the popular Hazards of Helen series, Helen, is temporarily assigned as a telegraph operator at Quarry Depot; bad blood springs up between two men who are seeking Helen's favor, but to whom she has remained impartial.
The Girl at the Throttle Trailer (1914)
28 November 1914
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.
The Girl and the Special Trailer (1915)
13 November 1915
Disguised as baggage man, Burgess and Whelan board the train to which is coupled the special carrying Nina Mallotte and her theatrical troupe.
A Boy at the Throttle Trailer (1915)
25 December 1915
Climbing into a cab of a freight engine, Bobbie Layson, the son of a station pulls the throttle openn
The Escape on the Limited Trailer (1914)
26 December 1914
Brandt, a defaulting cashier, hiding in Lone Point in his effort to throw detectives off his track, cuts the wires of Helen's telephone to prevent her from calling for help, binds and gags her, and boards the outgoing Limited.
Crossed Wires Trailer (1915)
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.
The Leap from the Water Tower Trailer (1915)
09 January 1915
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.
The Hazards of Helen: Episode13, The Escape on the Fast Freight Trailer (1915)
06 February 1915
Two tramps hold up small-town Ferndale's railway station night operator Helen, lock her in a closet, and escape.
The Girl at Lone Point Trailer (1915)
27 March 1915
Helen catches two yeggmen who have broken into a freight car which has been detached from a train because of a hot box and are attempting to rifle the safe.
The Car of Death Trailer (1914)
28 August 1914
In this film Helen Holmes was clearly rehearsing for the role that brought to her fame and recognition in a serial that started getting released two months later.
The Death Train Trailer (1915)
06 March 1915
The smashed corner of a trunk containing counterfeiting paraphernalia reveals to Helen that there is treachery afoot at Lone Point.
The Lost Mail Sack Trailer (1914)
07 October 1914
A piece of lumber projecting from the side of a freight car picks up the mail sack hanging from the crane at Bell Station.
The Governor's Special Trailer (1916)
22 April 1916
The film is directed by James Davis from a story by Edward T. Matlack. In this episode Helen Gibson performs one absolutely breathtaking stunt, which just shows how dangerous it was to act for silent film pioneers, especially for stuntmen and stuntwomen.
The Fast Mail's Danger Trailer (1915)
23 January 1915
Down and out, Bob, an engineer, drifts into town. His condition excites Helen's sympathy. Using her influence, the girl secures him a position with the railroad.
The Death Siding Trailer (1917)
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.
The Blocked Track Trailer (1916)
07 October 1916
On a visit to the State Prison with Superintendent Melvin of the construction camp near Lone Point. Helen gains the friendship of Butler, a former telegrapher who had been wrongfully convicted on circumstantial evidence.
The Midnight Limited Trailer (1915)
03 July 1915
Under the influence of liquor, Griffin foolishly displays a roll of bills. Wheeler and Walter, yeggmen, see the money and trail the traveler to the station.
The Watertank Plot Trailer (1915)
09 October 1915
Fearing lest Cameron's horse beat the pony he has plunged on, Tony Dorgan orders one of his men to bribe the stableman to drug the animal.
The Broken Train Trailer (1915)
22 May 1915
Helen spotting two jewel robbers sever the telegraph wires and hop onto a passing freight, jumps into a racing auto and takes off in pursuit.
A Railroader's Bravery Trailer (1915)
29 May 1915
When Helen learns that wiretappers have make a prisoner of Henry, the relief operator, she severs the wire being tapped, boards a freight train, uncouples the engine, and pursues the tappers, who are in a gasoline speeder.
The Secret of the Box Car Trailer (1916)
02 September 1916
Escaping after an early morning bank robbery, Gentleman Joe and his pal succeed in boarding a freight train headed toward Lone Point.
The Broken Brake Trailer (1916)
15 July 1916
In a scuffle between the assistant foreman and a discharged employee at the mountain construction camp the latter's revolver is fired, bringing about a dynamite explosion that severely injures many of the men.
Near Eternity Trailer (1915)
19 June 1915
A quarryman, dismissed because of intoxication, blames Billy, the mail clerk, and seeks revenge. He steals several sticks of dynamite, climbs to the top of the mail crane and ties to the explosives to the mail bag.
The Broken Wire Trailer (1916)
05 February 1916
When the Limited is forced to stop because of an obstruction on the tracks, the passengers alight for a stroll.
A Plunge from the Sky Trailer (1916)
29 July 1916
Agents of a foreign power are seeking to get possession of the plans of a new aeroplane motor invented by Dick Benton.
The Hoodoo of Division B Trailer (1916)
16 September 1916
The new superintendent scoffs at the men's fear of Engine 3615, and declares that it must be put into service at once.
The Operator at Black Rock Trailer (1914)
05 August 1914
The holdup of the Fast Mail; the runaway train, and the leap on horseback from a fifty-foot cliff arn
The Girl on the Bridge Trailer (1915)
20 November 1915
Communicating with his pals outside, Daly informs them as to the date upon which he is to be taken from the jail to State's prison.
Ablaze on the Rails Trailer (1916)
09 September 1916
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.
A Girl's Grit Trailer (1915)
18 September 1915
After robbing the bank at Orlock, Cherry and Newton make their getaway. When on the outskirts of Lone Point, the men cut the telephone wires.
The Engineer's Peril Trailer (1915)
20 February 1915
Helen, the operator at Hobart, warns her friend Anna, the operator at Montville, that Tim Hudson, a notorious swindler, is headed for Montville.
The Broken Circuit Trailer (1915)
16 January 1915
Attempting to prevent an armed robbery in the paymaster's office, Helen is bound and gagged, and the thieves escape on a hand car.
A Race for a Crossing Trailer (1915)
24 April 1915
Sharky, a rival road agent, plots to spoil a trial run to be made on Helen's road that will win a mail contract.
The Hazards of Helen Ep26: The Wild Engine Trailer (1915)
07 May 1915
Helen, informed of the danger which menaces an excursion train because another engine on the same track is running wild, mounts a motorcycle and speeds down the track to warn the passengers of their imminent peril.
The Broken Rail Trailer (1915)
04 September 1915
Spang, a tramp telegrapher, is knocked down by a freight car while walking up the siding near Lone Point.
The Runaway Boxcar Trailer (1915)
02 August 1915
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.
The Limited's Peril Trailer (1915)
14 August 1915
Wharton, trailing Red Leary and his gang, learns that the men intend to wreck the Limited. Curley, a fireman, is implicated.
A Matter of Seconds Trailer (1915)
25 September 1915
Dawson, a newcomer to the division, meets Helen while the girl is riding in the freight engine with Star, his engineer.
The Substitute Fireman Trailer (1915)
07 August 1915
A warm friendship springs up between Quirkly and Helen, when the fireman saves the girl's life. In his desire to be near Helen, Quirkly obtains a room in the house where the girl telegrapher boards.
A Test of Courage Trailer (1915)
16 October 1915
Confronting Helen at the Lone Point Switch Tower, Denning and his pal imprison the girl in a clothes closet and then steal everything of value.
The Sidetracked Sleeper Trailer (1917)
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.
A Mile a Minute Trailer (1915)
23 October 1915
Hume and Frintz, while riding in a boxcar, see a trunk in the unguarded baggage car of a passenger train.
The Red Signal Trailer (1915)
13 February 1915
Brent, the night operator has been knocked unconscious by a piece of lumber projecting from a passing freight, and has been rendered temporarily insane.
Helen's Sacrifice Trailer (1914)
14 November 1914
In the first entry in the popular Hazards of Helen series, Helen, the night telegraph operator at Lone Point, relieves Benton, the day operator, several hours ahead of time, because he is caring for his sick child.
Nerves of Steel Trailer (1915)
11 September 1915
Detective Strong is warned that an attempt will be made to free the crooks he is taking to the penitentiary.
The Tramp Telegrapher Trailer (1915)
04 December 1915
Beaten by Dun and Corson, Trent is hurled unconscious to the tracks. Helen, who witnesses the attack, drags Trent from the rails just in time to save him from death beneath the wheels of an oncoming train.
With the Aid of the Wrecker Trailer (1916)
19 August 1916
Greggs, returning from abroad with a large consignment of precious stones, thwarts the first attempt of Gentleman Joe and his accomplice to rob him at his hotel, but they follow him aboard the train the when he is alone on the observation platform they attack him, and a struggle ensues in which Greggs is finally thrown to the ground from the speeding train.
The Spiked Switch Trailer (1916)
03 June 1916
Trent returns to the throttle too soon after his recovery from illness. On the following day Ruth, his daughter, and Hume plan to elope.
The Peril of the Rails Trailer (1916)
12 February 1916
Apparent carelessness causes Conductor Lawton and his train crew to be laid off for thirty days. A gang of car thieves, pursued by police, jump aboard a freight, and after a stiff combat, succeed in throwing the crew off the speeding train to the ground.
The Wrong Train Order Trailer (1915)
19 December 1915
In this episode everything goes wrong. Helen ends up on the rear observation deck of a runaway express train with the door to the inside closed, with the air-brake of the engine damaged, the engine itself full of steam and inaccessible, and the train speeding ahead on the wrong track.
The Open Drawbridge Trailer (1915)
27 February 1915
Benton, railroad detective, is assigned to run down the crooks who have been breaking into freight cars near Hobart.
The Little Engineer Trailer (1915)
30 January 1915
While Hastings, the engineer of Freight No. 3205 is at lunch- in the Lone Point station, Bobby Heywood, the son of an engineer, climbs into the cab of the engine.
The Girl on the Trestle Trailer (1915)
10 April 1915
A wagon load of powder explodes, destroying the railroad trestle under which it is passing; Helen, knowing that a passenger train is due within a few minutes, climbs aboard a freight car which coasts down a steep grade near the trestle.
One Chance in a Hundred Trailer (1916)
20 May 1916
Billy Warren, timekeeper on the construction job, arouses the enmity of Brent and Easton when he resents their bullying of the other men.
