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Released December 25th, 1915, 'A Boy at the Throttle' stars Helen Gibson, Franklyn Hall, Clarence Burton, Clement Graw The NR movie has a runtime of about 12 min, and received a user score of (out of 100) on TMDb, which collated reviews from experienced users.
Want to know what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "Climbing into a cab of a freight engine, Bobbie Layson, the son of a station pulls the throttle open. The alarm goes out and Helen, stationed at Lone Point, is ordered to derail the runaway and thus prevent it from running head-on into the approaching passenger train. Fearing for his son's life, Layson phones Helen" .
'A Boy at the Throttle' Release Dates
Watch in Movie Theaters on December 25th, 1915
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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