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Released April 3rd, 1915, 'A Life in the Balance' stars Helen Holmes, Leo D. Maloney, George A. Williams 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 well-known users.
Curious to know what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "King attempts to tighten the brake of a freight car standing near the summit of a steep grade at Lone Point. Suddenly, the brake chain snaps and the train commences to roll down hill. Helen sees King's peril, rides to a point just before a curve, crawls hand over hand across a rope which she has stretched across the track, and snatches King from the car moments before the car is dashed to pieces as it leaves the rails of the curve." .
'A Life in the Balance' Release Dates
Watch in Movie Theaters on April 3rd, 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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