A Matter of Seconds (1915) Full Cast & Crew

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.

1917 | The Hazards of Helen

1917 | The Sidetracked Sleeper

1917 | The Prima Donna's Special

1917 | The Death Siding

1917 | The Railroad Claim Intrigue

1917 | The Wrecked Station

1917 | The Fireman's Nemesis

1917 | The Mogul Mountain Mystery

1916 | A Race with Death

1916 | The Vanishing Box Car

1916 | The Midnight Express

1916 | The Lineman's Peril

1916 | The Trial Run

1916 | The Forgotten Train Order

1916 | The Runaway Sleeper

1916 | The Lone Point Mystery

1916 | The Gate of Death

1916 | The Lost Messenger

1916 | A Daring Chance

1916 | To Save the Special

1916 | The Blocked Track

1916 | The Death Swing

1916 | Defying Death

1916 | The Hoodoo of Division B

1916 | Ablaze on the Rails

1916 | The Secret of the Box Car

1916 | At Danger's Call

1916 | With the Aid of the Wrecker

1916 | Hurled Through the Drawbridge

1916 | A Mystery of the Rails

1916 | A Plunge from the Sky

1916 | The Broken Brake

1916 | To Save the Road

1916 | The Engineer's Honor

1916 | The Mysterious Cipher

1916 | In Death's Pathway

1916 | A Race Through the Air

1916 | The Treasure Train

1916 | The Spiked Switch

1916 | The Capture of Red Stanley

1916 | One Chance in a Hundred

1916 | The Bridge of Danger

1916 | The Human Telegram

1916 | The Trail of Danger

1916 | The Race for a Siding

1916 | The Record Run

1916 | The Trapping of 'Peeler' White

1916 | The Detective's Peril

1916 | The Girl Who Dared

1916 | A Race for a Life

1916 | The Girl Telegrapher's Nerve

1916 | The Switchman's Story

1916 | The Perilous Swing

1916 | The Peril of the Rails

1916 | The Broken Wire

1916 | Tapped Wires

1916 | The Open Track

1916 | The Haunted Station

1916 | When Seconds Count

1916 | At the Risk of Her Life

1915 | A Boy at the Throttle

1915 | The Wrong Train Order

1915 | Crossed Wires

1915 | The Tramp Telegrapher

1915 | The Dynamite Train

1915 | The Girl on the Bridge

1915 | The Girl and the Special

1915 | Danger Ahead!

1915 | The Rescue of the Brakeman's Children

1915 | A Mile a Minute

1915 | A Test of Courage

1915 | The Watertank Plot

1915 | A Matter of Seconds

1915 | A Girls Grit

1915 | Nerves of Steel

1915 | A Perilous Chance

1915 | The Limiteds Peril

1915 | The Substitute Fireman

1915 | The Runaway Boxcar

1915 | The Girl on the Engine

1915 | A Deed of Daring

1915 | The Fate of Number One

1915 | A Wild Ride

1915 | The Midnight Limited

1915 | The Hazards of Helen Ep33: In Danger's Path

1915 | Near Eternity

1915 | The Pay Train

1915 | The Human Chain

1915 | A Railroader's Bravery

1915 | The Broken Train

1915 | The Fiend at the Throttle

1915 | The Box Car Trap

1915 | A Race for a Crossing

1915 | The Girl Engineer

1915 | The Girl on the Trestle

1915 | A Life in the Balance

1915 | The Girl at Lone Point

1915 | The Railroad Raiders of '62

1915 | The Night Operator at Buxton

1915 | The Death Train

1915 | The Open Drawbridge

1915 | The Engineer's Peril

1915 | The Red Signal

1915 | The Hazards of Helen: Episode13, The Escape on the Fast Freight

1915 | The Little Engineer

1915 | The Fast Mail's Danger

1915 | The Broken Circuit

1915 | The Leap from the Water Tower

1915 | The Girl Telegrapher's Peril

1914 | The Escape on the Limited

1914 | The Black Diamond Express

1914 | The Flying Freight's Captive

1914 | The Stolen Engine

1914 | The Girl at the Throttle

1914 | The Plot at the Railroad Cut

1914 | Helen's Sacrifice

The Governor's Special

The Broken Rail

Train Order Number Forty-Five

The Hazards of Helen Ep26: The Wild Engine