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The Fiend at the Throttle (1915)

The Fiend at the Throttle
Rita a telegraph operator informed that a freight train which is due to pass her station filled with high explosives is about to be overtaken by a passenger train on the same track with a madman at the controls leaps onto a handcar which she crashes into the passenger train and thus stops it she jumps onto the cowcatcher and into the cab of the engine where after a hard struggle with the fiend she manages to overcome him and sidetrack the passenger train thus preventing disaster
WriterDoty Hobart

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:May 15th, 1915
Original Language:English
Production Companies:Kalem Company

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.