The Perilous Swing

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Released February 19th, 1916, 'The Perilous Swing' stars Helen Gibson, Clarence Burton, Franklyn Hall The NR movie has a runtime of about 12 min, and received a user score of (out of 100) on TMDb, which compiled reviews from knowledgeable users.

Interested in knowing what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "Helen is enjoying a ride on her horse, "Hazard," after her day's work, when news comes that "Red" Purdy and his aides are escaping after making a big haul. When the automobile in which they are escaping breaks down they take to a handcar. Helen pursues them down the track while the Sheriff and his posse set out to head them off on a short cut." .

'The Perilous Swing' Release Dates

Watch in Movie Theaters on February 19th, 1916

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.