The Hazards of Helen
120 Movies
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.
ALL MOVIES IN ORDER
1. Helen's Sacrifice
1914 · ★ 0.0
In the first entry in the popular Hazards of Helen series, Helen, the night telegraph operator at Lo…
2. The Plot at the Railroad Cut
1914 · ★ 0.0
In the second entry of the popular Hazards of Helen series, Helen, is temporarily assigned as a tele…
3. The Girl at the Throttle
1914 · ★ 0.0
Helen, the telegrapher at Downing Junction, receives word that an engineer has been accidentally sho…
4. The Stolen Engine
1914 · ★ 0.0
A pair of crooks steal a valuable package, hold up the crew of a freight engine, and compel the engi…
5. The Flying Freight's Captive
1914 · ★ 0.0
Helen receives a cypher message about a jewel robbery and trails the yeggmen to their lair. Discover…
6. The Black Diamond Express
1914 · ★ 0.0
When Dick, an aeronaut is wrongly accused of shooting Dan, a trouble-making, quarrelsome cowboy, Hel…
7. The Escape on the Limited
1914 · ★ 0.0
Brandt, a defaulting cashier, hiding in Lone Point in his effort to throw detectives off his track, …
8. The Girl Telegrapher's Peril
1915 · ★ 0.0
Blake, a quarrelsome lineman, and a widower with two daughters, is in love with Helen, but she rejec…
9. The Leap from the Water Tower
1915 · ★ 0.0
Rand, a vengeful discharged fireman, tampers with the airbrakes of a large freight locomotive making…
10. The Broken Circuit
1915 · ★ 0.0
Attempting to prevent an armed robbery in the paymaster's office, Helen is bound and gagged, and the…
11. The Fast Mail's Danger
1915 · ★ 0.0
Down and out, Bob, an engineer, drifts into town. His condition excites Helen's sympathy. Using her …
12. The Little Engineer
1915 · ★ 0.0
While Hastings, the engineer of Freight No. 3205 is at lunch- in the Lone Point station, Bobby Heywo…
13. The Hazards of Helen: Episode13, The Escape on the Fast Freight
1915 · ★ 5.8
Two tramps hold up small-town Ferndale's railway station night operator Helen, lock her in a closet,…
14. The Red Signal
1915 · ★ 0.0
Brent, the night operator has been knocked unconscious by a piece of lumber projecting from a passin…
15. The Engineer's Peril
1915 · ★ 0.0
Helen, the operator at Hobart, warns her friend Anna, the operator at Montville, that Tim Hudson, a …
16. The Open Drawbridge
1915 · ★ 0.0
Benton, railroad detective, is assigned to run down the crooks who have been breaking into freight c…
17. The Death Train
1915 · ★ 0.0
The smashed corner of a trunk containing counterfeiting paraphernalia reveals to Helen that there is…
18. The Night Operator at Buxton
1915 · ★ 0.0
Bob's daughter is sick, so Helen volunteers to take his place on the night run, unaware that the Bla…
19. The Railroad Raiders of '62
1915 · ★ 0.0
Lockwood, the old, one-armed flagman at Lone Point, tells Helen and a young soldier of his experienc…
20. The Girl at Lone Point
1915 · ★ 0.0
Helen catches two yeggmen who have broken into a freight car which has been detached from a train be…
21. A Life in the Balance
1915 · ★ 0.0
King attempts to tighten the brake of a freight car standing near the summit of a steep grade at Lon…
22. The Girl on the Trestle
1915 · ★ 0.0
A wagon load of powder explodes, destroying the railroad trestle under which it is passing; Helen, k…
23. The Girl Engineer
1915 · ★ 0.0
A crooked mine owner attempts to hijack his rival's shipment of ore, but Helen foils his plot by jum…
24. A Race for a Crossing
1915 · ★ 0.0
Sharky, a rival road agent, plots to spoil a trial run to be made on Helen's road that will win a ma…
25. The Box Car Trap
1915 · ★ 0.0
Jim, determined to ruin a box car brake test, hides inside, removes the flooring, and ruins the brak…
26. The Hazards of Helen Ep26: The Wild Engine
1915 · ★ 6.0
Helen, informed of the danger which menaces an excursion train because another engine on the same tr…
27. The Fiend at the Throttle
1915 · ★ 0.0
Rita, a telegraph operator, informed that a freight train which is due to pass her station filled wi…
28. The Broken Train
1915 · ★ 0.0
Helen spotting two jewel robbers sever the telegraph wires and hop onto a passing freight, jumps int…
29. A Railroader's Bravery
1915 · ★ 0.0
When Helen learns that wiretappers have make a prisoner of Henry, the relief operator, she severs th…
30. The Human Chain
1915 · ★ 0.0
Deering and his gang rifle the station safe and gain possession of some valuable gems; Helen seizes …
31. The Pay Train
1915 · ★ 5.3
Helen, overhearing Tony and his accomplices plotting to derail the pay train and steal its money, is…
32. Near Eternity
1915 · ★ 0.0
A quarryman, dismissed because of intoxication, blames Billy, the mail clerk, and seeks revenge. He …
33. In Danger's Path
1915 · ★ 5.0
Helen is captured by two yeggmen who throw her into a refrigerator car; finding a meat hook, she cho…
34. The Midnight Limited
1915 · ★ 0.0
Under the influence of liquor, Griffin foolishly displays a roll of bills. Wheeler and Walter, yeggm…
35. A Wild Ride
1915 · ★ 0.0
The bad blood existing between Reardon and Haley results in a fight in which Reardon is worsted. Rea…
36. The Fate of Number One
1915 · ★ 0.0
Their demand for money having gone unheeded, Garibaldi and his gang wreck Number One. Howard, who at…
37. A Deed of Daring
1915 · ★ 0.0
Upon learning that a gang of smugglers are using freight cars to bring Chinamen across the border, t…
38. The Girl on the Engine
1915 · ★ 0.0
When informed by Helen that the rival railroad proposes to cross the Salt Lake's tracks, McKay, Divi…
39. The Runaway Boxcar
1915 · ★ 0.0
Disguised as car repairmen, Mealius and Denney get aboard the express car, overpower the express mes…
40. The Substitute Fireman
1915 · ★ 0.0
A warm friendship springs up between Quirkly and Helen, when the fireman saves the girl's life. In h…
41. The Limited's Peril
1915 · ★ 0.0
Wharton, trailing Red Leary and his gang, learns that the men intend to wreck the Limited. Curley, a…
42. A Perilous Chance
1915 · ★ 0.0
Bull, Reno and Red make a getaway after holding up the Limited. Helen later sees the men and summons…
43. Train Order Number Forty-Five
1915 · ★ 0.0
Borden, who nurses a secret grievance against Helen, awaits an opportunity for revenge. The girl tel…
44. The Broken Rail
1915 · ★ 0.0
Spang, a tramp telegrapher, is knocked down by a freight car while walking up the siding near Lone P…
45. Nerves of Steel
1915 · ★ 0.0
Detective Strong is warned that an attempt will be made to free the crooks he is taking to the penit…
46. A Girl's Grit
1915 · ★ 0.0
After robbing the bank at Orlock, Cherry and Newton make their getaway. When on the outskirts of Lon…
47. A Matter of Seconds
1915 · ★ 0.0
Dawson, a newcomer to the division, meets Helen while the girl is riding in the freight engine with …
48. The Watertank Plot
1915 · ★ 0.0
Fearing lest Cameron's horse beat the pony he has plunged on, Tony Dorgan orders one of his men to b…
49. A Test of Courage
1915 · ★ 0.0
Confronting Helen at the Lone Point Switch Tower, Denning and his pal imprison the girl in a clothes…
50. A Mile a Minute
1915 · ★ 0.0
Hume and Frintz, while riding in a boxcar, see a trunk in the unguarded baggage car of a passenger t…
51. The Rescue of the Brakeman's Children
1915 · ★ 0.0
Discharged for drinking, Coleman attempts to get even by releasing the brakes on an empty boxcar, to…
52. Danger Ahead!
1915 · ★ 0.0
Sterling and Ella steal a jewelry salesman's sample bag and make their getaway by boarding a passeng…
53. The Girl and the Special
1915 · ★ 0.0
Disguised as baggage man, Burgess and Whelan board the train to which is coupled the special carryin…
54. The Girl on the Bridge
1915 · ★ 0.0
Communicating with his pals outside, Daly informs them as to the date upon which he is to be taken f…
55. The Dynamite Train
1915 · ★ 0.0
The shifting of the dynamite contained in a boxcar causes the latter to be cut from the freight and …
56. The Tramp Telegrapher
1915 · ★ 0.0
Beaten by Dun and Corson, Trent is hurled unconscious to the tracks. Helen, who witnesses the attack…
57. Crossed Wires
1915 · ★ 0.0
Crossed telephone wires enable Helen to overhear a plot between Joe and Bill, escaped convicts, to j…
58. The Wrong Train Order
1915 · ★ 5.0
In this episode everything goes wrong. Helen ends up on the rear observation deck of a runaway expre…
59. A Boy at the Throttle
1915 · ★ 0.0
Climbing into a cab of a freight engine, Bobbie Layson, the son of a station pulls the throttle open…
60. At the Risk of Her Life
1916 · ★ 10.0
Tony, a half-breed Mexican is kicked from pillar to post, but he grasps a chance for revenge on soci…
61. When Seconds Count
1916 · ★ 0.0
#61 in the Hazards of Helen series
62. The Haunted Station
1916 · ★ 0.0
A fall from a semaphore weakens Wood's mind and when he later disappears circumstances point to suic…
63. The Open Track
1916 · ★ 5.5
"The Open Track" is a short action film from the action series of short films "The Hazards of Helen"…
64. Tapped Wires
1916 · ★ 0.0
After binding Helen to prevent her from stopping the express train to have it await an armed guard, …
65. The Broken Wire
1916 · ★ 0.0
When the Limited is forced to stop because of an obstruction on the tracks, the passengers alight fo…
66. The Peril of the Rails
1916 · ★ 0.0
Apparent carelessness causes Conductor Lawton and his train crew to be laid off for thirty days. A g…
67. The Perilous Swing
1916 · ★ 0.0
Helen is enjoying a ride on her horse, "Hazard," after her day's work, when news comes that "Red" Pu…
68. The Switchman's Story
1916 · ★ 0.0
Number 68 in the Hazards of Helen series.
69. The Girl Telegrapher's Nerve
1916 · ★ 0.0
Steve Nelson, a clever crook, arrives at the little station where Helen is operator. He lives quietl…
70. A Race for a Life
1916 · ★ 0.0
A college boy's prank imperils the life of the railroad president's son who has worked his way up to…
71. The Girl Who Dared
1916 · ★ 0.0
The smugglers seem in a fair way to escape on a stolen engine when Helen, unhitching a team from a n…
72. The Detective's Peril
1916 · ★ 0.0
Hanging from a rope over the track, the detective seems certain to plunge to death when the oncoming…
73. The Trapping of 'Peeler' White
1916 · ★ 0.0
Dick Benton is making a game attempt to start life all over again, after escaping from prison where …
74. The Record Run
1916 · ★ 0.0
The story is built around the rivalry of two railroads, and the record run that is to decide the awa…
75. The Race for a Siding
1916 · ★ 0.0
Through an accomplice the band of conspirators preying on railroads succeed in having the boxcar loa…
76. The Governor's Special
1916 · ★ 0.0
The film is directed by James Davis from a story by Edward T. Matlack. In this episode Helen Gibson …
77. The Trail of Danger
1916 · ★ 0.0
Following the wreck of the pay-car, it is rifled by a band of conspirators. All but one of the band …
78. The Human Telegram
1916 · ★ 0.0
To prevent a three mile journey around the mountain the telegraph wires at the construction camp hav…
79. The Bridge of Danger
1916 · ★ 0.0
The new superintendent's first order on taking the post eliminates the men whom he terms old, which …
80. One Chance in a Hundred
1916 · ★ 0.0
Billy Warren, timekeeper on the construction job, arouses the enmity of Brent and Easton when he res…
81. The Capture of Red Stanley
1916 · ★ 0.0
Red Stanley's band has successfully robbed the express car and the members are making good their esc…
82. The Spiked Switch
1916 · ★ 0.0
Trent returns to the throttle too soon after his recovery from illness. On the following day Ruth, h…
83. The Treasure Train
1916 · ★ 0.0
"Red" Byrd and his aides succeed in learning that a large treasure is being shipped on a certain fre…
84. A Race Through the Air
1916 · ★ 0.0
The 84th film in the Hazards of Helen series
85. In Death's Pathway
1916 · ★ 0.0
Burkett, superintendent of the Western Railway, opposes his daughter's friendship for Dick Benton, o…
86. The Mysterious Cipher
1916 · ★ 0.0
Chilton, a crooked dealer in antiques, decides on a daring scheme to recoup his finances by defraudi…
87. The Engineer's Honor
1916 · ★ 0.0
Circumstances make Helen think that Jack, the engineer and son of the road's auditor, is guilty of t…
88. To Save the Road
1916 · ★ 0.0
The vote stands a tie on the railroad bill that will mean ruin to the Western line should it pass th…
89. The Broken Brake
1916 · ★ 0.0
In a scuffle between the assistant foreman and a discharged employee at the mountain construction ca…
90. A Plunge from the Sky
1916 · ★ 0.0
Agents of a foreign power are seeking to get possession of the plans of a new aeroplane motor invent…
91. A Mystery of the Rails
1916 · ★ 0.0
Jud Hendricks, foreman of the construction camp, is being blackmailed by Gypsy Joe, who knows of a d…
92. Hurled Through the Drawbridge
1916 · ★ 0.0
Learning that the driver of the Comet car has been disabled on the eve of the big race, Sinton, a ga…
93. With the Aid of the Wrecker
1916 · ★ 0.0
Greggs, returning from abroad with a large consignment of precious stones, thwarts the first attempt…
94. At Danger's Call
1916 · ★ 0.0
Helen, discharged by the superintendent without justification, comes to the rescue when a flat car, …
95. The Secret of the Box Car
1916 · ★ 0.0
Escaping after an early morning bank robbery, Gentleman Joe and his pal succeed in boarding a freigh…
96. Ablaze on the Rails
1916 · ★ 0.0
Helen, by a courageous leap from a motorcycle, reaches the burning boxcar in which the detectives ar…
97. The Hoodoo of Division B
1916 · ★ 0.0
The new superintendent scoffs at the men's fear of Engine 3615, and declares that it must be put int…
98. Defying Death
1916 · ★ 0.0
Dick Benton, a young attorney of the railroad, is on his way to the Capitol to deliver evidence invo…
99. The Death Swing
1916 · ★ 0.0
Stallings' plot to spoil the demonstration of Dick Benton's newly invented safety stop for trains se…
100. The Blocked Track
1916 · ★ 0.0
On a visit to the State Prison with Superintendent Melvin of the construction camp near Lone Point. …
101. To Save the Special
1916 · ★ 0.0
Film 101 in the Hazards of Helen series
102. A Daring Chance
1916 · ★ 0.0
Film 102 in the Hazards of Helen series.
103. The Lost Messenger
1916 · ★ 0.0
Film 103 in the Hazards of Helen series
104. The Gate of Death
1916 · ★ 0.0
Film 104 in the Hazards of Helen series
105. The Lone Point Mystery
1916 · ★ 0.0
Film 105 in the Hazards of Helen series
106. The Runaway Sleeper
1916 · ★ 0.0
Film 106 in the Hazards of Helen series
107. The Forgotten Train Order
1916 · ★ 0.0
107th film in the Hazards of Helen series
108. The Trial Run
1916 · ★ 0.0
Film 108 in the Hazards of Helen series
109. The Lineman's Peril
1916 · ★ 0.0
Film #109 in the Hazards of Helen series
110. The Midnight Express
1916 · ★ 0.0
Film #110 in the Hazards of Helen series.
111. The Vanishing Box Car
1916 · ★ 0.0
Film 111 of the Hazards of Helen film series
112. A Race with Death
1916 · ★ 0.0
Film #112 in the Hazards of Helen series.
113. The Mogul Mountain Mystery
1917 · ★ 0.0
Bert Morgan and "Squint" Booth are freight agents for rival railroads concerned in getting the contr…
114. The Fireman's Nemesis
1917 · ★ 0.0
Joe, the Wop, employed in the roundhouse near Lone Point is notified that he has been promoted and w…
115. The Wrecked Station
1917 · ★ 0.0
Helen, the telegraph operator at Lone Point, receives a telegram for Sydney Wayne, superintendent of…
116. The Railroad Claim Intrigue
1917 · ★ 0.0
Barstow, a crook, conceives the idea of buying old automobiles, staging "accidents" with them, and s…
117. The Death Siding
1917 · ★ 0.0
Helen, the telegraph operator at the Lone Point Station, shields Miguel, a greaser, under suspicion …
118. The Prima Donna's Special
1917 · ★ 0.0
Helen, station agent and telegraph operator at Lone Point, is in despair over a broken sounder when …
119. The Sidetracked Sleeper
1917 · ★ 0.0
Rupert Winslow, traffic superintendent of the railroad that employs Helen as operator at Lone Point,…
120. The Hazards of Helen
1917 · ★ 0.0
The Hazards of Helen is an American melodramatic adventure film serial of 119 twelve-minute episodes…