The Death Swing (1916)

Movie
The Death Swing
Stallings plot to spoil the demonstration of Dick Bentons newly invented safety stop for trains seems certain of success when the locomotive is sent running wild down the tracks Helen saves the day by climbing out on a wire stretching across the tracks and dropping to the speeding engine

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:September 30th, 1916
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.