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The Stool Pigeon (1915)

Hickey, a contemptible character, acts as a spy for the police, keeping them posted concerning the doings of the crooks with whom he consorts. In return, the police, although they despise him, pay him small sums of money for expenses.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Powell
CAST:  Lee Shumway  •  Velma Whitman  •  George Routh  •  R. Henry Grey

Hickey, a contemptible character, acts as a spy for the police, keeping them posted concerning the doings of the crooks with whom he consorts. In return, the police, although they despise him, pay him small sums of money for expenses.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Powell
CAST:  Lee Shumway  •  Velma Whitman  •  George Routh  •  R. Henry Grey

The Quack (1914)

James MacDonald, familiarly known as "Slim Jim," who prefers to make a livelihood by stealth rather than by honest endeavor, leaves his wife and young son one evening, and with the assistance of a "pal" succeeds in fleecing a stranger at "Three Card Monte" for a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wilbert Melville
CAST:  Lee Shumway  •  Velma Whitman  •  William Dennis  •  George Routh

James MacDonald, familiarly known as "Slim Jim," who prefers to make a livelihood by stealth rather than by honest endeavor, leaves his wife and young son one evening, and with the assistance of a "pal" succeeds in fleecing a stranger at "Three Card Monte" for a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wilbert Melville
CAST:  Lee Shumway  •  Velma Whitman  •  William Dennis  •  George Routh

The Broken Brake (1916)

In a scuffle between the assistant foreman and a discharged employee at the mountain construction camp the latter's revolver is fired, bringing about a dynamite explosion that severely injures many of the men.  (more)

DIRECTION:  J. Gunnis Davis
CAST:  Helen Gibson  •  George Routh  •  Scott Pembroke  •  George A. Williams

In a scuffle between the assistant foreman and a discharged employee at the mountain construction camp the latter's revolver is fired, bringing about a dynamite explosion that severely injures many of the men.  (more)

DIRECTION:  J. Gunnis Davis
CAST:  Helen Gibson  •  George Routh  •  Scott Pembroke  •  George A. Williams

In Death's Pathway (1916)

Burkett, superintendent of the Western Railway, opposes his daughter's friendship for Dick Benton, one of the company's lawyers, favoring the latter's fellow-worker, Guy Warren. Warren succeeds in putting through a scheme which results in Dick's discharge. The ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  J. Gunnis Davis
CAST:  Helen Gibson  •  Scott Pembroke  •  Pearl Anibus  •  George A. Williams

Burkett, superintendent of the Western Railway, opposes his daughter's friendship for Dick Benton, one of the company's lawyers, favoring the latter's fellow-worker, Guy Warren. Warren succeeds in putting through a scheme which results in Dick's discharge. The ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  J. Gunnis Davis
CAST:  Helen Gibson  •  Scott Pembroke  •  Pearl Anibus  •  George A. Williams

A Plunge from the Sky (1916)

Agents of a foreign power are seeking to get possession of the plans of a new aeroplane motor invented by Dick Benton. Under cover of darkness they succeed in their scheme and are escaping in their automobile when it plunges over an embankment near Lone Point.  (more)

DIRECTION:  J. Gunnis Davis
CAST:  Helen Gibson  •  Scott Pembroke  •  George A. Williams  •  George Routh

Agents of a foreign power are seeking to get possession of the plans of a new aeroplane motor invented by Dick Benton. Under cover of darkness they succeed in their scheme and are escaping in their automobile when it plunges over an embankment near Lone Point.  (more)

DIRECTION:  J. Gunnis Davis
CAST:  Helen Gibson  •  Scott Pembroke  •  George A. Williams  •  George Routh

A Mystery of the Rails (1916)

Jud Hendricks, foreman of the construction camp, is being blackmailed by Gypsy Joe, who knows of a dark page in the Hendricks' past. Hendricks and Tom Rasom are rivals for the favor of Helen, with Tom in the lead. The latter, an engineer, is about to take his train ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  J. Gunnis Davis
CAST:  Helen Gibson  •  Scott Pembroke  •  George A. Williams  •  O. Filippi

Jud Hendricks, foreman of the construction camp, is being blackmailed by Gypsy Joe, who knows of a dark page in the Hendricks' past. Hendricks and Tom Rasom are rivals for the favor of Helen, with Tom in the lead. The latter, an engineer, is about to take his train ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  J. Gunnis Davis
CAST:  Helen Gibson  •  Scott Pembroke  •  George A. Williams  •  O. Filippi

Hurled Through the Drawbridge (1916)

Learning that the driver of the Comet car has been disabled on the eve of the big race, Sinton, a gambler, bets heavily on its rival. But his plans go awry when Gordon, the owner of the Comet car, meets Naroche, a celebrated French driver, and engages him to pilot ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  J. Gunnis Davis
CAST:  Helen Gibson  •  Scott Pembroke  •  George A. Williams  •  Glen Gano

Learning that the driver of the Comet car has been disabled on the eve of the big race, Sinton, a gambler, bets heavily on its rival. But his plans go awry when Gordon, the owner of the Comet car, meets Naroche, a celebrated French driver, and engages him to pilot ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  J. Gunnis Davis
CAST:  Helen Gibson  •  Scott Pembroke  •  George A. Williams  •  Glen Gano

With the Aid of the Wrecker (1916)

Greggs, returning from abroad with a large consignment of precious stones, thwarts the first attempt of Gentleman Joe and his accomplice to rob him at his hotel, but they follow him aboard the train the when he is alone on the observation platform they attack him, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  J. Gunnis Davis
CAST:  Helen Gibson  •  George A. Williams  •  Scott Pembroke  •  George Routh

Greggs, returning from abroad with a large consignment of precious stones, thwarts the first attempt of Gentleman Joe and his accomplice to rob him at his hotel, but they follow him aboard the train the when he is alone on the observation platform they attack him, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  J. Gunnis Davis
CAST:  Helen Gibson  •  George A. Williams  •  Scott Pembroke  •  George Routh

At Danger's Call (1916)

Helen, discharged by the superintendent without justification, comes to the rescue when a flat car, loaded with dynamite, is tearing to certain destruction down the grade, bearing the mischievous son of the superintendent.  (more)

DIRECTION:  J. Gunnis Davis
CAST:  Helen Gibson  •  George A. Williams  •  Scott Pembroke  •  George Routh

Helen, discharged by the superintendent without justification, comes to the rescue when a flat car, loaded with dynamite, is tearing to certain destruction down the grade, bearing the mischievous son of the superintendent.  (more)

DIRECTION:  J. Gunnis Davis
CAST:  Helen Gibson  •  George A. Williams  •  Scott Pembroke  •  George Routh

The Secret of the Box Car (1916)

Escaping after an early morning bank robbery, Gentleman Joe and his pal succeed in boarding a freight train headed toward Lone Point. Fearing rightly that a warning has been sent down the line, they secrete their loot in a box car, and, after noting its number, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  J. Gunnis Davis
CAST:  Helen Gibson  •  George A. Williams  •  Scott Pembroke  •  George Routh

Escaping after an early morning bank robbery, Gentleman Joe and his pal succeed in boarding a freight train headed toward Lone Point. Fearing rightly that a warning has been sent down the line, they secrete their loot in a box car, and, after noting its number, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  J. Gunnis Davis
CAST:  Helen Gibson  •  George A. Williams  •  Scott Pembroke  •  George Routh

Ablaze on the Rails (1916)

Helen, by a courageous leap from a motorcycle, reaches the burning boxcar in which the detectives are imprisoned and succeeds in applying the brakes in time to bring it to a stop and save them from almost certain death.  (more)

DIRECTION:  J. Gunnis Davis
CAST:  Helen Gibson  •  Scott Pembroke  •  George Routh  •  Jack Messick

Helen, by a courageous leap from a motorcycle, reaches the burning boxcar in which the detectives are imprisoned and succeeds in applying the brakes in time to bring it to a stop and save them from almost certain death.  (more)

DIRECTION:  J. Gunnis Davis
CAST:  Helen Gibson  •  Scott Pembroke  •  George Routh  •  Jack Messick

The Hoodoo of Division B (1916)

The new superintendent scoffs at the men's fear of Engine 3615, and declares that it must be put into service at once. Engineer Kent, a veteran of the road, refuses to take the throttle and is discharged. Dick Benton, a young engineer, is induced to take the engine ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  J. Gunnis Davis
CAST:  Helen Gibson  •  George A. Williams  •  Scott Pembroke  •  George Routh

The new superintendent scoffs at the men's fear of Engine 3615, and declares that it must be put into service at once. Engineer Kent, a veteran of the road, refuses to take the throttle and is discharged. Dick Benton, a young engineer, is induced to take the engine ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  J. Gunnis Davis
CAST:  Helen Gibson  •  George A. Williams  •  Scott Pembroke  •  George Routh

Defying Death (1916)

Dick Benton, a young attorney of the railroad, is on his way to the Capitol to deliver evidence involving Riggs in a conspiracy arising out of a fight with the railroad over a franchise. At Lone Point he learns that by leaving the package to be picked up by the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  J. Gunnis Davis
CAST:  Helen Gibson  •  George A. Williams  •  Scott Pembroke  •  George Routh

Dick Benton, a young attorney of the railroad, is on his way to the Capitol to deliver evidence involving Riggs in a conspiracy arising out of a fight with the railroad over a franchise. At Lone Point he learns that by leaving the package to be picked up by the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  J. Gunnis Davis
CAST:  Helen Gibson  •  George A. Williams  •  Scott Pembroke  •  George Routh

The Death Swing (1916)

Stallings' plot to spoil the demonstration of Dick Benton's 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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  J. Gunnis Davis
CAST:  Helen Gibson  •  Scott Pembroke  •  George A. Williams  •  George Routh

Stallings' plot to spoil the demonstration of Dick Benton's 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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  J. Gunnis Davis
CAST:  Helen Gibson  •  Scott Pembroke  •  George A. Williams  •  George Routh

The Blocked Track (1916)

On a visit to the State Prison with Superintendent Melvin of the construction camp near Lone Point. Helen gains the friendship of Butler, a former telegrapher who had been wrongfully convicted on circumstantial evidence. Butler is soon to be released and Helen ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  J. Gunnis Davis
CAST:  Helen Gibson  •  Scott Pembroke  •  George A. Williams  •  George Routh

On a visit to the State Prison with Superintendent Melvin of the construction camp near Lone Point. Helen gains the friendship of Butler, a former telegrapher who had been wrongfully convicted on circumstantial evidence. Butler is soon to be released and Helen ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  J. Gunnis Davis
CAST:  Helen Gibson  •  Scott Pembroke  •  George A. Williams  •  George Routh

To Save the Special (1916)

Film 101 in the Hazards of Helen series  (more)

DIRECTION:  J. Gunnis Davis
CAST:  Helen Gibson  •  Scott Pembroke  •  George Routh  •  George A. Williams

Film 101 in the Hazards of Helen series  (more)

DIRECTION:  J. Gunnis Davis
CAST:  Helen Gibson  •  Scott Pembroke  •  George Routh  •  George A. Williams

A Daring Chance (1916)

Film 102 in the Hazards of Helen series.  (more)

DIRECTION:  J. Gunnis Davis
CAST:  Helen Gibson  •  George Routh  •  True Eames Boardman  •  Scott Pembroke

Film 102 in the Hazards of Helen series.  (more)

DIRECTION:  J. Gunnis Davis
CAST:  Helen Gibson  •  George Routh  •  True Eames Boardman  •  Scott Pembroke

The Lost Messenger (1916)

Film 103 in the Hazards of Helen series  (more)

DIRECTION:  J. Gunnis Davis
CAST:  Helen Gibson  •  Scott Pembroke  •  George A. Williams  •  George Routh

Film 103 in the Hazards of Helen series  (more)

DIRECTION:  J. Gunnis Davis
CAST:  Helen Gibson  •  Scott Pembroke  •  George A. Williams  •  George Routh

The Gate of Death (1916)

Film 104 in the Hazards of Helen series  (more)

DIRECTION:  J. Gunnis Davis
CAST:  Helen Gibson  •  Scott Pembroke  •  George A. Williams  •  George Routh

Film 104 in the Hazards of Helen series  (more)

DIRECTION:  J. Gunnis Davis
CAST:  Helen Gibson  •  Scott Pembroke  •  George A. Williams  •  George Routh

The Lone Point Mystery (1916)

Film 105 in the Hazards of Helen series  (more)

DIRECTION:  Walter Morton
CAST:  Helen Gibson  •  George Routh  •  Scott Pembroke  •  George A. Williams

Film 105 in the Hazards of Helen series  (more)

DIRECTION:  Walter Morton
CAST:  Helen Gibson  •  George Routh  •  Scott Pembroke  •  George A. Williams
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