The Hazards of Helen

The Hazards of Helen is an American adventure film serial or possibly a film series of 119 twelveminute episodes released over a span of slightly more than two years by the Kalem Company between November 7, 1914 and February 24, 1917.

Starring an independent, quickthinking and inventive heroine, the series was filmed on location in the city of Glendale and in various parts of Tuolumne County in California. The film offered repeated dramatic situations for Helen using such props as a moving train, a runaway boxcar, a heroine in distress tied to the railroad tracks, and other dangers. Helen did such things as leap off the roof of a building, roar around a sharp mountain curve behind the wheel of her speeding car, or jump onto a moving train from a car or a galloping horse while chasing the bad guy train robbers. Although the plot occasionally called for Helen to be rescued by a handsome male hero, in most episodes it was the dauntless Helen who found an ingenious way out of her dire predicament and singlehandedly collared the bad guys, bringing them to justice.The film series star, Helen Holmes, who began her career at Keystone Studios, did most of her own stunts. The series used several different stuntmen for the male parts, including Leo D. Maloney and the upandcoming Harold Lloyd. Along with Pearl White, who starred in Paths adventure serial The Perils of Pauline, Helen Holmes became a much talked about national celebrity and major boxoffice draw. ........

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