61 films in catalog

Edward T. Matlack

61 películas

Story (48) Writer (13)
Helen's Sacrifice 1914

Helen's Sacrifice

In the first entry in the popular Hazards of Helen series, Helen, the night telegraph oper…

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1914

The Car of Death

In this film Helen Holmes was clearly rehearsing for the role that brought to her fame and…

The Escape on the Limited 1914

The Escape on the Limited

Brandt, a defaulting cashier, hiding in Lone Point in his effort to throw detectives off h…

The Girl at the Throttle 1914

The Girl at the Throttle

Helen, the telegrapher at Downing Junction, receives word that an engineer has been accide…

The Lost Mail Sack 1914

The Lost Mail Sack

A piece of lumber projecting from the side of a freight car picks up the mail sack hanging…

The Plot at the Railroad Cut 1914

The Plot at the Railroad Cut

In the second entry of the popular Hazards of Helen series, Helen, is temporarily assigned…

A Boy at the Throttle 1915

A Boy at the Throttle

Climbing into a cab of a freight engine, Bobbie Layson, the son of a station pulls the thr…

A Girl's Grit 1915

A Girl's Grit

After robbing the bank at Orlock, Cherry and Newton make their getaway. When on the outski…

A Matter of Seconds 1915

A Matter of Seconds

Dawson, a newcomer to the division, meets Helen while the girl is riding in the freight en…

A Mile a Minute 1915

A Mile a Minute

Hume and Frintz, while riding in a boxcar, see a trunk in the unguarded baggage car of a p…

A Race for a Crossing 1915

A Race for a Crossing

Sharky, a rival road agent, plots to spoil a trial run to be made on Helen's road that wil…

A Railroader's Bravery 1915

A Railroader's Bravery

When Helen learns that wiretappers have make a prisoner of Henry, the relief operator, she…

A Test of Courage 1915

A Test of Courage

Confronting Helen at the Lone Point Switch Tower, Denning and his pal imprison the girl in…

In Danger's Path 1915

In Danger's Path

Helen is captured by two yeggmen who throw her into a refrigerator car; finding a meat hoo…

Near Eternity 1915

Near Eternity

A quarryman, dismissed because of intoxication, blames Billy, the mail clerk, and seeks re…

Nerves of Steel 1915

Nerves of Steel

Detective Strong is warned that an attempt will be made to free the crooks he is taking to…

The Broken Circuit 1915

The Broken Circuit

Attempting to prevent an armed robbery in the paymaster's office, Helen is bound and gagge…

The Broken Rail 1915

The Broken Rail

Spang, a tramp telegrapher, is knocked down by a freight car while walking up the siding n…

The Broken Train 1915

The Broken Train

Helen spotting two jewel robbers sever the telegraph wires and hop onto a passing freight,…

The Death Train 1915

The Death Train

The smashed corner of a trunk containing counterfeiting paraphernalia reveals to Helen tha…

The Dynamite Train 1915

The Dynamite Train

The shifting of the dynamite contained in a boxcar causes the latter to be cut from the fr…

The Engineer's Peril 1915

The Engineer's Peril

Helen, the operator at Hobart, warns her friend Anna, the operator at Montville, that Tim…

The Fast Mail's Danger 1915

The Fast Mail's Danger

Down and out, Bob, an engineer, drifts into town. His condition excites Helen's sympathy.…

The Girl and the Special 1915

The Girl and the Special

Disguised as baggage man, Burgess and Whelan board the train to which is coupled the speci…

The Girl at Lone Point 1915

The Girl at Lone Point

Helen catches two yeggmen who have broken into a freight car which has been detached from…

The Girl on the Bridge 1915

The Girl on the Bridge

Communicating with his pals outside, Daly informs them as to the date upon which he is to…

The Girl on the Engine 1915

The Girl on the Engine

When informed by Helen that the rival railroad proposes to cross the Salt Lake's tracks, M…

The Girl on the Trestle 1915

The Girl on the Trestle

A wagon load of powder explodes, destroying the railroad trestle under which it is passing…

The Girl Telegrapher's Peril 1915

The Girl Telegrapher's Peril

Blake, a quarrelsome lineman, and a widower with two daughters, is in love with Helen, but…

The Hazards of Helen Ep26: The Wild Engine 1915

The Hazards of Helen Ep26: The Wild Engine

Helen, informed of the danger which menaces an excursion train because another engine on t…

The Hazards of Helen: Episode13, The Escape on the Fast Freight 1915

The Hazards of Helen: Episode13, The Escape on the Fast Freight

Two tramps hold up small-town Ferndale's railway station night operator Helen, lock her in…

The Leap from the Water Tower 1915

The Leap from the Water Tower

Rand, a vengeful discharged fireman, tampers with the airbrakes of a large freight locomot…

The Limited's Peril 1915

The Limited's Peril

Wharton, trailing Red Leary and his gang, learns that the men intend to wreck the Limited.…

The Little Engineer 1915

The Little Engineer

While Hastings, the engineer of Freight No. 3205 is at lunch- in the Lone Point station, B…

The Midnight Limited 1915

The Midnight Limited

Under the influence of liquor, Griffin foolishly displays a roll of bills. Wheeler and Wal…

The Open Drawbridge 1915

The Open Drawbridge

Benton, railroad detective, is assigned to run down the crooks who have been breaking into…