The Hazards of Helen (1914)
- Directed by
- Paul Hurst, J. P. McGowan, Helen Holmes, Robert G. Vignola
- Genre
- drama film, action film, silent film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 16h 39m
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A series of short silent melodramas follows a female telegraph operator and her adventures. Each episode is a self-contained story with a crisis or threat.
fast-pacedepisodicmelodramaticperilousnostalgicaction-packeddatedfragmented
What happens
The Hazards of Helen is an American adventure film serial (or possibly a film series) of 119 twelve-minute episodes released over a span of slightly more than two years by the Kalem Company between November 14, 1914, and February 17, 1917. At 23.8 hours, it is one of the longest non-feature-length motion picture series ever filmed, and is believed to be the longest of the film serial format. Based on a novel by John Russell Corvell and the play by Denman Thompson, the series was adapted to the silent screen by W. Scott Darling. Episodes 1-48 were directed by J.P. McGowan and the remainder by J. Gunnis Davis, who was credited as James Davis. 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 serial are presumed lost. Others are available online. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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