The Hazards of Helen Silent Film Screening

In anticipation of author Mallory O'Meara's talk about Helen Gibson, Hollywood's first stuntwomen, see what all the excitement is about and watch episodes of the Hazards of Helen, the silent film serial that launched Helen Gibson's career!

Then, join us on Friday, Aug. 22 at 6:30 p.m. for an author talk and book signing with award-winning author Mallory O’Meara where she will discuss her book Daughter of Daring and Helen Gibson. You can register for the author talk here.

About The Hazards of Helen:

The Hazards of Helen starred an independent, quick-thinking, and inventive heroine. The film offered repeated dramatic situations for Helen, a telegrapher, 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 single-handedly collared the bad guys, bringing them to justice.