Smashing Barriers

Smashing Barriers

10 mins | Action, Adventure | Sept. 1, 1919

When sawmill owner Helen Cole is kidnapped by bandits, it falls on lumberjack Dan Stevens to rescue her, but "Wirenail" Hedges is not willing to give up without a fight. Originally a fifteen-episode serial, all that is known to survive of "Smashing Barriers" today is this single reel abridgment created for the home movie market in 1932.

Smashing Barriers

10 mins | Action, Adventure | Sept. 1, 1919

Smashing Barriers
When sawmill owner Helen Cole is kidnapped by bandits, it falls on lumberjack Dan Stevens to rescue her, but "Wirenail" Hedges is not willing to give up without a fight. Originally a fifteen-episode serial, all that is known to survive of "Smashing Barriers" today is this single reel abridgment created for the home movie market in 1932.
Producers Vitagraph Company of America
Original title Smashing Barriers
Directors William Duncan
Writers R. Cecil Smith, Cyrus Townsend Brady, Albert E. Smith, C. Graham Baker

Cast

William Duncan

as Dan Stevens

Edith Johnson

as Helen Cole

Joe Ryan

as "Wirenail" Hedges