The Maid at the Helm 1911 Directed by Francis Boggs
The voyage of the "Minnehaha" ends in disaster, and everyone, with the exception of Captain Barker, his daughter Elizabeth, and the mate, Bill, perish. Picked up by the whaler "Dakota" all seems well at first but Bill, half-crazy from exposure, becomes insanely jealous of the ship’s Captain Treavor. He accosts Elizabeth, who fights him off with Treavor coming to her aid. At one point he overpowers the remainder of the crew by taking them unawares and orders the ship to be put under way. Elizabeth, however, releases her father and the crew and retakes the ship. With Bill safely captured and bound with ropes the men give rousing cheers of thanksgiving for preservation from a sudden death.
Language
English
Spoken Language
No Language
Gnere
Drama
Production Company
Selig Polyscope Company
Release Date 7 December 1911
14 mins
Cast
Hobart Bosworth
Bill Hartley
Sydney Ayres
Capt. Treavor
Fred Huntley
Capt. Barker
Betty Harte
Elizabeth Barker
Tom Santschi
Stone - First Mate of the Dakota
Herbert Rawlinson
Shaw - Second Mate of the Dakota
George Hernandez
Rastus - the Cook
