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The College Boys' Special (1917)
Short | Short, Drama

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The College Boys' Special (1917)

Short | Short, Drama

Bob Cotter and his chums from college are en route for Lone Point on a camping expedition. Helen, the telegraph operator and station agent at Lone Point, is warned of the boys' Fondness for playing pranks, but she promises the conductor to...See moreBob Cotter and his chums from college are en route for Lone Point on a camping expedition. Helen, the telegraph operator and station agent at Lone Point, is warned of the boys' Fondness for playing pranks, but she promises the conductor to set them down hard if they start tampering with any of the railroad's property. Bob, impressed with Helen's beauty, tries to steal a kiss and gets a bucket of water thrown in his face. As the boys start off a little child's ball rolls under Bob's feet. He thoughtlessly kicks it down the tracks. The next instant Helen is running toward the child and reaches it just in time to leap out of the path of the onrushing freight with the baby clasped in her arms. The following week Bob has Helen send a telegram for a freezer of ice cream to be delivered by the down passenger in time for a celebration at camp to which a crowd of girls has been invited. The freezer fails to arrive and the boys start by auto for the next town for it. Their car breaks an axle on the return trip. The boys steal a boxcar, release the brakes, and start to coast toward Lone Point. Bob has volunteered to act as guardian of the brakes, but the overhanging beam of a bridge knocks him senseless. Helen gets a telephone message that a runaway freight car has just passed. Helen sees a saddled horse tied to the platform and mounting rides down the track. As the car comes in sight she wheels around and vaults into the open door, where Bob's chums are standing, unconscious of their peril. Helen crawls to the roof of the car and sets the brakes. Bob comes to in time to see Helen disappear down the tracks on her horse. She beats the car to the switch and sidetracks it, not more than two minutes before the Limited thunders by. The story closes with the boys eating humble pie before Helen and Bob presenting her with his frat pin, the highest honor he could confer. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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Name	Known for
Helen Gibson Helen Helen See fewer	Fighting Mad (1917)
Lloyd Whitlock Bob Cotter (as L. T. Whitlock) Bob Cotter (as L. T. Whitlock) See fewer	The Midnight Express (1924)
George A. Williams Actor Actor See fewer	Super Speed (1925)

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