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Leaping off galloping horses, teetering atop speeding locomotives and jumping out of airplanes — feats like these were all in a day’s work for Helen Gibson, a Hollywood film star who put the “hazard” in “The Hazards of Helen,” a wildly popular silent movie serial she starred in from 1915-1917. In this week’s episode, Amy reviews Daughter of Daring — a brand new biography of Gibson by Mallory O’Meara that tells her life story in the larger context of women’s history in Hollywood. Find out why Gibson is worth remembering as  “The Most Daring Actress in Pictures.”

Mentioned in this episode:

Daughter of Daring: The Trick-Riding, Train-Leaping, Road-Racing Life of Helen Gibson by Mallory O’Meara

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Lost Ladies of Lit Episode No. 155 on Hollywood’s Golden Age for Women

“The Hazards of Helen” film clip starring Helen Gibson

Helen Holmes

Frances Marion

Lois Weber

Mary Pickford

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