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Mistaken Orders

Mistaken Orders

25m

June 29, 1925 (100 years ago)

Overview

Vincent Barton, the son of the vice-president of a railroad company, takes a job as the depot agent at Bynes. He fires one of Tony Sharkey's henchmen, scheming against the railroad, and, as a result, a fight takes place and a switching order is overlooked which nearly results in a major wreck. Realizing the situation at Hynes, Helen Barton, Vincent's sister, dashes to Hynes in her roadster and puts together a severed telegraph wire to put the station back in communications with headquarters. Meanwhile, Helen's sweetheart, Tom Lawson, is fighting with Sharkey in a run-away engine and it is headed for an open bridge over a river.

ActorAge thenAge now
Helen Holmes

Helen Holmes

Helen Barton

Birthday: June 19, 1892

33 July 8, 1950 (58)
Jack Perrin

Jack Perrin

Tom Lawson

Birthday: July 24, 1896

28 December 17, 1967 (71)
Harry Tenbrook

Harry Tenbrook

Tony Sharkey

Birthday: October 8, 1887

37 September 14, 1960 (72)
Henry A. Barrows

Henry A. Barrows

Gen. Barton

Birthday: April 29, 1875

50 March 25, 1945 (69)
Mack V. Wright

Mack V. Wright

The Day Agent

Birthday: March 8, 1894

31 August 14, 1965 (71)
Alice Belcher

Alice Belcher

Jane Moriarity

Birthday: April 12, 1880

45 May 9, 1939 (59)
Hal Walters

Hal Walters

Vince Barton

Birthday: January 29, 1892

33 September 7, 1940 (48)
Cecil Kellogg

Cecil Kellogg

The Night Operator

Birthday: -

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Arthur Millett

Arthur Millett

Tom Lawson's Father

Birthday: April 21, 1874

51 February 24, 1952 (77)