The Maid at the Helm

Synopsis

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.

Top 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