This may be the first instance of a "damsel" tied to the tracks.
Silent Movie Myth: Tied to the Railroad Tracks
These plays about mustache-twirling villains tying heroines (or heroes) tied to railroad tracks are takeoffs on real melodramas of the 19th ...
I believe that The Perils of Pauline (1914) is the source of that cliche – if it wasn't the first, it was certainly the most well-known.
... heroine saves the hero from certain death tied to the railroad track.
Despite popular associations, Pauline was never tied to railroad tracks in the series, an image that comes
In the dramatic endings to silent movies, the heroine was tied to the railroad tracks by the villain, with the audience wondering if the hero would ...
... our heroine tied to the railroad track, the steam locomotive bearing
A well-known example is the cliché of the moustache-twirling villain leaving the heroine tied to railroad tracks. Its use in the James Bond film series and superhero ...
There never was any scene with the heroine tied to railroad tracks in the original The Perils of Pauline (1914). The scene like that in this film is actually a ...