Movies

'Devon. Farming brothers give home to orphan shepherdess evicted for suspected immorality.' (British Film Catalogue)

HELEN OF FOUR GATES was made in Hebden Bridge in 1920 by silent film pioneer Cecil M. Hepworth, based on a popular novel of the same name. Reportedly...

Cut-out animated parody of Hamlet by pioneering British animator Anson Dyer.

This is the first movie version of the famous story. Alice dozes in a garden, awakened by a dithering white rabbit in waistcoat with pocket watch....

'Lady introduces wounded cobbler to Minister of Pensions, who makes him gift from King's Fund.' (British Film Catalogue)

An Essec sailor helps a girl save an heir from his crooked uncle.

A jealous girl breaks up a friend's engagement with a fake wedding announcement.

Documentary on the process of hay-making, from the cutting of the grass to the stacking of the hay.

A rich man's son loves a nature girl loved by a gypsy who is really her half brother.

A man preparing for a trip encounters a series of mysterious problems.

A soldier's tunic button, made from Aladdin's lamp, grants his wishes.

A man fakes an engagement to a typist to please his rich aunt.

Young heiress Margaret Yeoland is found unconscious on the Devonshire moors by a disillusioned author, Denis Marlowe. She tells him she has run away...

Two identical sisters are able to switch places, leading to a series of unfortunate incidents.

Dog Rover, from Rescued by Rover fame, chases a kidnapper's car and while he is in a pub, drives it safely home and thus saves the baby.

A girl wins her rival's fiancé with a fake marriage announcement.

Anson Dyer's animation of the age-old fable, made for Hepworth.

Molly Bawn. British silent drama movie. Directed by Cecil M Hepworth. Starring Alma Taylor, Stewart Rome an Violet Hopson. adaptation of the1878...

Cecil Hepworth’s Vivaphone film features Hay Plumb singing George Robins’ optimistic 1906 ditty concerning the mischievous responses of a...