Cecil M. Hepworth Movies

A professor eating his lunch at his work table becomes suspicious of the taste of his cheese. He puts a slice under the nearby microscope. But the...

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

An inventive use of slow-motion filming helps hammer home the gag as an unconvincing 'Indian chief' hopes to dissolve some trapped wind with a...

Scenes from the coronation of George V. Included on the BFI DVD "A Royal Occasion".

A dramatic scene - and exactly what moving pictures were invented for. With a fixed camera and without a traditional narrative, this film...

A mesmerist, obsessed with putting a beautiful woman under his power, hypnotizes her to try to force her to kill her fiancé. His plans are...

The story of a small valley community that is narrow minded and those who wish to leave it on the train that regularly hurries from the narrow valley.

A troupe of gypsies takes a traveler along with them on their day trip.

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.

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...

Survey of the Boer war with reconstructions and actualities.

A scientist dreams of prehistoric monsters. He awakes in a cavern. A dinosaur chases him, even though he tries to shoot it with his revolver. The...

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

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

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

British propaganda piece warning against buying German goods after the war, summer 1918.

A professor takes daughter's suitor's camera by mistake.

The lacemakers of Honiton, a small town in Devon, who have made bobbin lace since the 16th century.

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