Cecil M. Hepworth Movies

A boy breaks his sister's doll and it mends, grows, tears him up and eats him.

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

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...

A crofter's daughter has a child by an outlaw and is condemned to death when it is stolen by a midwife's mad daughter.

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

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

A Prussian lieutenant rapes a girl in 1870. He is killed by their son in 1914.

A legless beggar with a sign around his neck saying "cripple" pushes himself slowly and laboriously on a trolley along the pavement, soliciting alms...

King of Iran, travel to Europe.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Early footage of Queen Victoria’s funeral.

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