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Browse 58 movies from Hepworth
A woman disapproves of her stepson's love for a girl who goes mad when her drunken father dies in a landslide.
Jul 1920
A Cockney poses as his drowned double, who is saved and poses as a chauffeur.
Jun 1919
Hamlet is a 1913 British silent drama film directed by Hay Plumb and starring Johnston Forbes-Robertson, Gertrude Elliot and Walter Ringham.
Sep 1913
A schoolgirl annoys the new teacher by getting her friends to answer an inspector incorrectly.
Feb 1915
A young man journeys from a difficult childhood to maturity, exploring social injustice, personal development, and the complexities of human relationships.
Jan 1913
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 highly successful when it first opened, the film would later fall into obscurity, with all copies believed to be destroyed. In 2007, a print was discovered in a vault in Canada.
Sep 1920
A dandy embarrasses his friends by joining the army.
Oct 1914
An orphan endures a harsh life in a workhouse before fleeing to London, where he falls in with a gang of juvenile pickpockets led by the criminal Fagin, and eventually finds a better life, exposing the cruelties of poverty and child labor in Victorian England.
Oct 1912
Two identical sisters are able to switch places, leading to a series of unfortunate incidents.
Feb 1920
A soldier's tunic button, made from Aladdin's lamp, grants his wishes.
Apr 1920
After his brother's suicide, Alec Dale is determined to get revenge on the woman that he believes drove him to his death.
Jul 1915
A poor author has an engaged girl pose as his wife to please his dying father.
Mar 1924
Two young men help two girls escape.
Apr 1911
Chrissie White, one of Hepworth Studios' biggest stars, heads up this feisty battle-of-the-sexes comedy about an independent young lady who, for the sake of a rich husband, poses as the epitome of Victorian femininity - weak, docile and submissive. But when he steps out of line the gloves come off to reveal 'Physical Culture Phyllis', who punches well above her weight!
Sep 1915
Bill and Lily are newly married. Bert works as a tea salesman and is of a naturally cheery disposition. Over time however, worries about the security of his job and income prey on his mind and he frets over not being able to provide for Lily. With his worries heightened by the fear that he is about to go blind, he falls into a deep depression .....
Feb 1924
A dog leads its master to his kidnapped baby.
Jul 1905
Police pursue jewel thieves by motor-car and airplane.
Filmed using Vivaphone sound system. This was invented by Cecil M. Hepworth, and performers mimed to a 10" record.
Jan 1912
Girls dress in boys' clothes and trick boarders.
Sep 1912
A poor author feigns marriage to please his dying father.
Jan 1919