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Browse 61 movies from Hepworth
First film of Burnham Beeches, the famous beauty spot and ultimate film location.
May 1909
A man buys a magic powder that makes him invisible.
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
A man is obsessed by the 'Salome' dance.
Jul 1909
A Cockney poses as his drowned double, who is saved and poses as a chauffeur.
Jun 1919
A boy uses a professor's liquid to make objects transparent.
Jun 1914
Two identical sisters are able to switch places, leading to a series of unfortunate incidents.
Feb 1920
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
An orphan named Oliver Twist meets a pickpocket on the streets of London. From there, he joins a household of boys who are trained to steal for their master.
Oct 1912
As an older man and a youth are eating at the table, the older man decides to amuse himself by using pepper to make the boy sneeze. Later, the boy retaliates by sneaking into the older man's room and putting pepper in his handkerchief, hairbrush, and clothing. But things quickly get out of hand when the sneezing that results begins to disrupt the whole town.
Jun 1907
A dog leads its master to his kidnapped baby.
Jul 1905
A boy breaks his sister's doll and it mends, grows, tears him up and eats him.
Mar 1907
Documentary on the process of hay-making, from the cutting of the grass to the stacking of the hay.
May 1904
A poor author has an engaged girl pose as his wife to please his dying father.
Mar 1924
A working knowledge of Morse code and the foresight to pick a train driver for a sweetheart come in handy in this ‘race to the rescue’ thriller. When the wealthy Mr Harvey has to go away on a train journey, a couple of sharp-eyed crooks take the opportunity to burgle his home. Only the live-in maid stands between them and Harvey’s safe. Can our plucky heroine save the day?
Jan 1915
A woman disapproves of her stepson's love for a girl who goes mad when her drunken father dies in a landslide.
Jul 1920
Young heiress Margaret Yeoland is found unconscious on the Devonshire moors by a disillusioned author, Denis Marlowe. She tells him she has run away from her family, but is reluctant to reveal the full story. Intent on concealing her identity from her pursuers, Denis coerces her into marrying him. But when the body of Margaret's missing father is discovered, it leads Denis to suspect his wife of murder.
Mar 1923
Hamlet is a 1913 British silent drama film directed by Hay Plumb and starring Johnston Forbes-Robertson, Gertrude Elliot and Walter Ringham.
Sep 1913
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