Hepworth

A young man journeys from a difficult childhood to maturity, exploring social injustice, personal development, and the complexities of human...

Hamlet is a 1913 British silent drama film directed by Hay Plumb and starring Johnston Forbes-Robertson, Gertrude Elliot and Walter Ringham.

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...

A woman disapproves of her stepson's love for a girl who goes mad when her drunken father dies in a landslide.

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

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...

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...

A poor author feigns marriage to please his dying father.

Girls dress in boys' clothes and trick boarders.

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

A man caught in a fight causes pain to his sympathetic twin.

A schoolgirl annoys the new teacher by getting her friends to answer an inspector incorrectly.

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

Filmed using Vivaphone sound system. This was invented by Cecil M. Hepworth, and performers mimed to a 10" record. In this particular case, the...

A Cockney poses as his drowned double, who is saved and poses as a chauffeur.

Two young men help two girls escape.

Police pursue jewel thieves by motor-car and airplane.

After his brother's suicide, Alec Dale is determined to get revenge on the woman that he believes drove him to his death.

A poet struggles to get her work accepted.

Funny how we think of the loutish behaviour of some of today's teens as a modern-day phenomenon. Here, in a short film more than one hundred years...