Hepworth Movies

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

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

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

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...

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

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

A man buys a magic powder that makes him invisible.

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...

A dandy embarrasses his friends by joining the army.

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

A poor author has an engaged girl pose as his wife to please his dying father.

A dog leads its master to his kidnapped baby.

A poor author feigns marriage to please his dying father.

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

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

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...