Cecil M. Hepworth Movies

  • 1903
    Alice in Wonderland

    Alice in Wonderland

    Alice in Wonderland

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    This is the first movie version of the famous story. Alice dozes in a garden, awakened by a dithering white rabbit in waistcoat with pocket watch....

    Alice in Wonderland
  • 1905
    Rescued by Rover

    Rescued by Rover

    Rescued by Rover

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    A dog leads its master to his kidnapped baby.

    Rescued by Rover
  • 1899
    The Kiss in the Tunnel

    The Kiss in the Tunnel

    The Kiss in the Tunnel

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    Produced and directed by George Albert Smith, the film shows a couple sharing a brief kiss as their train passes through a tunnel. The Kiss in the...

    The Kiss in the Tunnel
  • 1901
    The Indian Chief and the Seidlitz Powder

    The Indian Chief and the Seidlitz Powder

    The Indian Chief and the Seidlitz Powder

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    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...

    The Indian Chief and the Seidlitz Powder
  • 1914
    The Basilisk

    The Basilisk

    The Basilisk

    01914HD

    A mesmerist, obsessed with putting a beautiful woman under his power, hypnotizes her to try to force her to kill her fiancé. His plans are...

    The Basilisk
  • 1916
    Annie Laurie

    Annie Laurie

    Annie Laurie

    01916HD

    A Scottish Laird weds a peasant's niece who falls in love with his nephew.....

    Annie Laurie
  • 1920
    Helen of Four Gates

    Helen of Four Gates

    Helen of Four Gates

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    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...

    Helen of Four Gates
  • 1923
    Mist in the Valley

    Mist in the Valley

    Mist in the Valley

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

    Mist in the Valley
  • 1915
    The Outrage

    The Outrage

    The Outrage

    01915HD

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

    The Outrage
  • 1904
    A Day in the Hayfields

    A Day in the Hayfields

    A Day in the Hayfields

    5.31904HD

    Documentary on the process of hay-making, from the cutting of the grass to the stacking of the hay.

    A Day in the Hayfields
  • 1924
    The Coveted Coat

    The Coveted Coat

    The Coveted Coat

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    A tramp persuades another tramp to let him have a coat off a scarecrow by persuading him it's haunted.

    The Coveted Coat
  • 1914
    An Engagement of Convenience

    An Engagement of Convenience

    An Engagement of Convenience

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    A man fakes an engagement to a typist to please his rich aunt.

    An Engagement of Convenience
  • 1900
    Explosion of a Motor Car

    Explosion of a Motor Car

    Explosion of a Motor Car

    6.11900HD

    An early trick film where a car explodes and body parts fall from the sky. A policeman witnesses and attempts to piece the remains back together.

    Explosion of a Motor Car
  • 1927
    The House of Marney

    The House of Marney

    The House of Marney

    01927HD

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

    The House of Marney
  • 1900
    How It Feels to Be Run Over

    How It Feels to Be Run Over

    How It Feels to Be Run Over

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    As the camera looks down an open road, a horse and carriage approaches, and passes by to one side of the field of view. Soon afterwards, an...

    How It Feels to Be Run Over
  • 1914
    How Things Do Develop

    How Things Do Develop

    How Things Do Develop

    01914HD

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

    How Things Do Develop
  • 1922
    Little Red Riding Hood

    Little Red Riding Hood

    Little Red Riding Hood

    01922HD

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

    Little Red Riding Hood
  • 1921
    The Narrow Valley

    The Narrow Valley

    The Narrow Valley

    01921HD

    The story of a small valley community that is narrow minded and those who wish to leave it on the train that regularly hurries from the narrow valley.

    The Narrow Valley
  • 1916
    Molly Bawn

    Molly Bawn

    Molly Bawn

    01916HD

    Molly Bawn. British silent drama movie. Directed by Cecil M Hepworth. Starring Alma Taylor, Stewart Rome an Violet Hopson. adaptation of the1878...

    Molly Bawn
  • 1920
    Anna the Adventuress

    Anna the Adventuress

    Anna the Adventuress

    01920HD

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

    Anna the Adventuress