Hepworth Movies

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

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...

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.

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

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

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

Police pursue jewel thieves by motor-car and airplane.

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

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...

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...

Two young men help two girls escape.

Ayah trails a sacked workman to save a kidnapped baby.

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...

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...

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

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

Girls dress in boys' clothes and trick boarders.

A poet struggles to get her work accepted.

A girl's beau poses as a burglar to fool her boastful father.