Cecil M. Hepworth Movies

First film of Burnham Beeches, the famous beauty spot and ultimate film location.

'Devon. Farming brothers give home to orphan shepherdess evicted for suspected immorality.' (British Film Catalogue)

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

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’...

Dog Rover, from Rescued by Rover fame, chases a kidnapper's car and while he is in a pub, drives it safely home and thus saves the baby.

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...

A troupe of gypsies takes a traveler along with them on their day trip.

A legless beggar with a sign around his neck saying "cripple" pushes himself slowly and laboriously on a trolley along the pavement, soliciting alms...

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

A Victorian vaudeville routine is given the big screen treatment with camera tricks galore.Three characters straight off the vaudeville stage - the...

Cut-out animated parody of Hamlet by pioneering British animator Anson Dyer.

A jealous girl breaks up a friend's engagement with a fake wedding announcement.

A boy uses a professor's liquid to make objects transparent.

A professor eating his lunch at his work table becomes suspicious of the taste of his cheese. He puts a slice under the nearby microscope. But the...

Scenes from the coronation of George V. Included on the BFI DVD "A Royal Occasion".

The lacemakers of Honiton, a small town in Devon, who have made bobbin lace since the 16th century.

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 dramatic scene - and exactly what moving pictures were invented for. With a fixed camera and without a traditional narrative, this film...

A man preparing for a trip encounters a series of mysterious problems.

A rich man's son loves a nature girl loved by a gypsy who is really her half brother.