Hepworth Movies

  • 1903
    Alice in Wonderland

    Alice in Wonderland

    Alice in Wonderland

    61903HD

    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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1905
    Rescued by Rover

    Rescued by Rover

    Rescued by Rover

    6.1751905HD

    A dog leads its master to his kidnapped baby.

    Rescued by Rover
  • 1900
    How It Feels to Be Run Over

    How It Feels to Be Run Over

    How It Feels to Be Run Over

    5.91900HD

    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
  • 1902
    How to Stop a Motor Car

    How to Stop a Motor Car

    How to Stop a Motor Car

    5.61902HD

    A policeman is run over by an automobile

    How to Stop a Motor Car
  • 1907
    That Fatal Sneeze

    That Fatal Sneeze

    That Fatal Sneeze

    5.7071907HD

    As an older man and a youth are eating at the table, the older man decides to amuse himself by using pepper to make the boy sneeze. Later, the boy...

    That Fatal Sneeze
  • 1920
    Helen of Four Gates

    Helen of Four Gates

    Helen of Four Gates

    4.71920HD

    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
  • 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
  • 1910
    Tilly the Tomboy Visits the Poor

    Tilly the Tomboy Visits the Poor

    Tilly the Tomboy Visits the Poor

    51910HD

    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...

    Tilly the Tomboy Visits the Poor
  • 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
  • 1917
    The Joke That Failed

    The Joke That Failed

    The Joke That Failed

    01917HD

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

    The Joke That Failed
  • 1915
    The Second String

    The Second String

    The Second String

    01915HD

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

    The Second String
  • 1911
    Tilly's Party

    Tilly's Party

    Tilly's Party

    01911HD

    Two young men help two girls escape.

    Tilly's Party
  • 1914
    An Engagement of Convenience

    An Engagement of Convenience

    An Engagement of Convenience

    51914HD

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

    An Engagement of Convenience
  • 1913
    Hamlet

    Hamlet

    Hamlet

    3.71913HD

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

    Hamlet
  • 1909
    Burnham Beeches

    Burnham Beeches

    Burnham Beeches

    81909HD

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

    Burnham Beeches
  • 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
  • 1905
    The Other Side of the Hedge

    The Other Side of the Hedge

    The Other Side of the Hedge

    4.11905HD

    Two romantic suitors avoid their wet-blanket chaperone by way of the titular hedge.

    The Other Side of the Hedge
  • 1907
    The Doll's Revenge

    The Doll's Revenge

    The Doll's Revenge

    71907HD

    A boy breaks his sister's doll and it mends, grows, tears him up and eats him.

    The Doll's Revenge