Cecil M. Hepworth Movies

A cashier gambles and robs a bank, but returns the money for his mother's sake.

An early example of film nostalgia. This lengthy programme put together by filmmaker Cecil Hepworth, largely from films in his own collection, is a...

'Lady introduces wounded cobbler to Minister of Pensions, who makes him gift from King's Fund.' (British Film Catalogue)

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....

A scientist dreams of prehistoric monsters. He awakes in a cavern. A dinosaur chases him, even though he tries to shoot it with his revolver. The...

A girl wins her rival's fiancé with a fake marriage announcement.

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

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

A man buys a magic powder that makes him invisible.

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 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’...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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