Cecil M. Hepworth Movies

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

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

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

King of Iran, travel to Europe.

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

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

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.

This is a ladies cycling display by the Catford Cycling Club in the summer of 1899 in London, England.

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

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

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...

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

TRICK. Two bathers arrive at a river, disrobe at the water's edge and dive in. The action is then reversed and the men are seen leaving the water...

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

Cecil Hepworth’s Vivaphone film features Hay Plumb singing George Robins’ optimistic 1906 ditty concerning the mischievous responses of a...

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

Early footage of Queen Victoria’s funeral.

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...

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