Cecil M. Hepworth Movies

  • 1899
    The Kiss in the Tunnel

    The Kiss in the Tunnel

    The Kiss in the Tunnel

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    Produced and directed by George Albert Smith, the film shows a couple sharing a brief kiss as their train passes through a tunnel. The Kiss in the...

    The Kiss in the Tunnel
  • 1903
    Alice in Wonderland

    Alice in Wonderland

    Alice in Wonderland

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    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

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    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

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    Documentary on the process of hay-making, from the cutting of the grass to the stacking of the hay.

    A Day in the Hayfields
  • 1900
    How It Feels to Be Run Over

    How It Feels to Be Run Over

    How It Feels to Be Run Over

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    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

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    A policeman is run over by an automobile

    How to Stop a Motor Car
  • 1905
    Rescued by Rover

    Rescued by Rover

    Rescued by Rover

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    A dog leads its master to his kidnapped baby.

    Rescued by Rover
  • 1914
    How Things Do Develop

    How Things Do Develop

    How Things Do Develop

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    A professor takes daughter's suitor's camera by mistake.

    How Things Do Develop
  • 1921
    Tansy

    Tansy

    Tansy

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

    Tansy
  • 1920
    Helen of Four Gates

    Helen of Four Gates

    Helen of Four Gates

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    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

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    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
  • 1899
    Ladies on Bicycles

    Ladies on Bicycles

    Ladies on Bicycles

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

    Ladies on Bicycles
  • 1899
    Thames River Scenery - Panorama of the Crowded River

    Thames River Scenery - Panorama of the Crowded River

    Thames River Scenery - Panorama of the Crowded River

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    Filmed from the front of a steam launch in a late Victorian summer, this film offers a glimpse of our 19th century ancestors enjoying their leisure...

    Thames River Scenery - Panorama of the Crowded River
  • 1902
    Peace with Honour

    Peace with Honour

    Peace with Honour

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    Survey of the Boer war with reconstructions and actualities.

    Peace with Honour
  • 1916
    Annie Laurie

    Annie Laurie

    Annie Laurie

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

    Annie Laurie
  • 1918
    The Leopard's Spots

    The Leopard's Spots

    The Leopard's Spots

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    British propaganda piece warning against buying German goods after the war, summer 1918.

    The Leopard's Spots
  • 1908
    The Dog Outwits the Kidnapper

    The Dog Outwits the Kidnapper

    The Dog Outwits the Kidnapper

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    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.

    The Dog Outwits the Kidnapper
  • 1927
    The House of Marney

    The House of Marney

    The House of Marney

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    An Essec sailor helps a girl save an heir from his crooked uncle.

    The House of Marney
  • 1921
    Dollars in Surrey

    Dollars in Surrey

    Dollars in Surrey

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    Dollars in Surrey
  • 1923
    Comin' Thro the Rye

    Comin' Thro the Rye

    Comin' Thro the Rye

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

    Comin' Thro the Rye