Movies: Hepworth

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. She follows him down a hole and finds herself in a hall of many doors....

Filmed using Vivaphone sound system. This was invented by Cecil M. Hepworth, and performers mimed to a 10" record....

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

A poor author has an engaged girl pose as his wife to please his dying father....

Police pursue jewel thieves by motor-car and airplane....

A dog leads its master to his kidnapped baby....

A poet struggles to get her work accepted....

A poor author feigns marriage to please his dying father....

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’ thriller. When the wealthy Mr Harvey has to go away on a train journey, a couple of sharp-eyed crooks take the oppo...

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

Bill and Lily are newly married. Bert works as a tea salesman and is of a naturally cheery disposition. Over time however, worries about the security of his job and income prey on his mind and he frets over not being able to provide for Lily. With ...

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

The story of a little girl and her pets, a horse and a dog, whose marvelous intelligence is most strikingly shown. The little girl, whose home is at the seaside, goes out on the rocks to play with her dog. There she romps with her pet and quite loses...

A trip down the Devon coast....

A Cockney poses as his drowned double, who is saved and poses as a chauffeur....

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

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 retaliates by sneaking into the older man's room and putting pepper in his handkerchief, hairbrush, and...

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

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

A young man journeys from a difficult childhood to maturity, exploring social injustice, personal development, and the complexities of human relationships....