Girls dress in boys' clothes and trick boarders.

Tomboys drive a fire engine through a fairground and hose the firemen.

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

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

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

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...

Scatterbrain circus lady has to cover for her sour schoolmistress sister.

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 altered...

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...

A couple vacationing in Morocco with their young son accidentally stumble upon an assassination plot. When the child is kidnapped to ensure their...

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

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

A European adventurer tries to steal from an ancient Egyptian tomb, only to become afflicted by a mysterious curse...

Katie attempts to save her father's failing garage, after he is killed during a stock car race. She is assisted by an American driver, Larry Duke,...

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

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

A murder takes place in a film studio during the shooting of a new film.

Jimmy finds an abandoned baby while motorcycling in the country.

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

Young heiress Margaret Yeoland is found unconscious on the Devonshire moors by a disillusioned author, Denis Marlowe. She tells him she has run away...

When her sister dies, a nightclub singer is left with her children. In order to raise the children properly, she leaves her singing career and takes...

U.S. Embassy employee Lee Cochrane and his wife, Sue, receive a shock when they discover that their 18-month-old son, Simon, has disappeared in...

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

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

With their headmistress under lock and key in her majesty's prison, the St Trinian's girls find themselves under the protection of the army. However,...

Tomboys play tricks on their uncle when he flirts with a maid.

A young actress must decide which of two lovers will be her husband. She daydreams about each one to help her decide.

'Brighton. Dude searches for girl's lost shoes and stockings.' (British Film Catalogue)

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

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

One of the last of the silent Sherlock films.

Two young men help two girls escape.

An orphan named Oliver Twist meets a pickpocket on the streets of London. From there, he joins a household of boys who are trained to steal for their...

'Antique dealer's daughter loves foreman who makes fakes for ex-partner.' (British Film Catalogue)

'Girl reporter and insane fiancé join pirate's descendant in treasure hunt.' (British Film Catalogue)