Gwynne Herbert Movies

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 highly successful when it first opened, the film would later fall into obscurity, with all copies believed to be destroyed. In 2007, a print was...

A slum orphan, injured by a lady's car, becomes a dancer and marries the lady's brother.

British romantic drama film starring Ronald Colman as a young man who leaves behind his family and girl in a Cornish fishing village to seek his fortune in London. Two of five reels survive.

Young heiress Margaret Yeoland is found unconscious on the Devonshire moors by a disillusioned author, Denis Marlowe. She tells him she has run away from her family, but is reluctant to reveal the full story. Intent on concealing her identity from her pursuers, Denis coerces her into marrying...

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

A woman disapproves of her stepson's love for a girl who goes mad when her drunken father dies in a landslide.

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

A princess avoids a forced marriage by changing places with her double.

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

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.

A poor author feigns marriage to please his dying father.

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