Acting
A woman disapproves of her stepson's love for a girl who goes mad when her drunken father dies in a landslide.
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A Cockney poses as his drowned double, who is saved and poses as a chauffeur.
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.
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 discovered in a vault in Canada.
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 him. But when the body of Margaret's missing father is discovered, it leads Denis to suspect his wife of murder.
A soldier's tunic button, made from Aladdin's lamp, grants his wishes.
Two identical sisters are able to switch places, leading to a series of unfortunate incidents.
A princess avoids a forced marriage by changing places with her double.
A poor author has an engaged girl pose as his wife to please his dying father.
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 Scottish Laird weds a peasant's niece who falls in love with his nephew.....
A slum orphan, injured by a lady's car, becomes a dancer and marries the lady's brother.
