Alice in Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland 1903

5.99

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.

1903

The Basilisk

The Basilisk 1914

1

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 with the appearance of a deadly serpent.

1914

Helen of Four Gates

Helen of Four Gates 1920

4.70

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.

1920

A Day in the Hayfields

A Day in the Hayfields 1904

5.30

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

1904

Hamlet

Hamlet 1913

3.70

Hamlet is a 1913 British silent drama film directed by Hay Plumb and starring Johnston Forbes-Robertson, Gertrude Elliot and Walter Ringham.

1913

Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist 1912

1.00

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 master.

1912

Anna the Adventuress

Anna the Adventuress 1920

1

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

1920

Aylwin

Aylwin 1920

1

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

1920

The Kinsman

The Kinsman 1919

5.00

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

1919

Tilly the Tomboy Visits the Poor

Tilly the Tomboy Visits the Poor 1910

5.00

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 old, we see two tearaways terrorising a bed-ridden old lady, sabotaging a number of honest workmen as they go about their daily work, vandalising a bakery and taking a vehicle without consent - all in the space of six frenetic minutes.

1910

Mist in the Valley

Mist in the Valley 1923

6.00

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.

1923

Burnham Beeches

Burnham Beeches 1909

8.00

First film of Burnham Beeches, the famous beauty spot and ultimate film location.

1909

Sweet Lavender

Sweet Lavender 1915

1

A housekeeper's daughter loves a toper's affianced friend.

1915

A Seaside Introduction

A Seaside Introduction 1911

1

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

1911

A Seaside Girl

A Seaside Girl 1907

5.00

Three suitors try to impress a girl by chasing her all over the place. Finally she makes her choice.

1907

That Fatal Sneeze

That Fatal Sneeze 1907

5.70

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 clothing. But things quickly get out of hand when the sneezing that results begins to disrupt the whole town.

1907