01 September 1920 Drama 78 mins
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.
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Alma Taylor as Helen
James Carew as Abel Mason
Gerald Ames as Hinson
George Dewhurst as Martin Scott
Gwynne Herbert as Mrs. Tripp
John MacAndrews as Fielding Day
James Annand as Farm Hand
Cecil M. Hepworth Director
Ethel Holdsworth Novel
Blanche McIntosh Writer
Cecil M. Hepworth Producer
United Kingdom 01 September 1920
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