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Hepworth Film
Manufacturing Company
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Type of Company
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Production and distribution company
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Country of Origination
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England
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Years of Operation
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1898 through 1919
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Company Principals
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Cecil M. Hepworth
H.V. Lawley, partner (through 1904)
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Company Offices
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Walton-on-Thames, England
15 and 17 Cecil Court, Charing Cross Road, London, WC, England
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Company Studios
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unknown
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Hepworth Film Manufacturing Company had a business partner, H.V. Lawley, with whom Hepworth split in 1904. The company name listed as “The Hepworth Manufacturing Company Ltd.” on a poster for the Vivaphone synchronized sound system, with the address as 15 and 17 Cecil Court, Charing Cross Road, London, WC.
The company became Hepworth Picture Plays in 1919.
References: Sinyard-Silent p. 180.
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