John R. Cumpson Movies

One of the members of a suicide club learns he has inherited some money, but only after he drew the fatal lot and is expected to kill himself....

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Barry O'Moore

A girl from the New York slums falls in with crooks. After her love is arrested following a barfight turned deadly, her life seems directionless--...

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Cast: Florence Lawrence

Two members of a vigilante group known as 'The White Caps' post a warning sign on a man's home. When the man comes home, he tears down the sign, and...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kate Toncray

A man leaves his wife and two daughters for work in a carpentry shop. At work, he initially refuses a beer with lunch, then gives in. After work, two...

Genre: Drama

Cast: David Miles

It's a busy day at the office, and the stenographer is exhausted from trying to keep up with the demands on her skills. Even when she stays late, she...

Genre: Drama

Cast: John R. Cumpson

A pair of young ladies cause trouble at the cinema with their lavish hats.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Mack Sennett

Mack Sennett appears as a policeman in this film produced by the Biograph Company.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: John R. Cumpson

After his wife receives an extravagant dress, a man find himself the victim of an attempted burglary; He hides in his fireplace, which is then fired....

Genre: Comedy

Cast: John R. Cumpson

Mary Rollins is torn between selfish depravity and righteous living. After she's coerced into helping with the burglary of her minister's apartment,...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Arthur V. Johnson

Billy is out for a stroll when he spies a prepossessing-looking young woman. He follows and she enters the office of a spiritualist. Producing a tip,...

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Cast: John R. Cumpson

Mr. Jones at the Ball is a 1908 American silent short comedy film, part of the once-popular Biograph series centered around the titular Jones and his...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: John R. Cumpson

Mack Sennett appears as one of character Mike McLaren's assistants in this film produced by the Biograph Company.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Florence Lawrence

Mack Sennett appears as a man in the crowd in this film produced by the Biograph Company.

Genre: Romance

Cast: Linda Arvidson

Mack Sennett appears as a footman in this film produced by the Biograph Company.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Anita Hendrie

Oh, the woe of simultaneous birthdays, as were Mr. and Mrs. Hardlucks', and both being of a generous nature, were seized with an insatiable desire to...

Genre: Romance

Cast: Harry Solter

Mr. Jones, since his last escapade, had made strenuous efforts to amend the reputation he had gained in the eyes of the ladies of the Temperance...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: John R. Cumpson

Mack Sennett appears as a party guest in this film produced by the Biograph Company.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Marion Leonard

A tramp tries to get himself arrested so he can sleep in the nice, warm jail, but the police keep ignoring him or arresting the wrong person.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: John R. Cumpson

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Cast: John R. Cumpson

Jones's mother-in-law prohibits his smoking and drinking, so he takes her out for the evening and gets her drunk.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: John R. Cumpson

Mr. Bumptious insists on wallpapering the parlor himself, in order to save money.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: John R. Cumpson

All the young men in the mining camp flirt with Lucy. Bud, the youngest of them, doesn't stand a chance. At a dance, Bud dresses as a woman and all...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Billy Quirk

At the Italian boarding house the male boarders were all smitten with the charms of Minnie, the landlady's pretty daughter, but she was of a poetic...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Marion Leonard

The amateur dramatic society chooses the Joneses' residence as the location of its next meeting, and both Joneses catch 'the acting bug' in this...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: John R. Cumpson

After overhearing Jones mocking her, the lady book agent slips a suggestive note into Jones's pocket. A jealous Mrs. Jones finds the note, and a huge...

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Cast: John R. Cumpson

Henry and Marion have a lover's quarrel and part in anger. They do not reconcile, and ten years pass without contact. Marion becomes a society girl...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Marion Leonard

"Fine feathers make fine birds", and handsome gowns make handsome women. Hence it is when Isabelle appears on the scene clad in a gown that is a...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Marion Leonard

It would have taken more than the wonderful powers of deduction of a Sherlock Holmes to have dispelled the mystery that shrouded the disappearance of...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Harry Solter

After three years at sea, Edward returns home to find his sweetheart forced into an engagement with a much older man.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Owen Moore

Antonine, a worthless, good-for-nothing scoundrel, demands money of his cousin Galora, an energetic, provident husband and father. His demands are...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Charles Inslee

Mrs. Jones leaves her baby with the maid and goes shopping for a new hat. Meanwhile, the maid invites a band of gypsies into the house for a palm...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: John R. Cumpson

Nellie flees her old life and goes east to become a nurse, where she marries a doctor. One of her old colleagues finds her and tries to blackmail...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Florence Lawrence

Mr. Jones stays out late playing poker with his buddies. While he's gone, a burglar starts to break into his home. Mr. Jones arrives home just in...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: John R. Cumpson

A new bride has made a batch of biscuits. Her husband pretends to like them, so she delivers the rest to his office. But one bite of these biscuits...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: John R. Cumpson

A contest is being held in Cremona for the best violin, with Giannina's hand in marriage as the prize. Filippo is secretly in love with her, but is...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Herbert Prior

A man arrives home late and drunk as usual. His wife reminds him that he's supposed to take their daughter out to a play. While watching the play,...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Arthur V. Johnson

A young wife instigates a duel between a dashing count, with whom she has been having an affair, and her elderly husband. In the duel, the husband is...

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Cast: Florence Lawrence

Mr. Jones jumps to the wrong conclusions when he sees a bouquet of flowers and a man's hat in the parlor.

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Cast: John R. Cumpson

Nekhludoff, a Russian nobleman serving on a jury, discovers that the young girl on trial, Katusha, is someone he once seduced and abandoned and that...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Arthur V. Johnson

Jones' new house looks like all the others on the street. One night Jones enters the wrong house and finds himself in a precarious situation.

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Cast: John R. Cumpson

Sight unseen, a man buys a bag that turns out to contain burglar tools. He can't get rid of the bag, even when he's robbed. The thieves assume he's a...

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Cast: John R. Cumpson

Miguel casts out his daughter when she marries a poor man, causing his wife to leave him, too. After he is unable to find a reliable cook, he...

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Cast: David Miles

Schneider is trying to write a speech but he can't concentrate with all the noise around him. During the night, Schneider catches burglars in his...

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Cast: John R. Cumpson

Mons. Flamant, a typical roué of the French nobility, is surrounded by all the pleasures and pastimes his fabulous wealth can procure. In a...

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Cast: Harry Solter

A young courtier gambles in a tavern and wins a coat from the leader of a gang. In the pocket he finds details of a plan to kidnap the Queen. He...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Owen Moore

A father wants to marry his daughter to a rich man, but she's in love with someone else. She borrows a tramp's wooden leg, pretending that it's hers,...

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Cast: David Miles

A philandering husband arranges an ill-planned rendezvous at the same restaurant his wife and daughter are dining at.

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Cast: Florence Lawrence

An orphaned girl raised by a miner in the wilderness falls in love with a tenderfoot, even though the miner loves her as well.

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Cast: Florence Lawrence

A short silent comedy in which Billy, who has lied to his wife so that he can go out on the town with a friend, gets caught by her.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: John R. Cumpson

This might be termed a comedy of errors, for the overzealousness of a lot of good-hearted simple folks places them in a rather embarrassing position....

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Mary Pickford

Sisters guarding their house from a burglar set upon stealing their daddy's money.

Genre: Drama

Cast: David Miles

A royal woman rejects her arranged marriage. The cardinal hatches a plan: the suitor will shave and change clothes. He arranges with 4 clowns to...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Frank Powell

Jack Windom experiences a sensation of awe at the reception of the Hindoo dagger from his old chum, Tom, who was traveling in India. Hanging the...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Harry Solter

A shoe-factory worker puts a note in a shoe box offering to marry the lucky buyer. As a result, she is dismissed from her job, but her employer finds...

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Cast: Florence Lawrence

A woman in love with an unsuccessful author tries to convince a publisher to accept his work.

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Cast: Arthur V. Johnson

Two lovers elope and expect to be pursued by her father. But the clever father has tricked them into running off, and celebrates their wedding when...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Billy Quirk