John R. Cumpson Movies

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...

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....

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

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...

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...

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

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....

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...

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

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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....

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

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.

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...

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...