John R. Cumpson Movies

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...

A young man at a party becomes infatuated with Mrs. Francis after she sings for the guests. His father, the host of the party, intervenes, convincing...

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...

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.

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....

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...

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.

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,...

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

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...

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...

An honest man trades places with a convict so the convict can see his dying wife, but he is killed on his way back to prison. The governor must step...

Alphonse and Gaston get into an argument over cocktails and agree to a duel.

Countryside lovers Hank and Cynthia plan to elope against the girl's father's wishes. A meddling tramp interferes with their secret meeting and,...

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...

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

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...

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....

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

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