John R. Cumpson Movies

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...

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...

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

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--...

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...

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...

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

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...

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

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,...

In the third installment of the "Mr. and Mrs. Jones" series, Mrs. Jones hosts a luncheon for her Ladies' Temperance League chapter on the condition...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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.

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...