John R. Cumpson Movies

  • 1909
    The Sacrifice

    The Sacrifice

    The Sacrifice

    41909HD

    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...

    The Sacrifice
  • 1909
    Two Memories

    Two Memories

    Two Memories

    4.21909HD

    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...

    Two Memories
  • 1908
    A Smoked Husband

    A Smoked Husband

    A Smoked Husband

    41908HD

    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 Smoked Husband
  • 1909
    Resurrection

    Resurrection

    Resurrection

    4.91909HD

    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...

    Resurrection
  • 1908
    The Call of the Wild

    The Call of the Wild

    The Call of the Wild

    3.11908HD

    George Redfeather, the hero of this subject, returns from Carlisle, where he not only graduated with high honors, but was also the star of the...

    The Call of the Wild
  • 1909
    The Voice of the Violin

    The Voice of the Violin

    The Voice of the Violin

    4.71909HD

    A music teacher is in love with Helen, one of his students, but she rejects him. In his hurt he joins an anarchist group who plan to blow up a rich...

    The Voice of the Violin
  • 1909
    The Road to the Heart

    The Road to the Heart

    The Road to the Heart

    51909HD

    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...

    The Road to the Heart
  • 1909
    Confidence

    Confidence

    Confidence

    4.11909HD

    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...

    Confidence
  • 1909
    Jones and His New Neighbors

    Jones and His New Neighbors

    Jones and His New Neighbors

    2.51909HD

    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.

    Jones and His New Neighbors
  • 1909
    The Note in the Shoe

    The Note in the Shoe

    The Note in the Shoe

    11909HD

    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...

    The Note in the Shoe
  • 1910
    Two Men

    Two Men

    Two Men

    01910HD

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

    Two Men
  • 1909
    The Lure of the Gown

    The Lure of the Gown

    The Lure of the Gown

    3.71909HD

    "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...

    The Lure of the Gown
  • 1909
    A Strange Meeting

    A Strange Meeting

    A Strange Meeting

    4.31909HD

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

    A Strange Meeting
  • 1908
    The Christmas Burglars

    The Christmas Burglars

    The Christmas Burglars

    21908HD

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

    The Christmas Burglars
  • 1908
    The Stolen Jewels

    The Stolen Jewels

    The Stolen Jewels

    41908HD

    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...

    The Stolen Jewels
  • 1909
    The Roue’s Heart

    The Roue’s Heart

    The Roue’s Heart

    4.51909HD

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

    The Roue’s Heart
  • 1909
    His Wife's Mother

    His Wife's Mother

    His Wife's Mother

    21909HD

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

    His Wife's Mother
  • 1909
    The Little Darling

    The Little Darling

    The Little Darling

    4.4091909HD

    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 Little Darling
  • 1910
    The Eternal Triangle

    The Eternal Triangle

    The Eternal Triangle

    01910HD

    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...

    The Eternal Triangle
  • 1909
    They Would Elope

    They Would Elope

    They Would Elope

    5.11909HD

    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...

    They Would Elope