J R Bray Studios Movies

A rich boy gets his well-deserved punishment.

The world's first animated surf movie

Bobby Bumps is up to his usual mischief, trying skates to his sleeping father's shoes and then tipping off a humble book agent to ring the doorbell.

A "Hot Dog" Cartoon

After an organ grinder's monkey grabs a little girl's lollipop with his tail, the musician explains why monkeys are so clever with their tails.

Bobby Bumps invited his black neighbor to join his "lodge." But first he has to be initiated. The neighbor cleverly avoids getting rammed in the...

Based on the Buster Brown comic by R.F. Outcault.

Forbidden Fruit begins with New York in the grip of a banana shortage. Residents sing (or scream) “Yes! We Have No Bananas,” the hit...

Bobby Bumps and Fido call up their creator Earl Hurd on the telephone and get invited over for the day.

Based on the comic strip Happy Hooligan, this cartoon was packaged with the Hearst-Vitagraph News Pictorial and shown before the main features in...

A little boy and his beloved puppy find themselves in and out of mischief.

One of the series of Bobby Bumps silent animated shorts made at Bray Studios.

A "Unnatural History" cartoon

A young boy steals jam from his mother and his mother tells him the story of the pelican and the monkey who stole everything in sight. The monkey was...

Pete on the farm.

The animator tries to lose Dinky Doodle and Weakheart in the countryside. But they're kidnapped and taken to the moon by a witch. They finally get...

Mischievous schoolboy Bobby disobeys his teacher and swings on a dangerous giant school bell.

When an artist's creativity is constantly interrupted by mice, he orders two cartoon characters to get ride of them or else they'll be the ones...

A little boy and his beloved puppy find themselves in and out of mischief.

A little boy and his beloved puppy find themselves in and out of mischief, this time hunting and fishing where they're not allowed.