J.R. Bray Studios

Silent Cartoon

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.

Farmer Al Falfa's Catastrophe

An animated interpretation of a rocket voyage to the moon demonstrates the scientific principles at play in theoretical space travel (such as gravity).

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

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, his dog Fido, and a shady mouse get into a jar of jam--and trouble.

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

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 behind by Bobby's goat, but as he's running away, finds himself in a precarious position with a wild bear. Bobby saved his friend, but quickly he finds himself in an even worse situation with the bear and needs the friend to return the favor. They both agree to be initiated together, and the final joke is on Bobby's poor goat.

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 back to earth to take their revenge against their creator.

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

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

Walter Lantz as himself Baldy Belmont as the old man and Pete the pup as himself.

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

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

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 punished by having to make little rock out of big one on the chain gang, and the pelican has his bill padlocked.

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

Wild West performer Pedro Leon is the highlight of this three-minute film that shows how cowboys make rope and various other items. Within the three-minutes we learn that horsehair is the best thing to use so we see a couple men, including Leon, put the hair together and from here we see how they get it prepared to use for rope and other items.

Max Fleischer draws the upper and lower halves of the Clown's body, which dance around separately before coming together. Max interacts with his creation before ultimately washing the Clown off the page with water.

"All sounds travel in waves much the same as ripples in water." Educational film produced by Bray Studios New York, which was the dominant animation studio based in the United States in the years surrounding World War I.