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John Bunny (September 21, 1863 – April 26, 1915) was an American actor. Bunny began his career as a stage actor, but transitioned to a film career after joining Vitagraph Studios around 1910. At Vitagraph, Bunny made over 150 short films – many of them domestic comedies with the comedian Flora Finch – and became one of the most well-known actors of his era.
Total trailers found: 71
31 December 1912
This domestic comedy depicts a woman who stops her husband's gambling habit by having her cousin stage a fake police raid on the weekly poker game.
26 February 1912
Two businessmen need to hire a stenographer, but their wives get suspicious when they notice a parade of beautiful young women entering and leaving their husbands' office.
24 June 1911
Solomon keeps a clothing store, he has in stock two overcoats of exactly the same make and pattern. Michael Gallagher, who is passing by and in need of an outer garment, notices Solomon's display and buys one of the coats.
23 April 1914
John and Flora meet at a ball, but neither can do these modern dances, so they sit out… and run into each other later at a dance studio.
18 February 1911
A capable but homely new hire becomes ill and recommends her beautiful cousin during leave. The bosses and clerk get a surprise at the end.
14 August 1914
When his wife goes away on vacation, a husband decides to use that time to do a little "playing around" and winds up at a resort hotel with two young girls.
11 April 1911
In order to inherit their uncle's property, two cousins must marry each other.
26 December 1912
A comedy in which a man secretly has his pustules removed. His secrecy leads his wife to believe that he is cheating.
09 August 1912
A romantic comedy in which two new neighbours initially cannot get along, but their staff get along just fine.
25 September 1914
Tupper meets the wealthy Miss Whipple at a baseball game. When she declares that she just adores baseball players, Tupper starts up a team.
08 April 1911
Cartoon figures announce, via comic strip balloons, that they will move - and move they do, in a wildly exaggerated style.
10 July 1914
Annette and Bunny each purchase one of a pair of antique vases, then meet and argue over who should own the matching set.
21 July 1913
A John Bunny comedy short featuring his usual leading lady Flora Finch. Confusion over a stolen ticket puts Finch in jail.
14 July 1911
Mrs. Nag objects to her husband having a pretty female stenographer in his office, and orders him to employ one of his own sex.
19 June 1913
John Bunny gets into an awful stew when he hears from his Aunt Eliza that she is coming to visit him and that she is bringing along her cousin, Jean, whom she wishes him to marry.
07 May 1914
LOST FILM. A comedy in which Johan has no desire to meet the unmarried Sarah, and so has his friend Freddy pretend that he is Johan.
02 January 1911
In early 19th century England, ambitious and ruthless orphan Rebecca Sharp advances from the position of governess to the heights of British society.
01 January 1913
Comedy of a bachelor who succumbs to the charms of love and deserts 'the boys' who had given him up as a hopeless case.
02 December 1953
A compilation of early-day silent films that serves as a glimpse back to the formative days of the movie industry as a salute to Hollywood's Golden Year, so proclaimed by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce as 1953.
11 September 1911
A widower becomes infatuated with his daughter's governess, to the displeasure of the child and her nurse.
21 January 1914
An old maid vies with a beautiful young student for the affections of an elderly professor.
13 January 1913
"Slick-Fingered Mag must he captured, or I will know the reason why!" These are the proud words of Detective Brown, as he prepares to go in search of the elusive "Mag.
20 February 1911
An early film version of the Charles Dickens classic about the French Revolution and its subsequent Reign of Terror.
16 May 1913
Norman Winthrop, a surveyor, accidentally meets John Bunny, an Irish watchman of a building. He introduces him to Tom and Will Hawley, two of his friends, at a little poker game in which Bunny pockets all the winnings.
20 August 1912
An old doctor hires a young new doctor to join his practice, particularly to attract women for more business.
01 January 1933
Pioneer filmmaker J. Stuart Blackton was intrigued by the idea of a film about the history of the movies as early as 1915.
03 July 1914
Two young people, Betty Browne and Billy, are set to inherit money if they marry, but each imagines the other as a rough cowboy and refuses; by chance, they end up on the same train with their chaperones (Miss Prim and Bunny), leading to mistaken identities, romantic confusion (as Bunny and Miss Prim fall for each other too!), and a hilarious mix-up before they finally discover each other's true identities at a station and fall in love for real.
08 February 1914
Although not the first feature-length animated film, as is sometimes thought, it was the first cartoon to feature a character with an appealing personality.
25 July 1911
Patience and Anne, two spinsters of the old school of aristocratic birth, have managed to keep up appearances under very trying conditions and with limited means, until they are reduced to such circumstances they are obliged to sell their household furnishing, of antique pattern, to raise the necessary "wherewithal" to live and pay the mortgage off the old home.
06 July 1912
A widower with four grown daughters remarries and brings his new wife home to meet them. The girls set out to make life as difficult as possible for their new mother.
01 June 1912
Emphatically opposed to Jack Moss, old Mr. McGillicuddy puts the ban on his marriage to his daughter Dolly.
09 April 1912
The general store at Scrogginses' Corner is the favorite lounging and meeting place for the citizens of the locality.
20 August 1911
A frustrated, protective father tries to stop his secretaries from falling in love with his charming daughter, Betty.
23 August 1913
The Craigs and Smiths, next-door neighbors, are the best of friends until Smith builds a chicken house.
31 October 1911
Harry Brownley, son of a rich New Yorker, reads a newspaper account of U.S. Revenue officers' plan to raid an illicit distillery in the Tennessee mountains.
21 August 1914
No sooner have Jimmy and Mary, a newly-married couple, entered their new home when Jimmie receives a note from his wealthy uncle, announcing his intention of paying his nephew and heir a visit that evening.
06 April 1913
Bunny's niece has a beau who is so addicted to drink that her father will not permit her to marry him.
23 May 1912
A silent comedy in which a jealous woman wants to catch her husband in the act of infidelity.
27 October 1911
Fatty comes up with a plan to prank his cowboy buddies. He announces that his sister Kitty is coming to visit, but it's not at all what his friends expected.
22 February 1913
A woman in a crowded trolley car accidentally puts a locket with her picture in it into a man's pocket; when the man gets home, his suspicious wife finds it.
29 October 1912
A coster takes a girl to Epsom and saves a pony trap from theft.
30 October 1914
While Flora Winslow, a widow is engaged to Bunny, she attends a lecture on eugenics and decides that her intended husband is too fat.
07 October 1911
Unless Marion Norman's intended husband can support her in the same style in which her father has, Mr.
02 February 1912
Old Von Shultz, the first violin, finds as he grows older a longing for companionship. Hurrying from the theater the old musician finds little Helen sleeping on the steps of the stage door.
13 April 1912
Sir Brian, an irascible old gentleman, who suffers from gout, receives a note saying his son Gerald is very ill at college, and asking him to come to Dublin.
18 August 1913
Farce in which two neighbouring couples test each other's jealousy. The women decide to make the men jealous and vice versa.
22 March 1912
Mr. Bolten is hoping to woo the dancer Céleste and invites her for coffee. Her answer is that she will wait for him in hotel "Des imbeciles' in New York.
19 April 1913
A wife attempts to cure her husband Binks's addiction to alcohol by bringing the Misses Simms, identical twin sisters, to her home as part of a scheme.
16 January 1912
Bunny and Marsh attend a show and both fall in love with a charming danseuse.
06 February 1913
A comic one-act film featuring the character Bunny, which takes place in an office.
10 January 1911
Love! What a wonderful thing is love. Cupid is a specialist in aching hearts and for sick men and maidens.
07 August 1914
Bunny receives a shock upon reading about the attempted assassination of the Mayor of New York. He laughs off his wife's suggestion of getting police protection for himself.
26 September 1911
Harry Burton's sister and her husband are suddenly called away for a few days on business and telegraph him to come to their home and take care of their two little boys, "Toddie and Budge.
24 December 1912
A poor young girl finds a purse and returns it to its owner, who decides to reward her honesty.
08 January 1912
Mrs. Brown, who is a widow, finds it a rather difficult matter to clothe and feed her large family of children, so when she becomes acquainted on the beach with Captain Jenks she is not slow in inviting him to her house.
05 September 1912
A tragicomedy in which the suicide attempt of the character Bunny is seen by a neighbour, who quickly calls for help.
17 October 1912
On his trip to Europe, Bunny is very much disturbed because he fails to make his usual impression with the ladies.
18 April 1911
"The Irish Washerwoman" is to be produced by Manager Mathew Talon. The cast is all engaged but the leading lady.
05 March 1932
This short features clips from silent films (mostly unidentified) of the 1910's, accompanied by humorous commentary.
