James finlayson

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poster Fulta Fisher's Boarding House
Fulta Fisher's Boarding House
(2.8/5)
12mn - Comedy, Drama
Fulta Fisher runs a boarding house catering to seamen passing through the port. A girl known as Anne of Austria has had many lovers amongst the sailors, but presently she's known to be the "property" of S…
poster Should Tall Men Marry?
Should Tall Men Marry?
20mn - Comedy, Western
This western comedy is about rancher Finlayson's beautiful daughter, Martha Sleeper, who refuses to marry the bad guy and how Jimmy and dimwitted cowhand Stan bumble their way into a successful defense of…
poster A Fool and His Money
A Fool and His Money
(3.3/5)
10mn - Comedy
Sam the white-washer pines for the affluent Lindy, but she has dumped him in favor of another. Sam finds a large sum of money, and goes to New York to enjoy a shopping spree, buying new clothes, jewelry a…
poster Long John Silver
Long John Silver
(2.9/5)
106mn - Adventure, Action, Family
In this sequel to Treasure Island, Long John hopes to rescue his friend Jim from a rival pirate and return for more treasure.
poster The Laird of McGillicuddy
The Laird of McGillicuddy
10mn - Comedy
Comedy in which Charles retaliates when Louise breaks off their engagement. Louise breaks off her engagement to Charles. Out of revenge, Charles and his friends turn Kees the milkman into a Scottish lord,…
poster Little Lord Fauntleroy
Little Lord Fauntleroy
(3.4/5)
112mn - Drama
An American boy turns out to be the long-lost heir of a British fortune. He is sent to live with the cold and unsentimental lord who oversees the trust.
poster The Barometer of Fidelity
The Barometer of Fidelity
15mn - Comedy
This Max Linder short opens with him and his girl blissfully rowing in a canoe before skipping ahead two years later.
poster The Bond
The Bond
(2.7/5)
11mn - Comedy
A propaganda film created by Charlie Chaplin at his own expense for the Liberty Load Committee to help sell U.S. Liberty Bonds during World War I. The story is a series of sketches humorously illustrating…
poster Seeing the World
Seeing the World
20mn - Comedy
In this Our Gang film, James Finlayson plays the gang's schoolteacher who takes the kids to Europe after winning a local contest. He takes them on a tour of Naples, Pompeii, Rome, the Vatican, Venice, Lon…
poster Tom Sawyer
Tom Sawyer
(3.1/5)
62mn - Comedy, Adventure, Family
Silent version of the Twain tale, filmed in Pleasanton, California. A Missouri boy (Jack Pickford) encounters his first love (Clara Horton) and bucks responsibilities to find adventure with his friend, Hu…
poster Duck Soup
Duck Soup
20mn - Comedy
Fleeing a group of forest rangers, who are rounding up tramps to serve as firefighters, they take refuge in a mansion. The owner has gone on vacation and the servants are away, so Hardy pretends to be the…
poster Filibus
Filibus
(3.3/5)
76mn - Crime, Drama, Mystery
The mysterious air pirate Filibus steals from the rich and then retreats to the safety of her airship, which is manned by a staff of mask-wearing lackeys who instantly obey her every command. When an este…
poster Loïe Fuller
Loïe Fuller
(2.7/5)
2mn - Fantasy, Documentary
This is another short, simple dance number. It’s quite stunning and unusual though with a bat turning into a woman who proceeds to give us a skirt dance before disappearing into thin air. The dance is mes…
poster Drake of England
Drake of England
(3.4/5)
104mn - Action, Drama
Imposing Canadian-born stage actor and playwright Matherson Lang was one of the twentieth century's great Shakespearean players, and became Britain's foremost screen actor during the 1920s; in Drake of En…
poster Kansas Saloon Smashers
Kansas Saloon Smashers
1mn - Comedy
A gilded saloon, with a fancy bar, forms the background. A nobby bartender with white coat and apron is dispensing drinks to customers. Behind him are polished plate glass mirrors. A comical Irishman ente…
poster Captain Jinks, the Cobbler
Captain Jinks, the Cobbler
10mn - Comedy
Captain Jinks, the Cobbler was one of two Jinks comedies released by Vitagraph for Christmas 1916 and, according to the U.S. copyright filing, was loosely based on the true story of celebrated conman Frie…
poster His Picture in the Papers
His Picture in the Papers
(3.0/5)
62mn - Comedy
Produced at the Reliance studio in Yonkers, New York, HIS PICTURE IN THE PAPERS solidly established Fairbanks as the American ideal of pop, vim, and vigor. Furthermore, the film brought him together with …
poster A Lover in Pawn
A Lover in Pawn
116mn - Drama
About loaner Master Samuel, based on a writings by Hjalmar Bergman
poster The Face on the Barroom Floor
The Face on the Barroom Floor
12mn - Comedy
A painter turned tramp (Chaplin), devastated by losing the woman he was courting as a wealthy man, finds himself drunk and getting drunker by the minute with some sailors at a bar until he's literally fal…
poster Scrooge; or Marley's Ghost
Scrooge; or Marley's Ghost
(2.8/5)
6mn - Drama, Fantasy
Filmed in 35mm and in black and white, this short silent film was produced by the English film pioneer R. W. Paul, and directed by Walter R. Booth and was filmed at Paul's Animatograph Works. It was relea…
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