James Finlayson Movies

Comedy short starring Alice Howell

Harried Max Davidson squares off against his grumpy neighbor James Finlayson resulting in a barrage of property destruction, chases, and silent-era...

'Snub' Pollard is an local actor getting a big break in the movie industry, coming home to show off his fame.

A wild stallion (Rex the Wonder Horse) becomes the protector of a prospector and his foster daughter as two thugs plot to steal their claim.

A young man from the country travels to the city to find his fortune. Although he has a letter of introduction from his wealthy uncle, the best job...

A troupe of actors stranded in a small town take job as recreation directors in a sanitarium and hilarity ensues.

A feckless young man who wishes to switch from one streetcar to another is told to follow a pretty young lady-- so he follows her all over town.

A prosecutor instructs the audience of a courtroom to observe the tearful and slightly hysterical wife (Helen Gilmore) who is sitting in the witness...

Ma and Pa Slocum sell up their thriving packed-lunch business (based on Ma's home cooking, Pa's packaging design, and pretty daughter Helen's...

Charley Chase slapstick comedy short where he gets involved with a ventriloquist dummy among other wacky adventures.

Two burglars break into the home of an eccentric doctor. The doctor catches them, but offers to let them go free -- and give them a thousand dollars...

The Haunted Honeymoon is a 1925 American silent comedy film directed by Fred Guiol and Ted Wilde, starring Glenn...

Two young lovers (Glenn Tryon and Blanche Mehaffey) are at home when a policeman (James Finlayson) comes to the door and begins telling them his life...

Despite his faithfulness, Melvin is always under suspicion by wife Mame. Complications erupt when a woman from a party across the hall passes out in...

Knockabout comedy in which woman marries widower each having a child of their own which the other knows nothing about.

An unconventional super detective (Snub) pursues a trio of crooks who've stolen the fortune of his girlfriend's father. Along the way, absurd things...

This western comedy is about rancher Finlayson's beautiful daughter, Martha Sleeper, who refuses to marry the bad guy and how Jimmy and dimwitted...

Charley finds himself having strange spells during which everything around him seems to stop.

Pitfalls of a Big City is a 1923 short comedy