James Finlayson Movies

Film clips highlight the funniest scenes and brightest comic stars in MGM's history.

Funloving Pearl White, working in a garment sweatshop, gets her big chance when she "opens" for a delayed Shakespeare play...with a comic vaudeville...

Angela comes to Hollywood with only two things: Her dream to become a movie star, and Grandpa. She leaves an Aunt, a brother, Grandma, and her...

A Cinderella story of a young country girl who comes to Hollywood and achieves movie stardom with the help of a publicity man.

Laurel and Hardy are convicts making an escape from prison.

Newly Rich is a silent comedy short

The day starts off as any normal day on Roach's farm, where Teddy, the farmhouse dog, is doing more productive work than everyone else combined. But...

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

Two bungling adventures go on a big game hunt in Africa.

Two sailors get caught in a mountain of mix-ups when they meet their long-lost twins. Laurel and Hardy play themselves and their twins.

Comedy short starring Alice Howell

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

A young married couple appears before a judge to get a divorce. The wife shows the judge some pictures of her husband with his arms around another...

Laurel is a Scottish reporter suspected of being a spy by police detective James Finlayson. Although trailed by the latter, Stan, who is reporting on...

An escaped convict is out to kill the judge who sentenced him. Two inept detectives are hired to guard the judge.

Stout Hearts and Willing Hands is a 1931 short comedy film directed by Bryan Foy. It was nominated for an Academy Award in 1932 for Best Short...

Thundering Landlords is a 1925 short

Charley, representing a manufacturer of musical instruments, is sent to investigate why certain mail orders have not been settled. Charley, carrying...

Max and his son Asher are invited to a party, where Max meets a rich widow, but Asher keeps annoying all of the guests, so Max refuses to speak to...

Sardonic commentary over an abridged version of DOWN ON THE FARM (1920).