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Comedy Film Hollywood Silent Film

Seeing the World

Motion Picture News, 7 Jan 1927, Vol. XXXV, No. 1.
Motion Picture News, 7 Jan 1927, Vol. XXXV, No. 1.

1927 silent film comedy with James Finlayson as the teacher who has a nightmare about taking the Our Gang kids on a tour of Europe. Directed by Robert F. McGowan. Produced by Hal Roach. Reviewed in Motion Picture News of 7 Jan 1927.

See if you can spot Stan Laurel!

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Comedy Film Hollywood Silent Film

Anything Once!

James Finlayson in Anything Once!

1927 silent film comedy with James Finlayson as ‘Boss of the Busy Bee’.
Starring Mabel Normand. Directed by Hal Yates (under F. Richard Jones supervision). Produced by Hal Roach.

The wig – unusually depicting him with a full of head of hair – is duly used as a prop when it catches fire!