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Comedy Film Hollywood Silent Film

Raggedy Rose

James Finlayson in Raggedy Rose

1926 silent film comedy with James Finlayson as the butler ‘Simpson Sniffle’.
Starring Mabel Normand. Directed by Richard Wallace in collaboration with Stan Laurel (under F. Richard Jones supervision). Produced by Hal Roach.

Review of Raggedy Rose in Motion Picture News
Motion Picture News, 6 Nov 1926, p. 1779
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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!