Flora Finch
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Flora Finch (17 June 1867 – 4 January 1940) was an English-born vaudevillian, stage and film actress who starred in over 300 silent films, including over 200 for the Vitagraph Studios film company. Finch was born into a music hall and travelling theatrical family in London and was taken to the United States as a young child. She kept up the family tradition and worked in theatre and the vaudeville circuit right up until her 30s. She had her first film roles at the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company starting in 1908. There she worked with Fatty Arbuckle, Mack Sennett (with whom she was romantically involved for a short time) and Charlie Chaplin amongst others. Starting in 1910 at Vitagraph, she was paired with John Bunny for the first of 160 very popular shorts made between 1910 and 1915. These shorts, known as "Bunnygraphs", "Bunnyfinches", and "Bunnyfinchgraphs", established Finch and Bunny as the first popular comedy team in films. The duo became a short-lived trio, when Mabel Normand arrived at the studio. After Bunny's death in 1915 she continued to make comedy shorts, but with less success. She started her own production company, "Flora Finch Productions", but was never able to regain her popularity. One of her best-known roles in the later silent years was Aunt Susan in Paul Leni's The Cat and the Canary (1927). She found film work in the sound era, but only in small supporting parts. The Scarlet Letter (1934) gave her one of her more substantial roles in sound films, and she had a cameo in one of Laurel and Hardy's best-known films Way Out West (1937). Her last film was The Women (1939).
The Women
as Woman Window Tapper (uncredited)A happily married woman lets her catty friends talk her into divorce when her husband strays.
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Way Out West
as Maw (uncredited)Stan and Ollie try to deliver the deed to a valuable gold mine to the daughter of a dead...
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The Cat and the Canary
as SusanRich old Cyrus West's relatives are waiting for him to die so they can inherit. But he...
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Orphans of the Storm
as A Starving Peasant (uncredited)France, on the eve of the French Revolution. Henriette and Louise have been raised together as...
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Show Boat
as uncreditedDespite her mother's objections, the naive young daughter of a show boat captain is thrust into...
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Those Awful Hats
as Woman with largest hatA pair of young ladies cause trouble at the cinema with their lavish hats.
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The Matrimonial Bed
as VosinFive years after Adolphe's death in a train wreck, he is discovered very much alive and with...
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The Scarlet Letter
as Faith Bartle, the GossipIn the seventeenth century, in Massachusetts, a young woman is forced to wear a scarlet "A" on...
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A Kiss for Cinderella
as Second CustomerAn adaption of a novel by Peter Pan author J.M. Barrie.
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Mama Steps Out
as Old Maid in HallA Fort Wayne, Indiana housewife (Alice Brady) drags her husband (Guy Kibbee) and daughter (Betty...
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Captain Salvation
as Mrs. SniftyA young divinity student helps and protects a down and out prostitute, at the cost of his own...
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A Night at the Movies
as Movie Patron (uncredited)A Night at the Movies is a short film starring Robert Benchley. It was Benchley's greatest...
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Her Crowning Glory
as The GovernessA widower becomes infatuated with his daughter's governess, to the displeasure of the child and...
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The Faker
as EmmaRita Martin, the partner of a phony spiritualist who uses information supplied by her to gull...
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Come Across
as CassieMary, a high society girl, wants to see how the other half lives, so she becomes a cabaret...
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Tangled Tangoists
as uncreditedJohn and Flora meet at a ball, but neither can do these modern dances, so they sit out… and run...
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Mr. Jones Has a Card Party
as GuestMr. Jones, since his last escapade, had made strenuous efforts to amend the reputation he had...
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Bunny Backslides
as Flora Winslow - a WidowWhile Flora Winslow, a widow is engaged to Bunny, she attends a lecture on eugenics and decides...
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Quality Street
as Mary WilloughbyA fresh young beauty becomes an old maid waiting for her suitor to return from the Napoleonic...
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Say It with Songs
as Radio station beauty expertJoe Lane, radio entertainer and songwriter, learns that the manager of the studio, Arthur...
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Monsieur Beaucaire
as Duchesse de MontmorencyThe Duke of Chartres is in love with Princess Henriette, but she seemingly wants nothing to do...
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Postal Inspector
as The Ugly Fraud (uncredited)Postal inspectors track down money stolen from a railroad car.
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A Cure for Pokeritis
as Mrs. SharpeThis domestic comedy depicts a woman who stops her husband's gambling habit by having her cousin...
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When Knighthood Was in Flower
as French Countess (uncredited)Mary Tudor falls in love with a new arrival to court, Charles Brandon. She convinces her brother...
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Stablemates
as Singer at Beulah'sA boozy former veterinarian and a teenage orphan team together with dreams of entering a...
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The Haunted House
as Mrs.RackhamFour heirs to a family fortune are summoned to appear at the family estate for the reading of...
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Luck
as The Plumber's Best GirlA young man is bet $100,000 that his famous luck can hold out and he can make that sum in one...
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Men and Women
as KateWill Prescott (Richard Dix) is a bank cashier whose assistant, Ned Seabury (Neil Hamilton), has...
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What Drink Did
as uncreditedA man leaves his wife and two daughters for work in a carpentry shop. At work, he initially...
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The Brown Derby
as Aunt AnnaTommy Burke, a good-natured young plumber who refers to his monkey wrench as his pipe organ, is...
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Polishing Up
as Mrs. John Bunny, alias Vivian AstorWhen his wife goes away on vacation, a husband decides to use that time to do a little "playing...
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The Adventurous Sex
as The GrandmotherA young man spends so much time at work on his airplane that he neglects his girl. She goes out...
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Women Are Trouble
as Society WomanA young reporter tries to prove her mettle by exposing a liquor racketeering gang.
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Rose of the Golden West
as Señora CombaJuan is about to elope with the convent-bred Elena, when he is chosen to assassinate the...
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The Way of Man
as The MotherA woman is scarred in an accident and refuses to stand in the way of her lover's marriage to...
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The Great Adventure
as Rags's AuntRagna "Rags" Jansen has found local success and acclaim in her small town as an actress, but...
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Prudence the Pirate
as The AuntTo her aunt's dismay, Prudence isn't interested in society life. She'd rather listen to the...
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Fifth Avenue
as Mrs. PettygrewWhen her cotton crop is burned, Barbara Pelham, a beautiful southern girl, comes to New York to...
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Five and Ten Cent Annie
as Wedding GuestStreet cleaner Elmer Peck (Clyde Cook) inherits a million dollars from his uncle Adam Peck (Tom...
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The Midnight Girl
as LandladyA corrupt art patron finds himself in love with the same girl as his stepson.
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Roulette
as Mrs. Smith-JonesBefore he can avenge a crooked card game, Dan Carrington suffers heart failure and dies in his...
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A Lady and Her Maid
as uncreditedThe photographer sends miss Ophelia a dozen photographs of her in different poses. Selecting the...
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'Morning, Judge
as The Judge's WifeAfter Uplift Society-champion Crabbine Hicks has the musical revue shut down, her son Buster...
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A Vitagraph Romance
as Principal of Miss Flint's SeminaryAfter meeting a handsome writer, Senator Carter's daughter leaves home and enters the employ of...
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Vampire of the Desert
as HagarIshmael, the son of Hagar, an old hag, living on the edge of the desert, falls completely under...
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Sweet Kitty Bellairs
as GossipKitty Bellairs, a flirtatious young woman of 18th Century England, cuts a swath of broken hearts...
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In Northern Forests
as uncreditedA story of escape and manhunt in the Canadian forests.
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Hearts and Diamonds
as Miss Rachel WhippleTupper meets the wealthy Miss Whipple at a baseball game. When she declares that she just adores...
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The Smoking Out of Bella Butts
as Bella ButtsAnti-smoking campaigner Bella Butts enlists the help of the mayor's wife to enact a ban on...
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Stenographer Troubles
as A TypistA comic one-act film featuring the character Bunny, which takes place in an office.
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The Unusual Honeymoon
as Mary McGregor, His WifeNewly married Thomas and Mary MacGregor attend the village fair on their honeymoon. The balloon...
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Bunny's Suicide
as Mrs. SpinkA tragicomedy in which the suicide attempt of the character Bunny is seen by a neighbour, who...
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She Cried
as Factory WorkerA short comic film about a woman who cannot get the hang of her work in a cardboard factory.
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Father's Hatband
as Mrs. HenpeckoA short comic film in which Sam and Doris use the hat of Doris’ father (a manager) to send...
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A Night Out
as Mrs. Marie HaslemA grandmother has an adventure for the first time in her life when she decides to have a night out.
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Freckles
as Madame LegrandA comedy in which a man secretly has his pustules removed. His secrecy leads his wife to believe...
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The Classmate's Frolic
as The Director of the SchoolA comedy about a group of school girls who bring a street musician to school with them.
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Mr. Bunny in Disguise
as Euphemia JonesLOST FILM. A comedy in which Johan has no desire to meet the unmarried Sarah, and so has his...
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Diamond Cut Diamond
as Mrs. BunceA silent comedy in which a jealous woman wants to catch her husband in the act of infidelity.
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Cutey and the Chorus Girls
as Flora ScrawnyCutey tries to make an impression on a couple of chorus girls. He attends the burlesque show...
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Sweeney's Christmas Bird
as Mrs. SweeneyA pet parrot dies and get mixed up with the neighbor's Chrismas turkey.
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The Pickpocket
as Patrick's Suffragette WifeA John Bunny comedy short featuring his usual leading lady Flora Finch. Confusion over a stolen...
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The New Stenographer
as Lucille MontgomeryA capable but homely new hire becomes ill and recommends her beautiful cousin during leave. The...
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Bunny's Dilemma
as Aunt ElizaJohn Bunny gets into an awful stew when he hears from his Aunt Eliza that she is coming to visit...
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The Wrongdoers
as Society WomanPhilanthropical druggist Daniel Abbott, occasionally robs the rich to take care of the poor,...
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Muggsy's First Sweetheart
as UplifterA scrappy lad from the skids attempts to court a well-to-do maiden. During his visits to her...
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In the Clutches of a Vapor Bath
as Mrs. BunnyBunny purchases a Vapor Bath, guaranteed to make the fat thin and do the trick with neatness. In...
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The Feudists
as Second Wife, Mrs. CraigThe Craigs and Smiths, next-door neighbors, are the best of friends until Smith builds a chicken...
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