#JamesFinlayson
Wise words from #JamesFinlayson - especially poignant considering his father was a blacksmith...

Source: Hughes, Laurence A. 'The Truth about the Movies by the Stars'. Hollywood Publishers, Inc., 1924. Internet Archive: archive.org/details/trut..., p. 417.
February 14, 2026 at 1:41 AM
Have you bought your #HippFest2026 tickets yet?

You can see #JamesFinlayson in BIG BUSINESS (1929) at the Dobbie Hall, Larbert on 20th February and in WITH LOVE AND HISSES (1927) at the Hippodrome, Bo’ness on 22nd March.

www.hippodromecinema.co.uk/hippfest/
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HippFest is Scotland’s first and only festival of silent film with live music, centred in and inspired by Scotland’s first and oldest cinema; featuring exceptional screenings, commissions, workshops, ...
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February 7, 2026 at 7:17 PM
#JamesFinlayson pictured in a trade advert for WHAT HAPPENED TO HARKNESS (1935), a "quota quickie" made at Teddington Studios in London. It was claimed to be his 250th film.

Source: Kinematograph Weekly, vol. 210, no. 1426, 16 Aug 1934, p. 32.
February 5, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Behind the scenes with The Boys. Looks like the fleet's in.

Two actual British sailors managed to get the 1920s version of a selfie with #StanAndOllie & #JamesFinlayson during a break in filming of Men O' War.

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November 4, 2025 at 10:05 PM
'Fin' returns to the country of his birth, bonnie Scotland, on the 01/10/25 at the @BritPanopticon.bsky.social in Glasgow, in the #LaurelAndHardy film 'Our Wife'.

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September 28, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Remembering James Finlayson, born in Larbert, Scotland, on this day in 1887.
#onthisday #famousbirthdays #jamesfinlayson #scottish #actors #comedy #laurelandhardy
August 27, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Remembering today the late 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Scottish-born actor #JamesFinlayson (27 August 1887 – 9 October 1953) born #OnThisDay in Larbert, Stirlingshire
August 27, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Celebrating Larbert's James Henderson Finlayson (27th of August 1887 – 9th of October 1953) on his birthday.

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August 27, 2025 at 7:49 AM
June 29, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Today #JamesFinlayson was finally recognised in his home town of Larbert, where a portrait of him now sits beside his Scottish Film Council plaque in the Dobbie Hall
March 9, 2025 at 10:12 PM
#JamesFinlayson pictured with Thelma Todd and Dennis King at the Empire, Leicester Square, when #LaurelAndHardy film FRA DIAVOLO (1933) had its UK premiere. Sam Eckman was MGM’s managing director in the UK for 25 years.

Source: Kinematograph Weekly, 25 May 1933, p.5.
February 3, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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December 8, 2024 at 4:16 PM
Remember, a smile a day keeps Dr. Finlayson away & he won't have to give you a continental. He doesn't want to anyway.

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November 15, 2024 at 10:35 AM
Da anni sono drogato della colonna sonora di questo stupendo sketch. In tutto lo sketch ci sono 4 battute, tutto è detto da un brano meraviglioso e da tre comici spaventosamente bravi. #stanlaurel #oliverhardy #jamesfinlayson
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