Flora Finch is one of those movie stars that was incredibly popular in her day but has become unjustly forgotten today. She was nothing if not prolific appearing in well over 300 films. She was at her most prolific in the silent era, where she was constantly working. Movie audiences knew her best for her 160 short comedies she made with the incredibly popular John Bunny. She can also be seen in many films from the legendary director D.W. Griffith, including The Helping Hand (1908), Those Awful Hats (1909), His Wife's Mother (1909) and the feature length Orphans of the Storm (1921). One of her best-known silent films today is the classic horror/comedy The Cat and the Canary (1927). During the sound era she appeared mostly in smaller roles with the occasional larger role. These movies included The Scarlet Letter (1934), Laurel and Hardy's Way Out West (1937) and The Women (1939).
Below is a 1923 article from Motion Picture Magazine about Flora. If you have any trouble reading it click on the pages below and use your touch screen to zoom in.
Her is a short film starring John Bunny and Flora Finch, Her Crowning Glory (1911).
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