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That "Seeing the World" is a very bad film, plus the print - I felt sorry for Finlayson practically working alone with nothing funny to do - He made every face in the book in this one.!!
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- ↑ "Brothers Under the Chin - Pathe". The Film Daily. New York, Wid's Films and Film Folks, Inc. XXVIII (5): 16. April 6, 1924. Retrieved January 17, 2016.
