Flora Finch, comedienne of silent film era, dies

On Jan. 5, 1940, The Times re­por­ted that Flora Finch, one of the screen’s out­stand­ing comedi­ennes dur­ing the si­lent era of mo­tion pic­tures, died at the Good Samar­it­an Hos­pit­al from blood pois­on­ing. She was 72.