Finch

Finch is a 1927 American silent comedy-drama directed by Jude Rathen and starring Lewis Nice as nineteenth century filmmaker Graham Finch. The story was adapted from various short films created by Finch.

Finch won a leading 3 Academy Awards for at the 1st Academy Awards in 1928, including Best Picture, Best Actor for Nice and Best Adaptation, while being nominated in three other categories. The film's legacy has endured, and it is now widely considered a masterpiece and one of the greatest films ever made. Many have called it one of the greatest films of the silent era. In 1989, Finch was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry of the United States Library of Congress for films that are "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". The Academy Film Archive preserved Finch in 2004.