'Their Purple Moment'(excerpt, 1928) Starring Laurel & Oliver Hardy Directed by James Parrott (with Leo McCarey) The Beau Hunks/Jurjen Hempel, conductor Score compiled from stock music by Leroy Shield
Their Purple Moment is a 1928 short comedy silent film starring Laurel and Hardy.
Plot
Henpecked Stan and Ollie have been secretly saving for a night on the town away from the wives. When Stan's wife discovers the scheme, she replaces Stan's hidden loot with cigar coupons. The boys are unable to settle a huge restaurant bill, and their evening ends in a pie-throwing brawl in the restaurant's kitchen.
Cast
Stan Laurel - Stan Pincher
Oliver Hardy - Ollie
Anita Garvin - Ollie's girlfriend
Kay Deslys - Stan's girlfriend
Fay Holderness - Mrs. Pincher
Tiny Sandford - Waiter
Lyle Tayo - Mrs. Hardy
Leo Willis - Cab driver
Jimmy Aubrey - Cook
Ed Brandenburg - Waiter
Dorothy Coburn - Hatcheck girl
Harry Earles - Midget performer
Helen Gilmore - Pink Pub patrion
Jack Hill (actor) - Doorman/Pink Pub patron
Sam Lufkin - Waiter
Gene Morgan - Waiter
John B. O'Brien - Pink Pub patron
Patsy O'Brien - Gossip
Retta Palmer - Pink Pub patron
Dorothea Wolbert - Waitress
Category:1928 films
Category:1920s comedy films
Category:American films
Category:American silent short films
Category:Black-and-white films
Category:Films directed by James Parrott
Category:Laurel and Hardy (film series)