Their Purple Moment
(1928) United States of America
B&W : Two reels
Directed by James Parrott (Paul Parrott) + [Fred Guiol]
Cast: Stan Laurel [Mr. Pincher], Oliver Hardy [Ollie], Anita Garvin [Ollie’s date], Kay Deslys [Mr. Pincher’s date], Fay Holderness [Mrs. Pincher], Lyle Tayo [Ollie’s wife], S.J. Sanford (Stanley Sanford) [the waiter], Leo Willis [the taxi driver]; Patsy O’Byrne [the gossip], Charlie Hall [the waiter who is tripped], Harry Earles [a dwarf performer], Jimmy Aubrey [the cook], Dorothy Coburn [?] [the candy girl or the coat check girl]?, Ed Brandenburg [a waiter], Sam Lufkin [a waiter], Gene Morgan [a waiter], Clara Guiol [a waitress], Dorothea Wolbert [a waitress], Jack Hill [the Pink Pup doorman; and a Pink Pup patron], Helen Gilmore [a Pink Pub patron], John B. O’Brien [a Pink Pup patron], Retta Palmer [a Pink Pup patron]
Hal Roach Studios, Incorporated, production; distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation [A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture]. / Produced by Hal Roach. Scenario by [?] Stan Laurel? Gowns by Lambert (William Lambert). Property master, Ted Driscoll. Assistant property master, [?] ? Hopkins. Gowns by Lambert. Supervising director, Leo McCarey. Assistant director, Lloyd French. Photographed (cinematography) by George Stevens. Camera operator, Jack Roach. Camera assistant, E.V. White. Film editor, Richard Currier (Richard C. Currier). Intertitles written by H.M. Walker. Presented by Hal Roach. / © 19 May 1928 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation [LP25254]. Released 19 May 1928. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The production was shot 11-24 February 1928, with a new ending shot on 7 March 1928. [?] Some MGM promotional materials credits the film’s direction to Fred Guiol. / Silent film.
Comedy.
Survival status: Print exists.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Dwarves - Restaurants - Weapons: Guns, Knives
Listing updated: 18 October 2023.
References: Film credits, film viewing : Skretvedt-Magic pp. 118-120; Sweeney-Coming p. 132 : Website-IMDb.
Home video: DVD.
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