Leur instant d'humiliation

Original title: Their Purple Moment

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Oliver Hardy, Kay Deslys, Anita Garvin, Stan Laurel, and Tiny Sandford in Leur instant d'humiliation (1928)

Stan and Ollie hold out money from their paychecks from their shrewish wives so they can enjoy a night out on the town... with predictable results.Stan and Ollie hold out money from their paychecks from their shrewish wives so they can enjoy a night out on the town... with predictable results.Stan and Ollie hold out money from their paychecks from their shrewish wives so they can enjoy a night out on the town... with predictable results.

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6.7/10

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Stan Laurel

Mr. Pincher

Oliver Hardy

Ollie

Anita Garvin

Oliver's Girlfriend

Kay Deslys

Mr. Pincher's Girlfriend

Fay Holderness

Mrs. Pincher

Tiny Sandford

Waiter
(as S.J. Sandford)

Lyle Tayo

Mrs. Hardy

Leo Willis

Taxicab Driver

Jimmy Aubrey

Cook
(uncredited)

Chet Brandenburg

Waiter
(uncredited)

Ed Brandenburg

Waiter
(uncredited)

Dorothy Coburn

Hatcheck Girl
(uncredited)

Edgar Dearing

Waiter
(uncredited)

Gracie Doll

Midget Performer
(uncredited)

Daisy Earles

Pink Pub MIdget Performer
(uncredited)

Harry Earles

Pink Pub Midget Perfomer
(uncredited)

Helen Gilmore

Pink Pub Patron
(uncredited)

Clara Guiol

Waitress
(uncredited)

Directors
- James Parrott
- Fred Guiol
Writers
- H.M. Walker
- Stan Laurel
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Featured review

4/10

Not bad vehicle for L&H

THEIR PURPLE MOMENT

Aspect ratio: 1.33:1

Sound format: Silent

(Black and white - Short film)

Two luckless nightclub revellers (Laurel and Hardy) are unable to pay their bill, provoking violent retribution from a hot-tempered waiter (Tiny Sandford).

Typical L&H scenario, less substantial than some of their best work from this period, but worth a look nonetheless. Stan takes center-stage this time round, caught up in a financial dilemma after holding back part of his wages to fund a night on the town, only to find out - too late! - that his aggrieved wife (Fay Holderness) has replaced his stash with worthless coupons. Some of the prolonged closeups of Laurel as he slowly becomes aware of the unfolding disaster reveal his genius for characterization and mime. 1920's morality is represented by Patsy O'Byrne, playing a hatchet-faced busy-body who takes great joy in alerting L&H's respective spouses (Holderness and Lyle Taho) to their husbands' bad behavior. The ending fizzles, but the movie still has much to recommend it. Directed by James Parrott.

Libretio
Mar 17, 2005
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Trivia
The troupe of midgets hired for a deleted scene in the film came from the Al G. Barnes Circus, which was wintering in Los Angeles, at the time. They were paid $50 a day.

Goofs
When Stan knocks on the front door and enters the door is completely different in the interior shot. It's the same when Ollie and his wife enter.