Complete credited cast: | |||
Stan Laurel | ... | Mr. Pincher | |
Oliver Hardy | ... | Ollie | |
Anita Garvin | ... | Oliver's Girlfriend | |
Kay Deslys | ... | Mr. Pincher's Girlfriend | |
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Fay Holderness | ... | Mrs. Pincher |
Tiny Sandford | ... | Waiter (as S.J. Sandford) | |
Lyle Tayo | ... | Mrs. Hardy | |
Leo Willis | ... | Taxicab Driver |
Stanley and Oliver sneak out for a night on the town, unaware that Mrs. Laurel has substituted her grocery coupons for Stanley's secret stash of mad money. Of course, this results in dire consequences when the boys run up a huge tab treating a couple of girls to dinner at a snazzy nightclub. Written by Paul Penna <tterrace@wco.com>
The Laurel and Hardy team was now reasonably well established at this time in 1928,but for some reason THEIR PURPLE MOMENT takes one or two steps back;Stan is billed as 'Mr.Pincher'and not Mr.Laurel,and a proposed final scene involving an escape from the night club involving a midget troupe was removed before the film's release,and replaced with a rushed,rather(for L & H)hackneyed final pie throwing sequence.Still,there are some very funny moments,especially with a waiter who keeps on falling into a tray of mashed potatoes;these gags were reworked into the following year's THAT'S MY WIFE(1929).Edgar Kennedy was apparently in these deleted scenes.