Their Purple Moment

Their Purple Moment
Theatrical poster
Directed by	James Parrott
Produced by	Hal Roach
Written by	H.M. Walker (titles)
Starring	Stan Laurel Oliver Hardy Anita Garvin Kay Deslys Fay Holderness Tiny Sandford Lyle Tayo Leo Willis
Cinematography	George Stevens
Edited by	Richard C. Currier
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release dates	May 18, 1928 (1928-05-18)
Running time	22 min.
Country	United States
Language	Silent film English (Original intertitles)

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
S.J. 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 - 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

References

External links

Their Purple Moment at the Internet Movie Database
Their Purple Moment is available for free download at the Internet Archive (excerpt)
Their Purple Moment at AllMovie
Their Purple Moment at Rotten Tomatoes

Laurel and Hardy

Stan Laurel Oliver Hardy

Stan Laurel filmography Oliver Hardy filmography Combined filmography Laurel and Hardy (animated series) Music The Sons of the Desert

Laurel and Hardy filmography

Silent short films (starring roles)	The Lucky Dog (1921) Duck Soup (1927) Slipping Wives (1927) Love 'em and Weep (1927) Why Girls Love Sailors (1927) With Love and Hisses (1927) Sugar Daddies (1927) Sailors, Beware! (1927) The Second Hundred Years (1927) Hats Off (1927) Do Detectives Think? (1927) Putting Pants on Philip (1927) The Battle of the Century (1927) Leave 'Em Laughing (1928) Flying Elephants (1928) The Finishing Touch (1928) From Soup to Nuts (1928) You're Darn Tootin' (1928) Their Purple Moment (1928) Should Married Men Go Home? (1928) Early to Bed (1928) Two Tars (1928) Habeas Corpus (1928) We Faw Down (1928) Liberty (1929) Wrong Again (1929) That's My Wife (1929) Big Business (1929) Double Whoopee (1929) Bacon Grabbers (1929) Angora Love (1929)

Talking short films (starring roles)	Unaccustomed As We Are (1929) Berth Marks (1929) Men O' War (1929) Perfect Day (1929) They Go Boom (1929) The Hoose-Gow (1929) Night Owls (1930) Blotto (1930) Brats (1930) Below Zero (1930) Hog Wild (1930) The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case (1930) Another Fine Mess (1930) Be Big! (1931) Chickens Come Home (1931) Laughing Gravy (1931) Our Wife (1931) Come Clean (1931) One Good Turn (1931) Beau Hunks (1931) Helpmates (1932) Any Old Port! (1932) The Music Box (1932) The Chimp (1932) County Hospital (1932) Scram! (1932) Their First Mistake (1932) Towed in a Hole (1932) Twice Two (1933) Me and My Pal (1933) The Midnight Patrol (1933) Busy Bodies (1933) Dirty Work (1933) Oliver the Eighth (1934) Going Bye-Bye! (1934) Them Thar Hills (1934) The Live Ghost (1934) Tit for Tat (1935) The Fixer Uppers (1935) Thicker than Water (1935)

Short films (as guests)	45 Minutes from Hollywood (1926) Now I'll Tell One (1927) Call of the Cuckoo (1927) The Stolen Jools (1931) On the Loose (1931) Wild Poses (1933) On the Wrong Trek (1936) Galaxy of Stars (1936) The Tree in a Test Tube (1942)

Feature films (starring roles)	Pardon Us (1931) Pack Up Your Troubles (1932) Fra Diavolo / The Devil's Brother / Bogus Bandits (1933) Sons of the Desert (1933) Babes in Toyland (1934) Bonnie Scotland (1935) The Bohemian Girl (1936) Our Relations (1936) Way Out West (1937) Swiss Miss (1938) Block-Heads (1938) The Flying Deuces (1939) A Chump at Oxford (1940) Saps at Sea (1940) Great Guns (1941) A-Haunting We Will Go (1942) Air Raid Wardens (1943) Jitterbugs (1943) The Dancing Masters (1943) The Big Noise (1944) Nothing But Trouble (1944) The Bullfighters (1945) Atoll K / Utopia (1951)

Feature films (as guests)	The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929) The Rogue Song (1930) Hollywood Party (1934) Pick a Star (1937)

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