Come Clean (film)

Come Clean
Come Clean
Directed by	James W. Horne
Written by	H.M. Walker; Stan Laurel (uncredited)
Produced by	Hal Roach
Starring	Stan Laurel; Oliver Hardy; Gertrude Astor; Linda Loredo; Mae Busch; Charlie Hall; Tiny Sandford
Cinematography	Art Lloyd
Edited by	Richard C. Currier
Music by	Marvin Hatley; Leroy Shield
Release date	September 19, 1931;
Running time	20:55
Country	United States
Language	English

Come Clean is a 1931 American pre-Code short film starring Laurel and Hardy, directed by James W. Horne and produced by Hal Roach.

Story[]

Mr. and Mrs. Hardy wish to have a quiet night in their apartment, but are interrupted when Mr. and Mrs. Laurel pay a visit. After Stan says he'd like to go for ice cream, he and Ollie go out to fetch some. On their way back home, they prevent a shrewish woman named Kate from committing suicide. Kate is ungrateful and makes threats against the boys unless they look after her. They spend a frantic evening trying to keep her out of sight from their wives. Kate is eventually hidden in the Hardys' bathroom with Stan.

Kate is shortly exposed and arrested as a wanted criminal by a policeman summoned by the apartment-block doorman, and Stan is informed that he is entitled to a $1,000 reward for her capture. When Stan suggests spending the money on ice cream, Ollie washes him down the bath plughole.

Cast[]

Stan Laurel – Stan
Oliver Hardy – Ollie
Gertrude Astor – Mrs. Hardy
Linda Loredo – Mrs. Laurel
Mae Busch – Kate
Charlie Hall – Ice cream vendor
Tiny Sandford – Doorman

Production notes[]

The opening scene was a reworking from their silent film Should Married Men Go Home?
Linda Loredo, who plays Mrs. Laurel, had appeared in several foreign-language versions of several previous short films. This was her only part in an English language Laurel and Hardy film. She died on August 11, 1931, a month before the film's release.
The film was later reworked into the plot of the 1942 film Brooklyn Orchid (a Hal Roach's Streamliner), starring William Bendix and Joe Sawyer.

References[]

External links[]

Come Clean at IMDb
Come Clean at the TCM Movie Database

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