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| Come Clean | |
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| 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 |
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| Running time | 20:45 |
| 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.
Plot
Mr. and Mrs. Hardy anticipate a quiet evening at home, but their plans are disrupted when Mr. and Mrs. Laurel unexpectedly visit. Subsequently, Stan and Ollie venture out to procure ice cream, only to encounter a distressed woman named Kate on the verge of attempting suicide. After intervening, the duo finds themselves entangled in Kate's demands for assistance, prompting a frantic effort to conceal her from their wives.
Despite their best efforts, Kate's presence is eventually discovered, leading to her arrest as a wanted criminal. Surprisingly, Stan learns that he is eligible for a $1,000 reward for capturing Kate, but his suggestion to use the money for ice cream results in an unexpected consequence orchestrated by Ollie.
Cast
- Stan Laurel as Stan
- Oliver Hardy as Ollie
- Gertrude Astor as Mrs. Hardy
- Linda Loredo as Mrs. Laurel
- Mae Busch as Kate
- Charlie Hall as Ice cream vendor
- Tiny Sandford as Doorman
Production notes
The opening scene of Come Clean is a revisitation of a sequence from Laurel and Hardy's silent film Should Married Men Go Home?. The plot of Come Clean served as the basis for the movie Brooklyn Orchid (1942), a Hal Roach Streamliner production starring William Bendix and Joe Sawyer.
Linda Loredo, portraying Mrs. Laurel in the film, had previously appeared in various foreign-language versions of earlier short films by Laurel and Hardy, marking her sole English-language role in their films. Loredo died on August 11, 1931, a month before the release of the film.
References
External links
- Come Clean at IMDb
- Come Clean at the TCM Movie Database
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- 1931 films
- 1931 comedy films
- American black-and-white films
- Films directed by James W. Horne
- Laurel and Hardy (film series)
- Films with screenplays by H. M. Walker
- American comedy short films
- 1930s English-language films
- 1930s American films
- Films scored by Marvin Hatley
- Films scored by Leroy Shield
- Short comedy film stubs