Come Clean (1931 film)

Infobox Film
name = Come Clean


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director = James W. Horne
producer = Hal Roach
starring = Laurel and Hardy
released = 19 September 1931
runtime = 20 min
country = USA
language = English
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preceded_by = "Our Wife"
followed_by = "One Good Turn"
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"Come Clean" is a 1931 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 prevented in doing this when Mr. and Mrs. Laurel pay a visit. After Stan says he'd like to go for some ice cream, he and Ollie go out for some but prevent a shrewish woman committing suicide on the way back home. The floozie is very ungrateful and makes various threats against the boys unless they look after her. They spend a frantic evening trying to keep her out of sight from their wives.

Production

* The opening scene was a reworking from their silent film "Should Married Men Go Home?"
* Linda Loredo, who plays Mrs Laurel in the film,had appeared in several foreign-language versions of several previous short films;this was her first and only part in an English language Laurel and Hardy film. She died shortly after the film's completion of peritonitis and post-operative complications aged only 24.

Cast

* Stan Laurel
* Oliver Hardy
* Gertrude Astor
* Linda Loredo
* Mae Busch
* Charlie Hall
* Tiny Sandford

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