Laurel and Hardy - Their Purple Moment (1928) - Filming Locations

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Historical Production & Location Reference

Film Title: Their Purple Moment (1928)
Comedy Team: Stan Laurel & Oliver Hardy
Studio Origin: Hal Roach Studios (Culver City)
Featured Historical Landmarks:
  • Historic Residential Neighborhood: The houses featured during the neighborhood sequence showcases early 20th-century Los Angeles residential construction.
  • The Boys' House: 1750 West 22nd Street utilized for the home exterior provides an authentic glimpse into the structural styling of the 1920s.

Infrastructure Preservation Note: This specific filming location narrowly escaped complete erasure during the mid-century. During the 1960s construction of the Interstate 10 (Santa Monica) Freeway in Los Angeles, initial drafting paths threatened these exact structures. Had planners routed the final freeway alignment just one block further south, these centenarian homes would have been entirely demolished and buried under 20 feet of dirt embankment. Because the route was finalized a half-block north, these historic locations miraculously survive intact.

Laurel and Hardy are once again trying to fool the wives and sneak out to a night on the town. Unfortunately, the town gossip is tracking their every move!

The movie location used in this Laurel and Hardy film was nearly a victim of the I-10 freeway construction Los Angeles in the 1960s. If the planners had decided to move the freeway just one block to the south, the homes seen in this Laurel and Hardy movie would have been demolished and under 20 feet of the freeway embankment. Fortunately, the planners decided on a route just a half block north of this filming location and these beautiful homes (many over 100 years old now) survive.

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