The Finishing Touch

The Finishing Touch is a 1928 short comedy silent film produced by Hal Roach, directed by Clyde Bruckman and starring Laurel and Hardy. It was shot in November and December 1927 and released February 25, 1928 by MetroGoldwynMayer.

According to LampH Encyclopedia author Glenn Mitchell, The Finishing Touch is a descendant of two of the duos solo films Laurels Smithy 1924 and Hardys Stick Around 1925. The paperhanger character played by Hardy in the latter film was justly important to Hardy, originating an embryonic form of his eventual screen character.The Finishing Touch is set in an area undergoing real estate development in 1927 its wide open spaces provide a sense of a more pastoral Los Angeles that would soon vanish as more and more structures filled it in. The illfated structure in question here was built by the Roach construction team on Motor Avenue near the Fox studio. It was supposed to collapse completely when The Boys truck rolled through it, but the overzealous crew ignored designer Thomas Benton Robertss design specs and made it too sturdy so the truck lodged halfway through and ground to a stop. ........

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