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The Finishing Touch (1928) was a Comedy - Short Films Film directed by Leo McCarey and Clyde Bruckman and produced by Hal Roach.

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Watch It: The Finishing Touch (1928) (1)

By Brandy Dean on Feb 25, 2013 From Pretty Clever Films

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?Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. For serious, what else needs to be said? I know I had you at Laurel... Read full article


Watch It: The Finishing Touch (1928) (2)

By Brandy Dean on Feb 25, 2013 From Pretty Clever Films

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?Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. For serious, what else needs to be said? I know I had you at Laurel... Read full article


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The final gag, in which the boys' truck slams into the house, was a misfire. The script called for the truck to drive all the way through the house, but the carpenters had not built the house to property man Thomas Benton Roberts' specifications, so the truck was unable to penetrate it completely. Rather than rebuild the house for one gag, the cast and crew chose to keep the end gag as filmed.
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Also directed by Clyde Bruckman




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Also produced by Hal Roach




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Also released in 1928




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