We Faw Down is a synchronized sound short subject film directed by Leo McCarey starring comedy duo Laurel and Hardy.
En route, they gallantly stop to assist two young ladies retrieve a hat that has blown under a parked car.
A large boyfriend of one of the females appears at the apartment, sending the duo scrambling out the back window, in full view of their wives who have already seen a newspaper headline announcing that the Orpheum Theater had been gutted by a fire.
It was the first Laurel & Hardy film directed by Leo McCarey in the director's chair after being a character development supervisor for a period.
The iconic scene of Laurel and Hardy in the gutter after having just been sprayed down by a street cleaning truck was filmed in front of 3912 Van Buren Place in Culver City.
Certain European DVD editions feature this original synchronized score, but American DVDs (Region 1) still have music cannibalized from other Laurel & Hardy Victor soundtracks.
"[6] Laurel and Hardy: The Magic Behind the Movies author Randy Skretvedt wrote "All that We Faw Down proves is that even [Leo] McCarey could not always save a film from mediocrity.... [it's] amusing but nothing to rave about.