Sons of the Desert

Name: Sons of the Desert
Genre: Comedy
Released: TODO_MISSING
Rating: 100

1933, Comedy, 1h 9m

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Movie Info

Stanley (Stan Laurel) and Ollie (Oliver Hardy) want to attend the yearly convention of the Sons of the Desert, a fraternal group to which they belong. When Ollie's wife, Lollie (Mae Busch), objects, he feigns sickness, and Stanley gets a doctor to prescribe a fake trip to Hawaii. After Stanley and Ollie revel with the Sons of the Desert, they return home to find out the ship they were supposedly on has sunk in a typhoon, and they're forced to cover their tracks.

Genre:

Comedy
Original Language:

English
Director:

William A. Seiter
Producer:

Hal Roach
Writer:

Frank Craven, Byron Morgan
Release Date (Theaters):

Dec 29, 1933 wide
Release Date (Streaming):

Feb 9, 2017
Runtime:

1h 9m
Distributor:

Film Classics Inc., Nostalgia Merchant, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Sound Mix:

Mono

Cast & Crew

Stan Laurel
Stanley

Oliver Hardy
Oliver

Charley Chase
Charley Chase

Mae Busch
Mrs. Lottie Chase Hardy

Dorothy Christy
Mrs. Betty Laurel

Lucien Littlefield
Dr. Horace Meddick

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Audience Reviews for Sons of the Desert

Nov 22, 2018

Laurel and Hardy are so addictive and compulsively watchable, and this is first-rate slapstick that offers non-stop laughs with one hilarious scene after another, making us sometimes even wish it weren't so short with its running time of only a little bit more than one hour.

Carlos M Super Reviewer
Sep 22, 2009

Another great Laurel & Hardy flick I can probably watch again and again if I owned it. I don't know why they haven't made a Laurel & hARDY definitive collectors edition DVD. 6 discs with all their shorts and movies. You can't put a price on them though, these 2 are gems they make me so happy to be alive I can't even begin to tell you. Boy thats akward writing that...begin to tell you..or begin to tell you why...or why i like them..hmmm

rocko p Super Reviewer
Sep 27, 2008

watched the Scooby-Doo episode where they meet Laurel and Hardy (in some sort of rift in the space-time continuum). So it put me in the mood to watch some of the real thing.

Grifty G Super Reviewer
Jul 02, 2007

It's a classic, but very dated. Some hilarious moments and some profoundly irritating ones as well. Stan Laurel is at his best when he's losing his shit.

Ken S Super Reviewer