Sons of the Desert (film)
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| Sons of the Desert | |
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 Theatrical poster for Sons of the Desert (1933) |
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| Directed by | William A. Seiter |
| Produced by | Hal Roach |
| Written by | Frank Craven (story) Byron Morgan |
| Starring | Stan Laurel Oliver Hardy Charley Chase Mae Busch Dorothy Christy Lucien Littlefield |
| Music by | William Axt George M. Cohan Marvin Hatley Paul Marquardt O'Donnell-Heath Leroy Shield Frank Terry |
| Cinematography | Kenneth Peach |
| Editing by | Bert Jordan |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Release date(s) | December 29, 1933; re-released in 1944 |
| Running time | 68 min. / 65 min. |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
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Sons of the Desert is a 1933 film starring Laurel & Hardy, and directed by William A. Seiter. It was first released in the United States on December 29, 1933. The organisation The Sons of the Desert takes its name from this film, and it is regarded as one of Laurel and Hardy's greatest films.
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[edit] Plot summary
Laurel and Hardy are members of a fraternity organisation that is due to hold its annual convention in Chicago. After taking an oath to attend Oliver finds his wife will not let him go, so he feigns illness, for which a veterinarian (posing as a doctor for Hardy) prescribes a trip to Honolulu. The boys go to the convention with their wives thinking they are in Honolulu. On their way back the boat from Honolulu sinks in a typhoon and Stan and Ollie have to explain how they got back a day early. However, the wives already know that they have been deceived by their husbands (they've seen a newsreel of the convention) and are playing along only to test the character of their spouses. Stan eventually confesses, despite Oliver threatening to tell his (Stan's) wife that Stan smoked a ciggarette. Stan tells his wife about the smoking too, and (for his honesty) ends up wrapped in her dressing gown on the couch, sipping wine and eating chocolates, whilst Oliver's wife breaks all the crockery... over his head!
[edit] Principal Cast
- Stan Laurel - Stanley
- Oliver Hardy - Oliver
- Charley Chase - Charley
- Mae Busch - Mrs. Hardy
- Dorothy Christy - Mrs. Laurel
- Lucien Littlefield - the Veterinarian
[edit] Quotes
- One notable line has Stan misquoting his wife Betty as having said "Honesty was the best politics!"
- In a notable break from character Stan congratulates Ollie, who has just trapped them in the attic:
Stan: I've certainly got to hand it to you, Ollie.
Oliver: For what?
Stan: Well for the meticulous care with which you have executed your finely formulated machinations in extricating us from this devastating dilemma.
Oliver: Get in bed.
Stan: What?
Oliver: Get in bed. "Meticulous." Hmph.
[edit] Trivia
- Stan has another notable break from character in A Chump at Oxford. A falling window hits him on the head, obliterating his memories of being dumb and revealing him to be "Lord Paddington", a super-genius. At the film's end another falling window restores him to his normal state.
- This film features the song Honolulu Baby.
