Sons of the Desert

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Sons of the Desert

1933

1h 9m

Comedy

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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.

David Jenkins

Little White Lies

06/05/2015

3/5

Very much an in-the-moment hit of comic bliss. And that's no bad thing.

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

07/30/2020

9/10

Stan's timidity, absent-mindedness, and prissiness, along with Oliver's boisterousness, clumsiness, and heavy-handedness demonstrate their well-rehearsed partnership.

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

03/15/2008

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It's my favorite Laurel and Hardy feature film.

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

08/17/2005

4/5

Daniel M. Kimmel

Worcester Telegram & Gazette

04/27/2005

5/5

Carol Cling

Las Vegas Review-Journal

08/22/2003

4/5

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Jim N

Oct 22

For me, no comedy actors in screened narrative history surpass this clownish duo, who demonstrate their immaculate anarchy both in the numerous shorts and the films. Of the feature films, this is arguably the best, depicting them yet again as two blank slates upon which nothing is written. Sir Walter Scott once penned the couplet ""Oh, what a tangled web we weave / When first we practice to deceive", and 'Sons of the Desert' - sometimes styled 'Fraternally Yours' - shows how conjugal deception can be dangerous, and why honesty might indeed (sometimes at least) be the best policy.

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Perry W

Feb 21

The best Laurel and Hardy film , a masterpiece.

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Denny S

@pinetree51 10/31/2024

The two quintessential Laurel and Hardy features are this film "Sons of the Desert" and "Way Out West". If you only see two L & H features, those are the two.

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Deke P

09/02/2024

Love L & H, the more I watch them over the years the more I appreciate and love them. don't let the name of this movie mislead you. At first I thot it was about them in the FRENCH FOREIGN LEGION? Did they even do a movie about that? Seen this one a few times on the free MeTV channel, late weeknites.

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Bill P

10/13/2023

A really great movie from the comic duo. Another classic from L & H !!

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Edoardo C

@HAROLDO 06/12/2023

an absolute masterpiece

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Synopsis

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.

Director: William A. Seiter
Producer: Hal Roach
Screenwriter: Frank Craven, Byron Morgan
Distributor: Film Classics Inc., Nostalgia Merchant, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Co: Hal Roach Studios Inc.
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 29, 1933, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 9, 2017
Runtime: 1h 9m
Sound Mix: Mono

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