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Price: $12.99 Prices subject to change.
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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786302172881
Format: Black & White, NTSC
ISBN: 6302172888
Label: Starz / Anchor Bay
Manufacturer: Starz / Anchor Bay
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Starz / Anchor Bay
Release Date: October 06, 1997
Running Time: 68 minutes
Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay
Theatrical Release Date: December 29, 1933
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"Honesty is the best politics," so sez Stan in their best ever comedy that is places The Boys at the height of '30s male political correctness ... bossy wives, smoking, drinking in Prohibition, male bonding clubs (i.e. the Shriners*), etc - how's that for "scholarly overtones"? In order to go to a Sons of the Desert convention in Chicago Ollie fakes Canus Delirious, as diagnosed by a doctor brought in by Stan - a veterinarian - because Stan "didn't think his religion made any difference." As usual Stan's malapropisms abound.
One of the things that makes this film different is that The Boys' marriages are given some depth so that we can see some attraction to each mate. The wives have the chemistry of a Thelma and Louise, and just as deadly. Mae Busch is softened in blond hair and by her genuine care for her sick and drowning Ollie...but don't push it or pay the cost of a new set of china, pots and pans, and a black eye. Dorothy Christy, Sugar, makes us glad that she is Stan's ... Read More
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I have always liked this comedy, and it stands up well over time. Sons of the Desert is the lodge that Laurel and Hardy belong to (does this look like Shriners and a Shriners Convention?). The local lodge wants its members to go to the annual convention. Stan has no problem getting an OK from his wife, but Ollie thinks he has to sneak away. As usual, Ollie gets them into trouble.
Needless to say, their wives discover they are at the convention and not where they are supposed to be, according to what the wives were told by Stan and Ollie. There are some funny scenes when the men return home and try to sneak in.
There are also some classic scenes in the motion picture, including Stan eating the wax fruit. Stan Laurel could turn almost anything into comedy.
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I purchased this video to watch with my 93 year old boss(he is my patient) and we both thought it was awful. We only laughed a few times. I guess we will have to buy the "best of" tapes where Laurel and Hardy do their short, hopefully funny, skits.
Any recommendations from anyone?
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Sons Of The Desert is considered to be their best feature film.I can understand why.This is definetly one of their funniest feature films.Laurel & Hardy's feature films often lack the ongoing belly laughs of their short films.Sons Of The Desert,Pack Up Your Troubles,The Devil's Brother,BlockHeads,Saps At Sea and The Big Noise are the exceptions.This movie in particular,is also one of Stan and Ollie's most entertaining films.Actor Ty Parvis's musical number"Honolulu Baby"is an unforgettable classic.Sons Of The Desert is a must see for fans of Stan and Ollie.My collection of L&H movies wouldn't be complete without this one.
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"Sons of the Desert" is often reguarded as one of if not the best film made by "the boys". It's thought that even if you've never seen a Laurel & Hardy movie you would still be able to understand the relationship the two characters had. And maybe that's true. Made in 1933, "the boys" had already established their characters. And there was plenty of chemistry.
When first released many critics cited that "Sons of the Desert" was a remake of they're earlier short "We Faw Down", which is available on "The Lost Films Of Laurel & Hardy Vol.3" just incase you're interested to compare the two. The basic idea of the movie is the same. That of the boys lying to their wives saying they will be in one place instead of another only to then find out, the place they were suppose to be at suffered a terrible accident.
"Sons of the Desert" has "the boys" as members of a club called the sons of the desert. There is going to be a convention in Chicago, and NEVER in the history of the club ... Read More
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