{"id":1606,"date":"2006-10-11T13:00:03","date_gmt":"2006-10-11T20:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1606"},"modified":"2021-01-25T23:52:56","modified_gmt":"2021-01-26T06:52:56","slug":"sons-of-the-desert-1933","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1606","title":{"rendered":"Sons of the Desert (1933)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Every man should be the king in his own castle!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Sons-of-the-Desert-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Sons-of-the-Desert-Poster-217x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"217\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-25418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Sons-of-the-Desert-Poster-217x300.jpg 217w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Sons-of-the-Desert-Poster-92x128.jpg 92w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Sons-of-the-Desert-Poster-741x1024.jpg 741w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Sons-of-the-Desert-Poster.jpg 881w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 217px) 100vw, 217px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nHenpecked Stan and Ollie (Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy) sneak off to a fraternity convention in Chicago, telling their wives (Mae Busch and Dorothy Christie) that they have gone to Honolulu to cure Ollie&#8217;s cold &#8212; but their ruse is soon discovered&#8211;\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Battle-of-the-Sexes<\/li>\n<li>Comedy<\/li>\n<li>Henpecked Husbands<\/li>\n<li>Laurel &#038; Hardy Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nAs Peary notes, this slapstick comedy may very well be the &#8220;definitive Laurel and Hardy film&#8221;, given that it &#8220;perfectly illustrates how Laurel and Hardy typically relate to each other and to their wives in their movies.&#8221; It&#8217;s full of countless humorous moments, including Stan blithely eating wax fruit:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Sons-of-the-Desert-Fruit.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Sons-of-the-Desert-Fruit-1024x645.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"403\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-58108\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Sons-of-the-Desert-Fruit-1024x645.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Sons-of-the-Desert-Fruit-300x189.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Sons-of-the-Desert-Fruit-128x81.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Sons-of-the-Desert-Fruit-768x484.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Sons-of-the-Desert-Fruit-1536x967.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Sons-of-the-Desert-Fruit-429x270.png 429w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Sons-of-the-Desert-Fruit.png 1609w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; Stan and Ollie naively trying to convince their knowing wives that they&#8217;ve been in Honolulu:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Sons-of-the-Desert-Honolulu.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Sons-of-the-Desert-Honolulu-1024x642.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"401\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-58107\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Sons-of-the-Desert-Honolulu-1024x642.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Sons-of-the-Desert-Honolulu-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Sons-of-the-Desert-Honolulu-128x80.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Sons-of-the-Desert-Honolulu-768x482.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Sons-of-the-Desert-Honolulu-1536x963.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Sons-of-the-Desert-Honolulu-430x270.png 430w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Sons-of-the-Desert-Honolulu.png 1615w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Sons-of-the-Desert-Honolulu2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Sons-of-the-Desert-Honolulu2-1024x661.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"413\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-58114\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Sons-of-the-Desert-Honolulu2-1024x661.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Sons-of-the-Desert-Honolulu2-300x194.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Sons-of-the-Desert-Honolulu2-128x83.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Sons-of-the-Desert-Honolulu2-768x496.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Sons-of-the-Desert-Honolulu2-1536x992.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Sons-of-the-Desert-Honolulu2-418x270.png 418w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Sons-of-the-Desert-Honolulu2.png 1587w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; Stan and Ollie attempting to sneak into their own houses:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Sons-of-the-Desert-Sneak-In.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Sons-of-the-Desert-Sneak-In-1024x654.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"409\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-58111\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Sons-of-the-Desert-Sneak-In-1024x654.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Sons-of-the-Desert-Sneak-In-300x192.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Sons-of-the-Desert-Sneak-In-128x82.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Sons-of-the-Desert-Sneak-In-768x491.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Sons-of-the-Desert-Sneak-In-1536x981.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Sons-of-the-Desert-Sneak-In-423x270.png 423w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Sons-of-the-Desert-Sneak-In.png 1589w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As noted in the New York Times&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1934\/01\/12\/archives\/laurel-and-hardy.html\">original review<\/a>, Laurel and Hardy are &#8220;a Quixote and Panza in a nightmare world, where even the act of opening a door is filled with hideous perils.&#8221;  This harmless pair of stooges can&#8217;t seem to help landing in a heap of trouble &#8212; and it&#8217;s great fun watching them struggle to climb back out. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The opening sequence, in which the Exalted Ruler (John Elliott) of the Sons of the Desert &#8212; taking his position <em>way<\/em> too seriously &#8212; solemnly exhorts all members to attend the annual convention in Chicago<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Sons-of-the-Desert-Opening2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Sons-of-the-Desert-Opening2-1024x649.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"406\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-58110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Sons-of-the-Desert-Opening2-1024x649.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Sons-of-the-Desert-Opening2-300x190.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Sons-of-the-Desert-Opening2-128x81.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Sons-of-the-Desert-Opening2-768x486.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Sons-of-the-Desert-Opening2-1536x973.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Sons-of-the-Desert-Opening2-426x270.png 426w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Sons-of-the-Desert-Opening2.png 1609w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Sons-of-the-Desert-Opening.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Sons-of-the-Desert-Opening-1024x632.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"395\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-58109\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Sons-of-the-Desert-Opening-1024x632.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Sons-of-the-Desert-Opening-300x185.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Sons-of-the-Desert-Opening-128x79.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Sons-of-the-Desert-Opening-768x474.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Sons-of-the-Desert-Opening-1536x948.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Sons-of-the-Desert-Opening-437x270.png 437w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Sons-of-the-Desert-Opening.png 1641w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Mae Busch and Dorothy Christie playing &#8220;straight (wo)men&#8221; to Laurel and Hardy&#8217;s antics<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Sons-of-the-Desert-Wives.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Sons-of-the-Desert-Wives-1024x617.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"386\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-58106\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Sons-of-the-Desert-Wives-1024x617.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Sons-of-the-Desert-Wives-300x181.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Sons-of-the-Desert-Wives-128x77.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Sons-of-the-Desert-Wives-768x463.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Sons-of-the-Desert-Wives-1536x926.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Sons-of-the-Desert-Wives-448x270.png 448w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Sons-of-the-Desert-Wives.png 1671w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes. Along with <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1194\"><em>Way Out West<\/em> (1936)<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=25654\"><em>Blockheads<\/em> (1938)<\/a>, this is a must-see Laurel and Hardy flick. Discussed at length in <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?page_id=5986\">Peary&#8217;s <em>Cult Movies 3<\/em> (1988)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Genuine Classic<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> (<span style=\"color:red;font-weight:bold;\">Listed in <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-static\/1001Movies.htm\"><em>1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die<\/em><\/a><\/span>) <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0024601\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1934\/01\/12\/archives\/laurel-and-hardy.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviediva.com\/MD_root\/reviewpages\/MDSonsoftheDesert.htm\">Movie Diva Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.filmsite.org\/sons.html\">Greatest Films Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Every man should be the king in his own castle!&#8221; Synopsis: Henpecked Stan and Ollie (Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy) sneak off to a fraternity convention in Chicago, telling their wives (Mae Busch and Dorothy Christie) that they have gone to Honolulu to cure Ollie&#8217;s cold &#8212; but their ruse is soon discovered&#8211; Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Battle-of-the-Sexes Comedy Henpecked Husbands Laurel &#038; Hardy Films Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: As Peary notes, this slapstick comedy may very well be&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1606\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1606"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1606\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66044,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1606\/revisions\/66044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}