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Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, and Charley Chase in fezzes and sashes sit around a table with drinks, gesturing animatedly in a scene from Sons of the Desert (1933).
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Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, and Charley Chase in fezzes and sashes sit around a table with drinks, gesturing animatedly in a scene from Sons of the Desert (1933).
Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, and Charley Chase in Sons of the Desert (From left) Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, and Charley Chase in Sons of the Desert (1933), directed by William A. Seiter.

Sons of the Desert

film by Seiter [1933]
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Sons of the Desert, American comedy film, released in 1933, that was widely considered to be one of the comedy duo Laurel and Hardy’s best movies. The film’s title inspired the long-standing international Laurel and Hardy fan society of the same name. Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy play their typical disaster-magnet characters, in this case two men (also named Stanley and Oliver) who want to attend a convention at their fraternal lodge, the Sons of...

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