Laurel & Hardy - Sons of the Desert (1933) (1080p) Full Movie

 Sons of the Desert is a pre-Code comedy film featuring Laurel and Hardy that was released in 1933. It was directed by William A. Seiter and released on December 29, 1933, in the United States. The film was first released in the United Kingdom under the title Fraternally Yours.

The United States Library of Congress designated the film as "culturally, historically, or aesthetically important" in 2012, and it was chosen for preservation in the National Film Registry.

A group of men in fezes opens the picture by singing "Auld Lang Syne." It's a Sons of the Desert gathering in California, and both Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy are members of the fraternal lodge. In a week, the organization's national convention will be held in Chicago, and all members must swear an oath to attend. Stan is hesitant to go because he is afraid that his wife Betty will object, but he agrees when Oliver persuades him.

They share a duplex house, with Stan and his wife Betty on the left side (Mrs. and Mr. Stanley Laurel) and Oliver and his wife Lottie (whom he frequently refers to as "Sugar") on the right side (Mrs. and Mr. Stanley Laurel) (Mr. Oliver Hardy & Wife). On the way home in the cab, Oliver rails against the idea of a man being ruled by his wife. He tries to comfort Stan that because he has sworn a sacred promise, Betty will have no choice but to let him go. But it turns out that Oliver's wife, Lottie, is even more obstinate. Lottie has another vacation to the mountains planned for Oliver, which he has forgotten about. When Oliver tries to hide his shame by telling Stan that his wife is "just clowning," she smashes a vase over his head, followed by another when he tries to assert his authority as the house's leader.

Oliver feigns illness to get out of the journey with his wife, unwilling to go back on the pledge he swore but also unwilling to risk greater rage from his wife. Stan arranges for a veterinarian (of the "faith") to prescribe an ocean cruise to Honolulu, with their spouses staying at home (Oliver is well aware of how much ocean voyages disagree with his wife). Stan and Ollie attend the convention, and their wives are completely unaware. However, they had a close call when, while drinking with a fellow conventioneer from Texas named Charley, he contacts his sister in Los Angeles as a practical joke... and it turns out to be none other than Mrs. Hardy. Thankfully, nothing comes of it.

Then, as Stan and Ollie are on their way home from Chicago, their reported ship arriving from Honolulu collapses in a typhoon, and the wives rush to the shipping company's offices to learn if any survivors have been found. Stan and Ollie, blissfully unconscious of the shipwreck at the time, come home as though from Honolulu and are perplexed by the vacant houses. While Stan is reading the newspaper, Ollie notices the headline about their alleged shipwreck and immediately realizes the gravity of the situation.

Panicked, knowing their spouses will discover they never went to Honolulu, they prepare to check into a motel for the night, only to see their wives returning home. They take hasty refuge in the attic and decide to camp there because they can't get out. In the meantime, the wives go to the movies to soothe their worries, where they view a newsreel of the convention in which their husbands play hammy. They blame each other's cheating spouses, enraged at being duped, while Betty, knowing Stan lied to her for the first time, is still hopeful that he will atone and confess, more than Oliver will. That enrages Lottie to the point where she challenges her husband to see who will confess first.

The husbands' camping in the attic begins easily enough, but it is abruptly interrupted loudly enough to draw the wives' attention (prompting Betty, who suspects burglars, to investigate with her shotgun). They can get away from the view by retreating to the rooftop. When they are unable to re-enter, Oliver sees this as an opportunity to carry out their initial plan of staying in a hotel for the night. Stan, on the other hand, wishes to return home and confess to his wife. But Oliver threatens blackmail, scared of the repercussions from his wife if Stan does so. "If you go downstairs and spill the beans," he says, "I'll tell Betty that I caught you smoking a cigarette!"

They're on their way to a hotel for the night when they're stopped by a cop who, thanks to Stan, gets to acquire their home addresses from them. The wives spot them approaching, but while Lottie wants to shoot them as soon as they step through the door, Betty reminds her of their ongoing feud. They inform the women about the shipwreck as soon as they enter the house. When asked how they managed to arrive home a day ahead of the rescue ship transporting the survivors, their story begins to unravel; they claim to have jumped ship and "ship-hiked" their way home. Then Lottie looks Oliver in the eyes and asks him if his story is true, telling him to be "larger than he's ever been before." He is adamant that it is; "Do you believe a narrative like that could have originated from my imagination if it weren't true?! Why, it's too unbelievable not to be true!"

Betty then inquires as to whether Oliver's story is accurate. Stan finally breaks down after a long, uncomfortable silence (interrupted by some "encouragement" from Oliver: "Go ahead and tell her!" followed by a cigarette smoking gesture), confessing that they went to the convention in Chicago, not Honolulu; they were never in any shipwreck and had been hiding in the attic. Betty takes up her shotgun and calls Stan ominously to join her. Stan bawls uncontrollably once more, terrified of the fate he believes awaiting him at home. Betty clutching her gun and Stan weeping loudly, the two of them go out. After they've left, Oliver is left to face his wife's fury for making him a fool twice. Oliver finally says, in a jaunty and winning tone, and with a smile, "How about you and me traveling to the mountains?" - the last straw, after failed attempts to captivate her with babyish gestures during a very ominous quiet.

While her confused husband watches, Lottie lunges into the kitchen and empties the kitchen cupboards, piling up crockery. Meanwhile, Stan is seen on the sofa in the Laurels' home, wrapped in a dressing robe, sipping wine and eating chocolates, being pampered by Betty, who tells him the age-old adage, "Honesty is the best policy." As the noises of flung crockery begin to come from the Hardys' side, Stan accepts joyfully. Ollie is being pelted with pots, pans, and plates by Lottie. Stan arrives from next door after the storm, sees Ollie sitting in the ruins, and asks, ""What did she say?" says Ollie, who responds, "Never mind what she said." What did Betty have to say about it?" "Betty remarked that honesty is the best politics," Stan responds. Stan takes a drag off a once-forbidden cigarette before singing his way out the door "Honolulu is a city in Hawaii. Will you close your eyes, baby? ".. Ollie hurls a saucepan at his head, knocking him over.