When their fraternity announces a beer-soaked convention
in Chicago, Stan and Ollie know they must be in attendance which means spinning
a tale about needing a medical sabbatical in Honolulu. The duo realize the jig
is up when the front pages report of the Hawaii ocean liner overturning and
they now must hide from their exceedingly angry and heavily armed wives and concoct
an even greater whopper. Hal Roach produced Sons
of the Desert is laugh out loud funny made with incessant pratfalls,
muggings, misunderstandings, idiocy, and stretching of a gag as far as it will
go.
*** ½ out of ****
