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Laurel & Hardy Double Feature: Sons of the Desert & The Music Box

35MM Screening

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The Philly Two Tars and Downingtown First Mistake Tents have arranged a special program with the beautiful and historic Colonial Theater in Phoenixville, PA. Saturday morning, we have a feature film of The Boys, followed by one of their shorts. This show will be in the beautiful “1903 Theater” and on 35mm.


Running Order:

11:00 a.m. – Doors/ Introductions

11:10 a.m. – Sons of the Desert (1932)

12:30 p.m. – Intermission

12:40 p.m.  – The Music Box (1932)


The Films:

Sons of the Desert

(William A Seiter. US. 1932. 68 min. 35mm. Rights Courtesy of Jeff Joseph)
Stanley (Stan Laurel) and Ollie (Oliver Hardy) want to attend the yearly convention of the Sons of the Desert, a fraternal group to which they belong. When Ollie’s wife, Lollie (Mae Busch), objects, he feigns sickness, and Stanley gets a doctor to prescribe a fake trip to Hawaii. After Stanley and Ollie revel with the Sons of the Desert, they return home to find out the ship they were supposedly on has sunk in a typhoon, and they’re forced to cover their tracks.

The Music Box

(James Parrott. US. 1932. 29 min. 35mm. Rights Courtesy of Jeff Joseph)
Gravity, an impatient professor and a sassy nursemaid hinder movers (Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy) trying to deliver a player piano to an upstairs address.

Information

  • Genre Comedy
  • Director William A Seiter & James Parrott
  • Released 1932
  • Runtime 2 hrs
  • Rated Passed
  • Studio MGM
  • CountryUnited States

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