◎译 名 老瑞和哈迪之沙漠王子/劳莱和哈台之沙漠王子 ◎片 名 Sons of the Desert ◎年 代 1933 ◎产 地 美国 ◎类 别 喜剧 ◎语 言 英语 ◎上映日期 1934-11-15 ◎IMDb评分 7.6/10 from 7725 users ◎IMDb链接 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024601/ ◎豆瓣评分 6.8/10 from 67 users ◎豆瓣链接 https://movie.douban.com/subject/1303428/ ◎片 长 68 分钟 ◎导 演 威廉·A·塞特尔 William A. Seiter ◎编 剧 拜伦·摩根 Byron Morgan / 弗兰克·克雷文 Frank Craven / 奥列佛·哈台 Oliver Hardy / 格伦·特莱昂 Glenn Tryon / Eddie Welch / 威廉·A·塞特尔 William A. Seiter / 斯坦·劳莱 Stan Laurel / Jack Barty ◎主 演 John Merton Sydney Jarvis Suzanna Kim Billy Gilbert 帕特·哈蒙 Pat Harmon William Gillespie 查理·霍尔 Charlie Hall Sam Lufkin Philo McCullough Charles McAvoy Lucien Littlefield Ty Parvis Lillian Moore Max Wagner 哈尔·罗奇 Hal Roach Nina Quartero Al Thompson John Elliott Bob Burns 斯坦·劳莱 Stan Laurel Charles Giblyn 奥列佛·哈台 Oliver Hardy Jimmy Aubrey Eddie Baker 布鲁克斯·贝内迪克特 Brooks Benedict 斯坦利·布莱斯通 Stanley Blystone Harry Bernard 梅·布希 Mae Busch Baldwin Cooke 多萝西·克里斯蒂 Dorothy Christy Tony Campanaro Chet Brandenburg 罗伯特·卡明斯 Robert Cummings 埃伦·科比 Ellen Corby 查利·蔡斯 Charley Chase Don Brodie Marvin Hatley
I love this movie. I was reduced to tears the first time I saw it and am reduced to tears every time I’ve seen it in the 50 years since. Talk about a movie holding up over 70 years. To my mind, it’s the Citizen Kane of comedy. Everything about it is pitch perfect. To watch the boys as they sink deeper and deeper into absurdity in explaining their arrival back ahead of the rescue ship is a marvel to watch. There are so many subtle, nonsensical and memorable moments that stay in the mind years later one almost doesn’t know where to start. The solemn dark lighting of the opening scene spoofing fraternal organizations, eating the wax fruit, the range of facial expressions of the wives throughout, the shot of the boys from the back sitting facing the fireplace as Stan disses his wife, Stan’s wife in hunting regalia returning shotgun in arm carrying ducks, Ollie flirting on the phone not realizing it’s his wife he’s talking to, the stream of consciousness dialog in the attic, and on and on and on. A subtlety perhaps missed by many is the wonderful song and dance number at the night club….a simply wonderful lampoon to perfection of crooner Dick Powell and spoof of Busby Berkeley with those clunky but charming Hula dancers, struggling in a valiant but ultimately hopeless attempt to dance, fanning out to the camera and culminating in that marvelous overhead shot near the close. Just great. I could write a book on this movie, but I’ll just suggest to viewers to get William K. Everson’s book on the films of Laurel & Hardy and read what one of the great critics has to say about this gem.