December 29, 1933 –
One of their best remembered films, Laurel and Hardy’s Sons of the Desert, opened on this date.
The film’s comic take on marital discord mirrored the far more serious and stressful domestic problems that Laurel & Hardy were experiencing at the time. Director William A. Seiter was also in the process of splitting from his first wife, Laura La Plante. Charley Chase also had numerous difficulties at home because of his drinking.
The Haus of Dcaligari 