Laurel and Hardy comedians. The official Laurel and Hardy appreciation society is known as The Sons of the Desert which was named after a fictitious fraternal society featured in the Laurel and Hardy film Sons of the Desert. Stan Laurel (June 16, 1890 – February 23, 1965) was born Arthur Stanley Jefferson in Ulverston, Lancashire (today Cumbria), England into a theatrical family. His father Arthur Joseph Jefferson was a theatrical entrepreneur and theatre owner in northern England and Scotland who, with his wife, was a major force in the industry. In 1905, the Jefferson family moved to Glasgow to be closer to their
Sons of Steel (1989 film) co-directed by Yahoo Serious. Gary Keady developed the script for "Sons of Steel" from the short film, and the feature was shot in 1988. The film had a box office release in 1989. Gary Keady and Nicholas Huxley were nominated for an Australian Film Institute (AFI) Award for best costume design for "Sons of Steel" in 1989, and the film was nominated for best original Australian soundtrack at the ARIA Music Awards of 1990. "Sons of Steel" premiered at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival and was released in thirty two countries. It won official selection at the Brussels International Festival