The Chimp landlord has a wife called Ethel and when Oliver tells the gorilla to stop dancing the landlord thinks his wife is in the room with Stanley and Oliver. The landlord confronts Stanley and Oliver with a pistol. At the end the gorilla gets hold of the pistol and begins to shoot, scaring everyone out of the room. Chapters — called Tents — of The Sons of the Desert, the international Laurel and Hardy Appreciation Society, all take their names from L&H films. The Chimp Tent is in Cincinnati, Ohio. The Chimp The Chimp is a Laurel and Hardy short film
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