Sons of the Desert at his head, upending him. The fraternal organization seen in the film is styled to resemble the Shriners, known formally as the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. Plus, an uncredited early film appearance of Robert Cummings as a ship steward The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists: The international Laurel and Hardy society The Sons of the Desert takes its name from this feature film. The title was also used as the name of a country group and the Danish comedy quartet "Ørkenens sønner" (1991-2016), the literal translation of the movie's
Love Is the Drug (film) be "unpleasantly erratic". Soren Andersen of "The News Tribune" panned the film, feeling the characters were sympathetic. In particular, he felt Sara was "vapid" and Lucas a "Robert Downey, Jr. doppelgänger" and "heartlessly manipulative substance abuser". The "Seattle Post-Intelligencer"'s Bill White gave the film a grade of "D" and stated that Lester "aim[ed] for an edgy teen melodrama and finishe[d] with something less than a spineless horror flick". In particular, he felt the ending was "as predictable as it is improbable" and stated that it seemed like "an alternate ending to 'Beyond the Valley of the Dolls,' shot by the