Sons of the Desert (1933)

At a meeting of their fraternal lodge the Boys join in the solemn oath and pledge to attend the Chicago convention. Their only obstacle is their wives who have planned a trip to the mountains. Ollie feigns illness and has Stan bring in a doctor to prescribe a recuperative sea voyage to Honolulu. Ollie insists the wives should go on the planned vacation to the mountains so they leave believing the husbands are on the sea trip for Ollie’s health. The Boys have a great time in Chicago even cavorting in front of the newsreel cameras during the Sons’ parade. But disaster strikes when the ship they are supposed to be returning on from Honolulu sinks and then their wives see that Chicago newsreel ….