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J. Effingham Bellweather plays golf despite many slapstick setbacks.J. Effingham Bellweather plays golf despite many slapstick setbacks.J. Effingham Bellweather plays golf despite many slapstick setbacks.
Allan Bennett
- Guest in Lobby
- (uncredited)
William Black
- Guest in Lobby with Letter
- (uncredited)
Naomi Casey
- Little Girl
- (uncredited)
John Dunsmuir
- Deep Sea McGurk - House Detective
- (uncredited)
Shirley Grey
- House Detective's Wife
- (uncredited)
Jack Irvin
- Deep Sea McGurk
- (uncredited)
Johnny Kane
- Walter - The Desk Clerk
- (uncredited)
Harriet E. MacGibbon
- Lady Walking Dog
- (uncredited)
Allen Wood
- The Caddy
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writer
- W.C. Fields(uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaThe picture of Bellweather on the wanted poster shows W.C. Fields in costume for his "Fatal Glass of Beer" sketch. It obviously is taken from a stage presentation of the well-tried routine, as the comedian would not film it until 1933.
- GoofsWhen the paper from the pie are interfering with Bellweather's golf swing, the whirring sound of the fan blowing them can be heard clearly on the sound track.
- Quotes
J. Effingham Bellweather: Don't stand there! Don't you know I'll smite you in the sconce with this truncheon?
- ConnectionsEdited into W.C. Fields: 6 Short Films (2000)
- SoundtracksHappy Days Are Here Again
(1929) (uncredited)
Music by Milton Ager
Lyrics by Jack Yellen
The first three words of the song is sung a cappella by W.C. Fields.
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A little bit disappointing
This is the first short of WC Fields I have seen, mainly because he and Chaplin are often named in one sentence when talked about early greats in movie history. But The Golf Specialist can't match Chaplin's better shorts, as it just isn't as fast-paced as most of Charlies work is. The Golf specialist contains mainly out of 2 scenes, one in the hotel lobby, where a woman tries to flirt with 'everything wearing trousers' (or something like that), and finally hooks up with Fields. This is the least bit of the movie. Then the 'action' shifts to the golf course, where Fields tries to explain what the great sport is all about (and says 'Stand clear, keep your eyes on the ball' about 100 times...). His caddy in this part is particularly funny, look out for him! It turns out at the end that Fields is a psychiatric patient, who fled the institute, and his 'capturing' scene is very amusing, with the bird shot out of the sky. Some good comedy, but not as good as I thought it would be, but I'll give him another go. 6/10
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- TheOtherFool
- Mar 3, 2004
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- Broadway Headliners: The Golf Specialist
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- Runtime20 minutes
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- 1.20 : 1
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