The Golfers
About The Golfers
Charlie Guest, a real golfer playing himself, sets out to impress Winnie Martin, who only cares about the best player on the course. Her father puts a bad-tempered bet on a match, which gives Charlie a reason beyond the romance. George Palooka and Ed Martin stumble through the round with the caddies. The two reels are a game, a wager, and a courtship on the same fairway.
Cast & crew
More about The Golfers
Mack Sennett directed and produced. Harry McCoy, Earle Rodney, John A. Waldron, and Phil Whitman wrote the story. John W. Boyle and Ernie Crockett photographed. William Hornbeck edited. Educational Film Exchanges released it on September 22, 1929, as Educational number 1371 and Sennett production 349. Working titles were The Lucky Niblic and How's Your Game. The negative is 1,874 feet. Sound is RCA Photophone.
Themes
Making
Sennett put a touring golfer, Charlie Guest, into a comic match with Clyde and Gribbon instead of using only studio comics who could not swing a club.
Look
John W. Boyle and Ernie Crockett shot the matches outdoors for a Photophone sound camera, which kept the setups closer to a newsreel of a game than to a silent chase.
Music
RCA Photophone sound-on-film. Dialogue includes the course gag between Winnie and George. There is no separate composer credit.
Preservation
A print is in the Library of Congress. Silent Era lists the film as public domain in the United States.
Notes
- Harry Gribbon plays George Palooka, Andy Clyde plays Ed Martin, Thelma Hill plays Winnie Martin, and Bert Swor plays Mr. Stern.
- Patsy O'Leary plays Pat. Hubert Diltz is the caddy.
- A line in the short: Winnie asks how George likes the course, and he says it is the best he has ever tasted.
- AFI files it in the Andy Clyde sound shorts and lists alternate titles How's Your Golf and The Lucky Niblic.
- Silent Era places a print at the Library of Congress.
- The film is in the public domain in the United States.
Scenes
- Charlie Guest plays himself in the match Winnie's father has bet on.
- George Palooka answers a question about the course by saying he tasted it.
Also available
- Internet Archive (the-golfers_1929)
Quotes
How do you like our golf course?
It's the best I've ever tasted.
