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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 bit stagy and some of the bits go on a bit long
Even though the subject matter of two of W. C. Fields' short are the same, the results are quite a bit different. Despite the titles, both THE GOLF SPECIALIST and THE DENTIST involve golfing hi-jinx, though THE GOLF SPECIALIST is all obviously filmed in a sound stage instead of outdoors and it tended to have far fewer laughs--instead relying on Fields muttering to himself much of the time or watching the annoying antics of the world's stupidest caddy. It seems pretty obvious that this short is based on one of Fields' Vaudeville routines in the way it's constructed PLUS Fields is wearing the bushy black mustache he often wore on stage. Not particularly great, but an interesting historical curio, as it is Fields' first sound film.
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- planktonrules
- Jul 10, 2006
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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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