Match Play (1930)
** (out of 4)
Decent short from director Mack Sennett has Bud Jamison wanting to marry Marjorie Beebe but she refuses so he makes a bet with her. Her father (Andy Clyde) can pick any golf partner and go up against him. If the father wins he gets to hold onto a golf course for another year. If Bud wins then the girl must marry him. Golf champions Leo Diegel and Walter Hagen are the guests in this short, which goes for several laughs but only gets a couple. Overall I'd say this film really doesn't work because there just aren't enough laughs and the majority of the time we just get improvised scenes with everyone standing around playing golf. These type of golf shorts were quite popular back in the day as several studios were making them. The most popular were the Bobby Jones shorts at Warner but this here doesn't come close to them. There's also no educational factor to these as most of the time it's just Clyde eating up the scenes. It's worth noting that Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle came up with the story here and this was just before he'd make a comeback acting in Vitaphone shorts.
** (out of 4)
Decent short from director Mack Sennett has Bud Jamison wanting to marry Marjorie Beebe but she refuses so he makes a bet with her. Her father (Andy Clyde) can pick any golf partner and go up against him. If the father wins he gets to hold onto a golf course for another year. If Bud wins then the girl must marry him. Golf champions Leo Diegel and Walter Hagen are the guests in this short, which goes for several laughs but only gets a couple. Overall I'd say this film really doesn't work because there just aren't enough laughs and the majority of the time we just get improvised scenes with everyone standing around playing golf. These type of golf shorts were quite popular back in the day as several studios were making them. The most popular were the Bobby Jones shorts at Warner but this here doesn't come close to them. There's also no educational factor to these as most of the time it's just Clyde eating up the scenes. It's worth noting that Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle came up with the story here and this was just before he'd make a comeback acting in Vitaphone shorts.