| The Golf Specialist | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Monte Brice |
| Produced by | Lou Brock |
| Written by | W.C. Fields |
| Starring | W.C. Fields Allan Bennett William Black Naomi Casey John Dunsmuir Shirley Grey Johnny Kane Al Wood |
| Cinematography | Frank Zucker |
| Editing by | Russell G. Shields |
| Distributed by | RKO Pictures |
| Release date(s) | August 22, 1930 |
| Running time | 20 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Golf Specialist is a 1930 comedy short subject from RKO Pictures, starring W. C. Fields. It was his first talkie. The film was shot in Fort Lee, New Jersey when many early film studios in America's first motion picture industry were based there in the early part of the 20th century.[1][2][3]
The film features lines such as "I would never hit a woman, not even my own mother" and "Stand clear and keep your eye on the ball" (a line Fields also used in the golf scene in The Dentist (1932).
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J. Effingham Bellweather (W. C. Fields) is a guest in a hotel, where he meets the House Detective's Wife (Shirley Grey) who likes to flirt with other men. After brief encounters with a little girl (Naomi Casey) and the House Detective (John Dunsmuir), Bellweather offers to teach the Detective's Wife how to play golf.
The two of them and their Caddy (Al Wood) go out to the golf course, but Bellweather never gets to hit the ball; his lessons are being constantly interrupted by such distractions as the Caddy's squeaking shoes, pieces of paper being blown by the wind into his path, accidentally stepping into a pie that the Caddy had brought, et cetera.
At the end, the police and the House Detective come out to the course to arrest con artist Bellweather for a list of absurd crimes; the police put handcuffs on him just as he's showing the Detective's Wife the importance of keeping the wrists close together while gripping the club.