"The Golf Specialist" is a black-and-white comedy short film and this one was made in 1930, which means it had its 85th anniversary last year. The sound era had already begun and Fields was one of the biggest stars from the early days of sound, at least in America. As for short films, Laurel & Hardy were also huge back then and not much later, the Three Stooges took over. Fields certainly is not as prolific in terms of short movies as the ones I just mentioned. I think he has decent comedic talent, but the writing in here and the jokes in particular have not really aged that well at all. It feels tough to me to appreciate these 20 minutes. The first half is a bit of an introduction, but then the action switches to the golf course and stays there until the very end. I myself am glad this was over fairly quickly as I was not really well-entertained. Quite a shame as I am sure Fields is better than this.
Review of The Golf Specialist
