How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 1: 'the Putter'
Original title: How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 1: 'The Putter'
- 1931
- 14m
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
55
YOUR RATING
Number 1 in the How I Play Golf series, by Bobby Jones.Number 1 in the How I Play Golf series, by Bobby Jones.Number 1 in the How I Play Golf series, by Bobby Jones.
Photos
O.B. Keeler
- Self - Narrator
- (voice)
Richard Barthelmess
- Self
- (uncredited)
Joe E. Brown
- Self
- (uncredited)
Frank Craven
- Self
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAccording to a newspaper article written by Bobby Jones' Boswell, O.B. Keeler, Frank Craven actually made the final 30 foot putt on the first take and actually won a true bet from Joe E. Brown.
Featured review
On The Green With Mr. Jones
A Warner Bros. Vitaphone Short Subject
Bobby Jones, the world's greatest amateur golfer, gives valuable advice on how to improve one's putting skills.
This was the first in a series of short films in which Warner Bros. lured this all-American athletic hero in front of the cameras to reveal his playing secrets in an entertaining manner. Celebrities from the Studio's roster would be trotted out to interact with Jones; in this initial endeavor we see silent screen star Richard Barthelmess, comic actor Joe E. Brown, and character actor/playwright Frank Craven (best remembered as the Stage Manager in OUR TOWN, 1940). The poor sound quality is an annoyance in this early talkie, but not an insurmountable one.
Robert Tyre Jones, Jr (1902-1971) began playing golf at the age of six and was entering competitions at the age of fourteen. He triumphed in many of these during his short amateur career and became the only person in history to win golf's Grand Slam (British & American open and amateur tournaments) in one year, 1930. Shortly afterwards he retired at the age of twenty-nine. He never went pro and played only a few championships thereafter, but worked as a lawyer in Atlanta, Georgia. Jones helped organize the first Masters Tournament in 1934 in Augusta, Georgia. In 1958, Bobby Jones was created an honorary burgess and guild brother in Scotland's St. Andrews, the traditional birthplace of golf. Sadly, ill health and paralysis caused this remarkable sportsman to spend his last years confined to a wheelchair.
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Often overlooked or neglected today, the one and two-reel short subjects were useful to the Studios as important training grounds for new or burgeoning talents, both in front & behind the camera. The dynamics for creating a successful short subject was completely different from that of a feature length film, something akin to writing a topnotch short story rather than a novel. Economical to produce in terms of both budget & schedule and capable of portraying a wide range of material, short subjects were the perfect complement to the Studios' feature films.
Bobby Jones, the world's greatest amateur golfer, gives valuable advice on how to improve one's putting skills.
This was the first in a series of short films in which Warner Bros. lured this all-American athletic hero in front of the cameras to reveal his playing secrets in an entertaining manner. Celebrities from the Studio's roster would be trotted out to interact with Jones; in this initial endeavor we see silent screen star Richard Barthelmess, comic actor Joe E. Brown, and character actor/playwright Frank Craven (best remembered as the Stage Manager in OUR TOWN, 1940). The poor sound quality is an annoyance in this early talkie, but not an insurmountable one.
Robert Tyre Jones, Jr (1902-1971) began playing golf at the age of six and was entering competitions at the age of fourteen. He triumphed in many of these during his short amateur career and became the only person in history to win golf's Grand Slam (British & American open and amateur tournaments) in one year, 1930. Shortly afterwards he retired at the age of twenty-nine. He never went pro and played only a few championships thereafter, but worked as a lawyer in Atlanta, Georgia. Jones helped organize the first Masters Tournament in 1934 in Augusta, Georgia. In 1958, Bobby Jones was created an honorary burgess and guild brother in Scotland's St. Andrews, the traditional birthplace of golf. Sadly, ill health and paralysis caused this remarkable sportsman to spend his last years confined to a wheelchair.
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Often overlooked or neglected today, the one and two-reel short subjects were useful to the Studios as important training grounds for new or burgeoning talents, both in front & behind the camera. The dynamics for creating a successful short subject was completely different from that of a feature length film, something akin to writing a topnotch short story rather than a novel. Economical to produce in terms of both budget & schedule and capable of portraying a wide range of material, short subjects were the perfect complement to the Studios' feature films.
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- Ron Oliver
- Aug 4, 2004
Details
- Runtime14 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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