How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones, No. 3: 'the Niblick'
Original title: How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones, No. 3: 'The Niblick'
- 1931
- 9m
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5.6/10
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Bobby Jones shows Huntley Gordon and Vivian Oakland some tips on the use of the niblick (9 iron)Bobby Jones shows Huntley Gordon and Vivian Oakland some tips on the use of the niblick (9 iron)Bobby Jones shows Huntley Gordon and Vivian Oakland some tips on the use of the niblick (9 iron)
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Wilson Benge
- Wilson - the Butler
- (uncredited)
Huntley Gordon
- Huntley - the Husband
- (uncredited)
Vivien Oakland
- Vivien - the Wife
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaThis was the third episode in the "How I Play Golf" series of instructional shorts. The series was filmed at Lakeside and Flintridge Country Clubs in Hollywood, CA, where many movie stars were members. None of the actors were paid (except Bobby Jones) to appear in these film shorts; to be alongside Jones was renumeration enough. Jones appeared in another six similar episodes in 1933, in the "How to Break 90" series. He was paid $120,000 for the first 12 episodes plus a percentage of the gross ticket sales if the sales exceeded $360,000, which they did. He received another $60,000 for the six episodes in 1933.
- GoofsWhen the husband comes home miserable and goes to sit down, a light moving shadow of the boom microphone is visible upper left of the frame.
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How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones #3: The Niblick (1931)
** (out of 4)
Huntley Gordon comes home late from work where his wife (Vivien Oakland) begins to question him. The husband says he was working late but the wife then bursts his bubble by saying she saw him at the golf course. We then flashback to the husband having his ball in the sand and this is when Bobby Jones explains the best way to get it out. HOW I PLAY GOLF #3 is mainly going to appeal to golf fans who want to see the legendary Jones explaining how he played golf (as the title says). This here, like a few in the series, is rather dry in regards to not much really happens outside of Jones explaining how to hit this shot. A few of the films in the series got built around stories to hell do something else for the non-golf fan but the story here is pretty weak and it certainly doesn't get any laughs. At just 9-minutes the film goes by quick enough but in the end it's mainly golf buffs who are going to want to watch this.
** (out of 4)
Huntley Gordon comes home late from work where his wife (Vivien Oakland) begins to question him. The husband says he was working late but the wife then bursts his bubble by saying she saw him at the golf course. We then flashback to the husband having his ball in the sand and this is when Bobby Jones explains the best way to get it out. HOW I PLAY GOLF #3 is mainly going to appeal to golf fans who want to see the legendary Jones explaining how he played golf (as the title says). This here, like a few in the series, is rather dry in regards to not much really happens outside of Jones explaining how to hit this shot. A few of the films in the series got built around stories to hell do something else for the non-golf fan but the story here is pretty weak and it certainly doesn't get any laughs. At just 9-minutes the film goes by quick enough but in the end it's mainly golf buffs who are going to want to watch this.
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- Michael_Elliott
- Nov 21, 2012
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- Budget
- $40,000 (estimated)
- Runtime9 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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By what name was How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones, No. 3: 'the Niblick' (1931) officially released in Canada in English?
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