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Golf
(1922)
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This comedy short, directed by Larry Semon and Tom Buckingham, stars Larry Semon and Lucille Carlisle, with Al Thompson, Oliver Hardy, Vernon Dent, William Hauber, Fred Lancaster and Joe Rock.
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 Reel Classic DVD
200? DVD edition
A Festival of Silent Comedy, Volume 5 (1914-1927), black & white, 108 minutes total, not rated, including Golf (1922), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Reel Classic DVD, no catalog number, UPC 7-62184-87722-8.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R disc; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at ? Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to ? fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; no chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $19.98.
Release date: 200?.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm reduction print. and may be identical in visual quality to the All Day Entertainment edition noted below.
The film is presented with a music score composed and performed on piano by Ben Model.
For information about other films in this collection, see our A Festival of Silent Comedy, Volume 5 on home video page.
Sight unseen, this is our recommended home video edition of the film.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available from
REEL CLASSIC DVD through . . .
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 All Day Entertainment
2006 DVD edition
American Slapstick (1914-1929), black & white and color-tinted black & white, 279 minutes total, not rated, including Golf (1922), black & white, 27 minutes, not rated.
All Day Entertainment, distributed by Image Entertainment,
ADE3581DVD, UPC 0-14381-35812-4.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 1 NTSC DVD disc (three DVDs in the set); 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in full-frame and windowboxed 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at 7.2 Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to 60 fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at 192 Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; no chapter stops (within the film); double-wide three-disc DVD keepcase; $39.99.
Release date: 21 November 2006.
Country of origin: USA
Ratings (1-10): video: 4 / audio: 7 / additional content: 6 / overall: 5.
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This DVD edition has been mastered from a fair Essex Films 16mm reduction print provided by Mark Roth that has a typical amount of dust, speckling, schmutz, frame jitters, and other print flaws. The picture is flat grey and soft in its image details. Not the best-looking film in the set.
The film is presented with a music score composed and performed on piano by Ben Model, which is far better than the film itself.
For information about other films in this collection, see our American Slapstick on home video page.
Supplemental material includes a short film from the 1960s featuring clips from silent films (5 minutes); and a PDF copy of The Charlie Chaplin Book (1916).
This review was updated in 2026.
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ALL DAY ENTERTAINMENT has discontinued disc sales
and this Region 1 NTSC DVD edition is . . .
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Other silent era OLIVER HARDY films available on home video.
Other silent era LARRY SEMON films available on home video.
Other SHORT COMEDY FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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