''How to Play Golf'' is a 1944
short
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animated
Walt Disney Productions
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film directed by
Jack Kinney
John Ryan Kinney (March 29, 1909 – February 9, 1992)Lenburg (2006), pp. 180 was an American animator, director and producer of animated shorts. Kinney is the older brother of fellow Disney animator Dick Kinney.
Early life
Jack Kinney was born ...
. Eight minutes long, it was distributed by
RKO
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, and was a part of a series where
Goofy learned to play various sports.
Reception
Upon release, ''
The Film Daily
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'' called it "highly hilarious", and gave the following review:
Voice cast
* Goofy:
Pinto Colvig
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* Narrator: Fred Shields
Home media
The short was released on December 2, 2002, on ''
Walt Disney Treasures: The Complete Goofy''.
See also
*
List of American films of 1944
Below is a list of American films released in 1944. ''Going My Way'' won Best Picture at the 17th Academy Awards. The remaining four nominees were '' Double Indemnity'', ''Gaslight'', ''Since You Went Away'' and '' Wilson''.
A
B
C
D
E-F
...
References
External links
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1940s Disney animated short films
1944 films
1944 animated films
American sports comedy films
Golf animation
Goofy (Disney) short films
Films directed by Jack Kinney
Films produced by Walt Disney
1944 short films
American comedy short films
1940s sports comedy films
1944 comedy films
1940s English-language films