On the Links

In this 1924 slapstick exhibition, Frank Alexander plays a boisterous cynic who views the burgeoning sport of golf with nothing but vitriol. He spends his days mocking the men in knickerbockers until a sudden realization hits: the golf course is less about the sport and more about the company. Noticing that every golfer seems to be accompanied by a stunning young woman, Frank undergoes a manic conversion, catching the 'golf bug' with a feverish intensity that threatens his sanity and his household. What follows is a chaotic descent into obsession as his sons, played by the other members of the 'Ton of Fun' trio, attempt to launch a series of increasingly desperate and physically destructive interventions to cure their father of his fairway-induced madness.