Golf Widows

Golf Widows
Golf Widows
Directed by	Erle C. Kenton
Written by	Scott Darling
Produced by	Harry Cohn
Starring	Vera Reynolds; Harrison Ford; Sally Rand;
Cinematography	Arthur L. Todd
Production; company	Columbia Pictures
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	May 1, 1928;
Running time	56 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Silent; English intertitles

Golf Widows is a 1928 American silent comedy film directed by Erle C. Kenton and starring Vera Reynolds, Harrison Ford and Sally Rand.^[1]

Cast

Vera Reynolds as Alice Anderson
Harrison Ford as Charles Bateman
John Patrick as Billy Gladstone
Sally Rand as Mary Ward
Kathleen Key as Ethel Dixon
Vernon Dent as Ernest Ward
Will Stanton as John Dixon

Production

On March 9, 1927, Columbia Pictures announced in The Film Daily that Golf Widows was being put into production.^[2] Some contemporary trade publications list Henry Clayton Cooper as the story writer,^[3] but the copyright description only lists W. Scott Darling as author.^[4]

Vera Reynolds, Harrison Ford, and Sally Rand were all under contract with DeMille Pictures Corporation at the time, and were loaned to Columbia out for Golf Widows.^[5]

Preservation and status

Complete copies of the film are held at the Cinematheque Royale de Belgique and the Library of Congress.^[6]

References

↑ Munden p.305
↑ "Announcement!". The Film Daily. 39 (57): 8. March 9, 1927 – via Internet Archive.
↑ "Columbia's "The Perfect Thirty" Announced for 1927-28 Season". Moving Picture World. 85 (6): 569. April 9, 1927 – via Internet Archive.
↑ "Golf Widows. Motion picture copyright descriptions collection. Class L, 1912-1977". Library of Congress. 1928. Retrieved May 1, 2026.
↑ "Three De Mille Players to Act in a Columbia Film". Motion Picture News. 37 (12): 956. March 24, 1928 – via Internet Archive.
↑ "The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Golf Widows". memory.loc.gov. Archived from the original on November 1, 2023. Retrieved September 6, 2025.

Bibliography

Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.

External links

Golf Widows at IMDb

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[1] Munden p.305

[2] "Announcement!". The Film Daily. 39 (57): 8. March 9, 1927 – via Internet Archive.

[3] "Columbia's "The Perfect Thirty" Announced for 1927-28 Season". Moving Picture World. 85 (6): 569. April 9, 1927 – via Internet Archive.

[4] "Golf Widows. Motion picture copyright descriptions collection. Class L, 1912-1977". Library of Congress. 1928. Retrieved May 1, 2026.

[5] "Three De Mille Players to Act in a Columbia Film". Motion Picture News. 37 (12): 956. March 24, 1928 – via Internet Archive.

[6] "The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Golf Widows". memory.loc.gov. Archived from the original on November 1, 2023. Retrieved September 6, 2025.

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