Set 'em Up

Set 'em Up (1939)

07 Oct 1939 • Comedy, Documentary, Short • 0h 9m
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Five years after he narrated STRIKES AND SPARES, Pete Smith returns to the subject of bowling with two pros: Andy Varipapa, who threw some trick shots in the earlier movie and Ned Day, who demonstrates proper form and technique. Pete enlivens the proceedings with some of his customary snark, but this is not a terribly strong effort in his long-running series of shorts for MGM, although he does come up with a lovely phrase: "as unhappy as a duck in a blizzard.Director Felix Feist, who spent most of his career in shorts, with occasional rises to programmers, does his usual competent job, but unless you enjoy bowling this won't interest you, and if you do enjoy bowling you won't find much in it.

Felix E. Feist
Director
Buddy Adler
Writer
Pete Smith, Andy Varipapa, Ned Day
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Language: English
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Country: United States
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6.1

IMDb (17 votes)
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