A comedy where bad eyesight and baseball meet marriage requirements — what could go wrong?
Elmer proposes to Molly, but she says he needs her fathers permission. He wants Elmer to become a ballplayer, but his eyesight keeps getting him into trouble. Elmer also needs a new pair of glasses.
Acting
Jack Haley's pre-Tin Man physical comedy chops on full display.
Production
Early sound era short surviving 90+ years of film history.
Director
Alfred J. Goulding
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Jack Haley four years before he became the iconic Tin Man in The Wizard of Oz (1939).
Pre-Code shorts like this moved fast and loose with disability humor that wouldn't fly post-PCA enforcement in 1934.
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