Glove Slingers

In 1939, Columbia had started a new series of two-reel comedies called The Glove Slingers that followed the adventures of aspiring boxer Terry Kelly, his uncle Pat Patrick, and trainer Chuck. The role of Terry was played by four different actors through the series' run and the shorts were mostly story-driven with the usual slapstick gags thrown in.

The first entry has Terry (played by a young Noah Beery Jr.) who has a fondness for boxing, something that his religious mother (Dorothy Vaughan) is strongly against. When Pat and Chuck arrive for a surprise visit, Terry is thrown into an upcoming match with his girlfriend's brother Charlie Benson (Cy Schindell). Though Mrs. Kelly does not approve fighting of any kind, she discovers that the local priest has two tickets to the match and she cannot pass that up.

This short is entertaining and features a lot of other Columbia contract players in small roles: Dick Curtis, Richard Fiske, Victor Travers, etc.