Pete Smith Movies

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La Fiesta de Santa Barbara is a 1935 American comedy short film directed by Louis Lewyn. It was nominated for an Academy Award at the 9th Academy...

Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy are stopped by narrator Pete Smith for the purpose of showing the audience how much wood and wood by-products the...

A man writes a check for $1,000 to cover a gambling debt. The problem is that he doesn't have enough money in his bank account to cover it. The check...

This short looks at the following questions: How would you act as an expectant father? How many greeting cards are sold in the USA each year? Why do...

After their mother remarries, two brothers cause chaos at their Aunt's home.

The story of the short film from the beginning of the movies in the 1890s, when all movies were shorts, through the 1950s when short subjects...

A Pete Smith Specialty shorts series entry. Dave demonstrates a variety of household items and furniture which, while modern, is much more trouble...

Questions and answers on various subjects, from Lady Godiva to the Panama Canal.

This Pete Smith Specialty comedic short details the troubles the average woman faces with maintaining beauty and fitness.

Fala was the famous Scotch Terrier owned by Franklin Delano Roosevelt during his last two presidential terms.

A Pete Smith Specialty. Chef Prudence Penny gives hints on cooking.

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...

This Pete Smith Specialty short was produced in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Labor. Using humor, it shows what can happen when tools and...

A 3-D short subject in which the narrator goes to a creepy old house in search of his missing aunt. There he encounters the Frankenstein monster, a...

It's Thanksgiving. Newlywed husband Abner Poodlebean faces the turkey his wife has prepared: she wants him to carve it at the table in front of her...

This humorous short film shows how carelessness and accidents can harm the war effort, and steps on how to avoid them.

The friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law and fall in love with the same woman.

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, a raccoon spends the night looking for food for his family. After his encounters with a skunk, a frog, and a...

In this Pete Smith Specialties short, two professional dancers beautifully demonstrate the rumba and conga while actors humorously display some...