Pete Smith Movies

This comedic Pete Smith Specialty short examines the folly of using "home remedies" for various ills.

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, answers are sought regarding some things people may have wondered about.

The first part of this short is a "Metrophony" newsreel. It contains actual newsreel footage with humorous commentary (e.g., a flotilla of gondolas...

A review of the 1937 football season.

A man looks at stacks of canisters of film on shelves. He pulls out a few to show real-life events caught on camera. He pulls out spools of film that...

Pete Smith takes a humorous look at the wildlife that lives among the California redwoods.

This Pete Smith Specialty offers a look at Marineland of Florida, featuring the various marine life on display there.

A Pete Smith Specialty. A documentary that explains the answers to questions about Portuguese man-of-war fish and the Rosetta Stone, among others.

Harry Horseknuckle tries to figure out what to do with some strange and unwanted gifts.

This entry in the series starts with a "Wotaphony Newsreel," which contains feature stories with humorous commentary. Then we see "Passions of Horse...

This "complete show on one reel" starts with Super-Stupid Picture's "The Heel of a Nation", in which the narrator tells a humorous story while the...

This comedy short contains a "Wotaphony" newsreel and a short film from Super-Stupid Pictures entitled "The Downfall of Thaddeus G. Blotto, Esq." As...

A Pete Smith Specialty. The annual compendium of highlights from last season's major intercollegiate gridiron classics.

The profession of capturing animals in action on celluloid is both an art and science. Some of the most exciting footage can be obtained in different...

A Pete Smith Specialty. The annual compendium of highlights from last season's major intercollegiate gridiron classics.

A Pete Smith short that deals with the newly-created 3-D process.

This comedic short presents a series of nonsensical news stories, in a "Wotaphony Newsreel". The reel's feature, "The Curse of an Aching Husband",...

In this short, Pete Smith provides comedic narration over silent film footage.

This Pete Smith Specialty short shows newsreel clips of people performing strange stunts. Among those featured are a motorcyclist driving through a...

A comic short filled with fake news and a fake movie trailer made up of clips from silent movies.