Pete Smith Movies

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.

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...

In this Pete Smith Speciality, the audience is asked a series of multiple-choice questions on various subjects.

An examination of the problem of the house guest who has overstayed is welcome, and how to get rid of him.

An attempt to explain the economic cycle of inflation and unemployment.

A "Pete Smith Specialty" - a fairly serious look at radio hams in the usual jokey format. Shows aircraft using morse code.

A chef helps a housewife cook a duck dinner that will not give her husband indigestion.

Frank Morgan is hired to put together a movie using odds and ends from the MGM vaults. He does so by splicing together a string of completely...

Another in the long series of "Pete Smith" shorts from M-G-M in which William Newell meets and falls in love with Sally Payne, and begins to budget...

A boogie-woogie piano introduces what purports to be a jitterbug lesson, starring prize winner Arthur Walsh, his partner, and then later various...

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...

Modern meteorology and a hard-working government weather team put their science and organization to work as a cold front moves from Alaska toward the...

An off-camera narrator takes us through various scenarios of "just suppose". First we watch what would happen if a private detective behaved at home...

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, a friendly do-gooder's good deeds backfire.

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, a husband endures the trials of being married to a wife with irritating traits.

This short film shows U.S. Marines in training at a number of unidentified bases, with a focus on hand-to-hand combat.

In this "Pete Smith Specialty Short," advice is given on how to deal with certain common pests.

A humorous look at various circus and other acrobatic feats. One of the "Pete Smith Specialties" produced and narrated by "A Smith named Pete."

A dog accused of murdering sheep is brought to trial.

In this comedic Pete Smith Specialty short, average housewife Mrs. George T. Hardnose's day is recalled.