Pete Smith Movies

This short film presents several athletes preparing for the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.

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

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, a new father experiences the trials and tribulations of fatherhood.

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

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

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

A few different methods that are supposed to help with memorization are presented

This Pete Smith Specialty short showcases former heavyweight boxing champion Max Baer with various sparring partners in the ring. Slow motion is used...

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...

After the audience is instructed how to use the 3-D glasses they received, demonstrations of three-dimensional films are presented. Various objects...

The unusual talents of Johnny Price, a minor league baseball pitcher and trick artist, are showcased in this Pete Smith Specialty. Among other...

Pete Smith narrates some of the most spectacular college football plays from the 1940 season.

An examination of the role played by dogs over the years in scientific research.

In this Pete Smith Specialty comedic short, we see various ways a wife may unintentionally hold her husband back.

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...

A short film showing the Irish contact sport known as hurling, which is similar to, but much rougher than, American football.

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

A little dog must learn to become friends with a big dog.

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...

This humorous short film shows various species of tropical fish at the Steinhart Aquarium in San Francisco, California.