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.

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...

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...

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

A humorous history of the bicycle since 1819.

An examination of the history of anesthesia, from ancient Egyptian times to contemporary times.

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...

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...

A dog accused of murdering sheep is brought to trial.

Shows how the game of football developed, and how its rules came to be.

This Pete Smith Specialty short takes a humorous look at the inconsiderate pests whose annoying habits make enjoying a movie impossible.

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

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

This short film highlights the odd 1930s fad of playing baseball while riding donkeys.

This Pete Smith Sports Champion short visits Southern California where it quickly moves from orange orchards to the mountain snow playground at Big...

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

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...

Two expert badminton players demonstrate how the best play the game, including some slick trick shots. Meanwhile, befuddled bungler Bellamy B....

This Pete Smith Specialty showcases a group called the Water Bugs. Its members devise new ways to experience thrills on the waters of California...

A Pete Smith Specialty explaining the finer points of meat carving, shown by an expert.