Pete Smith Movies

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

This serious Pete Smith Specialty series entry encourages industry to hire people with disabilities to help with the war effort. As a boy, Ben Helwig...

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...

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...

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

A dog accused of murdering sheep is brought to trial.

Humorous look at fantasy gadgets like ketchup in a tube, tilting book shelves, etc.

This Pete Smith Specialty short focuses on the young men who have signed up for the U.S. Army. The film uses the analogy of the speed, accuracy, and...

This Pete Smith Specialty showcases the Cristiani Family, a circus act. They mount and dismount moving horses and perform acrobatic feats while...

This short film focuses on a day in the life of a Hollywood talent scout assigned to cast animals.

A Pete Smith Specialty short on saving an important dinner after the household's cook suddenly quits.

Filmmaker Pete Smith is very protective of the trophies and other mementos associated with his films that are located in his office at the studio,...

A satire on movie newsreels combines with humorous narration of silent screen footage in this one reel comedy short.

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

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

Pete Smith does his usual mocking observations while the overweight Maxine Gates goes through the trials and tribulations of losing weight. The agony...

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...

In this final entry in the Pete Smith Specialty series, Smith pays tribute to actor and stuntman Dave O'Brien, who took many falls and spills (and...

A humorous history of the bicycle since 1819.

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