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...

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 3-D short subject in which the narrator goes to a creepy old house in search of his missing aunt. There he encounters the Frankenstein monster, a...

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

A man writes a check for $1,000 to cover a gambling debt. The problem is that he doesn't have enough money in his bank account to cover it. The check...

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 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 friendly do-gooder's good deeds backfire.

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

With Pete Smith providing dry off-screen commentary, we watch some serious fishing: a marlin caught near Catalina, a hammerhead shark caught then...

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

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

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, a raccoon spends the night looking for food for his family. After his encounters with a skunk, a frog, and a...

Choreographer Dave Gould and his students demonstrate various tap dancing steps. Also featured are an adagio and Russian sword dancers.

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

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

An amusing short film that looks at human and animal babies.