Pete Smith Movies

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, Dr. Harold E. Edgerton demonstrates stroboscopic photography, which he helped develop. This process allows us to...

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

A Pete Smith Specialty. A documentary that explains the answers to questions about Portuguese man-of-war fish and the Rosetta Stone, among others.

This short film presents an unusual Beverly Hills store called the Patio Shop, where trash is turned into art.

Short film covering a variety of topics that folks may have wondered about.

A humorous history of the bicycle since 1819.

In this short film, champion fisherman Ernie St. Claire tries to catch a large salmon in Oregon's Rogue River.

It's Thanksgiving. Newlywed husband Abner Poodlebean faces the turkey his wife has prepared: she wants him to carve it at the table in front of her...

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...

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, two lion cubs escape from the zoo and go on an adventure.

Narrator Pete Smith talks about the different kinds of neighbors that can be pests, and how to deal with them.

A demonstration of trick shots by champion bowler Andy Varipapa.

1938 short film starring Prudence Penny.

Life in mid-century America is humorously compared to life at the turn of the century. Subject covered are keeping accurate time, proposing marriage,...

In this comedic Pete Smith Specialty short film, a homeowner experiences a series of mishaps while taking a day off from the office.

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

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...

An exmination of the sport of championship diving.

This comedy short contains a "Wotaphony" newsreel and a short film from Super-Stupid Pictures entitled "The Downfall of Thaddeus G. Blotto, Esq." As...

Prudence Penny and Gwen Lee give more cooking tips in Technicolor