Pete Smith Movies

The trials and tribulations of a husband as his pregnant wife gets closer to the delivery date.

Pete Smith special about billiard.

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...

In this Sports Champions entry, power boat racers use specially designed outboard motor boats in a race on California's Salton Sea.

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

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

A Pete Smith short that deals with the newly-created 3-D process.

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...

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

After their mother remarries, two brothers cause chaos at their Aunt's home.

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,...

1938 short film starring Prudence Penny.

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

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

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

This entry in the series starts with a "Wotaphony Newsreel," which contains feature stories with humorous commentary. Then we see "Passions of Horse...

This comedic short presents a series of nonsensical news stories, in a "Wotaphony Newsreel". The reel's feature, "The Curse of an Aching Husband",...

A man looks at stacks of canisters of film on shelves. He pulls out a few to show real-life events caught on camera. He pulls out spools of film that...

This short looks at the sport of rock climbing. A team of three men ascend a rock wall on Southern California's Tahquitz Rock (also known as Lily...

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