Pete Smith Movies

In this eighth installment in Pete Smith's Goofy Movies short films series, clips from silent films are given comedic narration.

Prudence Penny and Gwen Lee give more cooking tips in Technicolor

A Pete Smith Specialty showcasing athletic stunts.

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...

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

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...

A ten-minute short starring Hollywood producer Pete Smith.

Wild bears that bother livestock are captured with ropes and shipped to zoos.

How the game of ice hockey is played, demonstrated by the hockey team at Loyola University.

This entry in the "whole show on one reel" series begins with a do-it-yourself overture for which the narrator asks the audience to hum any song they...

Tells the story of young Willie Mosconi. From growing up with his father's pool hall downstairs to his first US Championship.

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

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

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

After the audience is instructed how to use the 3-D glasses they received, demonstrations of three-dimensional films are presented. Various objects...

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

A Pete Smith Specialty. The annual compendium of highlights from last season's major intercollegiate gridiron classics.

Under Pete's Smith's narration, this one-reeler tells the story of the training of three new recruits in the Canadian Northwest Mounted. When they...

This rare Technicolor entry in the Pete Smith Specialty series shows various events at a rodeo in Casper, Wyoming