Pete Smith Movies

This Pete Smith Specialty short looks at the notion that a man chases a woman till he catches her. Who's really chasing whom?

1938 short film starring Prudence Penny.

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

Prudence Penny and Gwen Lee give more cooking tips in Technicolor

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

The profession of capturing animals in action on celluloid is both an art and science. Some of the most exciting footage can be obtained in different...

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

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

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

This short film highlights the odd 1930s fad of playing baseball while riding donkeys.

A tense businessman seeks to find a relaxing pastime but proves himself inept at golf, duck-hunting, and model plane building.

A Pete Smith Specialty shorts series entry. Dave demonstrates a variety of household items and furniture which, while modern, is much more trouble...

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

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...

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

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

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

Despite the school just having won an important basketball game, its students are more interested in one of its teachers, namely Charles C. Peterson,...

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

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...