Pete Smith Movies

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

A humorous look at some typical housework troubles that may arise. A Pete Smith Specialty short.

The unusual talents of Johnny Price, a minor league baseball pitcher and trick artist, are showcased in this Pete Smith Specialty. Among other...

Demonstrates how accidents happen when proper safety devices are neglected.

Shows how the game of football developed, and how its rules came to be.

An off-camera narrator takes us through various scenarios of "just suppose". First we watch what would happen if a private detective behaved at home...

The Green Bay Packers teach football tips.

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

This Pete Smith Specialty short showcases former heavyweight boxing champion Max Baer with various sparring partners in the ring. Slow motion is used...

Short comedic subject on the history of photography from the daguerrotype to modern amateur photographers.

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

In this comedic Pete Smith Specialty short, women battle for bargains in a department store.

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...

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

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...

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

This humorous short film shows how carelessness and accidents can harm the war effort, and steps on how to avoid them.

Re-enactment of how the 726-carat Jonker diamond was discovered in South Africa in 1905 by the family of Jacobus Jonker; how it was sold to Harry...

Another in the long series of "Pete Smith" shorts from M-G-M in which William Newell meets and falls in love with Sally Payne, and begins to budget...

A few different methods that are supposed to help with memorization are presented