Pete Smith Movies

  • 1934
    Manhattan Melodrama

    Manhattan Melodrama

    Manhattan Melodrama

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    The friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law and fall in love with the same woman.

    Manhattan Melodrama
  • 1935
    La Fiesta de Santa Barbara

    La Fiesta de Santa Barbara

    La Fiesta de Santa Barbara

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    La Fiesta de Santa Barbara is a 1935 American comedy short film directed by Louis Lewyn. It was nominated for an Academy Award at the 9th Academy...

    La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
  • 2002
    Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story

    Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story

    Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story

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    The story of the short film from the beginning of the movies in the 1890s, when all movies were shorts, through the 1950s when short subjects...

    Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story
  • 1941
    Fancy Answers

    Fancy Answers

    Fancy Answers

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    In this Pete Smith Speciality, the audience is asked a series of multiple-choice questions on various subjects.

    Fancy Answers
  • 1933
    Inflation

    Inflation

    Inflation

    81933HD

    An attempt to explain the economic cycle of inflation and unemployment.

    Inflation
  • 1945
    Guest Pests

    Guest Pests

    Guest Pests

    71945HD

    An examination of the problem of the house guest who has overstayed is welcome, and how to get rid of him.

    Guest Pests
  • 1932
    Swing High

    Swing High

    Swing High

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    Swing High is a 1932 American Pre-Code short documentary film directed by Jack Cummings. In 1932, it was nominated for an Academy Award at the 5th...

    Swing High
  • 1942
    Victory Quiz

    Victory Quiz

    Victory Quiz

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    A short film where viewers are given 10 or 15 seconds to answer questions about the United States and its involvement in World War II.

    Victory Quiz
  • 1951
    Fishing Feats

    Fishing Feats

    Fishing Feats

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

    Fishing Feats
  • 1936
    Killer Dog

    Killer Dog

    Killer Dog

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    A dog accused of murdering sheep is brought to trial.

    Killer Dog
  • 1945
    The Great Morgan

    The Great Morgan

    The Great Morgan

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    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...

    The Great Morgan
  • 1948
    Ice Aces

    Ice Aces

    Ice Aces

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    This Pete Smith Specialty short provides a behind-the-scenes look at the Ice Capades practices with ice skating favorites of the time.

    Ice Aces
  • 1943
    Hollywood Daredevils

    Hollywood Daredevils

    Hollywood Daredevils

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    A "Pete Smith Specialty" short that looks at legendary movie stuntman Harry Woolman planning and rehearsing stunts for films.

    Hollywood Daredevils
  • 1947
    Diamond Demon

    Diamond Demon

    Diamond Demon

    7.61947HD

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

    Diamond Demon
  • 1939
    Radio Hams

    Radio Hams

    Radio Hams

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    A "Pete Smith Specialty" - a fairly serious look at radio hams in the usual jokey format. Shows aircraft using morse code.

    Radio Hams
  • 1946
    Studio Visit

    Studio Visit

    Studio Visit

    5.51946HD

    This humorous Pete Smith Specialty short looks around various studios on a film lot.

    Studio Visit
  • 1944
    Groovie Movie

    Groovie Movie

    Groovie Movie

    6.31944HD

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

    Groovie Movie
  • 1940
    'What's Your 'I.Q.'?': Number Two

    'What's Your 'I.Q.'?': Number Two

    'What's Your 'I.Q.'?': Number Two

    81940HD

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

    'What's Your 'I.Q.'?': Number Two
  • 1954
    Film Antics

    Film Antics

    Film Antics

    61954HD

    An amusing short film that looks at human and animal babies.

    Film Antics
  • 1942
    The Tree in a Test Tube

    The Tree in a Test Tube

    The Tree in a Test Tube

    5.21942HD

    Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy are stopped by narrator Pete Smith for the purpose of showing the audience how much wood and wood by-products the...

    The Tree in a Test Tube