Movies: Pete Smith

This Pete Smith Specialty showcases a group called the Water Bugs. Its members devise new ways to experience thrills on the waters of California lakes. Included in this film are paddle boats with outboard motors, two people using a single pair of wat...

This Pete Smith Specialty short shows, humorously, the disastrous results when people save their money in unsafe places....

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 tire of the repetitive routine, a superior officer tells them the story of another Northwest Mounted Po...

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, answers are sought regarding some things people may have wondered about....

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

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 was written on Friday afternoon, but cannot be cashed before the following Tuesday. The check is use...

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 for their plans to get married. His budget, alas, does not include nor anticipate the plans of Sally a...

This short looks at the following questions: How would you act as an expectant father? How many greeting cards are sold in the USA each year? Why do indoor radiators make that pounding noise? Why do mammals yawn?...

In this Pete Smith Specialty comedic short, we see various ways a wife may unintentionally hold her husband back....

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

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

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 unrelated short subjects and musical numbers, interspersed with a repeated loop of a scene from some melodra...

An exmination of the sport of championship diving....

This Pete Smith Specialty shows newsreel footage events that live up to the title. They include, among others, a diaper derby (the father who puts a diaper on his child fastest wins), a fireman's ball (two teams of fire fighters use high-pressure wat...

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

This short film focuses on a group of lifeguards from a Southern California beach during the off season....

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

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, a friendly do-gooder's good deeds backfire....

Two expert badminton players demonstrate how the best play the game, including some slick trick shots. Meanwhile, befuddled bungler Bellamy B. Birdbrain bumbles his way through building a backyard badminton court. (This film is played in its entirety...

A humorous history of the bicycle since 1819....