Pete Smith Movies

  • 1942
    Football Thrills of 1941

    Football Thrills of 1941

    Football Thrills of 1941

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

    Football Thrills of 1941
  • 1937
    Penny Wisdom

    Penny Wisdom

    Penny Wisdom

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    A Pete Smith Specialty short on saving an important dinner after the household's cook suddenly quits.

    Penny Wisdom
  • 1953
    Things We Can Do Without

    Things We Can Do Without

    Things We Can Do Without

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

    Things We Can Do Without
  • 1945
    Football Thrills of 1944

    Football Thrills of 1944

    Football Thrills of 1944

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    Pete Smith would make a "Football Thrills of...." each year as part of his Pete Smith Specials. 1944 was in the midst of WW II and most of the...

    Football Thrills of 1944
  • 1932
    Trout Fishing

    Trout Fishing

    Trout Fishing

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    A ten-minute short starring Hollywood producer Pete Smith.

    Trout Fishing
  • 1940
    Maintain the Right

    Maintain the Right

    Maintain the Right

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    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...

    Maintain the Right
  • 1970
    Football Thrills of 1939

    Football Thrills of 1939

    Football Thrills of 1939

    01970HD

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

    Football Thrills of 1939
  • 1950
    Crashing the Movies

    Crashing the Movies

    Crashing the Movies

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    This Pete Smith Specialty short shows newsreel clips of people performing strange stunts. Among those featured are a motorcyclist driving through a...

    Crashing the Movies
  • 1938
    Penny's Party

    Penny's Party

    Penny's Party

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    Prudence Penny and Gwen Lee give more cooking tips in Technicolor

    Penny's Party
  • 1933
    Throttle Pushers

    Throttle Pushers

    Throttle Pushers

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    Highlights the fast-paced and dangerous world of professional auto racing.

    Throttle Pushers
  • 1946
    Football Thrills No. 9

    Football Thrills No. 9

    Football Thrills No. 9

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    A Pete Smith Specialty. Classic high spots from last year's football landmarks.

    Football Thrills No. 9
  • 1943
    Seeing Hands

    Seeing Hands

    Seeing Hands

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    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...

    Seeing Hands
  • 1946
    I Love My Husband, But!

    I Love My Husband, But!

    I Love My Husband, But!

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    In this Pete Smith Specialty short, a wife endures the trials of being married to a husband with traits that drive her crazy.

    I Love My Husband, But!
  • 1932
    Olympic Events

    Olympic Events

    Olympic Events

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    This short film presents several athletes preparing for the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.

    Olympic Events
  • 1939
    Culinary Carving

    Culinary Carving

    Culinary Carving

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

    Culinary Carving
  • 1934
    Goofy Movies Number Five

    Goofy Movies Number Five

    Goofy Movies Number Five

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    In this short, Pete Smith provides comedic narration over silent film footage.

    Goofy Movies Number Five
  • 1932
    Microscopic Mysteries

    Microscopic Mysteries

    Microscopic Mysteries

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    This short film takes a look through a microscope's lens at insect life.

    Microscopic Mysteries
  • 1934
    Pro Football

    Pro Football

    Pro Football

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    This MGM Oddity features the 1933 National Football League champion Chicago Bears. The team demonstrates various plays, which are shown first in real...

    Pro Football
  • 1944
    Home Maid

    Home Maid

    Home Maid

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    Wartime housekeeping tips by a home-economics pro who comes to the aid of a bumbling, vertically challenged husband and his statuesque bride.

    Home Maid
  • 1949
    Super Cue Men

    Super Cue Men

    Super Cue Men

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    Pete Smith special about billiard.

    Super Cue Men