Pete Smith Movies

In this Sports Champions entry, power boat racers use specially designed outboard motor boats in a race on California's Salton Sea.

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

1938 short film starring Prudence Penny.

This comedy short contains a "Wotaphony" newsreel and a short film from Super-Stupid Pictures entitled "The Downfall of Thaddeus G. Blotto, Esq." As...

In this short film, champion fisherman Ernie St. Claire tries to catch a large salmon in Oregon's Rogue River.

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

A comic short filled with fake news and a fake movie trailer made up of clips from silent movies.

This "complete show on one reel" starts with Super-Stupid Picture's "The Heel of a Nation", in which the narrator tells a humorous story while the...

Filmmaker Pete Smith is very protective of the trophies and other mementos associated with his films that are located in his office at the studio,...

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

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 Pete Smith Specialty offers a look at Marineland of Florida, featuring the various marine life on display there.

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

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...

This entry in the "whole show on one reel" series begins with a do-it-yourself overture for which the narrator asks the audience to hum any song they...

This comedic short presents a series of nonsensical news stories, in a "Wotaphony Newsreel". The reel's feature, "The Curse of an Aching Husband",...

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

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...

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

A demonstration of trick shots by champion bowler Andy Varipapa.