Pete Smith Movies

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

This Pete Smith Sports Champion short visits Southern California where it quickly moves from orange orchards to the mountain snow playground at Big...

This Pete Smith Specialty short focuses on the young men who have signed up for the U.S. Army. The film uses the analogy of the speed, accuracy, and...

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...

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

This Pete Smith Specialty shows water-safety and life-saving techniques taught by the American Red Cross to advanced swimmers.

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

This short film shows U.S. Marines in training at a number of unidentified bases, with a focus on hand-to-hand combat.

Demonstrates how accidents happen when proper safety devices are neglected.

In this "Pete Smith Specialty Short," advice is given on how to deal with certain common pests.

Beautiful women allow men to crack whips and throw horseshoes at their heads.

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...

Modern meteorology and a hard-working government weather team put their science and organization to work as a cold front moves from Alaska toward the...

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

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

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

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

A chef helps a housewife cook a duck dinner that will not give her husband indigestion.

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

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