Pete Smith Movies

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...

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

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

The trials and tribulations of a husband as his pregnant wife gets closer to the delivery date.

Short comedic subject on the history of photography from the daguerrotype to modern amateur photographers.

This short features professional bowler Andy Varipapa. He first shows the correct way to grip a bowling ball and the proper form for delivering the...

The first part of this short is a "Metrophony" newsreel. It contains actual newsreel footage with humorous commentary (e.g., a flotilla of gondolas...

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

Despite the school just having won an important basketball game, its students are more interested in one of its teachers, namely Charles C. Peterson,...

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

Humorous look at fantasy gadgets like ketchup in a tube, tilting book shelves, etc.

An examination of the role played by dogs over the years in scientific research.

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

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

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

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 short film highlights the odd 1930s fad of playing baseball while riding donkeys.

The audience is asked questions about sports facts and records involving tennis, wrestling, swimming, golf, and cycling.

Pete Smith narrates some of the most spectacular college football plays from the 1940 season.

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...