Pete Smith Movies

The annual compendium of highlights from last season's major intercollegiate gridiron classics.

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

In this comedic Pete Smith Specialty short film, a homeowner experiences a series of mishaps while taking a day off from the office.

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

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

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

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...

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,...

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...

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

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

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

The profession of capturing animals in action on celluloid is both an art and science. Some of the most exciting footage can be obtained in different...

Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy are stopped by narrator Pete Smith for the purpose of showing the audience how much wood and wood by-products the...

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

A tense businessman seeks to find a relaxing pastime but proves himself inept at golf, duck-hunting, and model plane building.

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

After their mother remarries, two brothers cause chaos at their Aunt's home.