Pete Smith Movies

This comedic short looks at human foibles that lead to major aggravations.

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...

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

In this Pete Smith Specialties short, two professional dancers beautifully demonstrate the rumba and conga while actors humorously display some...

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

Re-enactment of how the 726-carat Jonker diamond was discovered in South Africa in 1905 by the family of Jacobus Jonker; how it was sold to Harry...

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, a series of vignettes illustrate some ways that mothers-in-law irritate, and/or cause problems for, their...

Romance of Radium is a 1937 American short film directed by Jacques Tourneur, and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. This short film tells the story of...

An exmination of the sport of championship diving.

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

A humorous look at some typical housework troubles that may arise. A Pete Smith Specialty short.

A short film showing the Irish contact sport known as hurling, which is similar to, but much rougher than, American football.

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Fala was the famous Scotch Terrier owned by Franklin Delano Roosevelt during his last two presidential terms.

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