Pete Smith Movies

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, we take a music quiz, plus survey various unusual musical instruments.

Wartime housekeeping tips by a home-economics pro who comes to the aid of a bumbling, vertically challenged husband and his statuesque bride.

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

The second "Pete Smith Special" dealing with Fala, the pet dog of the late-President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who died long before the release of this...

Pete Smith special about billiard.

It's Thanksgiving. Newlywed husband Abner Poodlebean faces the turkey his wife has prepared: she wants him to carve it at the table in front of her...

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

Choreographer Dave Gould and his students demonstrate various tap dancing steps. Also featured are an adagio and Russian sword dancers.

This Pete Smith Specialty showcases the Cristiani Family, a circus act. They mount and dismount moving horses and perform acrobatic feats while...

A man writes a check for $1,000 to cover a gambling debt. The problem is that he doesn't have enough money in his bank account to cover it. The check...

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

This serious Pete Smith Specialty series entry encourages industry to hire people with disabilities to help with the war effort. As a boy, Ben Helwig...

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, a new father experiences the trials and tribulations of fatherhood.

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

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

1938 short film starring Prudence Penny.

In this final entry in the Pete Smith Specialty series, Smith pays tribute to actor and stuntman Dave O'Brien, who took many falls and spills (and...

A "Pete Smith Specialty". Three sea lions gatecrash the kitchen of a beach house, steal some goodies, then go on to cause chaos at the party.

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

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