Movies: Pete Smith

This Pete Smith Specialty offers a look at Marineland of Florida, featuring the various marine life on display there....

In this Sports Champions entry, power boat racers use specially designed outboard motor boats in a race on California's Salton Sea....

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

Harry Horseknuckle tries to figure out what to do with some strange and unwanted gifts....

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....

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

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

This short film presents an unusual Beverly Hills store called the Patio Shop, where trash is turned into art....

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, two lion cubs escape from the zoo and go on an adventure....

This short film focuses on a day in the life of a Hollywood talent scout assigned to cast animals....

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

Two expert badminton players demonstrate how the best play the game, including some slick trick shots. Meanwhile, befuddled bungler Bellamy B. Birdbrain bumbles his way through building a backyard badminton court. (This film is played in its entirety...

This short film takes a look through a microscope's lens at insect life....

This Pete Smith Specialty short shows newsreel clips of people performing strange stunts. Among those featured are a motorcyclist driving through a pane of glass, a car being driven up a ramp and crashing on top of other cars, a human loop-the-loop, ...

A Pete Smith Specialty showcasing athletic stunts....

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

In this short, members of the California Water Bugs club demonstrate new ways to get thrills when water skiing....

This Pete Smith Specialty short provides a behind-the-scenes look at the Ice Capades practices with ice skating favorites of the time....

This Pete Smith Specialty comedic short details the troubles the average woman faces with maintaining beauty and fitness....

A Pete Smith Specialty shorts series entry. Dave demonstrates a variety of household items and furniture which, while modern, is much more trouble than the progress is worth....