Pete Smith Movies

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...

Pete Smith takes a humorous look at the wildlife that lives among the California redwoods.

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

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

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

This short film focuses on how racehorses are trained.

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

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 comic short filled with fake news and a fake movie trailer made up of clips from silent movies.

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

Questions and answers on various subjects, from Lady Godiva to the Panama Canal.

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

This Pete Smith Specialty short was produced in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Labor. Using humor, it shows what can happen when tools and...

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

Wild bears that bother livestock are captured with ropes and shipped to zoos.

A Pete Smith Specialty explaining the finer points of meat carving, shown by an expert.

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

This humorous short film shows how carelessness and accidents can harm the war effort, and steps on how to avoid them.

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

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...