Pete Smith Filmes

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

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

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

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

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

This Pete Smith Specialty showcases a group called the Water Bugs. Its members devise new ways to experience thrills on the waters of California...

A little dog must learn to become friends with a big dog.

This "complete show on one reel" starts with Super-Stupid Picture's "The Heel of a Nation", in which the narrator tells a humorous story while the...

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

This entry in the series starts with a "Wotaphony Newsreel," which contains feature stories with humorous commentary. Then we see "Passions of Horse...

An off-camera narrator takes us through various scenarios of "just suppose". First we watch what would happen if a private detective behaved at home...

Life in mid-century America is humorously compared to life at the turn of the century. Subject covered are keeping accurate time, proposing marriage,...

An examination of the problem of the house guest who has overstayed is welcome, and how to get rid of him.

Prudence Penny and Gwen Lee give more cooking tips in Technicolor

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...

This comedy short contains a "Wotaphony" newsreel and a short film from Super-Stupid Pictures entitled "The Downfall of Thaddeus G. Blotto, Esq." As...

A demonstration of trick shots by champion bowler Andy Varipapa.

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

A review of the 1937 football season.