Movies

The friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law and fall in love with the same woman.

La Fiesta de Santa Barbara is a 1935 American comedy short film directed by Louis Lewyn. It was nominated for an Academy Award at the 9th Academy...

This Pete Smith Specialty short takes a humorous look at the inconsiderate pests whose annoying habits make enjoying a movie impossible.

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...

Frank Morgan is hired to put together a movie using odds and ends from the MGM vaults. He does so by splicing together a string of completely...

The story of the short film from the beginning of the movies in the 1890s, when all movies were shorts, through the 1950s when short subjects...

A Pete Smith Specialty short on saving an important dinner after the household's cook suddenly quits.

Modern meteorology and a hard-working government weather team put their science and organization to work as a cold front moves from Alaska toward the...

Five years after he narrated STRIKES AND SPARES, Pete Smith returns to the subject of bowling with two pros: Andy Varipapa, who threw some trick...

A chef helps a housewife cook a duck dinner that will not give her husband indigestion.

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 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, we see how real-life investigator Jo Goggin used a motion picture surveillance camera to gather evidence and...

A Pete Smith Specialty.

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

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

An examination of the history of anesthesia, from ancient Egyptian times to contemporary times.

Two expert badminton players demonstrate how the best play the game, including some slick trick shots. Meanwhile, befuddled bungler Bellamy B....

In this comedic Pete Smith Specialty short, average housewife Mrs. George T. Hardnose's day is recalled.

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