Pete Smith Filmes

  • 1939
    Let's Talk Turkey

    Let's Talk Turkey

    Let's Talk Turkey

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    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...

    Let's Talk Turkey
  • 1933
    Handlebars

    Handlebars

    Handlebars

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    A humorous history of the bicycle since 1819.

    Handlebars
  • 1947
    I Love My Wife BUT!

    I Love My Wife BUT!

    I Love My Wife BUT!

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    In this Pete Smith Specialty short, a husband endures the trials of being married to a wife with irritating traits.

    I Love My Wife BUT!
  • 1941
    Fancy Answers

    Fancy Answers

    Fancy Answers

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    In this Pete Smith Speciality, the audience is asked a series of multiple-choice questions on various subjects.

    Fancy Answers
  • 1936
    Let's Dance

    Let's Dance

    Let's Dance

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

    Let's Dance
  • 1948
    Ice Aces

    Ice Aces

    Ice Aces

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

    Ice Aces
  • 1933
    Menu

    Menu

    Menu

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

    Menu
  • 1937
    Candid Cameramaniacs

    Candid Cameramaniacs

    Candid Cameramaniacs

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    Short comedic subject on the history of photography from the daguerrotype to modern amateur photographers.

    Candid Cameramaniacs
  • 1940
    Quicker'n a Wink

    Quicker'n a Wink

    Quicker'n a Wink

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    In this Pete Smith Specialty short, Dr. Harold E. Edgerton demonstrates stroboscopic photography, which he helped develop. This process allows us to...

    Quicker'n a Wink
  • 1939
    Weather Wizards

    Weather Wizards

    Weather Wizards

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    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...

    Weather Wizards
  • 1950
    A Wife's Life

    A Wife's Life

    A Wife's Life

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

    A Wife's Life
  • 1952
    Reducing

    Reducing

    Reducing

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    Pete Smith does his usual mocking observations while the overweight Maxine Gates goes through the trials and tribulations of losing weight. The agony...

    Reducing
  • 1940
    Stuffie

    Stuffie

    Stuffie

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

    Stuffie
  • 1934
    Roping Wild Bears

    Roping Wild Bears

    Roping Wild Bears

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

    Roping Wild Bears
  • 1944
    Sportsman's Memories

    Sportsman's Memories

    Sportsman's Memories

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    Filmmaker Pete Smith is very protective of the trophies and other mementos associated with his films that are located in his office at the studio,...

    Sportsman's Memories
  • 1937
    Bar-Rac's Night Out

    Bar-Rac's Night Out

    Bar-Rac's Night Out

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    In this Pete Smith Specialty short, a raccoon spends the night looking for food for his family. After his encounters with a skunk, a frog, and a...

    Bar-Rac's Night Out
  • 1936
    Harnessed Rhythm

    Harnessed Rhythm

    Harnessed Rhythm

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    This Sports Parade series entry follows the life of Dixie Dan, a harness racehorse, from birth through age three.

    Harnessed Rhythm
  • 1942
    The Tree in a Test Tube

    The Tree in a Test Tube

    The Tree in a Test Tube

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    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...

    The Tree in a Test Tube
  • 1936
    Killer Dog

    Killer Dog

    Killer Dog

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    A dog accused of murdering sheep is brought to trial.

    Killer Dog
  • 1941
    Army Champions

    Army Champions

    Army Champions

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    This Pete Smith Specialty short focuses on the young men who have signed up for the U.S. Army. The film uses the analogy of the speed, accuracy, and...

    Army Champions