Pete Smith Filmes
- 1937

Dexterity
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Beautiful women allow men to crack whips and throw horseshoes at their heads.
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- 2002

Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story
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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...
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- 1942

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...
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- 1938

Anaesthesia
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An examination of the history of anesthesia, from ancient Egyptian times to contemporary times.
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- 1941

Memory Tricks
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A few different methods that are supposed to help with memorization are presented
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- 1943

Hollywood Daredevils
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A "Pete Smith Specialty" short that looks at legendary movie stuntman Harry Woolman planning and rehearsing stunts for films.
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- 1944

Groovie Movie
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A boogie-woogie piano introduces what purports to be a jitterbug lesson, starring prize winner Arthur Walsh, his partner, and then later various...
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- 1940

The Domineering Male
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This Pete Smith Specialty short looks at the notion that a man chases a woman till he catches her. Who's really chasing whom?
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- 1940

Spots Before Your Eyes
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After their mother remarries, two brothers cause chaos at their Aunt's home.
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- 1936

Wanted - A Master
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A dog living in a junkyard learns that all stray dogs will be exterminated by 3 o'clock that afternoon, so sets off to find a master before the...
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- 1946

Gettin' Glamour
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This Pete Smith Specialty comedic short details the troubles the average woman faces with maintaining beauty and fitness.
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- 1936

The Jonker Diamond
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Re-enactment of how the 726-carat Jonker diamond was discovered in South Africa in 1905 by the family of Jacobus Jonker; how it was sold to Harry...
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- 1940

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...
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- 1943

Water Wisdom
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This Pete Smith Specialty shows water-safety and life-saving techniques taught by the American Red Cross to advanced swimmers.
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- 1944

Movie Pests
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This Pete Smith Specialty short takes a humorous look at the inconsiderate pests whose annoying habits make enjoying a movie impossible.
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- 1943

Seventh Column
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This humorous short film shows how carelessness and accidents can harm the war effort, and steps on how to avoid them.
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- 1939

Culinary Carving
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A Pete Smith Specialty explaining the finer points of meat carving, shown by an expert.
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- 1939

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...
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- 1936

Hurling
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A short film showing the Irish contact sport known as hurling, which is similar to, but much rougher than, American football.
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- 1948

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