Pete Smith — Producer (13)
Bar-Rac's Night Out (1937) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Bar-Rac's Night Out
director: Earl Frank actor: Pete Smith
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 menacing bobcat, he experiences the dangers in a vacant cabin.
Goofy Movies Number Three (1934) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Goofy Movies Number Three
actor: Pete Smith
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 audience sees scenes from a totally unrelated, unidentified silent movie. Then comes a "Wotaphony" newsreel. The last segment is a spoof of James A. FitzPatrick's Traveltalk series. We see a Pitts Fatrick Travel Squawk titled "A Visit to Schnozzle Isle." Schnozzle Isle is just off the coast of a Polynesian land which, when seen from the air, has a profile that looks remarkably (or perhaps not so remarkably) like 'Jimmy Durante' .
Did'ja Know? (1950) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Did'ja Know?
director: Dave O'Brien actor: Pete Smith / Dave O'Brien
This short looks at the following questions: How would you act as an expectant father? How many greeting cards are sold in the USA each year? Why do indoor radiators make that pounding noise? Why do mammals yawn?
Army Champions (1941) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Army Champions
director: Paul Vogel actor: Pete Smith
other title: 陆军神兵 / 陸軍神兵
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 teamwork of sports and how these qualities are translated into the weapons training of American soldiers. We watch target practice by Army personnel with shoulder weapons, mortars, and various artillery pieces.
Seeing Hands (1943) [Movie] WikiData TMDB IMDb
Seeing Hands
other title: 手视 / 手視
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 was blinded in an accident while playing baseball. He eventually acquired a guide dog and now works in a defense plant.
La Fiesta de Santa Barbara (1935) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
director: Louis Lewyn actor: Pete Smith / Warner Baxter
other title: A Festa de Santa Bárbara / Das Fest von Santa Barbara
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 Awards in 1936 for Best Short Subject (Color). It features a young, pre-stardom 13-year-old Judy Garland singing "La Cucaracha" with her two sisters (billed as "The Garland Sisters"). In the film, Hollywood stars participate in a Mexican-themed revue and festival in Santa Barbara. Andy Devine, the "World's Greatest Matador," engages in a bullfight with a dubious bovine supplied by Buster Keaton, and musical numbers are provided by Joe Morrison and The Garland Sisters. Comedy bits and dance numbers are also featured.
Quicker'n a Wink (1940) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Quicker'n a Wink
other title: 快速一閃 / Quicker’n a Wink
In this Pete Smith Specialty short, Dr. Harold E. Edgerton demonstrates stroboscopic photography, which he helped develop. This process allows us to see in slow motion what happens during events that occur too fast to be seen by the naked eye. Examples shown here include a bullet in flight as it shatters a light bulb, the moment of impact when a kicker kicks a football, and the motion of a hummingbird's wings as it hovers.
Third Dimensional Murder (1941) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Third Dimensional Murder
A 3-D short subject in which the narrator goes to a creepy old house in search of his missing aunt. There he encounters the Frankenstein monster, a witch, a wooden Indian who comes to life, and assorted other monsters and frightening characters, all of whom manage to throw something toward the camera.