Pete Smith — Producer (21)
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The Jonker Diamond (1936) IMDb TMDB
The Jonker Diamond
director: Jacques Tourneur actor: Pete Smith / Nat Carr …
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 Winston; and how it was cut by Lazarre Kaplan.
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Ice Aces (1948) IMDb TMDB
Ice Aces
director: Dave O'Brien actor: Pete Smith
This Pete Smith Specialty short provides a behind-the-scenes look at the Ice Capades practices with ice skating favorites of the time.
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Bar-Rac's Night Out (1937) IMDb TMDB
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.
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Goofy Movies Number Three (1934) IMDb TMDB
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' .
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Did'ja Know? (1950) IMDb TMDB
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?
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Army Champions (1941) WikiData IMDb 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.
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Seeing Hands (1943) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Seeing Hands
director: Gunther von Fritsch actor: Pete Smith / Russell Gleason …
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.
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La Fiesta de Santa Barbara (1935) WikiData IMDb TMDB
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.
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Quicker'n a Wink (1940) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Quicker'n a Wink
director: George Sidney actor: Pete Smith / Harold E. Edgerton
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.