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The Pete Smith Specialties are a series of [[ShortFilm short subject films]] produced by [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Smith_(film_producer) Pete Smith]] for Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer from the 1930s to the 1950s. Over 150 shorts were produced, winning [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAwardForBestLiveActionShortFilm two Oscars for Live Action Short Film]]. The shorts were comedic and about a wide variety of subjects.

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The Pete Smith Specialties are a series of [[ShortFilm short subject films]] produced by [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Smith_(film_producer) Pete Smith]] for Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer from the 1930s to the 1950s. Over 150 shorts were produced, winning [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAwardForBestLiveActionShortFilm [[MediaNotes/AcademyAwardForBestLiveActionShortFilm two Oscars for Live Action Short Film]]. The shorts were comedic and about a wide variety of subjects.
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* CameraTricks: A few of the Pete Smith films concentrated on then-novel camera tricks. ''Audioscopiks'' demonstrated 3-D technology; it may have been the first commercially exhibited 3-D movie. ''Quicker 'n a Wink'' demonstrated high-speed stroboscopic photography.
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The Pete Smith Specialties are a series of [[ShortFilm short subject films]] produced by [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Smith_(film_producer) Pete Smith]] for Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfHollywood from the 1930s to the 1950s]]. Over 150 shorts were produced, winning [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAwardForBestLiveActionShortFilm two Oscars for Live Action Short Film]]. The shorts were comedic and about a wide variety of subjects.

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The Pete Smith Specialties are a series of [[ShortFilm short subject films]] produced by [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Smith_(film_producer) Pete Smith]] for Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfHollywood from the 1930s to the 1950s]].1950s. Over 150 shorts were produced, winning [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAwardForBestLiveActionShortFilm two Oscars for Live Action Short Film]]. The shorts were comedic and about a wide variety of subjects.

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The Pete Smith Specialties are a series of [[ShortFilm short subject films]] produced by [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Smith_(film_producer) Pete Smith]] for Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer [[TheGoldenAgeOfHollywood from the 1930s to the 1950s]]. Over 150 shorts were produced, winning [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAwardForBestLiveActionShortFilm two Oscars for Live Action Short Film]]. The shorts were comedic and about a wide variety of subjects.

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The Pete Smith Specialties are a series of [[ShortFilm short subject films]] produced by [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Smith_(film_producer) Pete Smith]] for Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer [[TheGoldenAgeOfHollywood [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfHollywood from the 1930s to the 1950s]]. Over 150 shorts were produced, winning [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAwardForBestLiveActionShortFilm two Oscars for Live Action Short Film]]. The shorts were comedic and about a wide variety of subjects.



* {{Narrator}}: The shorts typically contain no dialogue, and are narrated by Pete Smith himself, with a distinctive sarcastic style and nasal tone.
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The Pete Smith Specialties are a series of [[ShortFilm short subject films]] produced by [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Smith_(film_producer) Pete Smith]] for Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer from the 1930s to the 1950s. Over 150 shorts were produced, winning [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAwardForBestLiveActionShortFilm two Oscars for Live Action Short Film]]. The shorts were comedic and about a wide variety of subjects.

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The Pete Smith Specialties are a series of [[ShortFilm short subject films]] produced by [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Smith_(film_producer) Pete Smith]] for Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer [[TheGoldenAgeOfHollywood from the 1930s to the 1950s.1950s]]. Over 150 shorts were produced, winning [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAwardForBestLiveActionShortFilm two Oscars for Live Action Short Film]]. The shorts were comedic and about a wide variety of subjects.
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* {{Narrator}}: The shorts typically contain no dialogue, and are narrated by Pete Smith himself, with a distinctive sarcastic style and nasal tone.

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* {{Narrator}}: The shorts typically contain no dialogue, and are narrated by Pete Smith himself, with a distinctive sarcastic style and nasal tone.tone.
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The Pete Smith Specialties are a series of [[ShortFilm short subject films]] produced by [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Smith_(film_producer) Pete Smith]] for Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer from the 1930s to the 1950s. Over 150 shorts were produced, winning [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAwardForBestLiveActionShortFilm two Oscars for Live Action Short Film]]. The shorts were comedic and about a wide variety of subjects.

The shorts often pop up between movies on Creator/TurnerClassicMovies

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* ''Film/SwingHigh'' (1932)
* ''{{Film/Menu}}'' (1933)
* ''Film/StrikesAndSpares'' (1934)
* ''Film/WantedAMaster'' (1936)
* ''Film/PennyWisdom'' (1937)
* ''Film/QuickernAWink'' (1940)
* ''Film/MarinesInTheMaking'' (1942)
* ''Film/SeeingHands'' (1943)
* ''Film/MoviePests'' (1944)
* ''Film/YouCantWin'' (1948)
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* {{Documentary}}: A lot of the shorts are non-fiction, more or less.
* LongRunner: The series ran from the 1930s to the 1950s.
* {{Narrator}}: The shorts typically contain no dialogue, and are narrated by Pete Smith himself, with a distinctive sarcastic style and nasal tone.

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