| 1 | 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 [[MediaNotes/AcademyAwardForBestLiveActionShortFilm two Oscars for Live Action Short Film]]. The shorts were comedic and about a wide variety of subjects. |
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| 3 | The shorts often pop up between movies on Creator/TurnerClassicMovies. |
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| 6 | !!Shorts with Pages |
| 7 | [[index]] |
| 8 | * ''Film/SwingHigh'' (1932) |
| 9 | * ''{{Film/Menu}}'' (1933) |
| 10 | * ''Film/StrikesAndSpares'' (1934) |
| 11 | * ''Film/{{Audioscopiks}}'' (1935) |
| 12 | * ''Film/LaFiestaDeSantaBarbara'' (1935) |
| 13 | * ''Film/WantedAMaster'' (1936) |
| 14 | * ''Film/PennyWisdom'' (1937) |
| 15 | * ''Film/RomanceOfRadium'' (1937) |
| 16 | * ''Film/QuickernAWink'' (1940) |
| 17 | * ''Film/ArmyChampions'' (1941) |
| 18 | * ''Film/MarinesInTheMaking'' (1942) |
| 19 | * ''Film/SeeingHands'' (1943) |
| 20 | * ''Film/MoviePests'' (1944) |
| 21 | * ''Film/SureCures'' (1946) |
| 22 | * ''Film/{{Now You See It|1947}}'' (1947) |
| 23 | * ''Film/YouCantWin'' (1948) |
| 24 | * ''Film/WaterTrix'' (1949) |
| 25 | [[/index]] |
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| 27 | !!Tropes: |
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| 29 | * 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. |
| 30 | * {{Documentary}}: A lot of the shorts are non-fiction, more or less. |
| 31 | * LongRunner: The series ran from the 1930s to the 1950s. |
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