Philip W. Anderson Movies

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...

In this Pete Smith Speciality, the audience is asked a series of multiple-choice questions on various subjects.

A gentle love story about a Japanese businessman and widower, and a Brooklyn widow. But before a happy ending can ensue, they must learn again the...

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

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...

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

In this Pete Smith Specialty comedic short, we see various ways a wife may unintentionally hold her husband back.

This short film presents an unusual Beverly Hills store called the Patio Shop, where trash is turned into art.

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...

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

This short film shows U.S. Marines in training at a number of unidentified bases, with a focus on hand-to-hand combat.

Questions and answers on various subjects, from Lady Godiva to the Panama Canal.

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, Dr. Harold E. Edgerton demonstrates stroboscopic photography, which he helped develop. This process allows us to...

This MGM Passing Parade series short takes a look at changing definitions of art in the United States.

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, a wife endures the trials of being married to a husband with traits that drive her crazy.

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, a new father experiences the trials and tribulations of fatherhood.

Despite the school just having won an important basketball game, its students are more interested in one of its teachers, namely Charles C. Peterson,...

This Pete Smith Specialty comedic short details the troubles the average woman faces with maintaining beauty and fitness.

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, clips from several unidentified silent films are woven into a story, with humorous commentary by Smith.

A humorous look at various circus and other acrobatic feats. One of the "Pete Smith Specialties" produced and narrated by "A Smith named Pete."