Movie Pests (1944)

User Rating:

7.2/10   

Director:

Will Jason

Writers:

Harry Parke (writer) and
Joe Ansen (writer)

Release Date:

8 July 1944 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Short

Plot:

A humorous look at the inconsiderate pests whose annoying habits make enjoying a movie impossible.

Plot Keywords:

Pete Smith Specialty | Movie Goer | Unusual Punishment | Physical Comedy | Muffler

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar.

Cast

Pete Smith

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Narrator (voice)

Runtime:

11 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Certification:

USA:Approved

Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Trivia:

This short film is included as an extra on the 2007 Warner Home Video DVD of Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944).

Quotes:

Narrator: Imagine such a selfish man asking a lady to remove her hat? Yeah! He should have asked her to remove her head!

Movie Connections:

Featured in The Big Parade of Comedy (1964)

Hilarious

Movie Pests (1944)

*** 1/2 (out of 4)

Oscar nominated short from Pete Smith about annoying people in movie theaters including a large man who needs two seats, knees in the back of seats, women with large hats and folks who keep changing seats throughout the movie. There are plenty of laughs here and the "what should happen to these people" was also great.

Theaters should show this one in front of every movie today.

Turner Classic Movies shows this quite often as well as many other Pete Smith shorts.