(1892 - 1979)American producer of punchy one-reel shorts on any and every subject from 1935 to the fifties, all narrated by "a Smith named Pete". He won a special Academy Award (any of the annual achievement awards given by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences) in 1953 for his witty and pungent observations on the Americanscene. —SHSBC Binder 30 Approved Glossary