Smith produced and narrated more than 150 short movies which earned him fourteen Academy Award nominations and two Best Live Action Short Film Academy Awards . At the 26th Academy Awards , Smith was awarded an Academy Honorary Award " for his witty and pungent observations on the American scene in his series of '' Pete Smith Specialties '' . " Smith announced his retirement in 1954 . The MGM unit that produced the '' Pete Smith Specialties '' was terminated the next year , a casualty of short movies ' decreasing popularity at the time
26th Academy Awards
26th Academy Awards
Pete Smith (film producer)