William Newell Movies

A Pete Smith Specialty. Chef Prudence Penny gives hints on cooking.

A former Navy man attempts to redeem his honor by exposing a shipping tycoon's dealings with the enemy.

Bob Clemens is a cameraman for newsreels. Assigned to shoot the Swiss ice skater Karen Vadja, he arrives too late, so decides to film a woman skating...

A man takes over the identity of a dead man while on the lam from a crime he didn't commit.

In this WW II musical, a young man suddenly finds himself in charge of his family when his father is called to war. To help the flagging spirits of...

Ellery Queen solves a mystery involving a valuable stamp.

The Devil works with Adolf Hitler to cause inflation in the United States.

A skip tracer--someone who collects late payments from people who've purchased appliances, etc., or takes them back them when they don't...

Geoffrey Holden (Lloyd Corrigan) is an elderly con-man who is a lovable old man when providing his beloved granddaughter (Gigi Perreau) with the...

Mr. Dithers invites the Bumsteads on a South American cruise. Somehow Dagwood winds up as the female drummer in the ship's band, while Penny...

Jewel thieves battle investigators.

Escaped convicts Jack and Judy stumble upon an airstrip on the Western ranch of arrogant business tycoon Gerald Axton. Taking Axton and his secretary...

Mickey's parents are constantly quarreling because his mother serves hash every Monday night. The kids decide to put on a radio skit to try to get...

An unhappily married newspaper reporter discovers she's being used as a pawn in a scheme to discredit the political candidate she's been assigned to...

The Jones family encounters new theories of childrearing when an author arrives in town to lecture on the topic.

Ugly duckling Janie Farnsworth is a student at Pennington High School, and has a crush on Charles Grant, Jr., who is the writer and producer of the...

Dr. Jim Gateson, a country doctor who has counselled and ministered to his community for 30 years, is being honored with a surprise testimonial...

Slip, Sach, Bobby, Whitey and Chuck unsuccessfully try to sell a dilapidated car to a street cleaner for a fabulous amount, so they can get enough...

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

A young violin prodigy is assumed kidnapped after he runs away from home.