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Crashing the Movies

Plot: This Pete Smith Specialty short shows newsreel clips of people performing strange stunts. Among those featured are a motorcyclist driving through a pane of glass, a car being driven up a ramp and crashing on top of other cars, a human loop-the-loop, and a man who has a cannonball shot at his abdomen at close range
Release Date: Saturday, January 28 1950
75 years ago
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Cast

Portrait of Pete SmithPete Smith. Pete Smith was 57 in Crashing the Movies as 'Narrator (voice)'.
Birthday: Sun, Sep 04 1892 –
Died: Fri, Jan 12 1979
Portrait of Frank RichardsFrank Richards. Frank Richards was 62 in Crashing the Movies as 'Himself (as 'Cannonball' Richards)'.
Birthday: Sun, Feb 20 1887 –
Died: Fri, Feb 07 1969

Crew

Portrait of Dave O'BrienDave O'Brien. Dave O'Brien was 37 in Crashing the Movies as 'Director'
Birthday: Fri, May 31 1912 –
Died: Sat, Nov 08 1969
Portrait of Joe AnsenJoe Ansen. Joe Ansen was 41 in Crashing the Movies as 'Writer'
Birthday: Sat, Oct 03 1908 –
Died: Fri, Jan 08 1999
Portrait of Pete SmithPete Smith. Pete Smith was 57 in Crashing the Movies as 'Producer'
Birthday: Sun, Sep 04 1892 –
Died: Fri, Jan 12 1979
Portrait of Joseph DietrickJoseph Dietrick. Joseph Dietrick was 42 in Crashing the Movies as 'Editor'
Birthday: Thu, Mar 21 1907 –
Died: Tue, Jan 29 1957