As far as Pete Smith Specialty shorts go, this was a pretty good one. It's all about fun with early photography. Some history is given, including that of Frenchman Louis Daguerre, who, it can be argued, took the first practical photograph in the early 1800's.
As usual, Pete tries for laughs as we follow a modern (for the 1930's), family man photographer as he annoys his family, trying to get them to pose for his photographic obsession. If you've ever seen a Pete Smith short, you know what I mean by "tries for laughs". If the kind of stuff Pete did was considered funny in the 1930's, I don't know, but his humor definitely falls under the "groaner" banner in the 21st century.
Overall, I'd say this hits the upper end of the Pete Smith scale. Of course, that's not saying a lot.
As usual, Pete tries for laughs as we follow a modern (for the 1930's), family man photographer as he annoys his family, trying to get them to pose for his photographic obsession. If you've ever seen a Pete Smith short, you know what I mean by "tries for laughs". If the kind of stuff Pete did was considered funny in the 1930's, I don't know, but his humor definitely falls under the "groaner" banner in the 21st century.
Overall, I'd say this hits the upper end of the Pete Smith scale. Of course, that's not saying a lot.