Dave O'Brien Movies

Charley Gray is about to be released from the state penitentiary after serving a long term for the robbery of a government gold shipment. The gold...

Dr. Paul Carruthers is frustrated because he thinks his employers, Mary Heath and Henry Morton, have cheated him out of the company's profits. He...

A humorous look at some typical housework troubles that may arise. A Pete Smith Specialty short.

Demonstrates how accidents happen when proper safety devices are neglected.

Shortly before the curtain goes up the first time at the latest performance of Earl Carroll's Vanities, someone is attempting to injure the leading...

Narrator Pete Smith talks about the different kinds of neighbors that can be pests, and how to deal with them.

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

A songwriter's young daughter (June Lang) begins to dream of stardom when she's offered the lead role in a new operetta.

This comedic short looks at human foibles that lead to major aggravations.

Just after a jury finds Ann Grey guilty of murder, the car carrying her to prison crashes into another car. Ann escapes and ends up in lawyer Tony...

A young man forges a check in order to help his mother, but is caught and sentenced to 14 years in prison...

After getting into a compromising situation with a woman and her angry boyfriend, Harry uses a fire escape to hide in a friend's apartment, but finds...

An American astronomer living on a Pacific island attempts to thwart the Japanese during WWII.

Life in mid-century America is humorously compared to life at the turn of the century. Subject covered are keeping accurate time, proposing marriage,...

World War I ace Dick Courtney derides the leadership of his superior officer, but he soon is promoted to squadron commander and learns harsh lessons...

Local "patriot's league" leader secretly kills off ranchers, buys up their estates, which are undermined with tin ore; Marshal and singing cowpoke...

A series of questions testing one's knowledge of fun facts about horses and equestrian in general are asked. The questions deal with horse age and...

A pretty but virtuous small-town bank clerk is the victim of a vicious rumor from an unsuccessful suitor that she spent the night with a notorious...

After living all his childhood in the street, a young boy rapidly notices that crime doesn't pay, leading him to become a policeman. One day, one of...