Dave O'Brien Movies

This Pete Smith Specialty short takes a humorous look at the inconsiderate pests whose annoying habits make enjoying a movie impossible.

A sportswriter jilted by his globe-trotting girlfriend marries a woman jilted by her boyfriend.

A Pete Smith Specialty. The annual compendium of highlights from last season's major intercollegiate gridiron classics.

A street kid has dreams of becoming a jockey. He gets his chance when he and his gang discover a poor old man who has a championship race horse. The...

Will Parker has been destroyed by a local politician and now must steal to feed his family. He steals a steer from the Three Mesquiteers.

The singing stoker and the vamp.

Tyler is a range detective whose brother stands accused of robbing a bank and murdering the bank president. To prove him innocent, Tyler must...

Jack Oakie and Jack Haley are songwriters are enroute from New York to Hollywood to make their fame and fortune; Ginger Rogers, a lunchwagon...

A detective matches wits with the female leader of a crime ring.

Tempress Vivian Marsh (Betty Bronseon) lures Tom Evans (Jack Mulhall) away from stenographer Connie Lee (Constance Cummings), the girl he really...

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...

Falsely accused of murder, Billy is able to escape thanks to his pals. Once in Santa Fe, he meets once again the man who lied during the trial.

Billy the Kid and his pals Jeff Travis and Fuzzy Jones are arrested and brought to Fort Culver, where Billy is amazed to discover that he and the...

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...

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, a new father experiences the trials and tribulations of fatherhood.

Ranger Tex Wyatt introduces himself as the notorious bandit Spade Norton. Crooked saloon owner Red Hayden believes him until the real Spade turns up...

Dr. Eli Watt, a widower, comes to a small town, considering himself a failure in his attempt to have a meaningful career in New York. He raises his...

A pretty socialite / pilot runs into gun smugglers when she lands her plane on a Pacific island.

Young Alice Mason wishes to start a family, but because her own has been deemed "defective" by the state health authorities—her parents are...

In this comedic Pete Smith Specialty short, average housewife Mrs. George T. Hardnose's day is recalled.