Dave O'Brien Movies

An inventor and his lanky girlfriend set an altitude record in his winged contraption.

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...

Captain Bob Dayton and Lieutenant Ed Carey are partners in a company called "Sky Raiders" which seeks US government contracts for its inventions. ...

The unusual talents of Johnny Price, a minor league baseball pitcher and trick artist, are showcased in this Pete Smith Specialty. Among other...

A masked desperado wants to disrupt the mail service between two frontier communities.

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

A Russian dance company agrees to stage the new ballet written by a vaudeville hoofer.

Sgt. Renfrew and Constable Kelly go aloft to search for a plane missing with a shipment of gold from the Yukon Mine Company. Inventor Speavy has...

The singing stoker and the vamp.

A Pete Smith Specialty shorts series entry. Dave demonstrates a variety of household items and furniture which, while modern, is much more trouble...

A college football star falls for his mousy French tutor.

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

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, a series of vignettes illustrate some ways that mothers-in-law irritate, and/or cause problems for, their...

A philosophy professor accompanies his school's rowing team on a worldwide tour.

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...

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...

Harry Horseknuckle tries to figure out what to do with some strange and unwanted gifts.

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

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

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