Movies: Dave O'Brien

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 that he climbed into the woman's one by mistake....

In this "Pete Smith Specialty Short," advice is given on how to deal with certain common pests....

A Pete Smith Specialty....

A variety of fanciful innovations in "future" T.V. sets, including a model with a built-in stove, and a number of highly interactive models. And of course, even with dozens of channels, there's nothing on...or more accurately, there's nothing but the...

Tells the story of young Willie Mosconi. From growing up with his father's pool hall downstairs to his first US Championship....

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 lady Ann Ware, who wants to marry leading man Eric Lander. Stage manager Jack Ellery calls in his frie...

This Pete Smith Specialty short was produced in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Labor. Using humor, it shows what can happen when tools and machinery are misused and safety warnings are ignored....

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

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

The unusual talents of Johnny Price, a minor league baseball pitcher and trick artist, are showcased in this Pete Smith Specialty. Among other talents, Mr. Price can throw two (and, in certain situations three) baseballs simultaneously to different p...

A demonstration of trick shots by champion bowler Andy Varipapa....

Three con artists dupe two Olympians into serving as editors of a new health and beauty magazine which is only a front for salacious stories and pictures....

Humorous look at fantasy gadgets like ketchup in a tube, tilting book shelves, etc....

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, we take a music quiz, plus survey various unusual musical instruments....

Two ex-cons plan to kill the range rider marshal who sent them to prison and, when their plan fails, join forces with their former boss, a crooked saloon owner who has the same idea....

In this western, the Texas Rangers must stop a range war between sheepherders and cattle ranchers from erupting....

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

An undercover Texas Ranger runs into trouble when he learns that the murderer he's trailing has a twin brother....

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, a friendly do-gooder's good deeds backfire....

This Pete Smith Specialty short provides a behind-the-scenes look at the Ice Capades practices with ice skating favorites of the time....