Movies: Dave O'Brien

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

Unknown to Joan Manning, her trading post partner Weathers is operating a counterfeiting ring. When miner Jim Smithers brings his gold dust in, Weathers pays him off in counterfeit money. Jim's drunken brother, Bill, comes to the post and Weathers he...

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

Shirley Martin finds that Weylan has diverted the water from the valley and her cattle are dying. First she and her foreman Bob Lawson go to court. This fails when Weylan's men keep the ranchers from testifying. But Shirley has a second plan to retur...

Tyler is a range detective whose brother stands accused of robbing a bank and murdering the bank president. To prove him innocent, Tyler must decipher his only clue, an unusual set of tire tracks....

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

In this comedic Pete Smith Specialty short film, a homeowner experiences a series of mishaps while taking a day off from the office....

When Jim and Scrubby arrive to see Scrubby's sister, they find her murdered and suspect it was her no good husband Jake. But Jake and his men have just robbed the stage and two dectectives arrive looking for them. Finding Jim and Scrubby instead, the...

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....

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

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

This short film presents an unusual Beverly Hills store called the Patio Shop, where trash is turned into art....

The trials and tribulations of a husband as his pregnant wife gets closer to the delivery date....

Government agents try to thwart smugglers, while some sort of plot unfolds, about a hidden treasure revealed by cursed coins....

This humorous Pete Smith Specialty short looks around various studios on a film lot....

Pete Smith special about billiard....

An off-camera narrator takes us through various scenarios of "just suppose". First we watch what would happen if a private detective behaved at home as he does in the movies; it's a ticket to a domestic disturbance. Next, a son gets to treat his fath...

This humorous short film shows how carelessness and accidents can harm the war effort, and steps on how to avoid them....

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

A tense businessman seeks to find a relaxing pastime but proves himself inept at golf, duck-hunting, and model plane building....