Movies: Dave O'Brien

This comedic Pete Smith Specialty short examines the folly of using "home remedies" for various ills....

Tolen is after the Harkins ranch where his men have found gold. After they kill Harkins, Dorothy and Dick step in and discover that the gold actually washes down from Tolen's own ranch. When Harkins' brother arrives to take over they test Tolen by ha...

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

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

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

Lightning Bill Carson and sidekick Magpie are after Burrows, the man that killed a friend of theirs. Burrows is after the Arden ranch and his gang are rustling their cattle. Bill is robbing Burrows while posing as the mysterious Phantom and it's not ...

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....

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 size measuring terms and protocols, race track gambling lingo, harness racing lingo and training techni...

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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....

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...

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

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...