Dave O'Brien Movies

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

This short looks at the following questions: How would you act as an expectant father? How many greeting cards are sold in the USA each year? Why do indoor radiators make that pounding noise? Why do mammals yawn?

An amusing short film that looks at human and animal babies.

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, a husband endures the trials of being married to a wife with irritating traits.

Secret Service Major Steel is one of the few men in America aware of the fact that Captain Albright is also Captain Midnight, daring masked aviator dedicated to fighting gangsters and enemies of America.

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

Texas Ranger O'Brien has an outlaw twin brother. When his sibling is killed, O'Brien assumes his identity in order to infiltrate a gang of stagecoach robbers.

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

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

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

Rangers Tex Wyatt and Jim Steele arrive in Gabe's Crossing, NM, to capture Bent Yeager, a rancher accused of sabotaging the progress of the railroad.

Pete Smith does his usual mocking observations while the overweight Maxine Gates goes through the trials and tribulations of losing weight. The agony of enduring the dieting and weight-losing programs and exercises is compounded by the usual food-and-sweets temptations.

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

Short film covering a variety of topics that folks may have wondered about.

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.

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

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, answers are sought regarding some things people may have wondered about.

A Pete Smith specialty.

In this Pete Smith Specialty, the audience is asked multiple-choice questions about various sports. Depending on the question, the correct answer is revealed after 5 or 10 seconds.

A dog living in a junkyard learns that all stray dogs will be exterminated by 3 o'clock that afternoon, so sets off to find a master before the deadline.