Dave O'Brien Movies

A short film where viewers are given 10 or 15 seconds to answer questions about the United States and its involvement in World War II.

An American astronomer living on a Pacific island attempts to thwart the Japanese during WWII.

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...

A Pete Smith specialty.

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

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...

Pete Smith does his usual mocking observations while the overweight Maxine Gates goes through the trials and tribulations of losing weight. The agony...

Rangers Tex Wyatt, Jim Steele, and Panhandle Perkins are en route to Boulder City to investigate the murder of rancher Dan Clark when they happen...

This Pete Smith Specialty short shows, humorously, the disastrous results when people save their money in unsafe places.

A boy trains his new golden retriever for duck retrieving competition, much to the chagrin of his first dog, a lovable but untrained mutt.

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

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...

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

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

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

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

A demonstration of trick shots by champion bowler Andy Varipapa.

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

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...

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