Dave O'Brien Movies

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

Pulp hero "The Spider" seeks to destroy all criminals. In this serialized adventure, he battles The Octopus, who intends to replace the government...

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

Young Alice Mason wishes to start a family, but because her own has been deemed "defective" by the state health authorities—her parents are...

The evil and masked "Gargoyle" is sabotaging all of America's industrial plants. It is up to the Spider to save the country.

After living all his childhood in the street, a young boy rapidly notices that crime doesn't pay, leading him to become a policeman. One day, one of...

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

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

The Rangers are after Yackey and his gang. Posing as an outlaw, Dave arrives as Panhandle's prisoner and works his way into the gang. Tex arrives and...

A pretty socialite / pilot runs into gun smugglers when she lands her plane on a Pacific island.

A songwriter's young daughter (June Lang) begins to dream of stardom when she's offered the lead role in a new operetta.

A runaway boy pretends to be the son of a Navy man, only to turn both their lives upside down.

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, we see how real-life investigator Jo Goggin used a motion picture surveillance camera to gather evidence and...

Just after a jury finds Ann Grey guilty of murder, the car carrying her to prison crashes into another car. Ann escapes and ends up in lawyer Tony...

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

A Russian dance company agrees to stage the new ballet written by a vaudeville hoofer.

A 12-episode serial in which scholastic sports star Frank Merriwell leaves school to search for his missing father. His adventures involve a...

A society girl tries to reform her playboy husband by making him jealous.

Billy the Kid and his pals Jeff Travis and Fuzzy Jones are arrested and brought to Fort Culver, where Billy is amazed to discover that he and the...

Tempress Vivian Marsh (Betty Bronseon) lures Tom Evans (Jack Mulhall) away from stenographer Connie Lee (Constance Cummings), the girl he really...