The best Dave O'Brien’s romance movies

Dave O'Brien

Dave O'Brien

31/05/1912- 08/11/1969
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Kiss Me Kate

Kiss Me Kate
7/10
Fred and Lilli are a divorced pair of actors who are brought together by Cole Porter who has written a musical version of The Taming of the Shrew. Of course, the couple seem to act a great deal like the characters they play. A fight on the opening night threatens the production, as well as two thugs who have the mistaken idea that Fred owes their boss money and insist on staying next to him all night.

Wonder Bar

Wonder Bar
6.5/10
Harry and Inez are a dance team at the Wonder Bar. Inez loves Harry, but he is in love with Liane, the wife of a wealthy business man. Al Wonder and the conductor/singer Tommy are in love with Inez. When Inez finds out that Harry wants to leave Paris and is going to the USA with Liane, she kills him.

Flying High

Flying High
5.6/10
An inventor and his lanky girlfriend set an altitude record in his winged contraption.

Consolation Marriage

Consolation Marriage
6/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 21/11/1931
  • Character: Man Picking Up Stack of Newspapers (uncredited)
A sportswriter jilted by his globe-trotting girlfriend marries a woman jilted by her boyfriend.

Buried Alive

Buried Alive
4.6/10
A prison trustee rescues a despondent executioner from a bar-room brawl, and is blamed for the fight by a tabloid reporter who actually started it, and loses parole, becomes embittered, and gets blamed for murder of guard.

Murder at the Vanities

Murder at the Vanities
6.5/10
Shortly before the curtain goes up the first time at the latest performance of Earl Carroll's Vanities, someone is attempting to injure the leading lady Ann Ware, who wants to marry leading man Eric Lander. Stage manager Jack Ellery calls in his friend, policeman Bill Murdock, to help him investigate. Bill thinks Jack is offering to let him see the show from an unusual viewpoint after he forgot to get him tickets for the performance, but then they find the corpse of a murdered woman and Bill immediately suspects Eric of the crime.

Yukon Flight

Yukon Flight
5.1/10
When the plane owned by the "Yukon and Columbia Mail Service" crashes, RCMP Sergeant Renfrew (James Newill) and Constable Kelly (Dave O'Brien) suspect murder. Their suspicions are confirmed when Renfrew finds the control stick has been jammed, forcing the plane to fly in one direction until the gas ran out. Mine owner Louise Howard (Louise Stanley) reports that her superintendent is missing. The Mounties find him murdered and that too has been made to look like an accident. A new mail service pilot, Bill Shipley (Warren Hull), arrives. He had gone to training school with Renfrew but had been cashiered for misconduct. The Mounties discover that Raymond (Karl Hackett), who had been working for Louise, really owns the flying line managed by Yuke Cardoe (William Pawley.) They find proof that all the gold from the mine isn't being turned over to Louise, and suspect that Raymond and Yuke are stealing the gold and shipping it to Seattle by plane.

Roar of the Dragon

Roar of the Dragon
6.2/10
A boatload of Westerners is trapped in Manchuria as bandits led by Russian renegade Voronsky ravage the area. Seeking refuge in a fortified inn, the group is led by the boat's Captain Carson, who becomes involved with a woman who "belongs" to Voronsky. Carson must contend with the bandits outside and the conflicting personalities of those trapped inside the inn, as well as dealing with spies among the inn's personnel.

Welcome Home

Welcome Home
7.1/10
A con artist attends a reunion in his hometown and discovers that his former classmates are trying to trick an old millionaire into returning to build a factory.

No More Ladies

No More Ladies
6/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 14/06/1935
  • Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
A society girl tries to reform her playboy husband by making him jealous.

Phantom Rancher

Phantom Rancher
5.1/10
Cowboy puts on a black mask and a black outfit to fight a gang of land-grabbing crooks.

'Neath Brooklyn Bridge

'Neath Brooklyn Bridge
5.9/10
The East Side Kids find a young girl in the apartment of a man who has just been murdered. Believing her to be innocent, they hide her in their clubhouse while they try to find the real killer. The killer, however, used a baseball bat as his murder weapon, and the bat has the fingerprints of one of the gang on it.

Is My Face Red?

Is My Face Red?
6/10
Poster writes a gossip column for the Morning Gazette. He will write about anyone and everyone as long as he gets the credit. He gets most of his information from showgirl pal his gal, Peggy. Eventually Bill's reckless tattling gets him in deep trouble with friends and enemies, putting his career and life in jeopardy.

Lightnin' Crandall

Lightnin' Crandall
6.4/10
Cowboy with a reputation as the fastest gun in Texas heads to Arizona to leave his past behind, but it keeps catching up to him.

Starlight Over Texas

Starlight Over Texas
5.6/10
Tex has been sent to investigate the theft of government provisions along the border. Kildare is the leader of the outlaw gang and has his men posing as Indians. He has already killed the incoming Marshal and assumed his identity. When Tex asks too many questons, he plans to get rid of him also.

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