William J. O'Brien Movies

Songwriter Gus Kahn fights to make his name, then has to fight again to survive the Depression.

Duke Fergus falls for Ann 'Flaxen' Tarry in the Barbary Coast in turn-of-the-century San Francisco. He loses money to crooked gambler Boss Tito...

A modest country doctor in the antebellum South has to contend with his daughter's upcoming marriage and an affectionate medicine show elephant.

Two window washers who are mistaken by Nick Craig, a bookie, as the messengers he sent for to pick up $50,000. Now the person he sent them to sent...

A young singer, Marge Dexter, becomes involved in trouble when she works in a nightclub in which two of the band-members are in reality...

Lady lawyer Portia Merryman (Frieda Inescourt) defends woebegone Elizabeth Manners (Heather Angel), who is on trial for shooting her lover Earle...

Lane and Diane are a young married couple living in a coastal town whose lives are about to be torn apart by an old book of magic.

Janie is a telephone operator who is caught up in the lines of love of three men: car salesman Tom, Chicago millionaire Dick and auto mechanic Harry....

Zasu and Thelma are working their way through college by selling magazine subscriptions. Finding little success going door-to-door, the pair decide...

A cop-turned-bail bondsman gets involved in a murder investigation.

Gildersleeve has jury duty.

A faded star is suspected of killing a studio executive.

Emery Slade was one of the brightest stars in Hollywood in 1932, but by 1949 his career has hit the skids. Fortunately, he is able to convince studio...

A Chinese doctor vows revenge against the allied troops who killed his wife and child during the Boxer Rebellion.

In the middle of a pictorial lecture on his recent expedition to the Mongolian Desert, Dr. John Benton,the famous explorer, drinks from the water...

A crusading newspaper editor recruits his old friend Hoppy to take the job of Marshall in a town rife with vice and murder directed at helpless...

Newlyweds Dennis and Carmelita have several obstacles to deal with in their new marriage: Carmelita's fiery Latin temper, a meddling aunt and a...

A husband and wife act are hoping to find success on Broadway.

To investigate a gold-shipping scam, a postal inspector goes undercover and tries to infiltrate the gang he believes is responsible.

Assistant District Attorney Jeffery Powell has just sent an innocent man to prison for the murder of a gambler. Powell is in love with, Marion...