George O’Brien

A Western-genre narrative, loosely woven from old clips from B-Western features.

En 1868, trescientos indios cheyennes vivían miserablemente, lejos de sus tierras, en una reserva de Oklahoma. Para sacarlos de la pobreza, sus jefes decidieron emprender un largo viaje hasta sus praderas natales. Pero la huida fue descubierta y la caballería salió en su persecución. En el primer combate murieron el comandante Braden y ocho de sus hombres. Cuando se supo la noticia, millares de soldados fueron enviados a combatir contra los valerosos cheyennes.

An orientation film for American soldiers traveling to Korea in the years after the war.

The Three Stooges travel West where they become heroes by nabbing a gang of would-be robbers.

Las tribus indias planean unirse para una guerra total contra los blancos. Brittles, un veterano capitán de caballería, recibe la orden de evitar las concentraciones de indios, al tiempo que debe escoltar a la esposa y a la sobrina de su comandante. Además, ha de impedir que un traficante venda una partida de armas a los indios. Esta triple misión será la última del capitán antes de su jubilación.

Owen Thursday, general durante la Guerra civil (1861-1865) y recientemente degradado, llega a Fort Apache como teniente coronel acompañado de su bella hija Philadelphia para hacerse cargo del mando. Fort Apache, situado en medio del desierto, es un puesto militar fronterizo y sus soldados estan curtidos en las luchas contra los apaches mescaleros.

Musical biography of Irish 19th century tenor Chauncey Olcott.

Docudrama rodado por John Ford sobre el bombardeo de Pearl Harbour el 7 de diciembre de 1941 y sus resultados, la destrucción de la zona, la recuperación de los barcos, la defensa en Hawaii y los esfuerzos estadounidenses para contraatacar los refuerzos japoneses. La versión completa y no censurada de la película mezcla imágenes de archivo auténticas con recreaciones de los ataques y secuencias de ficción con actores.

Brad Henderson arrives in Star City just in time to witness three men rob a bank of $30,000 and kill a teller. Charged for the crime and jailed, Brad realizes he must escape and track down the real killers since the only one who can prove his innocence is his friend, Sheriff Bill Gregory, who has been shot and will not soon regain consciousness. Chasing down the robbers one by one, he eventually discovers the identity of the gang's ringleader.

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

Judge Curry is selling Austin's land to nesters and his men are rustling his cattle to provide beef. When the Sheriff accuses butcher Gore of possessing stolen beef, Gore kills him. Curry then holds a quick election to change the county seat so he can preside at the trial. But Brill gets the Governor to change it back and this leads to the big shootout between Curry's men and Brill and the ranchers.

Protecting himself in an attack by rustlers, Rancher Steve Holden believes he has killed one of the attackers, young Bud Mathews, who in reality has warned Holden of the rustlers' approach. Unaware that Mathews was actually killed by rustler boss Cass Barton, Holden heads out to Mathews' home town where he plans to tell the boy's family of his death but instead uncovers a plan by a local businessman to force Mathews' father out of his ranch.

Residents of a small frontier town take up arms when vigilantes try to block a railroad right-of-way.

A retired lawman gets back into action to fight political corruption.

A gunfighter and his partners clear a Spanish rancher charged with murder.

Cattlemen fight corrupt railroad men out to destroy the forest.

A large packing company is trying to obtain a monopoly by taking over the last small independent meat packer. Barney O'Dell, owner of the largest ranch, is trying to stop them. When the owner agrees to sell, Barney get a delay by forcing the small company to declare bankruptcy and having himself made receiver. Now the large company has to deal with Larry and when he refuses they resort to rustling.

The bank has been robbed, the night watchman killed and the safe opened. The townspeople want John as he was the only one with the combination. Clint gets John out of town but before the mob turns ugly but the deputy is shot when he and Clint go to get John at the shack. Things look bad for John, but Clint does not believe that John did the robbery and he will look for the real crooks.

A federal agent infiltrates an outlaw band that's taken over a western town.

After doing time for a crime he didn't commit, a cowboy tries to find the men who framed him.

El capitán Jack Steele es un ranger de Texas destinado a investigar el caso de la hermosa Judith Alvarez, acusada de asesinato. El asunto parece sencillo, pero no tarda mucho en descubrir que no todo es lo que parece. La corrupción y los intereses del gobierno por conseguir tierras y ganado llevan al ranger a creer en la inocencia de Judith, colocándolo a él también en el punto de mira de los verdaderos asesinos.

A cowboy and a bandit face off over possession of a valuable mine.

A federal agent goes undercover in order to capture a gang that's been smuggling munitions and horses near the Texas border.

Finding a man alone in the desert, Marshal Tom is relieved - of his horse, clothes and water. When he catches up to Raven, he finds him dying from drinking bad water. When he gets to Gunsight, everyone thinks that he is the outlaw Raven and he plays it out so that he can end lawlessness.

The fourth and last of the George A. Hirliman-produced films starring George O'Brien (preceded by "Daniel Boone", "Park Avenue Logger" and "Hollywood Cowboy") that were distributed by RKO Radio. Hirliman sold O'Brien's contract to RKO, which then produced 18 series westerns starring O'Brien that ended when O'Brien went into the Navy at the outbreak of WW II. Long-time (past and future) O'Brien director David Howard served as Hirliman's Associate Producer on this film. "Windjammer" finds O'Brien as a subpoena server ordered to serve a subpoena on Brandon Evans (The Commondore) for a senate inquiry or lose his job. Posing as a playboy, he boards the Commodore's yacht during a yacht race, and the yacht is wrecked by a gun-running windjammer commanded by Captain Morgan (William Hall.) All hands are picked up by the windjammer, including the Commodore's daughter (played by Constance Worth, at her blonde, plumpish best) and put to work as galley slaves.

Just after Kramer goes to Wyoming to start his protection racket, cowboy actor Jeff Carson finishes a picture and goes camping. Attracted to Joyce Butler, he hires on at her ranch and quickly gets caught up in Butler's conflict with Kramer. When the Butlers refuse to buy his service, he has their cattle stampeded.

Millioniare Curran, thinking his son too intellectual, sends him west to learn logging at one of his lumber camps. Unknown to his father, Grant Curan is a professional wrestler and easily able to handle the thugs that attack him at the lumber camp. This enables him to stay on the job and he soon undercovers how his father is being cheated by the local boss.

En 1775, 30 colonos americanos, junto con sus esposas e hijos, se disponían a seguir al héroe americano Daniel Boone desde su colonia natal en Yadkin, Carolina del Norte, hasta el valle de Ken-tu-ki, llamada por los indios "la tierra oscura y sangrienta". Éste será un peligroso viaje en el que deberán enfrentarse al jefe blanco Simon Girt, que, con la ayuda de los indios, se dedica a robar y asesinar a los colonos de los territorios fronterizos.

When a border patrolman catches their spoiled daughter smoking in a no-smoking area, parents hire him to watch over her. She then runs over to Mexico and gets involved with jewel thieves and he has to go save her.

O'Malley pretends to be an outlaw in order to join a gang terrorizing towns along the American border.

Gold mining cowboy western romantic melodrama (based on the story by Zane Grey) about a pair of cowboys who find a gold mine in "Thunder Mountain", but have no money to develop it. One of the cowboys rescues a girl on a stagecoach and her grateful father agrees to finance them. Along the way, she pretends to fall in love with one of the cowboys. Thinking he is about to be very rich, he sets out, but upon arrival, he finds that a bad man has stolen the claim and started a town. There, everyone turns on him, including the girl, but luckily, another pretty girl, a barmaid (who is secretly in love with him), sticks by him, and he ends up in a climactic shootout on the mountain where the gold is stashed.

The plot revolves around a rivalry between sand-hog "Hard Rock" Harrigan (O'Brien) and his foreman Black Jack Riley. At the center of their conflict is their mutual affection for heroine "Andy" Anderson (Irene Hervey). But when the chips are down and Riley is trapped in a tunnel cave-in, it is Harrigan who comes to the rescue.

O'Brien is "Whispering" Smith, so named because he speaks softly but knows how to fend for himself. The son of a railroad president, Smith is determined to learn the business from the ground up, so he gets a job as a track walker for his dad's rail line. While going about his duties, he meets Nan Roberts (Irene Ware), who is about to sell her Colorado ranch. Smith finds out that there are valuable tungsten deposits on her land and makes certain she won't be cheated by the villains

Englishwoman falls for dude ranch cowboy but goes back to England when she thinks he's only pretending. But he follows her to England.

A landslide has diverted water from the Baldwin ranch to Cambert's. With their cattle dying, Cambert refuses to let them have any water. Easterner Larry Knight takes a job with the Baldwins and he has a plan to divert the water back to the Baldwin ranch. But Phil, jealous of Kitty's attraction to Larry, lets Cambert know of the scheme.

An Easterner Inherits a cattle ranch, only to discover that thousands of cattle have been stolen. He secretly signs on as a hired hand at his own ranch to discover who's stealing them.

Un chico de campo, guapo y rico, educado por dos carabinas que odian a las mujeres, viaja a Nueva York y se enamora al instante. Después de estar casado un tiempo, opina que a su mujer sólo le interesa el dinero y la abandona. Un accidente le abrirá los ojos...

Earp agrees to become marshal and establish order in Tombstone

Based on a Zane Grey story, The Last Trail stars virile cowboy hero George O'Brien in a largely anti-heroic role. Escaping from a posse, the "good bad man" (O'Brien) boards an Eastbound train, where he strikes up a friendship with a genial gangster (J. Carroll Naish). Later on, the cowboy returns to the West as a member of the gangster's gang. He poses as the heir to a vast cattle ranch, never dreaming that he really is the heir. When the truth is revealed, the wayward cowboy switches to the side of the Law, while another of the gangster's flunkeys (Claire Trevor) reveals herself to be an honest newspaperwoman -- and thus a suitable candidate for romance.

Adventure ensues as Judy Halloway arrives in Arizona to visit her brother, Tom.

After Smoke wins the Blake ranch in a poker game, Blake commits suicide and Smoke deeds the ranch to Blake’s young daughter. But the Sheriff is after the ranch and has Smoke arrested for the murder of Blake and then brings in an impostor to pose as the girl’s relative.

Jim Hall, fugitivo de la ley, se une a la banda de Hays, capataz del rancho Herrick, que se propone robar el ganado del ranchero. Jim se siente atraído por la hermana de éste y confiesa al sheriff el inminente robo, pero después cae prisionero de la banda.

Lovers David Lunch and Betty Summers are caught in the feud between their two families. When David kills the Summers son, he escapes to the West. He marries and when his boy is two he and his wife are killed by Indians who take the boy. Twenty years later the boy is now the Indian chief. Betty's daughter is nearby and the two are destined to meet.

Megalomaniacal rancher is a law unto himself, until a Ranger is called-upon to bring him to justice.

Football star Ted Radcliffe goes west to manage an inherited cattle ranch. Empire builder and cattle thief Don Paco is hounded by El Coyote (who is really Don Bob) who now has a partner in Ted. Unfortunately Ted is also falling love with Don Paco's daughter Adela.

The wall to Surprise Valley has broken, and Jane Withersteen is forced to choose between Lassiter's life and Fay Larkin's marriage to a Mormon.

Lassiter's sister was killed and her young daughter taken and raised by outlaws. Years later Lassiter arrives at the Withersteen ranch looking for the now grown daughter. He immediately gets caught up in the ranch's struggle against rustlers. Trailing a rustled herd of horses leads him to the rustler's hideout and the missing daughter.

Eastern millionaire's son Bard finds his father murdered and flies west to see rancher Drew who may know something about it. En route he crashes his plane into Jerry's bathroom; she falls in love with him which makes her suitor Steve jealous.

This George O'Brien western is based on a novel by Max Brand, previously filmed as the 1920 Tom Mix vehicle The Untamed. Cast as devil-may-car Whistlin' Dan Barry, our hero rides into a passel of trouble in a wide-open town. Warned to leave the premises or else, Whistlin' Dan refuses to do so, sticking around long enough to whomp villain Jim Silent (Mitchell Lewis) and romance heroine Kate Cumberland (Louise Huntington).

En los últimos días de la Primera Guerra Mundial, el estadounidense "Mistery Ship" zarpa de la costa de España. Su misión es encontrar y hundir un submarino que ha sido especialmente eficaz en atacar buques aliados. Haciéndose pasar por una goleta inofensiva, el "Mistery Ship" está equipado con un cañón formidable capaz de hundir submarinos.

Buck Duane venga la muerte de su padre matando al asesino, pero debe huir de la ley. Encuentra a Ruth, el amor de su vida, en las garras del malvado Bland. Al rescatar a Ruth, queda atrapado en las redes de la esposa de Bland...

Love and logging in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon.

After shooting a man in self-defense, Buck Duane finds himself accused of many crimes, none of which he committed. In order to prove his innocence, he joins the Texas Rangers, and also hopes to win the approval and hand of Mary Aldridge, a girl from the East. He is assigned to round up a gang of cattle rustlers who are, unknown by Mary. led by her father.

West Point Cadet John y Annapolis Midshipman Frank centran su rivalidad fraternal en el gran partido de fútbol entre el Ejército y la Marina.

Narra la bíblica historia de Noé y el diluvio universal, con una historia paralela de unos soldados durante la Primera Guerra Mundial.

When a woman accidentally kills her detested husband, a selfless young man takes the blame and goes to prison. Complications ensue when he is provisionally released.

A "love-'em-and-leave-'em" sailor hooks up with a dance-hall girl in Paris while waiting for his ship to sail. She falls in love with him, and when his ship leaves port she decides to show up at its next stop and reunite with her lover. However, when she arrives at the ship's next destination, she discovers that her "lover" has already found another local girl to spend his time with. Complications ensue.

Un granjero convive felizmente en el campo con su esposa. Pero la aparición de una seductora mujer de la ciudad hace que comience a enamorarse de ésta, y a pensar que su mujer es un estorbo que se interpone en la felicidad entre él y su nueva y sofisticada amante.

Director Allan Dwan’s excellent use of New York locations enlivens a rags-to-riches tale that fully exploits star George O’Brien’s championship boxing prowess.

An American banker goes to a small Balkan country looking to invest his bank's money and shore up the country's weak economy in order to maximize the return on their investment. Towards that end he befriends the country's king and they come up with a scheme to get the Crown Prince married, a prospect not particularly appealing to the Crown Prince--until he sees the beautiful cabaret dancer the pair has picked for him to marry.

Los jefes de la pandilla callejera D'Arcy y Ryan, que son rivales en la vida civil y están enamorados de la misma chica, siguen enfrentados en la Marina, donde lo único que los contiene es la disciplina militar. El capellán del acorazado (que también era su cura en la parroquia) decide por fin permitirles que se peleen en el ring, pero el combate se ve interrumpido por el ataque de unos submarinos. Después de la guerra, cuando la misma banda de contrabandistas de drogas mata al hermano de D'Arcy y le pega un tiro a uno de los amigos de Ryan, los dos proclaman una tregua para derrotar a los criminales, y luego siguen peleándose.

Tres forajidos ayudarán a una joven cuya madre acaba de ser asesinada. Una banda de malhechores y un sheriff corrupto completan el bando de los auténticos y verdaderos hombres malos.

Adam, a plumber, is happily married to Eve, a wardrobe-obsessed housewife, until she accidentally meets a supercilious fashion designer. At the prompting of her neighbor, who has secret designs on Adam, Eve secretly becomes a fashion model by day, knowing that her husband would disapprove.

A dramatic recreation of the Johnstown Flood of 1889.

Esta película es la historia de un niño y una niña de un pueblo pequeño. El héroe, Denny Bolton, golpea al matón de la ciudad solo para encontrarse con él más tarde en el ring de boxeo en la ciudad de Nueva York. La ambición lo ha llevado a Broadway, pero la búsqueda del amor lo devuelve a la calle principal de su ciudad natal.

Tras varias fiestas salvajes, el padre de Kenneth Jamieson, un multimillonario, decide enviar a su hijo a una granja de pollos situada en el pequeño pueblo de Dedham.

Young Tony, unable to make a living in crowded and fast-paced London, goes to South America in search of his fortune. He soon becomes the owner of a saloon and dance hall. One of the dancers in his place, Maxine, falls in love with him, but Tony is still in love with his childhood sweetheart Una, although Una is now a "party girl" back in London and has forgotten about Tony. However, Tony comes into an unexpected inheritance, along with a title, and returns to London for Una. Although disappointed with Una's current lifestyle, he asks her to marry him despite her "indiscretions". However, the night before they are to be married Una confesses a deep, dark secret to Tony that could change their lives forever.

Beautiful Felicity Arden, is forced by a storm to take refuge in Mad Marrat's dwelling on the South Sea Isle.

Considerada la mejor película de la época muda de John Ford, un western alrededor del ferrocarril y el espíritu pionero de los Estados Unidos de América. El presidente Lincoln ha autorizado la construcción de un enlace entre las líneas ferroviarias de la Union Pacific y la Central Pacific. Un contratista (Will Walling) y un topógrafo (George O´Brien) emprenden viaje con el objetivo de trazar la ruta idónea, pero, aunque logran localizar un paso montañoso que permitiría el establecimiento de una conexión mucho más rápida de lo que se había esperado, el riesgo de que los nativos ataquen a los trabajadores amenaza con dar al traste con el ambicioso proyecto.

Henry Potter is the irresponsible playboy son of a New York millionaire. Fearing he will disgrace the family name if he stays in New York, the father sends him to San Francisco to work in the family shipyards and, to make a man out of him, he is told he will have to start at the bottom and work his way up. Henry decides this is not a good idea and resents it to the point he will indeed start at the bottom but will work his way down from there, and disgrace the family name in San Francisco.

The adventures of Oliver Tressilian, who goes from English gentry to galley slave to captain of a Moorish fighting ship.

At sight of a woman, he got a ticket for speeding.

The Ne'er-Do-Well (1923)

An old skipper, Captain Davis, has as his companions two derelicts -- one, Huish, is a Cockney, and the other, Robert Herrick was once a gentleman. In Tahiti they board a schooner and a storm takes them to an uncharted island. Living there is pearl broker Richard Attwater, and his daughter Ruth. Attwater is bitter because a supposed friend stole his wife and he has sworn to wreak vengeance on any white man he happens to encounter. Davis and Huish want to get their hands on his pearls, while, Herrick falls in love with the man's daughter.

Wealthy young man Ramon Laredo is abducted and put into service aboard a ship commanded by a none-too-scrupulous smuggler. When the ship encounters the foundering "Lady Letty," some of the Letty's crew is brought aboard, including Letty 'Moran' Sternerson, feisty daughter of the Letty's captain. Moran and Ramon have little use for each other, but when trouble erupts and the smuggler Captain Kitchell turns his evil eye on Moran, it is Ramon who comes to her rescue.