Robert Emmett O'Connor Movies

This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short takes a look at the typical American barbershop throughout the years.

An unknowing orphan idolizes the horse thief/mail robber who has shot his father.

The daughter of a senator from South Dakota visits Manhattan for the first time, eager to see the sights of the big city. While there, she finds...

A teenaged shoeshine boy urgently tries to raise the remaining amount of money he needs to purchase a secondhand bugle before 6p.m.

In this John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short, a man recovers his lost memories when he is forced to relive events in his dreams.

In this comedy, a hard-working husband loses his job and his wife becomes the bread winner.

A former reporter comes back home after serving in the army during World War I and finds that it's much more difficult to find work than he expected....

A reporter gets himself sent to prison so he can solve a murder behind bars.

In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, a young man graduates from the police academy at the top of his class. He then teams up with some local...

A small-town butcher has problems coping with meat rationing.

Jimmy, an idealistic and hard-working young man, has just arrived in New York City with dreams of making his fortune. Along the way he faces numerous...

Radio crime show host "The Fox" finds himself on the trail of a serial killer while a suspect himself.

A vaudeville performer has trouble dividing her time equally between her career and her two daughters.

Patsy's working at Rumplemeyer's Donut Shop in Brooklyn. By accident she catches Mr. Rumplemeyer's trousers in the donut machine as he's leaving to...

In this suspenseful silent crime drama, a hijacker proves his loyalty to his mother by killing his biological father, a blackmailing gangster who has...

A 1929 film directed by William A. Seiter.

A man's ex-wife is found murdered, and he finds himself to be the prime suspect.

After completing his prison sentence for killing a rival gang leader in self-defence, Benny Horowitz decides to go straight.

Band leader Jack Conrad is impressed by prison inmate Ray Ferrera on saxophone. Conrad hires Ray to join his band and tour upon his release. Ray...

Matt Morrison gets his old college chum Frank Stewart a job at the steel foundry where he works. Trouble quickly ensues.