Dress designer Joan Wood, who’s heavily in debt, has created costumes for a Broadway show Read More »
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Sweet and Low-Down (1944) Archie Mayo, Benny Goodman, Linda Darnell, Jack Oakie
After their annual free concert at Chicago’s Dearborn Settlement, Benny Goodman Read More »
Sitting Pretty (1933) Harry Joe Brown, Jack Oakie, Jack Haley, Ginger Rogers
Chick Parker and Pete Pendleton are songwriters that are en route from New York Read More »
Navy Blues (1941) Lloyd Bacon, Ann Sheridan, Jack Oakie, Martha Raye
On a layover in Hawaii two conniving Navy seamen borrow money to lay down bets Read More »
Colleen (1936) Alfred E. Green, Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler, Jack Oakie
The Ames Company makes every effort to keep Uncle Cedric away from any decisions or work. Read More »
Street Girl (1929) Wesley Ruggles, Betty Compson, John Harron, Jack Oakie
Jobless, homeless and starving Freddie Joyzelle is saved by Mike Fall from the clutches of a masher Read More »
Little Men (1940) Norman Z. McLeod, Kay Francis, Jack Oakie, George Bancroft
Jo March and her husband Professor Bhaer operate the Plumfield School for poor boys. Read More »
King of Burlesque (1936) Sidney Lanfield, Warner Baxter, Alice Faye, Jack Oakie
Former burlesque producer moves into legitimate theatre and does well until he marries a socialite. Read More »
The Eagle and the Hawk (1933) Stuart Walker, Fredric March, Cary Grant, Jack Oakie
The pilots of a Royal Air Force squadron in World War I face not only physical Read More »
That’s the Spirit (1945) Charles Lamont, Peggy Ryan, Jack Oakie, June Vincent
A vaudeville performer returns from the dead to help his wife and daughter, who are being dominated by a greedy banker. Read More »
Super-Sleuth (1937) Benjamin Stoloff, Jack Oakie, Ann Sothern, Eduardo Ciannelli
An actor who plays a detective in films soon finds himself out of his depth when he tries to investigate a real crime. Read More »
The Texas Rangers (1936) King Vidor, Fred MacMurray, Jack Oakie, Jean Parker
Jim Hawkins and Wahoo Jones are stagecoach robbers who head to Texas to find Sam McGee, their partner. Read More »
Call of the Wild (1935) William A. Wellman, Clark Gable, Loretta Young, Jack Oakie
Jack Thornton has trouble winning enough at cards for the stake he needs to get to the Alaska gold fields. Read More »
Hello, Frisco, Hello (1943) H. Bruce Humberstone, Alice Faye, John Payne, Jack Oakie
In turn-of-the-century San Francisco, an ambitious vaudevillian takes his quartet from a honky tonk to the big time Read More »
The Great American Broadcast (1941) Archie Mayo, Alice Faye, Jack Oakie, John Payne
After serving in World War I, two army buddies (John Payne and Jack Oakie) become partners in the burgeoning world of radio broadcasting. Read More »