A Florida-bound train is filled with romance and intrigue in this comedy. Read More »
Tag Archives: Jack Oakie
Dancers in the Dark (1932) David Burton, Miriam Hopkins, Jack Oakie, William Collier Jr.
A bandleader tries to romance a dancer by sending her boyfriend, a musician, out of town. 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 »
Fight for Your Lady (1937) Benjamin Stoloff, John Boles, Jack Oakie, Ida Lupino
Ham Hamilton knows that gold-digger Marcia Trent is only after Robert Densmore for his money, so he tells Marcia that Robert is broke and she calls off the announced wedding. Read More »
Iceland (1942) H. Bruce Humberstone, Sonja Henie, John Payne, Jack Oakie, Musical, Romance
Marine, James Murfin, is unaware of Icelandic customs. When he flirts with Katina her Icelandic family take his actions as a proposal of marriage to Katina. Read More »
Hitting a New High (1937) Raoul Walsh, Lily Pons, Jack Oakie, John Howard, Comedy, Musical, Romance
Lili Pons and Jack Oakie star as a nightclub singer with aspires to be an opera diva and the met star whom she chases all the way to a safari in Africa Read More »
Sweet and Low-Down (1944) Archie Mayo, Benny Goodman, Linda Darnell, Jack Oakie, Musical, Romance
After their annual free concert at Chicago’s Dearborn Settlement, Benny Goodman and his band are packing up to move on to their next engagement at a military camp Read More »
Looking for Trouble (1934) William A. Wellman, Spencer Tracy, Jack Oakie, Constance Cummings, Comedy, Crime, Drama
The Great American Broadcast (1941) Archie Mayo, Alice Faye, Jack Oakie, John Payne, Comedy, Musical, Romance, Sport
Song of the Islands (1942) Walter Lang, Betty Grable, Victor Mature, Jack Oakie, Comedy, Musical, Romance
With his sidekick Rusty, Jeff Harper sails to paradisiacal tropical isle Ahmi-Oni to bargain on behalf of his cattle baron father for land owned by transplanted Irishman Dennis O’Brien. Read More »
Sitting Pretty (1933) Harry Joe Brown, Jack Oakie, Jack Haley, Ginger Rogers, Musical
Chick Parker and Pete Pendleton are songwriters that are en route from New York to Hollywood to make their fame and fortune; Dorothy, a lunch wagon proprietor, joins them. Read More »
Colleen (1936) Alfred E. Green, Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler, Jack Oakie, Musical, Romance
The Ames Company makes every effort to keep Uncle Cedric away from any decisions or work. This is in the best interests for him and the company. Read More »
Tin Pan Alley (1940) Walter Lang, Alice Faye, Betty Grable, Jack Oakie, Drama, Musical, Romance
Songwriters Calhoun and Harrigan get Katie and Lily Blane to introduce a new one. Lily goes to England, and Katy joins her after the boys give a new song to Nora Bayes. Read More »
Rise and Shine (1941) Allan Dwan, Jack Oakie, George Murphy, Linda Darnell, Comedy, Crime, Musical, Romance, Sport
Stupid football player is kidnapped by gangsters. Lunatics abound: former footballer now dancer, professor interested in magic, gangster who makes horse noises when excited. Read More »
The Sap from Syracuse (1930) A. Edward Sutherland, Jack Oakie, Ginger Rogers, Granville Bates, Comedy, Musical
Ellen Saunders is an heiress on a cruise to Europe being pursued by a day laborer mistaken for a prominent mining engineer. During the cruise, he foils two crooks try to get rid of her. Read More »