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Tag Archives: Jack Oakie
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 Dictator (1940) Charles Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Jack Oakie
20 years after the end of WWI, in which the nation of Tomainia was on the losing side Read More »
Bowery to Broadway (1944) Charles Lamont, Maria Montez, Jack Oakie, Susanna Foster
Two Bowery vaudevillians find success in producing shows on Broadway Read More »
Too Much Harmony (1933) A. Edward Sutherland, Bing Crosby, Jack Oakie, Richard ‘Skeets’ Gallagher
A singer is involved with two women in his life, one a “good” girl and one a “bad” one.” Read More »
It Happened Tomorrow (1944) René Clair, Dick Powell, Linda Darnell, Jack Oakie
In the beginning of the Twentieth Century, Lawrence ‘Larry’ Stevens is an ambitious reporter of The Evening News. Read More »
Shoot the Works (1934) Wesley Ruggles, Jack Oakie, Ben Bernie, Dorothy Dell
Jack Oakie stars as seedy sideshow barker Nicky, who uses everyone he meets to get ahead. Read More »
When My Baby Smiles at Me (1948) Walter Lang, Betty Grable, Dan Dailey, Jack Oakie
Vaudeville performers, Dailey and Grable, have marital difficulties when he hits the “Big Time”, which are compounded by his drinking problem. Read More »
Florida Special (1936) Ralph Murphy, Jack Oakie, Sally Eilers, Kent Taylor
A Florida-bound train is filled with romance and intrigue in this comedy. Read More »
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 »
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 »