The Big Broadcast of 1936 1935  N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Jack Oakie, George Burns, Gracie Allen, Bing Crosby, Lyda Roberti, Wendy Barrie, Henry Wadsworth, Akim Tamiroff, Charles Ruggles, Ethel Merman, Samuel S. Hinds, C. Henry Gordon, Benny Baker, Guy Standing, Mary Boland
This second film in a series of "Big Broadcasts" uses a plot unfolding everyday occurrences at a radio station to showcase radio personalities on the big screen. The station's owner, Spud (Jack Oakie), performs as the announcer on his station's show. The station is on the verge of bankruptcy when George and Gracie (George Burns and Gracie Allen) sell Spud the "Radio Eye" that picks up events and televises them on a viewing screen. Among those captured performing on the "Radio Eye" are Bing Crosby, Ethel Merman, Amos "N" Andy (Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll), and the Vienna Boys Choir
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Call of the Wild 1935 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama / Western / Romance
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: Clark Gable, Loretta Young, Jack Oakie, Frank Conroy, Reginald Owen, Sidney Toler, Katherine DeMille, Charles Stevens, James Burke, Herman Bing, Lalo Encinas, Thomas E. Jackson, Russ Powell, George MacQuarrie, Wade Boteler
In this film adaptation of Jack London's tale of searching for gold in Alaska, Jack Thornton (Clark Gable) plans to head to Alaska for the gold rush, but he loses his money in a poker game. He buys a Saint Bernard named "Buck" from cruel owner Smith (Frank Conroy) and trains Buck as a sled dog. Later, an angry Smith bets Jack $1,000 that Buck can't pull a sled. Buck accomplishes the feat, and Jack wins the money he needs for the Alaska trip. With his friend Shorty (Jack Oakie), Jack sets out for Alaska where he meets Claire (Loretta Young) whose prospector husband (Reginald Owen) is missing, and Jack's adventures continue.
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College Humor 1933  N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Wesley Ruggles
Cast: Bing Crosby, Jack Oakie, Richard Arlen, Mary Carlisle, George Burns, Gracie Allen, Joe Sawyer, Mary Kornman
Professor Danvers (Bing Crosby) falls for popular co-ed, Barbara (Mary Carlisle), in this film providing a humorous look at academia.
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The Eagle and the Hawk 1933 N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Stuart Walker
Cast: Fredric March, Cary Grant, Jack Oakie, Carole Lombard, Sir Guy Standing, Forrester Harvey, Leyland Hodgson, Crauford Kent, Douglas Scott, Dennis O'Keefe
This anti-war film involves a Royal Flying Corps pilot, Jerry Young (Fredric March), who begins to suffer from the strains of watching his fellow officers die.
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 The Great Dictator 1940  N/R, 127 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Charles Chaplin
Cast: Charles Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Jack Oakie, Reginald Gardiner, Henry Daniell, Billy Gilbert, Emma Dunn, Maurice Moscovitch, Grace Hayle, Bernard Gorcey
Political satire about the Third Reich abounds as Charlie Chaplin plays dual roles of dictator Adenoid Hynbel as well as his look-alike: a Jewish barber.
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Hello Frisco, Hello 1943 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy
Director: H. Bruce Humberstone
Cast: Alice Faye, John Payne, Jack Oakie, Lynn Bari, June Havoc, Ward Bond, Laird Cregar, Aubrey Mather, John Archer, Frank Orth, George Lloyd, Eddie Dunn, Frank Darien, Harry Hayden, Charles Cane
This film is about the romance of a honky-tonk saloon singer Trudy Evans (Alice Faye) on the Barbary Coast and her ambitious lover Johnny Cornell (John Payne). As Trudy rises to stardom, Johnny leaves Trudy for Nob Hill socialite Bernice Croft (Lynn Bari). Trudy then heads for Europe where she gains more success and then returns to the Bay area hoping to reunite with Johnny. The film's song "You'll Never Know" won the Oscar for Best Song.
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If I Had a Million 1932 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Cast: Gary Cooper, George Raft, Charles Laughton, Frances Dee, Charles Ruggles, W.C. Fields, Mary Boland, Roscoe Karns, Jack Oakie, Wynne Gibson
This film is a series of stories about what happens when an anonymous man picks names at random from the telephone book and gives those chosen gifts of money.
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It Happened Tomorrow 1944 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Rene Clair
Cast: Dick Powell, Linda Darnell, Jack Oakie, Edgar Kennedy, John Philliber, Edward Brophy, George Cleveland, Sig Ruman, Paul Guilfoyle, Eddie Acuff, George Chandler, Marion Martin
Set in the 1890s, young newspaper reporter Larry (Dick Powell) seeks ways to rise above his competition in the newsgathering world. He meets a mysterious man who grants him the power to foresee the next day's news. All goes well until Larry's own death is predicted. Will he be able to avoid the prediction from happening? And what about his true love Sylvia (Linda Darnell), the daughter of a fake psychic? A fun comedy/fantasy.
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Little Men 1940  N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: Norman Z. McLeod
Cast: Kay Francis, Jack Oakie, George Bancroft, Jimmy Lydon, Ann Gillis, Carl Esmond, Richard Nichols, William Demarest, Sterling Holloway, Isabel Jewell, Casey Johnson, Francesca Santoro, Johnny Burke, Lillian Randolph, Sammy McKim
Louisa May Alcott's tale is again adapted to the screen as grown-up Jo (Kay Francis) opens a boarding school and attempts to tame a ruffian, Dan (Jimmy Lydon). Dan finally learns gentlemanly behavior–despite the influence of his crooked father, Major Burdle (George Bancroft). When Jo's school faces a bank foreclosure, the Major's cohort, Willie the Fox (Jack Oakie), turns himself in for the $5,000 reward and presents the money to Jo in order to save the school. Good comic relief from Jack Oakie.
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 Lover Come Back 1961 N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Delbert Mann
Cast: Doris Day, Rock Hudson, Tony Randall, Edie Adams, Jack Oakie, Jack Kruschen, Ann B. Davis, Joe Flynn, Howard St. John, Jack Albertson
Jerry Webster (Rock Hudson) and Carol Templeton (Doris Day) are busy executives at the top of their professions. The plot twists and turns into a happy ending after they meet and fall in love.
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Million Dollar Legs 1932 N/R, 64 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Edward F. Cline
Cast: Jack Oakie, W.C. Fields, Andy Clyde, Lyda Roberti, Susan Fleming, Ben Turpin, Hugh Herbert, Dickie Moore, George Barbier, Irving Bacon
To off-set bankruptcy, the citizens of the country of Klopstokia aspire to win the gold at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympic Games in this zany comedy.
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Murder at the Vanities 1934 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Musical
Director: Mitchell Leisen
Cast: Carl Brisson, Victor McLaglen, Jack Oakie, Kitty Carlisle, Dorothy Stickney, Gertrude Michael, Jessie Ralph, Charles Middleton, Gail Patrick, Donald Meek, Otto Hoffman, Charles McAvoy, Toby Wing, Duke Ellington, Lucille Ball
It is opening night of a new Broadway show when detective Sadie Evans (Gail Patrick) is found murdered, and soon after Rita Ross (Gertrude Michael) is also killed. The show's stage manager Jack Ellery (Jack Oakie) calls his friend, police Lt. Bill Burdock (Victor McLaglen), to investigate. The show continues, and Murdock–between musical numbers–works to find the murderer before the end of the show. Songs include "Marijuana," "Where Do They Come from Now," and "Cocktails for Two."
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Once in a Lifetime 1932 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Russell Mack
Cast: Jack Oakie, Sidney Fox, Aline MacMahon, Russell Hopton, Zasu Pitts, Louise Fazenda, Gregory Ratoff, Onslow Stevens, Alan Ladd, Robert McWade
This film views Hollywood through the eyes of playwrights George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart who see the entire Hollywood scene as inane, especially when the talkies arrive on the scene.
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Paramount on Parade 1930 N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Various Directors
Cast: Jean Arthur, Maurice Chevalier, Clara Bow, Gary Cooper, Stuart Erwin, Fredric March, William Powell, Jack Oakie, Charles "Buddy" Rogers, Leon Errol
This debut by Paramount into the realm of the "talkies" includes numbers by Clara Bow and Maurice Chevalier as well as other Paramount stars cavorting in skits.
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The Rat Race 1960 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Robert Mulligan
Cast: Tony Curtis, Debbie Reynolds, Jack Oakie, Kay Medford, Don Rickles, Joe Bushkin, Marjorie Bennett, Norman Fell, Lisa Drake, Hal K. Dawson
A naively optimistic musician (Tony Curtis) arrives in New York City ready to hit it big and rents the apartment just vacated by a down-on-her-luck waitress (Debbie Reynolds). Realizing that she has nowhere else to go and no money, he offers to share the apartment with her.
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Rise and Shine 1941 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Allan Dwan
Cast: Jack Oakie, George Murphy, Linda Darnell, Walter Brennan, Milton Berle, Sheldon Leonard, Donald Meek, Donald MacBride, Raymond Walburn, Paul Harvey
This film adaptation of James Thurber's "My Life and Hard Times" features Jack Oakie as football star Boley who suffers a series of misadventures before the BIG game.
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Sitting Pretty 1933  N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Harry Joe Brown
Cast: Ginger Rogers, Jack Oakie, Jack Haley, Thelma Todd, Gregory Ratoff, Lew Cody, Jerry Tucker, Hale Hamilton, Walter Walker, Kenneth Thomson
Struggling songwriters (Jack Oakie and Jack Haley) hit the big time in Hollywood.
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Super Sleuth 1937 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Benjamin Stoloff
Cast: Jack Oakie, Ann Sothern, Eduardo Ciannelli, Alan Bruce, Edgar Kennedy, Joan Woodbury, Paul Guilfoyle, Bradley Page, Willie Best, Alec Craig
This is the story of a movie star (Jack Oakie) who tries to reenact an actual crime and catch the true killer. This story was later remade as "Genius at Work."
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The Texas Rangers 1936 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Western
Director: King Vidor
Cast: Fred MacMurray, Jack Oakie, Jean Parker, Lloyd Nolan, Edward Ellis, Stanley Andrews, Irving Bacon, George "Gabby" Hayes, Fred Kohler, Richard Carle, Frank Shannon, Benny Bartlett, Frank Cordell, Jed Prouty, Elena Martinez
Following the Civil War, outlaws Jim Hawkins (Fred MacMurray) and Wahoo Jones (Jack Oakie) opt out of their criminal activities and turn to the side of law and order when they become Texas Rangers. Later, Jim and Wahoo conspire to capture a former cohort Sam McGee (Lloyd Nolan) whose gang is creating terror throughout the area. Followed by "The Texas Rangers Ride Again" and remade in 1949 as "Streets of Laredo."
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Thieves' Highway 1949 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jules Dassin
Cast: Richard Conte, Valentina Cortese, Lee J. Cobb, Barbara Lawrence, Jack Oakie, Millard Mitchell, Joseph Pevney, Morris Carnovsky, Tamara Shayne, Kasia Orzazewski, Norbert Schiller, Hope Emerson
World War II vet Nick Garcos (Richard Conte) returns home and finds himself in the middle of another war. This time, the enemy is Mike Figlia (Lee J. Cobb) who heads up a racketeering and smuggling ring in California. As a result of this film, Director Jules Dassin was labeled a Communist sympathizer and was blacklisted from Hollywood.
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Tin Pan Alley 1940 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Walter Lang
Cast: Alice Faye, Betty Grable, Jack Oakie, John Payne, Allen Jenkins, Esther Ralston, Fred Keating, Billy Gilbert, Ben Carter, Elisha Cook Jr.
During 1915, songwriters Harry Calhoun (Jack Oakie) and Skeets Harrigan (John Payne) find success when they team up with singing sisters Katie (Alice Faye) and Lily Blane (Betty Grable). Then a rift develops when a new tune is given to a more famous singer, and the sisters leave for England. But Harry and Skeets soon enlist in the army, are shipped overseas, and find Katie and Lily in England. Excellent Academy Award-winning musical score.
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Toast of New York 1937 N/R, 109 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Rowland V. Lee
Cast: Edward Arnold, Cary Grant, Frances Farmer, Jack Oakie, Donald Meek, Thelma Leeds, Clarence Kolb, Lloyd Ingraham, Crauford Kent, George Cleveland
The life and fortunes of Wall Street wizard "Jubilee Jim" are depicted in his film biography.
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Too Much Harmony 1933 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: A. Edward Sutherland
Cast: Bing Crosby, Jack Oakie, Richard "Skeets" Gallagher, Judith Allen, Lilyan Tashman, Ned Sparks, Grace Bradley, Harry Green, Kitty Kelly, Anna Demetrio
This enjoyable musical contains the song "Thanks." It is the story of Broadway star Eddie Bronson's (Bing Crosby) visit to a small town where he discovers talent and romance.
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When My Baby Smiles at Me 1948 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Walter Lang
Cast: Betty Grable, Dan Dailey, Jack Oakie, June Havoc, James Gleason, Richard Arlen, Robert Emmett Keane, Jean Wallace, George J. Lewis, J. Farrell MacDonald
Dan Dailey was nominated for the Academy Award for his role in this film about a team (Betty Grable and Dailey) who break up but get back together via the stage.
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The Wonderful Country 1959 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Robert Parrish
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Julie London, Gary Merrill, Pedro Armendariz, Jack Oakie, Albert Dekker, Charles McGraw, John Banner, Jay Novello, Victor Manuel Mendoza
Martin Brady (Robert Mitchum) is 1/2 Irish-American and 1/2 Mexican. As a gunrunner for Governor Castro (Pedro Armendariz), he meets and falls for Ellen Colton (Julie London)–the wife of a cavalry officer (Gary Merrill).
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Young People 1940 N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Musical / Drama
Director: Allan Dwan
Cast: Shirley Temple, Jack Oakie, Charlotte Greenwood, Arleen Whelan, George Montgomery, Kathleen Howard, Darryl Hickman, Minor Watson, Frank Swann, Frank Sully, Mae Marsh, Irving Bacon, Charles Halton, Sarah Edwards, Arthur Aylesworth
Wendy (Shirley Temple) is adopted by Joe and Kit (Jack Oakie and Charlotte Greenwood) who are members of a vaudeville team and are considering changing their profession. The family moves to a small town so that Wendy will receive a solid upbringing. But, the townsfolk do not like show business people and want Wendy and her family out of their lives–until a storm hits and Joe saves the lives of stranded children. The family is now welcome in the town and puts on a show that is loved by all.
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| 1. The Big Broadcast of 1936 (1935)
2. Call of the Wild (1935)
3. Champagne Waltz (1937)
4. College Humor (1933)
5. The Eagle and the Hawk (1933)
6. The Great Dictator (1940)
7. Hello Frisco, Hello (1943)
8. If I Had a Million (1932)
9. It Happened Tomorrow (1944)
10. Little Men (1940)
11. Lover Come Back (1961)
12. Million Dollar Legs (1932)
13. Murder at the Vanities (1934)
14. Once in a Lifetime (1932)
15. Paramount on Parade (1930)
16. The Rat Race (1960)
17. Rise and Shine (1941)
18. Sitting Pretty (1933)
19. Super Sleuth (1937)
20. The Texas Rangers (1936)
21. Thieves' Highway (1949)
22. Tin Pan Alley (1940)
23. Toast of New York (1937)
24. Too Much Harmony (1933)
25. When My Baby Smiles at Me (1948)
26. The Wild Party (1929)
27. The Wonderful Country (1959)
28. Young People (1940)
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