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Jack Oakie (November 12, 1903 – January 23, 1978) was an American actor, starring mostly in films, but also working on stage, radio and television.
Total trailers found: 104
31 May 1946
A plain-Jane math professor (Joan Davis) at a small midwestern college is talked into journeying to New York on behalf of a colleague who has written a steamy bestseller under an assumed name.
16 May 1931
Chester Carr, owner of a dude ranch in the Rockies, caters to guests seeking the thrill of the Wild West.
15 October 1940
Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.
02 October 1932
Story of a Hollywood studio during the transition from silents to talkies.
02 December 2014
Bing Crosby was, without a doubt, the most popular and influential multi-media star of the first half of the twentieth century, pulling audiences in with his intimate, laid-back voice and innate charm.
21 November 1941
The college president, the head cheerleader and a gambling gangster try to keep a flunking football e
21 September 1942
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.
14 March 1965
Just discharged from the Marine Corps, Oscar Kilroy arrives in the small town of Wilton Junction. Befriending the young Bill Fuller, he gets involved in the affairs of the town and hilarity ensues.
12 April 1929
Marjorie, a song-and-dance girl in the stage show of a palatial movie theater, becomes interested in Al West, a warehouse clerk who has put together an unusual jazz band, and uses her influence to get him a place on one of the programs.
03 November 1944
Two Bowery vaudevillians find success in producing shows on Broadway, but when one of them suddenly departs to work for a beautiful woman, a feud erupts.
16 July 1937
A movie actor playing a detective gets carried away with his role and starts trying to solve real-life crimes.
21 March 1931
An ordinary Joe has ambitions to become a Tin Pan Alley writer.
19 April 1932
Barnstorming pilots Speed Condon, Bill Adams, and Eddie Smith travel the country with their manager, Alec Dugan, performing at fairs and air shows and hawking rides for the locals.
23 December 1923
When gangster Jimmy Donovan is made guardian of Midge, the 7-year-old brother of his friend Big Ben Murray, he decides to reform and rear Midge properly.
17 October 1956
Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world.
23 November 1934
The story deals with the college rivalry of a piccolo player and an All-American halfback on the football team who both love the same co-ed.
10 May 2007
A documentary about the portrayal of Adolf Hitler in popular culture.
21 September 1944
After their annual free concert at Chicago's Dearborn Settlement, Benny Goodman and his band are packing up to go to their next engagement when a kid steals Goodman's clarinet.
25 October 1950
Swashbuckler about the adventures of pirate Jean Lafitte after he helped save New Orleans from a British invasion during the War of 1812.
09 May 1941
After WWI two men go into radio. Failure leads the wife of one to borrow money from another; she goes on, after separation, to stardom.
15 September 1944
The film concerns a family vaudeville troupe headed by patriarch Pete Monahan. Because of his love affair with the bottle, Pete manages to get himself and his family blacklisted from every major vaude house in the country.
25 May 1929
Wellman’s first all-talkie, scripted by Herman Mankiewicz, with arrogant boxer Richard Arlen romancing Mary Brian, then falling for temptress Olga Baclanova (Freaks) on the eve of the big fight.
11 February 1938
A down-on-his-luck songwriter attempts to peddle musical compositions of a naive Arkansas hillbilly under his own name.
29 November 1940
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.
25 February 1943
A press agent, a composer and a landlord of a theatrical boardinghouse revive vaudeville on Broadway.
10 November 1938
Annabel Allison, star of Wonder Pictures, is irked at her poor publicity, especially when a rival gets engaged to a Marquis; so she makes studio head Webb re-hire disgraced publicity agent Morgan for her personal appearance tour.
01 June 1945
A vaudeville performer returns from the dead to help his wife and daughter, who are being dominated by a greedy banker.
04 November 1932
Eddie Burke is a wise-guy pugilist whose talent is unevenly matched by his ego. Despite his character flaws, Eddie knows the meaning of loyalty.
05 November 1937
Wrestling trainer puts himself in charge of a singer's love life when the singer is jilted by a rich girl.
29 November 1940
Jo March and her husband Professor Bhaer operate the Plumfield School for poor boys. When Dan, a tough street kid, comes to the school, he wins Jo's heart despite his hard edge, and she defends him when he is falsely accused.
22 July 1937
After the American Civil War, Jim Fisk, a former peddler and cotton smuggler, arrives in New York, along with his partners Nick and Luke, where he struggles to make his way through the treacherous world of Wall Street's financial markets.
17 July 1944
A young husband becomes a game-show participant in the hopes of winning the cash to pay his pregnant wife's doctor.
05 July 1933
A college professor and the school's star football player are both rivals for the same beautiful coed.
09 August 1935
Jack Thornton has trouble winning enough at cards for the stake he needs to get to the Alaska gold fields.
18 December 1933
In Victorian England, a bored young girl dreams that she has entered a fantasy world called Wonderland, populated by even more fantastic characters.
20 September 1941
A short in the WB Hollywood Novelty series (production number 7301) about the training of polo ponies.
17 January 1931
Naïve insurance agent 'Cyclone' Case falls in love with Sylvia Martine, whose father has a dispute with gangster Mike Slade.
07 March 1933
A Navy boxer (Jack Oakie) meets a dance-hall hostess (Vivienne Osborne) who tries to sober him up for a fight.
21 March 1936
Musical about dingaling millionaire businessman Cedric Ames and his various employees
09 September 1938
Wonder Pictures has been striking out at the box office lately, causing the seedy PR man to involve main star Annabel in ever outrageous stunts for publicity.
01 July 1932
A grocery clerk, longing to become a cowboy actor, goes to Hollywood in search of fame and fortune. Unfortunately, his acting ability is non-existent.
20 December 1961
Jerry Webster and Carol Templeton are rival Madison Avenue advertising executives who each dislike each other’s methods.
17 September 1943
Nora and her uncle get railroaded into spending the night at a broken-down hotel in Canada. After Nora falls for the handsome owner, she convinces her uncle to invest in the inn and modernize it.
25 December 1929
A sailor finds himself the object of a cafe owner's affections.
05 February 1951
In 1866, a new gold discovery and an inconclusive conference force the U.S. Army to build a road and fort in territory ceded by previous treaty to the Sioux.
13 March 1942
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.
13 September 1941
On a layover in Hawaii, two conniving Navy seamen borrow money to wager bets that their ship will win the upcoming gunnery practice trophy, having found out that the current champ has just transferred aboard their ship.
31 December 1935
A Broadway playboy inherits an almost bankrupt girls' school and tries to save it by a big show.
06 April 1929
Wild girls at a college pay more attention to parties than their classes. But when one party girl, Stella Ames, goes too far at a local bar and gets in trouble, her professor has to rescue her.
22 April 1930
This 1930 film, a collection of songs and sketches showcasing Paramount Studios' contract stars, cres
03 January 1936
Warner Baxter plays the ambitious producer of a burlesque show who rises to the big time on Broadway.
24 February 1933
The various residents and occupants of a resort hotel await the outcome of a horse race at a nearby track, as it will affect each of their lives in different ways.
30 August 1940
Wendy Ballantine's parents decide to retire from show biz so she can have a normal life. They are unwelcome in the small town until a storm lets the family show their stuff.
27 November 1932
Jack Oakie plays Eddie Doyle, a gumball machine salesman who marries Pat Smith (Shirley Grey) knowing full well that the girl is on the rebound from a failed romance with aspiring Jewish doctor Max Silver (Leon Ames).
18 November 1932
An elderly business tycoon, believed to be dying, decides to give a million dollars each to eight strangers chosen at random from the phone directory.
15 November 1934
This short plugs the new tunes written by Mack Gordon and Harry Revel for the movie "College Rhythm" and shows the audience how they were written and rehearsed.
20 September 1949
Nick Garcos comes back from his tour of duty in World War II planning to settle down with his girlfriend, Polly Faber.
31 December 1942
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1942.
