Jack Oakie Movie Trailers

One to One: John & Yoko Trailer (2025)

11 April 2025

An exploration of the seminal and transformative 18 months that one of music’s most famous couples — John Lennon and Yoko Ono — spent living in Greenwich Village, New York City, in the early 1970s.

Hitting a New High Trailer (1937)

24 December 1937

A Paris cabaret singer dreams of becoming a Metropolitan Opera singer. A press agent arranges her Manhattan debut by way of Africa.

The Rat Race Trailer (1960)

10 July 1960

An aspiring musician arrives in New York in search of fame and fortune. He soon meets a taxi dancer, moves in with her, and before too long a romance develops.

The Texas Rangers Trailer (1936)

28 August 1936

Two down-on-their-luck former outlaws volunteer to be Texas Rangers and find themselves assigned to bring in an old friend, now a notorious outlaw.

The Social Lion Trailer (1930)

21 June 1930

Marco Perkins is a garage mechanic and a would-be-prizefighter who gets a place on the ritzy country club's polo team because he is the town's most proficient mallet-wielder, having learned to play polo while serving in the U.

That Girl from Paris Trailer (1936)

31 December 1936

Nikki Martin, a beautiful French opera star, stows away on an ocean liner in hopes of escaping her jealous fiancee.

Thanks for Everything Trailer (1938)

23 December 1938

Promoters set up a radio contest to find the average American and use him to sell food, apparel and notions.

Million Dollar Legs Trailer (1932)

08 July 1932

A small country on the verge of bankruptcy is persuaded to enter the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics as a means of raising money.

It Happened Tomorrow Trailer (1944)

31 March 1944

A young turn-of-the-century newspaper man finds he can get hold of the next day's paper. This brings more problems than fortune, especially as his new girlfriend is part of a phony clairvoyant act.

Northwest Stampede Trailer (1948)

28 July 1948

In this romantic western, the real stars are a mustang and a police dog. The human aspect of the story centers on a rodeo rider whose late father bequeathed him a ranch in Calgary, Canada.

The Wonderful Country Trailer (1959)

21 October 1959

Having fled to Mexico from the U.S. many years ago for killing his father's murderer, Martin Brady travels to Texas to broker an arms deal for his Mexican boss, strongman Governor Cipriano Castro.

Florida Special Trailer (1936)

01 May 1936

A Florida-bound train is filled with romance and intrigue when one of the passengers disappears while carrying $11-million in unset jewels.

The Eagle and the Hawk Trailer (1933)

06 May 1933

The pilots of a Royal Air Force squadron in World War I face not only physical but mental dangers in their struggle to survive while fighting the enemy.

The Stolen Jools Trailer (1931)

04 April 1931

Famous actress Norma Shearer's jewels are stolen… (Star-packed promotional short film intended to raise funds for the National Variety Artists Tuberculosis Sanatorium.

Chinatown Nights Trailer (1929)

29 March 1929

Joan Fry, a society woman, falls in love with Chuck Riley, the white-leader of a powerful gang in Chinatown, and he quickly drags her down into the depths with him.

Road House Trailer (1928)

25 July 1928

Larry Grayson, jazz age son of permissive parents, drifts from wild parties with his classmates to more heady, roadhouse entertainment.

The Sap from Syracuse Trailer (1930)

26 July 1930

Ellen Saunders is an heiress on a cruise to Europe being pursued by a day laborer mistaken for a prominent mining engineer.

Looking for Trouble Trailer (1934)

28 March 1934

Joe and Casey trouble-shoot for the phone company. They try to prove that Joes's girl Ethel's boss Dan is a crook but are trapped by criminals and left in a burning building.

Sea Legs Trailer (1930)

01 December 1930

Searchlight Doyle, lightweight boxing champion of the United States Navy, is shanghaied into the fleet of Sainte Cassette, an island republic, as a replacement for a wealthy slacker who must serve his country to receive a $2 million inheritance, a scheme concocted by attorney Gabriel Grabowski.

Someone to Love Trailer (1928)

01 December 1928

A poor but honest sheet-music salesman is parted from his wealthy fiancée when she mistakenly comes to believe he’s nothing but a gold digger.

When My Baby Smiles at Me Trailer (1948)

10 November 1948

Bonny Kane and 'Skid' Johnson are vaudeville performers in the 1920s. The two of them suffer marital difficulties when Skid gets an offer to appear on Broadway while Bonny gets left behind on the road.

Hello, Frisco, Hello Trailer (1943)

26 March 1943

In turn-of-the-century San Francisco, an ambitious vaudevillian takes his quartet from a honky tonk to the big time, while spurning the love of his troupe's star singer for a selfish heiress.

The Great Dictator: The Clown Turns Prophet Trailer (2011)

24 May 2011

In this visual essay, Charles Chaplin biographer Jeffrey Vance, author of "Chaplin: Genius of the Cinema", draws upon a wealth of photography as well as a wide range of interviews (Paulette Goddard, Sydney Chaplin, Chuck Jones, Leni Riefenstahl, Mel Brooks, Joan Collins et al.

Murder at the Vanities Trailer (1934)

18 May 1934

Shortly before the curtain goes up the first time at the latest performance of Earl Carroll's Vanities, someone is attempting to injure the leading lady Ann Ware, who wants to marry leading man Eric Lander.

Street Girl Trailer (1929)

21 August 1929

A homeless and destitute violinist joins a combo to bring it success, but has problems with her love life.

Sweetie Trailer (1929)

25 October 1929

Chorus girl Barbara Pell (Nancy Carroll) inherits a school for boys, and uses her position to sabotage the football career of the boy who jilted her.

The Big Broadcast of 1936 Trailer (1935)

20 September 1935

Two-bit radio station owner Spud Miller doubles as the station's sole announcer. On the verge of bankruptcy, Spud is receptive to the wacky notions of George and Gracie, who've just invented a television device that can pick up and transmit any signal, any time, anywhere.

The Dummy Trailer (1929)

09 March 1929

The title character is office-boy Barney. Pretending to be a deaf-mute, Barney tries to trump his detective boss Walter Babbing by tracking down the person who kidnapped Peggy Meredith, the daughter of wealthy Agnes and Trumbull Meredith.

Champagne Waltz Trailer (1937)

05 February 1937

In Vienna, a new jazz club featuring American trumpeter Buzzy Bellew threatens the existence of its neighbor, the Waltz Palace, run by Franz Strauss and featuring his granddaughter, singer Elsa.

Sitting Pretty Trailer (1933)

23 November 1933

Jack Oakie and Jack Haley are songwriters are enroute from New York to Hollywood to make their fame and fortune; Ginger Rogers, a lunchwagon proprieter, joins them.

Shoot the Works Trailer (1934)

18 July 1934

The story of seedy sideshow barker Nicky, who uses everyone he meets to get ahead. Nicky isn't even above exploiting his singing sweetheart Lily to suit his purposes, but this time it is he who ends up the loser -- at least until he gets wise to himself.

Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 Trailer (1933)

01 December 1933

Comedian Lloyd Hamilton escorts a group of beauty contest winners to various Hollywood night spots.

Too Much Harmony Trailer (1933)

23 September 1933

A singer is involved with two women in his life, one a "good" girl and one a "bad" one."

Dancers in the Dark Trailer (1932)

11 March 1932

A bandleader tries to romance a dancer by sending her boyfriend, a musician, out of town. However, things get complicated when he finds out that a gangster has designs on her too.

The Fleet's In Trailer (1928)

15 September 1928

A girl who works in a dance hall falls in love with a sailor, but he has the wrong idea of what it is she does and doesn't want anything to do with her.

Let's Go Native Trailer (1930)

15 August 1930

The company of a musical comedy gets shipwrecked on a tropical island inhabited by a "king" from Brooklyn and his coterie of wild native girls.

Finders Keepers Trailer (1928)

18 February 1928

Silent military comedy whose only print exists in the Library of Congress.

Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove Trailer (1934)

01 December 1934

Several members of MGM's 'galaxy of stars' attend an evening of music and a fashion show.

His Children's Children Trailer (1923)

04 November 1923

Follows three generations of the Mayne family through the year 1921-22. The 81-year-old patriarch reminisces about his rough beginnings in post-Civil War railroading, son Rufus rides rough waters as a wealthy financier, and his wife and three daughters muddle through their New York high society life.

Touchdown! Trailer (1931)

15 November 1931

Football coach Dan Curtis is eager for his small college team to win at all costs.

Hollywood on Parade No. A-1 Trailer (1932)

25 August 1932

In the first entry of this series, the show open with a troupe of dancing chorus girls getting a salute from crossed-eyed Ben Turpin.

Sin Town Trailer (1929)

20 January 1929

Two World War I veterans are wrongly accused of killing a rancher and arrested for murder. With the help of the rancher's daughter, they escape and set out to capture the real culprit.

Hollywood on Parade No. B-10 Trailer (1934)

26 April 1934

Essentially an advertisement for Murder at the Vanities (1934). Features Chico Marx, W.C. Fields, Duke Ellington and many others.

Fast Company Trailer (1929)

20 September 1929

Egomaniacal baseball slugger Elmer Kane is not only good, he enjoys telling everybody how good he is.