Movie Database

Movies by Actor - Jack Oakie (86 [Missing: 20])
TitleYearDirectorGenreRatingRuntimeAdded
His Darker SelfNA1924 Comedy Not Available
Finders KeepersNA1928 Comedy Not Available
The Fleet's InNA1928 Comedy Not Available
Road HouseNA1928 Crime,Drama Not Available
Sin TownNA1929 Western Not Available
Someone to LoveNA1928 Comedy,Drama,Romance Not Available
Chinatown NightsJoan 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. But seeing her so much in love with him causes him to realize he is 1929William A. WellmanAction,Crime,Drama6.2 (112 votes)8320211228
Close HarmonyNA1929 Comedy,Musical,Romance Not Available
The DummyNA1929 Mystery Not Available
Fast CompanyNA1929 Comedy,Sport Not Available
Hard to GetNA1929 Comedy Not Available
Man I Love, TheAn arrogant boxer named Dum-Dum Brooks romances beautiful Celia Fields, but then falls for temptress Sonia Barondoff on the eve of the big fight.1929William A. WellmanAction,Comedy,Drama5.2 (85 votes)7020240303
Street GirlA homeless and destitute violinist joins a combo to bring it success, but has problems with her love life.1929Wesley RugglesDrama,Musical,Romance6.2 (415 votes)8720211228
SweetieA chorus girl inherits a men's college where her boyfriend is a star football player.1929Frank TuttleMusic,Romance,Sport6.7 (79 votes)9520211228
Wild Party, TheWild 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. Gossip linking the two escalates until 1929Dorothy ArznerDrama,Romance6.4 (476 votes)7720211228
Hit the DeckNA1929 Comedy,Musical,Romance Not Available
Let's Go NativeDress designer Joan Wood, who's heavily in debt, has created costumes for a Broadway show that is exported to Argentina. With the money she wants to pay her debts, but there was a mistake: she is receiving the money in Buenos Aires, 1930Leo McCareyComedy,Musical,Romance5.8 (142 votes)7720211228
Sap From Syracuse, TheEllen 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.1930A. Edward SutherlandComedy,Musical,Romance6.0 (92 votes)6820211228
Sap From Syracuse, TheNA1930 Not Available
Sea Legsnan1930Victor Heerman, Richard WallaceComedy,Romance5.6 (39 votes)6320240419
Sea LegsNA1930 Not Available
Social Lion, TheMarco 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.S. army1930A. Edward SutherlandAdventure,Comedy,Mystery5.6 (39 votes)7220211228
Dude RanchChester Carr, owner of a dude ranch in the Rockies, caters to guests seeking the thrill of the Wild West. Among his guests are the wealthy Spruce Meadows and his daughter Susan. But the West isn't wild anymore and most of Carr's gues1931Frank TuttleComedy,Western5.5 (51 votes)7120211228
Dude RanchChester Carr, owner of a dude ranch in the Rockies, caters to guests seeking the thrill of the Wild West. Among his guests are the wealthy Spruce Meadows and his daughter Susan. But the West isn't wild anymore and most of Carr's gues1931Frank TuttleComedy,Western5.5 (51 votes)7120211228
Gang Buster, TheNaïve insurance agent 'Cyclone' Case falls in love with Sylvia Martine, whose father has a dispute with gangster Mike Slade. When Sylvia is kidnapped by Slade and his gang, 'Cyclone' decides to save her and wanders straight into a ga1931A. Edward SutherlandComedy6.0 (70 votes)6520211228
June MoonNA1931 Comedy Not Available
Touchdown!Football coach Dan Curtis is eager for his small college team to win at all costs. However, he has a change of heart when a player is severely injured by playing when he should have been resting. Finally, Dan's school confronts it...1931Norman Z. McLeodDrama,Sport6.5 (41 votes)7920240625
Dancers in the DarkA 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.1932David BurtonDrama6.0 (146 votes)7420211228
If I Had a MillionA dying tycoon gives million-dollar windfalls to eight people picked from the city directory.1932James Cruze, H. Bruce Humberstone, Ernst Lubitsch, Norman Z. McLeod, Lothar MendesComedy,Drama7.0 (1.8K votes)8820211228
Madison Square GardenNA1932 Drama,Sport Not Available
Million Dollar LegsA small country on the verge of bankruptcy is persuaded to enter the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics as a means of raising money.1932Edward F. ClineComedy,Sport6.9 (1.1K votes)6420211228
Once in a LifetimeStory of a Hollywood studio during the transition from silents to talkies.1932Russell MackComedy,Romance6.6 (188 votes)9120211228
Sky BrideNA1932 Drama Not Available
Uptown New YorkPat and Max are in love and share an intimate relationship. However, after Max receives his surgeon's diploma, his parents have arranged a marriage for him with a woman from a rich, good background.1932Victor SchertzingerDrama,Romance6.5 (135 votes)8020211228
College HumorA college professor and the school's star football player are both rivals for the same beautiful coed.1933Wesley RugglesAction,Comedy,Music5.9 (205 votes)8020220414
Eagle and the Hawk, TheThe 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.1933Stuart Walker, Mitchell LeisenAction,Drama,War7.1 (1.2K votes)7320211228
From Hell to HeavenThe 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. .1933Erle C. KentonAction,Drama,Romance6.1 (115 votes)6720240222
Sailor Be GoodNA1933 Comedy,Romance Not Available
Sitting PrettyChick 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.1933Harry Joe BrownComedy,Musical,Romance6.4 (164 votes)8520211228
Too Much HarmonyA singer is involved with two women in his life, one a "good" girl and one a "bad" one."1933A. Edward SutherlandComedy,Musical6.3 (75 votes)7620211228
College RhythmThe 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. After graduation they carry their their feud and collegiate ideas over into the department s1934Norman TaurogComedy,Drama,Musical6.3 (103 votes)8620211228
Looking for TroubleJoe 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.1934William A. WellmanComedy,Crime,Drama6.4 (156 votes)8020211228
Murder at the VanitiesA homicide detective with an eye for the ladies investigating a murder in Earl Carroll's Vanities allows the music review to continue during the investigation.1934Mitchell LeisenCrime,Music,Musical6.5 (750 votes)8920211228
Shoot the WorksNicky Nelson runs a small carnival on New York's 42nd Street under the auspices of Nicky Nelson Enterprises, which consists of Joe Davis and his band, stunt man "Sailor" Burke and his gold digger wife Jackie, and The Countess, a matr1934Wesley RugglesComedy,Musical,Romance6.9 (45 votes)6420211228
Big Broadcast of 1936, TheSpud Miller hopes to save his struggling radio station by winning a broadcast competition, with the help of the Radio Eye, an invention that can display live events from anywhere in the world.1935Norman TaurogComedy,Musical5.8 (303 votes)9720211228
Call of the Wild, TheDuring the Klondike Gold Rush, a traveler purchases a dog to lead the way toward the treasure, but reconsiders his journey when he finds a jilted married woman.1935William A. WellmanAdventure,Drama,Family6.8 (2.1K votes)9520211228
King of BurlesqueFormer burlesque producer moves into legitimate theatre and does well until he marries a socialite. After his divorce his former top singer returns from London to help out.1936Sidney LanfieldDrama,Musical,Romance6.2 (199 votes)9020211228
ColleenThe 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. Trouble starts when he hires a schemer named Joe as his personal assistant and then a ga1936Alfred E. GreenComedy,Musical,Romance5.9 (358 votes)8920211228
CollegiateNA1935 Comedy,Musical,Romance Not Available
Florida SpecialNewspaper reporter Bangs Carter and his rich buddy Wally Tucker end up on a train bound for Florida with jewel thieves and Wally's ex-girlfriend. Bangs falls for a passenger along the way as they try to catch the crooks.1936Ralph MurphyComedy,Crime,Film-Noir6.3 (46 votes)7020211228
Texas Rangers, TheTwo 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.1936King VidorDrama,Western6.6 (759 votes)9820211228
That Girl From ParisNikki Martin, a parisian opera star, takes off in search of adventure and true-love leaving her arranged husband to be at the alter. While hitchhiking, Nikki meets handsome American musician, Windy McLean and his band the 'McLean Wil1936Leigh JasonComedy,Musical,Romance5.8 (327 votes)10420211228
Champagne WaltzChampagne Waltz is one of five movies produced by Paramount in the 1930s featuring Gladys Swarthout, a very popular Metropolitan Opera mezzo-soprano. The studio was attempting to build on the popularity of Grace Moore, another opera 1937A. Edward SutherlandComedy6.3 (65 votes)8520211228
Fight for Your LadyWrestling trainer puts himself in charge of a singer's love life when the singer is jilted by a rich girl.1937Benjamin StoloffComedy,Romance5.6 (176 votes)6620211228
Hitting a New HighLili 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 to make her dreams come true in this wacky musical comedy.1937Raoul WalshComedy,Musical,Romance5.0 (284 votes)8520211228
Super-SleuthAn actor who plays a detective in films soon finds himself out of his depth when he tries to investigate a real crime.1937Benjamin StoloffComedy,Mystery5.8 (335 votes)7020211228
Toast of New York, TheNotorious robber baron financier Jim Fisk, who makes and loses fortunes, tries to corner the gold market as well as the heart of a beautiful actress.1937Rowland V. Lee, Alexander HallBiography,Comedy,Drama6.3 (1K votes)10920211228
Affairs Of Annabel, TheWonder Pictures' seedy publicity man Lanny Morgan has put the studio's biggest star, Annabel Allison, in one crazy stunt after another. His latest scheme has Annabel pretending to be a maid in order to research her next screen role. 1938Benjamin Stoloff, Lew LandersComedy6.1 (498 votes)6820211228
Annabel Takes A TourMovie star Annabel Allison has further comic adventures with her wacky publicity agent.1938Lew LandersAdventure,Comedy,Romance5.6 (316 votes)6720211228
Radio City RevelsA songwriter uses the songs one of his pupils writes while sleeping for his own contract.1938Benjamin StoloffComedy,Musical,Romance5.9 (116 votes)9020211228
Thanks for EverythingPromoters set up a radio contest to find the average American and use him to sell food, apparel and notions. All goes well until he falls in love with a girl who upsets things.1938William A. SeiterComedy,Romance6.5 (61 votes)7020240622
Great Dictator, TheDictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.1940Charles ChaplinComedy,Drama,War8.4 (217.2K votes)12520211228
Little MenJo 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. Dan's f1940Norman Z. McLeodComedy,Drama5.7 (368 votes)8420211228
Tin Pan AlleySongwriters 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. All are reunited when the boys, now in the army, show up in Engl1940Walter LangDrama,Musical,Romance6.5 (495 votes)9420211228
Young PeopleA show-business family leaves the Great White Way and heads for a farm in New England. What results is the difficulties they have before they are accepted by the community.1940Allan DwanDrama,Musical6.4 (425 votes)7920211228
Great American Broadcast, TheAfter WWI two men go into radio. Failure leads the wife of one to borrow money from another; she goes on, after separation, to stardom. A coast-to-coast radio program is set up to bring everyone back together.1941Archie MayoComedy,Musical,Romance6.7 (258 votes)9020211228
Navy BluesOn a layover in Hawaii two conniving Navy seamen borrow money to lay down bets that their ship will win the upcoming gunnery practice trophy, having found out that the current gunnery champ has just transferred aboard their ship. Wha1941Lloyd BaconComedy,Musical,Romance5.9 (291 votes)10820211228
Rise and ShineStupid football player is kidnapped by gangsters. Lunatics abound: former footballer now dancer, professor interested in magic, gangster who makes horse noises when excited.1941Allan DwanComedy,Crime,Musical5.8 (133 votes)9220211228
IcelandMarine, 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. Desperately wanting out, James gets his buddy to help him. Good Luck!1942H. Bruce HumberstoneComedy,Family,Musical5.8 (187 votes)7920211228
Song of the IslandsWith 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. But Jeff falls in love with O'Brien's daughter,1942Walter LangComedy,Music,Romance6.2 (237 votes)7620211228
Hello Frisco, HelloIn 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.1943H. Bruce HumberstoneMusical6.6 (494 votes)9920211228
Something to Shout AboutFollowing three flops in a row, Broadway stage producer Willard Samson is told by wealthy divorcée Donna Davis that she will finance a show but only if she is the star. The fact she can neither sing, act nor dance does not deter Sams1943Gregory RatoffComedy5.5 (100 votes)9020211228
WintertimeNora 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. After the hotel opens, Nora's uncle f1943John BrahmComedy,Musical,Romance6.2 (196 votes)8220211228
Bowery to BroadwayIn the Gay 90s, Michael O'Rourke (Jack Oakie) and Dennis Dugan (Donald Cook) are owners of rival night spots in the Bowery. They both move uptown and continue to compete in establishments, each tossing many trials-and-tribulations an1944Charles LamontComedy,Drama,Music7.2 (68 votes)9420211228
It Happened TomorrowA 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.1944René ClairComedy,Fantasy,Romance7.1 (2.3K votes)8520211228
Merry Monahans, TheThe Merry Monahans are a vaudeville family act bouncing from circuit to circuit reconnecting with past friends and loves, creating new friends and romances, and dealing with personal vices.1944Charles LamontComedy,Drama,Music7.0 (89 votes)9120211228
Sweet and Low-DownAfter 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, when a kid, Tony Birch, steals Goodman's clarinet. Goodman and Popsie1944Archie MayoMusical,Romance5.9 (277 votes)7620211228
On Stage EverybodyNA1945 Musical Not Available
That's the SpiritA vaudeville performer returns from the dead to help his wife and daughter, who are being dominated by a greedy banker.1945Charles LamontComedy,Musical,Romance7.3 (61 votes)8720211228
She Wrote the BookA 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. While in the big city, the math prof rec1946Charles LamontAdventure,Comedy,Romance6.2 (67 votes)8020211228
Northwest StampedeNA1948 Western Not Available
When My Baby Smiles at MeVaudeville performers, Dailey and Grable, have marital difficulties when he hits the "Big Time", which are compounded by his drinking problem.1948Walter LangMusical,Romance5.9 (164 votes)9820211228
Thieves HighwayA war veteran turned truck driver attempts to avenge the crippling and robbing of his father at the hands of an amoral produce scofflaw.1949Jules DassinDrama,Film-Noir,Thriller7.6 (5.7K votes)9420211228
Last of the BuccaneersSwashbuckler about the adventures of pirate Jean Lafitte after he helped save New Orleans from a British invasion during the War of 1812.1950Lew LandersAction,Adventure,History5.2 (159 votes)7920230328
TomahawkIn 1866 Wyoming, a frontier scout tries to prevent a war between the Sioux and the U.S. after the Army builds a road and a fort on territory previously ceded to the Sioux by treaty.1951George ShermanDrama,Western6.4 (887 votes)8220211228
Wonderful Country, TheA honorable drifter constantly on the run finds his enemies closing in around him.1959Robert ParrishRomance,Western6.2 (1.7K votes)9820211228
Rat Race, TheAn 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.1960Robert MulliganComedy,Drama,Romance6.7 (1.2K votes)10520211228
Lover, Come BackA series of misunderstandings leaves an advertising executive with a campaign for a product which has not yet been invented, while he romances his rival in the guise of its inventor.1961Delbert MannComedy,Drama,Romance7.2 (7.8K votes)10720211228