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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.
Jack Oakie was born as Lewis Delaney Offield in Sedalia, Missouri at 522 w 7th Street. His father was a grain dealer and his mother a psychology teacher. When he was five years old the Offield family moved to Muskogee, Oklahoma, the source of his "Oakie" nickname. His adopted first name, Jack, was the name of the first character he played on stage. Young Lewis/Jack grew up mostly in Oklahoma but also lived for periods of time with his grandmother in Kansas City, Missouri. While there he attended Woodland Elementary and made spending money as a paperboy for The Kansas City Star. He recalled years later that he made especially good money selling "extras" in November, 1916 during the reelection of President Woodrow Wilson.
Oakie worked as a runner on Wall Street, New York, and narrowly escaped being killed in the Wall Street bombing of September 16, 1920. While in New York, he also started appearing in amateur theatre as a mimic and a comedian, finally making his professional debut on Broadway in 1923 as a chorus boy in a production of Little Nellie Kelly by George M. Cohan.
Spencer Bonaventure Tracy (April 5, 1900 – June 10, 1967) was an American actor, noted for his natural style and versatility. One of the major stars of Hollywood's Golden Age, Tracy was nominated for nine Academy Awards for Best Actor and won two, sharing the record for nominations in that category with Laurence Olivier.
Tracy first discovered his talent for acting while attending Ripon College, and he later received a scholarship for the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. He spent seven years in the theatre, working in a succession of stock companies and intermittently on Broadway. Tracy's breakthrough came in 1930, when his lead performance in The Last Mile caught the attention of Hollywood. After a successful film debut in Up the River, Tracy was signed to a contract with Fox Film Corporation. His five years with Fox were unremarkable, and he remained largely unknown to audiences after 25 films.
In 1935 Tracy joined Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, at the time Hollywood's most prestigious studio. His career flourished with a series of hit films, and in 1937 and 1938 he won consecutive Oscars for Captains Courageous and Boys Town. By the 1940s, Tracy was one of the studio's top stars. In 1942 he appeared with Katharine Hepburn in Woman of the Year, beginning a popular partnership that produced nine movies over 25 years. Tracy left MGM in 1955 and continued to work regularly as a freelance star, despite an increasing weariness as he aged. His personal life was troubled, with a lifelong struggle against alcoholism and guilt over his son's deafness. Tracy became estranged from his wife in the 1930s, but never divorced, conducting a long-term relationship with Katharine Hepburn in private. Towards the end of his life, Tracy worked almost exclusively for director Stanley Kramer. It was for Kramer that he made his last film, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner in 1967, completed just 17 days before Tracy's death.
Joseph Frank "Buster" Keaton (October 4, 1895 – February 1, 1966) was an American actor, director, producer, writer, and stunt performer. He was best known for his silent films, in which his trademark was physical comedy with a consistently stoic, deadpan expression, earning him the nickname "The Great Stone Face". Keaton was recognized as the seventh-greatest film director by Entertainment Weekly. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Keaton the 21st greatest male star of Classic Hollywood Cinema. Critic Roger Ebert wrote of Keaton's "extraordinary period from 1920 to 1929, [when] he worked without interruption on a series of films that make him, arguably, the greatest actor-director in the history of the movies". His career declined afterward with a dispiriting loss of his artistic independence when he was hired by MGM, which resulted in a crippling alcoholism that ruined his family life. He recovered in the 1940s, remarried, and revived his career to a degree as an honored comic performer for the rest of his life, earning an Academy Honorary Award in 1959.
Boulevardier from the Bronx (Joan Blondell, Jack Oakie) (Colleen 1936)
JACK OAKIE DOUBLE AND TRIPLE TAKES
Helen Kane & Jack Oakie in SWEETIE, 1929 - Part 1 of 3
"The great Dictator" und "Der entzetzliche Stuhl" mit Helmut Kohl
Jack Oakie--Did You Ever See a Dream Walking, 1972 TV
Jack Oakie Belts One Out With The Girls
Looking For Trouble - Spencer Tracy, Jack Oakie 1934
The Call Of The Wild - Clark Gable, Loretta Young, Jack Oakie 1935
The Jack Oakie Film Festival
Jack Oakie & Buster Keaton in Heaven - That's The Spirit
Actors: Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher (actor), Warner Baxter (actor), Richard Barthelmess (actor), Wallace Beery (actor), El Brendel (actor), Joe E. Brown (actor), Charles Butterworth (actor), Matthew 'Stymie' Beard (actor), Maurice Chevalier (actor), Gary Cooper (actor), Richard Dix (actor), Pete the Dog (actor), Stuart Erwin (actor), Douglas Fairbanks Jr. (actor), William Haines (actor),
Plot: Star-packed promotional short subject intended to raise funds for the National Variety Artists tuberculosis sanatorium, produced in association with a cigarette company! Plot involves the investigation of the reported theft of Norma Shearer's jewelry.
Keywords: detective, dog, jewels, laurel-and-hardy, police-chief, police-sergeant, sergeantSecond musical scene in Colleen. I do not own the copyright. The full film is available from the Warner Archive Collection and is well worth it for fans of 30s musicals. "Boulevardier from the Bronx" (1936) Music by Harry Warren Lyrics by Al Dubin Sung and danced by Joan Blondell and Jack Oakie
Helen Kane and Jack Oakie had incredible chemistry, and it is a real cinematic tragedy that their one movie, SWEETIE, was chopped up for television so that many of their scenes are now missing. (27 minutes appear to be missing from today's existing print. Existing publicity stills show what some of the scenes may have looked like.) A second movie co-starring them was planned, but cancelled because of the massive movie-musical cancellations in early 1931. In this precious scene, their characters meet each other for the first time and are intensely attracted to each other. "Are you here for good?" "For *good*?... Not now (that I've met you, baby)." If you watch closely, right after he says that they act as if they're about to kiss, only to be interrupted by the Professor. Helen's hand c...
Charly Chaplin als Adenoid Hynkel (Adolf Hitler) schmiedet mit Henry Daniell als Dr. Gorbitsch (Göbbels) wie sie Jack Oakie als Benzino Napoloni (Musolini) empfangen wollen. Dabei wollen sie psychische Tricks anwenden... Von wem genau hat Helmut Kohl wohl gelernt als er 1990 in Dresden als "Sieger" auftreten wollte?
Jack Oakie came out of retirement for this 1972 TV performance of "Did You Ever See a Dream Walking?", which he introduced 40 years earlier in the film "Sitting Pretty" with Ginger Rogers.
Jack Oakie sings "Joe Jazz" with the chorus from 1930
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 ... 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 . Looking For Trouble - Spencer Tracy, Jack Oakie 1934 Looking For Trouble - Spencer Tracy, Jack Oakie 1934
The Call of the Wild (1935) With Clark Gable, Loretta Young, Jack Oakie, and Reginald Owen Directed by William A. Wellman. The Call of the Wild is a 1935 American adventure film directed by William A. Wellman and starring Clark Gable, Loretta Young, and Jack Oakie. Based on Jack ... Attention please: I do not own any part of this movie. This was the last film released under the 20th Century Pictures' banner before it merged with Fox Film ... A house dog is abducted and brought to the north as a sled dog in this story based on Jack London's novel. Starring Charlton Heston. The Call of the Wild is a ... The Call of the Wild (1935) With Clark Gable, Loretta Young, Jack Oakie, and Reginald Owen Directed by William A. Wellman. Jack Thorn The Call Of The Wild - Clark Gable, Loretta Youn...
this commercial is promoting Rubicon's film festival in honor of the great Jack Oakie. At this festival, "Young People", starring Jack Oakie, Shirley Temple, and Charlotte Greenwood, will be shown Tuesday, August 14th at 7 PM and "Million Dollar Legs", starring Jack Oakie and W.C. Fields, will be shown Wednesday, August 15th, at 7 PM. This festival lasts two nights only and these films are being shown with special permission from The Jack Oakie Foundation. These showings are open to the public with a suggested $5.00 donation to support Rubicon Education and Outreach Youth Program. for more information please visit us at www.rubicontheatre.org see you there!
In That's The Spirit (1945), from Heaven Jack Oakie and Buster Keaton watch over Oakie's daughter, Peggy Ryan (Hawaii 5-0), on Earth with Gene Lockhart and June Vincent. Could this be the basis for Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel? Gene Lockhart (June Lockhart's father) appeared in the film version of Carousel too. That's The Spirit also starred Andy Devine, Irene Ryan (Beverly Hillbillies), Johnny Coy, and Arthur Treacher.
The Old Gold Comedy Theater was an NBC anthology series that aired for the single 1944-1945 season. It was hosted by comedy star Harold Lloyd, of silent film fame, and featuring some of the biggest names from film and radio. The series was intended as a lighter version of The Lux Radio Theater, featuring half hour shows that were cut-down versions of successful comedy films from the time period. Despite Mr. Lloyd's best efforts, the presence of big-name movie and radio stars and the selection of successful films for scripting, the series did not last, perhaps due to the half-hour format. However, in today's time period they are quiet entertaining. It was also known as, The Old Gold Comedy Theater, Harold Lloyd Comedy Theater and The Comedy Theater Tonight's Comedy: Room Service With: Jack...
A Legião dos Atiradores (1936)
The continuing story of Jo March (from Louisa May Alcott's Little Women), who is now in charge of a school for boys.
Director: Victor Schertzinger Writers: Viña Delmar (based on a story), Warren Duff (screenplay) Stars: Jack Oakie, Shirley Grey, Leon Ames
Little Men (1940) is an American film based on the novel Little Men (1871) by Louisa May Alcott. Norman Z. McLeod directed the film.
Songs from the movie "Young People" starring Shirley Temple, Jack Oakie and Charlotte Greenwood. Music: The Mason-Dixon Line - Music by Harry Warren, Lyrics by Mack Gordon, Sung and Danced by Jack Oakie and Charlotte Greenwood On The Beach At Waikiki - Music by Henry Kailimai, Lyrics by G.H. Stover, Sung by Jack Oakie and Charlotte Greenwood, who also dances, Danced by Shirley Temple in a clip from Curly Top (1935) Baby Take A Bow - Music by Lew Brown and Jay Gorney, Lyrics by Lew Brown, Sung by Jack Oakie and Charlotte Greenwood, Then sung by Jack Oakie with an inserted clip of Shirley Temple from Stand Up and Cheer! (1934) Fifth Avenue - Music by Harry Warren, Lyrics by Mack Gordon Sung and Danced by Shirley Temple, Jack Oakie and Charlotte Greenwood, Reprised by them in their home ...
The Call of the Wild is a 1935 American adventure film directed by William A. Wellman and starring Clark Gable, Loretta Young, and Jack Oakie. Based on Jack London's novel of the same name, the film omits all but one of the book's story lines. Tag: english movie,american movie,english movies,english movies online,watch english movies online,latest english movies,old movie,old movies,old movies list,old hindi movies,old classic movies.
Although there is already a very popular version of this clip already on YouTube, I've uploaded this one to include all of their dialogue at the beginning of the scene. Helen Kane and Jack Oakie had incredible chemistry, and it is a real cinematic tragedy that their one movie, SWEETIE, was chopped up for television so that many of their scenes are now missing. (27 minutes appear to be missing from today's existing print. Existing publicity stills show what some of the scenes may have looked like.) A second movie co-starring them was planned, but cancelled because of the massive movie-musical cancellations in early 1931. In this precious scene, the chemistry between them is very evident in the break between songs and during the dance
Helen Kane and Jack Oakie had incredible chemistry, and it is a real cinematic tragedy that their one movie, SWEETIE, was chopped up for television so that many of their scenes are now missing. (27 minutes appear to be missing from today's existing print. Existing publicity stills show what some of the scenes may have looked like.) A second movie co-starring them was planned, but cancelled, perhaps because of the massive movie-musical cancellations in 1930. In this multi-part clip, Jack does his cinema-history-making performance of Alma Mammy, which made history because at the movie premiere the audience reaction was so strong that they were forced to stop the movie, run it back, and repeat the number before the movie could continue. Jack credited Helen with being the one who told him t...
Jack Oakie sings The Fella With The Flute in a Woodnymph Ballet from That's The Spirit (1945). Victoria Horne watches from the audience as June Vincent disappears. The film also starred Gene Lockhart (Miracle on 34th Street), Andy Devine, Buster Keaton, Peggy Ryan (Hawaii 5-0), Arthur Treacher, and Irene Ryan (Granny on Beverly Hillbillies).
Actress Claire Bloom discusses starring opposite director Charles Chaplin in "Limelight" and the possible influences on her role at the Academy's 60th Anniversary Screening on October 3, 2012 at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater. Presented as an installment of the Jack Oakie Celebration of Comedy in Film.
"This Must Be Illegal, It's So Nice" (1930) Suny by Jack Oakie and Lillian Roth
Born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, on February 11, 1909, Joseph Leo Mankiewicz first worked for the movies as a translator of intertitles, employed by Paramount in Berlin, the UFA's American distributor at the time (1928). He became a dialoguist, then a screenwriter on numerous Paramount productions in Hollywood, most of them Jack Oakie vehicles. Still in his 20s, he produced first-class MGM films, including De bronzen godin (1940). Having left Metro after a dispute with studio chief Louis B. Mayer over Judy Garland, he then worked for Darryl F. Zanuck at 20th Century-Fox, producing The Keys of the Kingdom (1944), when Ernst Lubitsch's illness first brought him to the director's chair for Dragonwyck (1946). Mankiewicz directed 20 films in a 26-year period, successfully attempted every kin...
Directed by William A. Wellman and starring Clark Gable, Loretta Young, and Jack Oakie, the adventure film follows one prospector along with his dog on the journey to search for gold mines
Starring: Charles Chaplin, Jack Oakie, Reginald Gardiner, Henry Daniell, Billy Gilbert, Grace Hayle, Carter DeHaven, Paulette Goddard, Maurice Moscovitch, Emma Dunn, Bernard Gorcey, Paul Weigel, Chester Conklin, Esther Michelson, Hank Mann The Great Dictator Trailer (1941) http://movieweb.com/movie/the-great-dictator/ Chaplin plays two totally opposite roles in his first "talkie," giving a superb display of his boundless talent for both inspired comedy and powerful drama. One of his masterfully drawn characters is a Jewish barber facing the constant threat of storm troopers and religious persecution. The other is the great dictator, Hynkel, a brilliant lampoon of Adolph Hitler that is awesome proof of Chaplin's pantomime genius. The movie's famous highlight comes in its final scene, when...
Jack Oakie was an American actor, starring mostly in films, but also working on stage, radio and television.
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Jack Oakie, Marian Nixon, Zasu Pitts, Bruce Bennett and in cameos playing themselves Paul Gallico, Jack Kearns, Jack Lait, Lou Magnolia, Westbrook Pegler, Grantland Rice, Damon Runyon www.robertsvideos.com or call 1-800-440-2960 as mentioned in Leonard Maltin’s Movie Guide & Videohound’s Golden Movie Retriever
A scene from the 1938 Warner Brothers comedy Annabel Takes A Tour with Alice White, Jack Oakie, and Pepito ~ Please visit http://www.AliceWhite.org
Give me a second I,
I need to get my story straight
My friends are in the bathroom getting higher than the Empire State
My lover she's waiting for me just across the bar
My seat's been taken by some sunglasses asking bout a scar, and
I know I gave it to you months ago
And I know you're trying to forget
But between the drinks and subtle things
The holes in my apologies, you know
I'm trying hard to take it back
So if by the time the bar closes
Will you feel like falling down
I'll carry you home
Tonight
We are young
So let's set the world on fire
We can burn brighter than the sun
[x2]
I know that I'm not
All that you got
I guess that I, I just thought
Maybe we could find new ways to fall apart
But our friends are back
So let's raise a glass
'Cause I found someone to carry me home
Tonight
We are young
So let's set the world on fire
We can burn brighter than the sun
[x2]
Carry me home tonight (Nananananana)
Just carry me home tonight (Nananananana)
Carry me home tonight (Nananananana)
Just carry me home tonight (Nananananana)
The world is on my side
I have no reason to run
So will someone come and carry me home tonight
The angels never arrived
But I can hear the choir
So will someone come and carry me home
Tonight
We are young
So let's set the world on fire
We can burn brighter than the sun
[x2]
So if by the time the bar closes
Will you feel like falling down