Jack Oakie Papers 1880-1997 (bulk: 1930-1978)

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Jack Oakie Papers 1880-1997 (bulk: 1930-1978)

http://rmoa.unm.edu/docviewer.php?docId=wyu-ah07427.xml

The Jack Oakie Papers contain scrapbooks,photographs, movie posters, awards and memorabilia that relate to his movieacting career that spanned fifty years from the 1920s to 1970s. Also includedare motion picture films of some of the films he acted in, artwork, and somepersonal papers and photographs.

26.39 cubic ft. (47boxes + film containers + artwork)

eng,

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6405408

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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Oakie, Jack, 1903-1978

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Jack Oakie was born Lewis Delaney Offield on November 12, 1903, in Sedalia, Missouri. He grew up in Oklahoma and Kansas before his family relocated to New York City. It was here where he was able to launch his acting career. He took his first acting job in a 1922 George Cohan production. When Oakie arrived in Hollywood in 1927, silent films were still quite common, and five of his first six films were silent pictures. In 1928, Oakie signed with Paramount Pictures and performed in Paramount's fir...