Alexander's Ragtime Band 1938  N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Henry King
Cast: Tyrone Power, Alice Faye, Don Ameche, Ethel Merman, Jack Haley, Jean Hersholt, Helen Westley, John Carradine, Paul Hurst, Wally Vernon
Lots of Irving Berlin songs add to this major production that won an Academy Award for its musical score. The story follows Roger Grant (Tyrone Power) from his classical music training in San Francisco in 1915 through his shift to ragtime and the fortunes of the band he starts. Of course, there is the romantic interest with his lead singer (Alice Faye) and the rival (Don Ameche). The film also received five Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture.
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Higher and Higher 1943  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical / Romance
Director: Tim Whelan
Cast: Michele Morgan, Jack Haley, Frank Sinatra, Leon Errol, Marcy McGuire, Victor Borge, Mary Wickes, Elisabeth Risdon, Barbara Hale, Mel Torme, Paul Hartman, Grace Hartman, Dooley Wilson, Ivy Scott, Rex Evans
Mr. Drake (Leon Errol) is bankrupt and has not paid his staff in months. Now, his valet Mike (Jack Haley) hatches a scheme to marry off the maid, Millie (Michele Morgan), to wealthy bachelor Frank (Frank Sinatra) who lives next door. Millie poses as Drake's debutante daughter to get the attention of Frank, and the fun begins. Songs include "I Couldn't Sleep a Wink Last Night" and "This is a Lovely Way to Spend an Evening."
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 Moon Over Miami 1941 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Walter Lang
Cast: Betty Grable, Don Ameche, Robert Cummings, Charlotte Greenwood, Jack Haley, Carole Landis, George Lessey, Minor Watson, Fortunio Bonanova, Robert Greig
In this entertaining film, three fortune-hunting sisters (Betty Grable, Charlotte Greenwood, and Carol Landis) find Miami to be the optimum place in their search for wealthy husbands.
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People Are Funny 1946 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical
Director: Sam White
Cast: Jack Haley, Helen Walker, Rudy Vallee, Ozzie Nelson, Philip Reed, Bob Graham, Barbara Roche, Art Linkletter, Frances Langford, Clara Blandick, Roy Atwell, Joe DeRita, The Vagabonds
Based on the popular radio (and, later, television show), this story involves the rivalry of two producers, Pinky Wilson (Jack Haley) and John Guedel (Philip Reed). Many of the actors were radio actors of the day who attracted theater audiences.
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Pigskin Parade 1936  N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Musical / Drama
Director: David Butler
Cast: Patsy Kelly, Jack Haley, Stuart Erwin, Yacht Club Boys, Betty Grable, Judy Garland, Elisha Cook Jr., Alan Ladd, Johnny Downs, Arline Judge
In Judy Garland's first major film, music reigns supreme amidst the spirit of college football. Watch for Alan Ladd as a student who sings with the Yacht Club Boys. Stuart Erwin was nominated for an Oscar for his Supporting Actor performance.
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Poor Little Rich Girl 1936  N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure / Musical / Romance
Director: Irving Cummings
Cast: Shirley Temple, Alice Faye, Gloria Stuart, Jack Haley, Michael Whalen, Jane Darwell, Claude Gillingwater, Henry Armetta, Sara Haden, Arthur Hoyt, Paul Stanton, Charles Coleman, John Wray, Tyler Brooke, Mathilde Comont
Barbara Barry (Shirley Temple) is a motherless girl who runs away from her wealthy father (Michael Whalen) and joins Jerry and Jimmy Dolan (Alice Faye and Jack Haley) in their vaudeville act. Barbara loves life on the stage, and her widowed father realizes he is losing his daughter and tries to win back her affections. This is one of Shirley Temple's best films.
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Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm 1938 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Allan Dwan
Cast: Shirley Temple, Randolph Scott, Jack Haley, Gloria Stuart, Phyllis Brooks, Helen Westley, Slim Summerville, Bill Robinson, William Demarest, Paul Harvey
A talented child, Rebecca (Shirley Temple), wins a radio talent contest and becomes the darling of the airwaves. Along the way, she dances with Aloysius (Bill Robinson).
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Scared Stiff 1945  N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Treasure of Fear
Director: Frank McDonald
Cast: Jack Haley, Ann Savage, Barton MacLane, Veda Ann Borg, Arthur Aylesworth, Lucien Littlefield, George E. Stone, Paul Hurst, Robert Emmett Keane, Eily Malyon, Buddy Swan, Roger Pryor
Inept newspaper reporter Larry Elliot (Jack Haley) is assigned to report on a wine festival while the good reporters are covering the story of a convict's escape from jail. But Larry boards the wrong bus. After a murder is committed on his bus, Larry is a suspect, inadvertently gets involved with the escaped convict, and saves the day. Weak.
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Sitting Pretty 1933 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Harry Joe Brown
Cast: Ginger Rogers, Jack Oakie, Jack Haley, Thelma Todd, Gregory Ratoff, Lew Cody, Jerry Tucker, Hale Hamilton, Walter Walker, Kenneth Thomson
Struggling songwriters (Jack Oakie and Jack Haley) hit the big time in Hollywood.
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 The Wizard of Oz 1939  N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure / Musical / Fantasy
Director: Victor Fleming
Cast: Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, Jack Haley, Frank Morgan, Billie Burke, Margaret Hamilton, Charley Grapewin, Clara Blandick, Pat Walshe, Terry, Singer Midgets, Rolfe Sedan, Oliver Smith, Harry Wilson
This is the classic movie of Frank Baum's allegory about the plight of the farmers and the question of whether the U.S. should use the gold or silver standard. It is the story of the adventures of Dorothy (Judy Garland) and her dog, Toto, who are blown by a tornado from dry, dusty Kansas to the beautiful world of Oz with its yellow brick road (gold) and wise wizard (Federal Government). The fine music was rewarded by Oscars for "Over The Rainbow" as Best Song and for Best Musical Score. The film was nominated for Best Picture, and Judy Garland received an Honorary Award (Miniature Statuette) for Outstanding Juvenile Performance.
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| 1. Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)
2. Here Comes the Groom (1934)
3. Higher and Higher (1943)
4. Moon Over Miami (1941)
5. One Body Too Many (1944)
6. People Are Funny (1946)
7. Pigskin Parade (1936)
8. Poor Little Rich Girl (1936)
9. Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938)
10. Scared Stiff (1945)
aka: Treasure of Fear
11. Sitting Pretty (1933)
12. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
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