In 1981, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences established the Jack Oakie Lecture on Comedy in Film, as an annual event.
The pictures I made were called the bread and butter pictures of the studio. They cost nothing and made millions, and supported the prestige productions that cost millions and made nothing.
America's Joyboy.
Scorpio
Lewis Delaney Offield
Sedalia, Missouri, USA
(age 74)
Los Angeles, California, USA