Jack Carson
19 titles
Filmography
19 results

Romance on the High Seas
(1948)A singer on a Caribbean cruise gets mixed up in a series of romantic problems.

My Dream Is Yours
(1949)A talent scout turns a young unknown into a radio singing star.
Love and Learn
(1947)A New York socialite (Martha Vickers) plays working girl around two struggling songwriters (Jack Carson, Robert Hutton).

Mildred Pierce
(1945)A woman's ambitions for her daughter drastically impact her life.

Red Garters
(1954)A man comes to a saloon queen's town to avenge his brother, who was murdered, according to the code of the West.

The Groom Wore Spurs
(1951)An attorney hired to keep a dumb Hollywood cowboy star and ladies man out of trouble finds herself quickly seduced into becoming his bride.

Gentleman Jim
(1942)When boxing is still little more than street brawling, Jim Corbett battles to make it a sport. He attains his dream in a fight against a heavyweight champion. After 21 grueling rounds, Corbett emerges victorious, proving the merit of "scientific" boxing.

Phffft
(1954)A divorced couple hopes to move on after their split, but fate has other plans. They’re dating other people, but they keep running into each other!
John Loves Mary
(1949)After four long years apart, there are so many things returning World War II soldier John Lawrence wants to tell his sweetheart, Mary McKinley. That he loves her. That he's missed her. That he's married. No wait, honey, there's an innocent explanation! Ronald Reagan is John and film-debuting Patricia Neal is Mary in a tale of a G.I. whose good deed - marrying his buddy's British girl so she can come to America - turns out to be a bad idea when he discovers the buddy has already tied the knot with someone else! Based on Norman Krasna's hit Broadway play, John Loves Mary is an airy, witty farce, a wedding cake of comedy and romance.

Sammy, the Way-Out Seal
(1962)Two boys bring home an injured seal and keep him in the bathtub, but not for long.

Larceny, Inc.
(1942)An ex-convict and his gang try to use a luggage store to front a bank robbery, but business keeps getting in the way.

Bright Leaf
(1950)Two tobacco growers battle for the cigarette market. When Major Singleton forces Brant off his tobacco farm, he returns with a way to mass produce cigarettes, destroying Singleton's livelihood. Guilt-ridden, Brant marries the Major's vindictive daughter.

Mr. & Mrs. Smith
(1941)
Love Crazy
(1941)William Powell and Myrna Loy star in this romantic comedy as a married couple whose relation goes terribly wrong when a mother-in-law's visit drives the pair Love Crazy. Everything seems perfect for Susan and Stephen Ireland (Loy and Powel -- The Thin Man films) until Susan's mother (Florence Bates) stays for an extended visit. Now, a mother-in-law's misunderstanding of Stephen's call on a form...

The Strawberry Blonde
(1941)James Cagney, Olivia de Havilland and Rita Hayworth sparkle in this comedy about a man who wonders if he should have married his wife or his former girlfriend, The Strawberry Blonde.One Sunday afternoon at the turn of the 20th century, Hugo Barnstead (Jack Carson) walks into the office of dentist Biff Grimes (Academy Award winner Cagney--Yankee Doodle Dandy, The Roaring Twenties). Hugo doesn't suspect that Biff--with good reason--intends to murder him. Biff's memory wanders back to the events years before when his partner, Hugo, set him up for a prison term then married his girlfriend, Virginia Brush (Hayworth--Gilda, Pal Joey). But as Biff imagines what his life would have been were he married to Virginia, he realizes that he is much happier wed to Amy (Academy Award winner de Havilland--Gone with the Wind, The Adventures of Robin Hood) and lets his intended victim leave with nothing more than a very sore jaw.

The Bride Came C.O.D.
(1941)
Mr. Doodle Kicks Off
(1938)Ellory Bugs has offered a massive donation to his old alma mater, which will only come if his son, interested in the band, becomes a football hero.

Shooting High
(1940)Hollywood comes to make a movie about a Wild West hero, but his grandson is passed over the role and has to save the film when the star walks off.

Stand-In
(1937)A New York bank plans to sell a Hollywood studio at a big loss. But the head accountant is suspicious and goes to investigate. He finds chicanery, romance, and help to save the studio.