Juke Joint (1947)

Juke Joint (1947)

The Joint is Jumpin'! / The Jive is Jivvin'! / The Jam is Jammin'! / Everybody's High in the Happy Slap-Happy Holiday Family! 1947-01-01 United States of America 68 Min. PG-13
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Overview

Bad News Johnson, a con artist from Memphis, Tennessee, arrives in Dallas, Texas, accompanied by his dim sidekick July Jones with only twenty-five cents between them. The duo arrange to become boarders at the home of Louella "Mama Lou" Holiday, who is fooled into believing Johnson is an acting teacher from Hollywood. Mrs. Holiday agrees to give the men free room and board if they will provide poise lessons to her daughter, an aspiring beauty queen named Honey Dew.

Cast

Spencer Williams is Bad News Johnson / Vanderbilt Whitney
Bad News Johnson / Vanderbilt Whitney
July Jones is 'Cornbread' Green
'Cornbread' Green
Inez Newell is Louella 'Mama Lou' Holiday
Louella 'Mama Lou' Holiday
Leonard Duncan is Samuel 'Papa Sam' Holiday
Samuel 'Papa Sam' Holiday
Dauphine Moore is Barbara 'Honey Dew' Holiday
Barbara 'Honey Dew' Holiday
Katherine Moore is Florida Holiday
Florida Holiday
Tilford Patterson is Jefferson Lee
Jefferson Lee
Albert Smith is 'High Life' Harris
'High Life' Harris
Howard Galloway is 'Juke Joint' Johnny
'Juke Joint' Johnny
Melody Duncan is Melody Holiday
Melody Holiday
Red Calhoun is Bandleader
Bandleader