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Juke Joint
Juke Joint

Juke Joint

The Joint is Jumpin'! / The Jive is Jivvin'! / The Jam is Jammin'! / Everybody's High in the Happy Slap-Happy Holiday Family!

Genres

ComedyDrama

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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.

Others

Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

68 mins

Rating

5.3/10

Release Date

01 January 1947

Country

United States of America

Cast

Spencer Williams

Spencer Williams

Bad News Johnson / Vanderbilt Whitney

July Jones

July Jones

'Cornbread' Green

Inez Newell

Inez Newell

Louella 'Mama Lou' Holiday

Leonard Duncan

Leonard Duncan

Samuel 'Papa Sam' Holiday

Dauphine Moore

Dauphine Moore

Barbara 'Honey Dew' Holiday

Katherine Moore

Katherine Moore

Florida Holiday

Tilford Patterson

Tilford Patterson

Jefferson Lee

Albert Smith

Albert Smith

'High Life' Harris

Howard Galloway

Howard Galloway

'Juke Joint' Johnny

Melody Duncan

Melody Duncan

Melody Holiday

Red Calhoun

Red Calhoun

Bandleader

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