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Juke Joint
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Juke Joint

Jan 1, 1947
1h 8m
★ 6.5

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

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.

Genres

Comedy
Drama

Production Companies

Sack Amusement Enterprises

Juke Joint Trailers

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Cast

Spencer Williams

Bad News Johnson / Vanderbilt Whitney

Spencer Williams

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'Cornbread' Green

July Jones

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Louella 'Mama Lou' Holiday

Inez Newell

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Samuel 'Papa Sam' Holiday

Leonard Duncan

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Barbara 'Honey Dew' Holiday

Dauphine Moore

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Florida Holiday

Katherine Moore

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Jefferson Lee

Tilford Patterson

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'High Life' Harris

Albert Smith

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'Juke Joint' Johnny

Howard Galloway

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Melody Holiday

Melody Duncan

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Bandleader

Red Calhoun