Juke Joint

Juke Joint

Juke Joint

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Juke Joint

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

1947

1h 8m

6.5(4 votes)

Comedy

Drama

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.

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Spencer Williams

Spencer Williams

Bad News Johnson / Vanderbilt Whitney

July Jones

'Cornbread' Green

Inez Newell

Louella 'Mama Lou' Holiday

Leonard Duncan

Samuel 'Papa Sam' Holiday

Dauphine Moore

Barbara 'Honey Dew' Holiday

Katherine Moore

Florida Holiday

Tilford Patterson

Jefferson Lee

Albert Smith

'High Life' Harris

Howard Galloway

'Juke Joint' Johnny

Melody Duncan

Melody Holiday

Creative team

Directed by: Spencer Williams
Written by: True T. Thompson
Produced by: Bert Goldberg

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