Juke Joint
# 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.
🌏 Languages Available:
English
📆 Date Released:
1947-01-01
⌚ Running Time:
68 mins
⭐ Vote Average:
5.3
Beloved Cast
Bad News Johnson / Vanderbilt Whitney
Spencer Williams
'Cornbread' Green
July Jones
Louella 'Mama Lou' Holiday
Inez Newell
Samuel 'Papa Sam' Holiday
Leonard Duncan
Barbara 'Honey Dew' Holiday
Dauphine Moore
Florida Holiday
Katherine Moore
Jefferson Lee
Tilford Patterson
'High Life' Harris
Albert Smith
'Juke Joint' Johnny
Howard Galloway
Melody Holiday
Melody Duncan
Bandleader
Red Calhoun
