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 | 68m | English
Popularity: 0.7 (history)
| Director: | Spencer Williams |
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| Writer: | True T. Thompson |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Jan 01, 1947 |
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| Director: | Spencer Williams |
| Writer: | True T. Thompson |
| Genres: | Comedy, Drama |
| Keywords | beauty contest, dallas texas, jitterbug, penniless, lodgers, black community, three daughters, juke joint, deep south |
| Production Companies | Sack Amusement Enterprises |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 (Update) Entered: Apr 30, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Red Calhoun | Bandleader |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Spencer Williams | Director |
| Red Calhoun | Music |
| True T. Thompson | Technical Advisor, Writer |
| George Sanderson | Director of Photography |
| Julian Julliene | Costume Designer |
| Arthur Kendall | Property Master |
| George Randolf | Music Director |
| Farilla McGowan | Makeup & Hair |
| Richard E. Byers | Sound Engineer |
| Alfred N. Sack | Presenter |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Bert Goldberg | Producer |
| Alfred N. Sack | Executive Producer |
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| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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