Juke Joint (1947)
Director:
Spencer Williams
Tagline:
« The Joint is Jumpin’! / The Jive is Jivvin’! / The Jam is Jammin’! / Everybody’s High in the Happy Slap-Happy Holiday Family! »
Actors:
Bad News Johnson
‘Cornbread’ Green
Louella ‘Mama Lou’ Holiday
Samuel ‘Papa Sam’ Holiday
Barbara ‘Honey Dew’ Holiday
Rating:
(106 votes)
(106 votes)
Runtime:68 minutes
Plots:
Two insolvent con men get involved in a small town beauty contest.
Hitch-hiking conmen Bad News Johnson and July Jones arrive in a Midwestern small town with a capital of 25 cents. Taking a room with Mama Lou, whose daughter is entered in a local beauty contest, they pose as Hollywood actors who can train Honey Dew in stagecraft. Meanwhile, Mama’s other daughter Florida prepares to elope to Chicago with Johnny, owner of the Juke Joint…where, after a jitterbug contest, Mama herself takes a hand.
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