A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
January 1, 1947
Original Title:
Juke Joint
Genres:
Comedy | Drama
Production Companies:
Sack Amusement Enterprises
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 68
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.
Costume Designer:
Julian Julliene
Director:
Spencer Williams
Director of Photography:
George Sanderson
Executive Producer:
Alfred N. Sack
Makeup & Hair:
Farilla McGowan
Music:
Red Calhoun
Music Director:
George Randolf
Presenter:
Alfred N. Sack
Producer:
Bert Goldberg
Property Master:
Arthur Kendall
Sound Engineer:
Richard E. Byers
Technical Advisor:
True T. Thompson
Writer:
True T. Thompson
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