Juke Joint

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.

5.3

68 min

Cast

Spencer Williams

as Bad News Johnson / Vanderbilt Whitney

July Jones

as 'Cornbread' Green

Inez Newell

as Louella 'Mama Lou' Holiday

Leonard Duncan

as Samuel 'Papa Sam' Holiday

Dauphine Moore

as Barbara 'Honey Dew' Holiday

Katherine Moore

as Florida Holiday

Tilford Patterson

as Jefferson Lee

Albert Smith

as 'High Life' Harris

Howard Galloway

as 'Juke Joint' Johnny

Melody Duncan

as Melody Holiday

Red Calhoun

as Bandleader

Director

Spencer Williams