Juke Joint

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.

Cast

Spencer Williams

Bad News Johnson / Vanderbilt Whitney

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July Jones

'Cornbread' Green

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Inez Newell

Louella 'Mama Lou' Holiday

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Leonard Duncan

Samuel 'Papa Sam' Holiday

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Dauphine Moore

Barbara 'Honey Dew' Holiday

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Katherine Moore

Florida Holiday

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Tilford Patterson

Jefferson Lee

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Albert Smith

'High Life' Harris

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Howard Galloway

'Juke Joint' Johnny

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Melody Duncan

Melody Holiday

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Red Calhoun

Bandleader