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.

Cast

Spencer Williams

Played Bad News Johnson / V…
July Jones

Played 'Cornbread' Green
Inez Newell

Played Louella 'Mama Lou' H…
Leonard Duncan

Played Samuel 'Papa Sam' Ho…
Dauphine Moore

Played Barbara 'Honey Dew' …
Katherine Moore

Played Florida Holiday
Tilford Patterson

Played Jefferson Lee
Albert Smith

Played 'High Life' Harris
Howard Galloway

Played 'Juke Joint' Johnny
Melody Duncan

Played Melody Holiday
Red Calhoun

Played Bandleader

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