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182017

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

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Spencer Williams

as Bad News Johnson / Vanderbilt Whitney

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July Jones

as 'Cornbread' Green

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Inez Newell

as Louella 'Mama Lou' Holiday

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Leonard Duncan

as Samuel 'Papa Sam' Holiday

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Dauphine Moore

as Barbara 'Honey Dew' Holiday

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Katherine Moore

as Florida Holiday

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Tilford Patterson

as Jefferson Lee

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Albert Smith

as 'High Life' Harris

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Howard Galloway

as 'Juke Joint' Johnny

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Melody Duncan

as Melody Holiday

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Red Calhoun

as Bandleader

Crew

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True T. Thompson

Writer

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Spencer Williams

Director

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George Sanderson

Director of Photography

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Richard E. Byers

Sound Engineer

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George Randolf

Music Director

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Bert Goldberg

Producer

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Alfred N. Sack

Executive Producer

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Red Calhoun

Music

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Farilla McGowan

Makeup & Hair

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True T. Thompson

Technical Advisor

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Arthur Kendall

Property Master

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Alfred N. Sack

Presenter

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Julian Julliene

Costume Designer