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Spencer Williams
Bad News Johnson / Vanderbilt Whitney
Movie194768 minReleased
Juke Joint
The Joint is Jumpin'! / The Jive is Jivvin'! / The Jam is Jammin'! / Everybody's High in the Happy Slap-Happy Holiday Family!
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.
ComedyDrama
Crew
Key crew roles and departments.
Spencer Williams
Director
Directing
TT
True T. Thompson
Writer
Writing
JJ
Julian Julliene
Costume Designer
Costume & Make-Up
BG
Bert Goldberg
Producer
Production
RC
Red Calhoun
Music
Sound
TT
True T. Thompson
Technical Advisor
Crew
GS
George Sanderson
Director of Photography
Camera
AN
Alfred N. Sack
Executive Producer
Production
FM
Farilla McGowan
Makeup & Hair
Costume & Make-Up
GR
George Randolf
Music Director
Sound
RE
Richard E. Byers
Sound Engineer
Sound
AK
Arthur Kendall
Property Master
Art
