"The Joint is Jumpin'! / The Jive is Jivvin'! / The Jam is Jammin'! / Everybody's High in the Happy Slap-Happy Holiday Family!" 01 January 1947 Drama, Comedy 68 mins
Hitchhiking conmen Bad News Johnson and July Jones arrive in Texas. A group of talented hopefuls vie for a coveted crown in a jitterbug contest.
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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
True T. Thompson Writer
Spencer Williams Director
George Sanderson Director of Photography
Richard E. Byers Sound Engineer
George Randolf Music Director
Bert Goldberg Producer
Alfred N. Sack Executive Producer
Red Calhoun Music
Farilla McGowan Makeup & Hair
True T. Thompson Technical Advisor
Arthur Kendall Property Master
United States 01 January 1947
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