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.
The Joint is Jumpin'! / The Jive is Jivvin'! / The Jam is Jammin'! / Everybody's High in the Happy Slap-Happy Holiday Family!
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Spencer Williams
Bad News Johnson / Vanderbilt Whitney
JJ
July Jones
'Cornbread' Green
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Inez Newell
Louella 'Mama Lou' Holiday
LD
Leonard Duncan
Samuel 'Papa Sam' Holiday
DM
Dauphine Moore
Barbara 'Honey Dew' Holiday
KM
Katherine Moore
Florida Holiday
TP
Tilford Patterson
Jefferson Lee
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Albert Smith
'High Life' Harris
HG
Howard Galloway
'Juke Joint' Johnny
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