Juke Joint (1947)
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WhatsupJuke Joint is a 1947 race film directed by and starring Spencer Williams and produced and released by Sack Amusement Enterprises. The film was considered lost until being rediscovered. It features a comedic plot about con artists and a beauty contest and is notable for its cultural significance in African American cinema. Plot: 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 belie…