Released:
1947-01-01

Overview:
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.

Director:
Spencer Williams

Runtime:
1h 8min

Genre:
Comedy, Drama

• Cast:
• 
  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