It's a Joke, Son!

It's a Joke, Son!
It's a Joke, Son!
	Original film poster
Directed by	Benjamin Stoloff
Written by	Robert E. Kent; Paul Gerard Smith
Produced by	Bryan Foy (executive producer); Aubrey Schenck (producer)
Starring	See below
Cinematography	Clyde De Vinna
Edited by	Norman Colbert
Music by	Alvin Levin
Production; company	Bryan Foy Productions
Distributed by	Eagle-Lion Films
Release date	January 15, 1947 (United States);
Running time	63 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$650,000

It's a Joke, Son! is a 1947 American film directed by Benjamin Stoloff (in his final directorial role in a film) featuring radio comedian Kenny Delmar as Senator Beauregard Claghorn, the inspiration for the cartoon character Foghorn Leghorn.^[2] The film was the first American production of Eagle-Lion Films^[3] and although the film was produced on a very small budget compared to other Hollywood films at the time,^[1] it was a box-office disappointment, with one theater chain removing the film from theaters after less than a week after it only drew $1,000 in ticket sales.^[4] The film is in the public domain.

Plot[]

When the Daughters of Dixie nominate Magnolia Claghorn as a candidate for State Senator, the local political machine run by Northerners fears its candidate will be defeated. Through the Claghorns' daughter's boyfriend, Jeff, the machine gets the idea to run Magnolia's husband Beauregard as a candidate in order to split the anti-machine vote.

They don't count on Beauregard's incredible popularity and seek to stop him.

Cast[]

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It's a Joke, Son!

Kenny Delmar as Senator Beauregard Claghorn
Una Merkel as Mrs. Magnolia Claghorn
June Lockhart as Mary Lou Claghorn
Kenneth Farrell as Jefferson "Jeff" Davis
Douglass Dumbrille as Big Dan Healey
Jimmy Conlin as Senator Alexander P. Leeds
Matt Willis as Ace, Healey's Henchman
Ralph Sanford as Knifey, Healey's Henchman
Daisy as Daisy
Vera Lewis as Hortense Dimwitty
Margaret McWade as Jennifer Whipple
Ida Moore as Matilda Whipple

Soundtrack[]

Dixie
The Bonnie Blue Flag

Notes[]

^ ^a ^b Labor, Too.Variety (magazine), 19 March 1947, p.6, column 5
^ p. 712 Sterling, C. Encyclopedia of Radio Taylor & Francis, 01/12/2003
^ p.23 Balio, Tino United Artists: The Company That Changed the Film Industry, Univ of Wisconsin Press, 1987
^ "It's a Joke, Son did a folderoo...", at Variety (magazine), 12 March 1947. p.19, column 5

External links[]

It's a Joke, Son! at IMDb
It's a Joke, Son! is available for free download at the Internet Archive

[labortoo-1] Labor, Too.Variety (magazine), 19 March 1947, p.6, column 5

[2] . 712 Sterling, C. Encyclopedia of Radio Taylor & Francis, 01/12/2003

[3] .23 Balio, Tino United Artists: The Company That Changed the Film Industry, Univ of Wisconsin Press, 1987

[4] "It's a Joke, Son did a folderoo...", at Variety (magazine), 12 March 1947. p.19, column 5

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