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Auction History Result h206 JUKE JOINT TC '47 Everybody's happy & high! Date Sold 9/27/2005Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Title Lobby Card (LC; measures 11" x 14" [28 x 36 cm]) (Learn More) Juke Joint, the 1947 Spencer Williams black African American comedy ("The joint Is jumpin' and everybody's happy and high!"; "The joint is jumpin'! The jive is jivvin'! The jam is jammin'! Holiday Family!"; "Original Story by True T. Thompson") starring July Jones, Spencer Williams, Inez Newell, Leonard Duncan, Dauphine Moore, Melody Duncan, Katherine Moore, Red Calhoun's Orchestra, The Jitterbug Johnnies with Mac and Ace, and Kit and Kat. Note that this movie was filmed in both San Antonio and Dallas, Texas, and also in "Harlemwood", New York, and it seems that the producers rounded up every all-black music act they could find to perform at the "joint" in this film, and it seems that all of those musical acts never made another movie! If anyone knows more about this, please e-mail us and we will post it here. Finally, note that the word "juke" originally meant "bad" or "wicked" (it was brought over by slaves from West Africa), and a "juke joint" was a place that served liquor or was a brothel, or had gambling, or some combination of the three! The word became used in mainstream language when machines that played records were called juke boxes, but the people who called them that did not know the origin of the word. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that the entire bottom blank border had been trimmed off and also small parts of the right and top blank borders. Someone took borders from another card and taped them on to this card from the back, and, while it would not fool anyone, it does help the card look complete. Other than the trimming, the card was in pretty good condition! Condition: good. Learn More about condition grades 
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