It's a Joke, Son!

It's a Joke, Son!

🎞️ Movie 63 min US
โ˜… 6.0 /10 1947

The Funniest Man of the Year in the Happiest Hit in Years!

The first Eagle-Lion film stars Kenny Delmar as Senator Beauregard Claghorn, his 'Allen's Alley' resident-character heard on Fred Allen's radio program. Claghorn was a blustery, one-man-Chamber-of-Commerce for all things Southern, who had no tolerence for anything north of the Mason-Dixon line, although he made allowances for South Philly. The character inspired the creation of one of the most popular of the Warners' cartoon characters, Foghorn Leghorn, who re-worked most of the originals material and style. The title of this movie is a stock line- 'it's a joke, son'---he would feed a befuddled Fred Allen each week. In the film, Claghorn gets into some financial difficulties and is forced by a machine-political gang to enter a race for state senator against his wife (Una Merkel) who appears to have a good chance to beat the political hack backed by the machine. Claghorn is in to siphon votes and ensure his wife's opponent will win and is expected to run a campaign that will defeat himself and his wife. But, he runs to win and the machine's henchies abduct him.

Cast

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Kenny Delmar
Senator Claghorn
Una Merkel
Una Merkel
Magnolia Claghorn
June Lockhart
June Lockhart
Mary Lou
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Kenneth Farrell
Jeff Davis
Douglass Dumbrille
Douglass Dumbrille
Dan Healey
Jimmy Conlin
Jimmy Conlin
Senator Leeds
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Matt Willis
Ace
Ralph Sanford
Ralph Sanford
Knifey
Daisy
Daisy
Daisy
Vera Lewis
Vera Lewis
Hortense
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Alvin Levin
Composer
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Clyde De Vinna
Cinematographer