Its a Joke, Son!
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Director Benjamin Stoloff Music director Alvin Levin Language English | 6/10 IMDb Genre Comedy Duration Country United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writer Robert E. Kent , Paul Girard Smith Release date January 15, 1947 (1947-01-15) Screenplay Paul Girard Smith, Robert E. Kent Cast Kenny Delmar (Senator Beauregard Claghorn), Una Merkel (Mrs.Magnolia Claghorn), June Lockhart (Mary Lou Claghorn)Similar movies Benjamin Stoloff directed Its a Joke - Son! and Palooka | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
It's a Joke, Son! is a 1947 American film directed by Benjamin Stoloff featuring radio comedian Kenny Delmar as Senator Beauregard Claghorn; the inspiration for the cartoon character Foghorn Leghorn. The film was the first American production of Eagle-Lion Films and was a box-office flop, being taken off after grossing less than $1000 in three days.
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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.
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