It's a Joke, Son! (1947)

Cast

Complete credited cast:
	Kenny Delmar	...	Senator Beauregard Claghorn
	Una Merkel	...	Mrs.Magnolia Claghorn
	June Lockhart	...	Mary Lou Claghorn
	Kenneth Farrell	...	Jefferson 'Jeff' Davis
	Douglass Dumbrille	...	Big Dan Healey
	Jimmy Conlin	...	Senator Alexander P. Leeds
	Matt Willis	...	Ace, Healey's Henchman
	Ralph Sanford	...	Knifey, Healey's Henchman
	Daisy	...	Daisy
	Vera Lewis	...	Hortense Dimwitty
	Margaret McWade	...	Jennifer Whipple
	Ida Moore	...	Matilda Whipple
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	Byron Foulger	...	Groceryman

Storyline

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... Written by Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>  

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