Juke Joint (1947)

Bad News Johnson a con artist from Memphis Tennessee arrives in Dallas Texas accompanied by his dim sidekick July Jones with only twentyfive cents between them The duo arrange to become boarders at the home of Louella Mama Lou Holiday who is fooled into believing Johnson is an acting teacher from Hollywood Mrs Holiday agrees to give the men free room and board if they will provide poise lessons to her daughter an aspiring beauty queen named Honey Dew