Beale Street Mama

Beale Street Mama

60 mins | Comedy | Jan. 1, 1946

The film is set in Memphis, Tennessee and focuses on a street sweeper who comes upon a large parcel of money. He uses the newly acquired wealth to go on a spending spree, with the hope of getting back at an old girlfriend who dumped him for another man. However, complications arise when it is discovered the money is counterfeit.

Beale Street Mama

60 mins | Comedy | Jan. 1, 1946

Beale Street Mama
The film is set in Memphis, Tennessee and focuses on a street sweeper who comes upon a large parcel of money. He uses the newly acquired wealth to go on a spending spree, with the hope of getting back at an old girlfriend who dumped him for another man. However, complications arise when it is discovered the money is counterfeit.
Producers Hollywood Pictures Corporation
Original title Beale Street Mama
Directors Spencer Williams
Writers

Cast

July Jones

as July Jones

Spencer Williams

as Bad News Johnson

Rosalie Larrimore

as Mathilda Mae Grimes

Howard Galloway

as Pretty Boy Brown

J.W. (John) Hemmings

as Chief of Police

Montgne McCormy

as Hazel Smith

Mary Louise Stevens

as Rosie Scott

George T. Sutton

as Detective

Allen and Allen

as Entertainers

Joyce McElrath

as Entertainer

Don Albert

as Himself, Band Leader