It's a Joke Son: 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.

Starring:

Anthony Sydes, Billy Engle, Blythe Daley, Byron Foulger, Clarence Hennecke, Daisy, Danny Borzage, Douglass Dumbrille, Edward Biby, Edward Peil Sr, Franklyn Farnum, George Chandler, Ida Moore, Jane Crowley, Jimmy Conlin, John Dehner, John Wald, June Lockhart, June Pickerell, Kathryn Sheldon, Kenneth Farrell, Kenny Delmar, Margaret Farrell, Margaret McWad

Genre:

Comedy