- Country: USA
- Genres: Comedy, Romance
- Release: 1947-01-15
- Director: Benjamin Stoloff
- Writers: Robert E. Kent , Paul Gerard Smith
- Language: English
- Stars: Kenny Delmar , Una Merkel , June Lockhart , Kenneth Farrell
- Runtime: 63 min
- Awards: N/A
- AKA: It's a Joke, Son! (United Kingdom) , It's a Joke, Son! , It's a Joke, Son! (United States of America)
- Plot: 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.
- IMDB:tt0039503
It’s a Joke, Son! Cast · · · ALL
Benjamin Stoloff
Director
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
Ralph Sanford
Knifey
Daisy
Daisy
Vera Lewis
Hortense Dimwitty
Margaret McWade
Jennifer Whipple
Ida Moore
Matilda Whipple
Byron Foulger
Groceryman
John Dehner
Reporter (uncredited)