It's a Joke, Son!

{{Short description|1947 film by Benjamin Stoloff}}

{{Infobox film

| name = It's a Joke, Son!

| image = It's a Joke, Son! FilmPoster.jpeg

| caption = Original film poster

| director = Benjamin Stoloff

| producer = Aubrey Schenck

| writer = Robert E. Kent
Paul Gerard Smith

| starring = Kenny Delmar
Una Merkel
June Lockhart
Jimmy Conlin
Douglas Dumbrille
'Daisy' the Dog
and introducing
Kenneth Farrell

| music = Alvin Levin

| cinematography = Clyde De Vinna

| editing = Norman Colbert

| studio = Bryan Foy Productions

| distributor = Eagle-Lion Films

| released = {{Film date|1947|01|15}}{{cite magazine|magazine=Variety|url=https://archive.org/details/variety163-1946-09/page/n182/mode/1up?|title=Eagle Lion axes B product|date=25 September 1946|page=7}}

| runtime = 63 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

| budget = $650,000[https://archive.org/stream/variety165-1947-03#page/n141/mode/1up Labor, Too].Variety (magazine), 19 March 1947, p.6, column 5

| gross =

}}

It's a Joke, Son! is a 1947 American comedy film directed by Benjamin Stoloff (in his final directorial role in a film) featuring radio comedian Kenny Delmar as Senator Beauregard Claghorn, a character on Fred Allen's radio program and later the inspiration for the cartoon character Foghorn Leghorn.p. 712 Sterling, C. Encyclopedia of Radio Taylor & Francis, 01/12/2003 The film was the first American production for Eagle-Lion Films,p.23 Balio, Tino United Artists: The Company That Changed the Film Industry, Univ of Wisconsin Press, 1987 and although it was produced on a very small budget compared to other Hollywood films, it was a box-office disappointment; one theater chain removed the film after less than a week after it only drew $1,000 in ticket sales."[https://archive.org/stream/variety165-1947-03#page/n81/mode/1up It's a Joke, Son did a folderoo...]", at Variety (magazine), 12 March 1947. p.19, column 5

The film contributed to a multimillion-dollar loss for Eagle-Lion in 1947, and Arthur B. Krim later stated that the studio had overpaid for Delmar and overestimated his bankability.Balio, Tino. United Artists: The Company That Changed the Film Industry Univ of Wisconsin Press, 1987. p. 24 It is in the public domain.