Diamond Horseshoe

Diamond Horseshoe
Directed by	George Seaton
Written by	Kenyon Nicholson (play) George Seaton
Starring	Betty Grable Dick Haymes
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date(s)	May 2, 1945
Running time	104 mins.
Country	United States
Language	English

Diamond Horseshoe (also billed as Billy Rose's Diamond Horseshoe) is a 1945 Technicolor musical film starring Betty Grable, directed by George Seaton, and released by 20th Century Fox.

Background

Diamond Horseshoe is a remake of two previous films derived from the same story. The first was The Barker in 1928 and the second was Hoop-La in 1933. Grable played the role previously played by Dorothy Mackaill in The Barker and Clara Bow in Hoop-La. All are based on the 1928 Kenyon Nicholson play, "The Barker."

Plot

Joe Davis Sr. owns a big nightclub called the Diamond Horseshoe. He is visited by his son Joe Jr. who is a medical student. Joe Jr. tells his father that he wants to be in show business, much to his father's disapproval. Nevertheless, Joe Sr. gives his son a job at his club where Joe Jr. then becomes smitten with Bonnie Collins; the club's headlining act. Joe Sr. is spending too much time worrying about his son that he starts to neglect his own girlfriend Claire. Claire promises to give Bonnie a mink coat if she pretends to like and go out with Joe Jr., so that Joe Sr. will pay more attention to her. Things take a complicated turn when Bonnie actually does fall in love with Joe Jr. and they get married, again much to his father's disapproval.

Cast

• Betty Grable as Bonnie Collins
• Dick Haymes as Joe Davis Jr.
• William Gaxton as Joe Davis Sr.
• Beatrice Kay as Claire Williams
• Phil Silvers as Blinkie Miller

Reception

The film was very successful when it was released. Grable's other picture that year The Dolly Sisters was one of Fox's highest grossing films of 1945.

External links

• Diamond Horseshoe at the Internet Movie Database