| Diamond Horseshoe | |
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| Directed by | George Seaton |
| Written by | George Seaton Kenyon Nicholson (play) |
| Produced by | William Perlberg |
| Starring | Betty Grable Dick Haymes |
| Cinematography | Ernest Palmer |
| Edited by | Robert L. Simpson |
| Music by | Herbert W. Spencer (uncredited) |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Running time | 104 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $2.6 million[1] |
| Box office | $3,150,000 (US)[1][2] |
Diamond Horseshoe (also billed asBilly Rose's Diamond Horseshoe) is a 1945 Americanmusical film starringBetty Grable,Dick Haymes andWilliam Gaxton (in his final feature film role), directed and written byGeorge Seaton, and released by20th Century Fox. It was filmed inTechnicolor inBilly Rose's Diamond Horseshoe, a nightclub located in the basement of theParamount Hotel. The film's original score is byHarry Warren andMack Gordon, introducing the pop and jazz standard "The More I See You".[3]
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Joe Davis Sr. performs in a big nightclub calledBilly Rose's Diamond Horseshoe in theParamount Hotel in Manhattan. 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 so 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.
Diamond Horseshoe is a remake of two previous films derived from the same story,The Barker (1928) andHoop-La (1933). Grable played the role previously played byDorothy Mackaill inThe Barker andClara Bow inHoop-La. All are based on the 1928 playThe Barker byKenyon Nicholson.
In the chorus line, an 18-year oldJulie London makes an unbilled appearance in her first or second major studio film. During a production number, the bizarredouble-talk comic and screeching singer Willie Solar (1891–1956) has a rare onscreen cameo as a filmed record of his stage act.
The film was very successful when it was released, but because of its high cost struggled to make a profit.[1] Grable's other picture that yearThe Dolly Sisters was one of Fox's highest-grossing films of 1945.
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