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Diamond Horseshoe is a american film of genre Comedy directed by George Seaton released in USA on 2 may 1945 with Betty Grable
Diamond Horseshoe (1945)
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Add to a movie listDiamond 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.
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Joe Davis Sr. performs in a big nightclub called Billy Rose's 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.Actors
Betty Grable
(Bonnie Collins)
Dick Haymes
(Joe Davis, Jr.)
William Gaxton
(Joe Davis Sr.)
Beatrice Kay
(Claire Williams)
Phil Silvers
(Blinkie Miller)
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