Diamond Horseshoe

Diamond Horseshoe

104 mins | Comedy, Music | May 2, 1945

Joe Davis Sr., headliner at a big nightclub, is visited by medical student son Joe Jr., who to Dad's chagrin wants to be a crooner, and soon comes between Dad and his girlfriend Claire. So glamorous dancer Bonnie is enlisted to distract Junior. Which does Bonnie want more, the fur coat or true love? Plot is a framework for numerous Ziegfeld style stage productions.

Diamond Horseshoe

104 mins | Comedy, Music | May 2, 1945

Diamond Horseshoe
Joe Davis Sr., headliner at a big nightclub, is visited by medical student son Joe Jr., who to Dad's chagrin wants to be a crooner, and soon comes between Dad and his girlfriend Claire. So glamorous dancer Bonnie is enlisted to distract Junior. Which does Bonnie want more, the fur coat or true love? Plot is a framework for numerous Ziegfeld style stage productions.
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers 20th Century Fox
Original title Diamond Horseshoe
Directors George Seaton
Writers Kenyon Nicholson, George Seaton

Cast

Betty Grable

as Bonnie Collins

Dick Haymes

as Joe Davis, Jr.

Phil Silvers

as Blinkie Miller

William Gaxton

as Joe Davis Sr.

Beatrice Kay

as Claire Williams

Carmen Cavallaro

as Himself (pianist)

Willie Solar

as Double-Talking Singer Comedian

Margaret Dumont

as Mrs. Standish

Gladys Gale

as Chorine (uncredited)