Diamond Horseshoe (1945)


Diamond Horseshoe
Release Date02 May 1945
Budget$2,000,000
Other NamesBilly Rose's Diamond Horseshoe
TaglineGRABLE'S BACK AGAIN...in Technicolor!
GenreMusical
CountryUSA
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixMono
ColorColor
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassMusical Comedy, Musical Romance
ThemesFathers and Sons, Musician's Life
TonesLight, Bright, Humorous, Warm
TagsCareer, Club [organization], Decision, Disapproval, Dropout, Entertainer, Family Disapproval, Father, Love, Love Choices, Luxury, Medical, Medical Student, Nightclub, Opal, Quit, Rose, School, Son, Songwriter, Stage, Student, Sweetheart, Toddlers, Wish

Diamond Horseshoe (1945) also billed as Billy Rose's Diamond Horseshoe is a Technicolor musical film starring Betty Grable, directed by George Seaton, and released by Twentieth Century Fox. The film was a remake of the Clara Bow film Hoop-La (1933), which itself is a remake of the film The Barker (1928).


Cast and Crew


Cast

Bonnie Collins

Joe Davis Jr.

Blinkie Miller

Joe Davis Sr.

Beatrice Kay
Claire Williams

Willie Solar
Double-Talking Singer Comedian

Mrs. Standish

Margeurite Blount
Woman, green with envy

Bobby Hale
Man in Cab

Herbert Heywood
Watchman

Milton Kibbee
Stagehand

Clarinet Player

Robert Adler
Stagehand

John Ardell
Doorman Colony Club

Sam Ash
Extra at Footlight Club

Paul Bakanas
King Philip IV

Roy Benson
Eddie Harper

Charles Cane
Doorman, Stork Club

Charles Coleman
Majordomo

James Conaty
Nightclub Extra

Jimmy Cross
Chorus Boy

Hal K. Dawson
Sam Carter

Dorothy Day
Dorothy

Gwen Donovan
Footlight Club patron

Miss Cream Puff

Dick Elliott
Footlight Club Waiter

Frank Fanning
Doorman, Elizabeth Arden's

Nightclub Table Extra

Lady Be-Good

Duchess of Duke

Art Foster
Marquis of Queensbury

Gladys Gale
Chorine

Grogan, stagehand

Mack Gray
Mack, the waiter

Irving Gump
Candy Butcher

Intern

Sam Harris
Nightclub Extra

Donald Hayden
Boy Customer at Footlight Club

Footlight Club Patron

Frank's Nightclub Girlfriend

Eddie Laughton
Eddie

Blonde in Nightclub

Chorine

Pat McKee
Man

Alex Melesh
Major Catastrophe

George Melford
Pop, stage doorman

Chorine

Frank Mills
Waiter

Ferdinand Munier
Prince Too-Much-Belly

Lon Payne
Foreman

Frank Penny
Man

Bartender at the Diamond Horseshoe

Ronnie Ralph
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Bob Reeves
Doorman Club 21

Ruth Rickaby
Duchess, Wardrobe Woman

Frank J. Scannell
Frank, Footlight Club Patron

Barbara Sears
Chorine

Harry Seymour
Harry, Waiter

Mary Stewart
Dancer, Singer

Phil Tead
Waiter with cart

Ray Teal
Tough Customer at Footlight Club

Evan Thomas
Duke of Duchess

Virginia Walker
Chorine

Bruce Warren
Footlight Club patron

Kenny Williams
Dance Director

Eric Wilton
Sir How-Dare-You

Director

Producer

Kenyon Nicholson
play "The Barker"

writer

William Perlberg
producer

Cinematographer

Editor

Robert L. Simpson

Art Director

Joseph C. Wright
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Set Decorator

Ernest Lansing
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Thomas Little
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Costume Designer

Sascha Brastoff
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Bonnie Cashin
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René Hubert
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Kay Nelson
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Makeup Department

makeup artist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Arthur Jacobson
assistant director

Sound Department

Roger Heman Sr.
sound

E. Clayton Ward
sound

Special Effects

Fred Sersen
special photographic effects

Camera and Electrical Department

Frank Powolny
still photographer

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Sam Benson
wardrobe supervisor

Editorial Department

Richard Mueller
associate color consultant

Music Department

Charles Henderson
musical director

musical director

Herbert W. Spencer
orchestrator

Other Crew

Angela Blue
assistant choreographer

Natalie Kalmus
technicolor director

choreographer

Production Company

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
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Distributor

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation