Hoop-La


Hoop-La is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by Frank Lloyd, and starring Clara Bow, Preston Foster, Richard Cromwell and Minna Gombell also in the cast. The film is based on the play The Barker by Kenyon Nicholson, which was also filmed in 1928 under the same title as the play.
A version restored by the Museum of Modern Art was shown at the 2011 Classic Film Festival in Hollywood during the spring.

Synopsis

plays a Hoochie coochie dancer for a travelling fair, who seduces Richard Cromwell, the son of a sideshow barker, in order to win a bet, but ends up falling in love with him.

Cast

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The film was a box office disappointment for Fox.

Remake

The same story was remade in 1945 as Billy Rose's Diamond Horseshoe starring Betty Grable.