![]() ![]() After sometime, she talked Al into letting her train blind, with her horse, the one that knows her as well as she knows him. She refused to give up her dream of being a diving girl. Al took her to the doctor who explained because she had her eyes opened and didn’t get immediate medical care, her blindness was permanent. A couple of days later, while getting dress, Sonora lost her sight. Though Sonora’s vision was blurry…she had her eyes opened when she hit the water. A few seconds later, they both surfaced, unhurt. Everyone in the audience held their breath as Sonora and Red Lips came crashing into the water. Right as she pulls herself upon the horse, seconds from diving, the crash of the music spooked the horse and he reared up, sending them falling over the edge. She said yes! She continues her journey up the tower and Clifford let’s the horse loose. As she goes to climb the tower for her famous jump, Al asks her to marry him in front of everyone. Getting ready for their first show, a big band plays kind of upsetting the horse Sonora will be jumping. Carver’s jacket for Al, and finds one of Al’s letters. As Al is preparing for the act, rehearsing his speech, Sonora runs out and grabs Dr. Grab the tissues! Al takes over the show in Atlantic City. Everyone packs up and start heading towards all their dreams. A bit of time goes by and Carver receives a telegram from Atlantic City. Carver and Clifford arrive back home with bad news, the show has to close. Meanwhile, Al arrives in Atlantic City, discussing the diving show with the main man.Ĭarver and Clifford had out to another city to see if they can keep the show opened. ![]() A bit of time goes by and the show starts going out less and less. Carver hires Clifford to help out with the horses. Al does as he promised and wrote Sonora everyday, however, his father hides the letters from her, thinking it was best. The show continues and Sonora does wonderful, so does Lightening. This really ticks Marie off and she quits, leaving Sonora as the only diving girl. During a training session, Marie gets hurt and Sonora’s dreams finally come true as she is now headlining the show. So bad, he left, promising Sonora he’d write her. Carver refused to let her stop until she got it, which she did. She fell quite a few times, busting her nose and concerning Al at one point. Carver pushed her real hard to make a moving mount, mounting the horse while it was running by her. Carver, earning her a spot to try for a diving girl spot. Once they broke the horse, they showed her and the Lightening off to Dr. During which, than began falling for each other too. They worked for a while breaking that horse. One day, Al brings home a wild horse and makes plans with Sonora to train the horse, she named Lightening, behind his father’s back, to help her get his father to train her as a diving girl. It sure beat living on the street being hungry. The job wasn’t glamorous but it paid and put a roof over her head, food in her belly. Sending her on her way, she tracks down Al, talking him into explaining the show to her. Unfortunately, she is not what he’s looking for, and let me tell you, it’s quite an interesting comfortable funny conversation. Al leaves and she makes her way in, introducing herself as his new diving girl. (Disney style) Sonora finds Carver’s tent nd overhears him talking with his (very handsome) son Al. She catches the tail end of the show, Marie diving on her horse 40 ft into water. He points her towards the High Diving show. A hot dog vender with dreams of performing death-defying acts. Carver, the owner of the act seeking the diving girl. That night Sonora kisses her sister goodbye and makes her way to a festival, seeking Dr. Back at home, her aunt informs Sonora she can no longer care for her, she’s just too much to handle and the following morning she will be turning Sonora over to the state. After getting into some trouble at school, she sees an ad in the local store’s newspaper looking for a Diving Girl for a traveling show. She had big dreams of going to Atlantic City. Teenage Sonora lived with her Aunt Helen and little sister in a small town in Georgia, during The Great Depression, after Sonora’s parents had got the fever and died. (You’ll understand if you’ve seen the movie, if not WATCH IT!!) An incredibly remarkable true story of Sonora Webster, Diving Girl….and her brave horse Lightening. This episode of BehindTheNerdyGirl, I’m sharing with you the second movie I was lucky enough to see in the cinema. ![]() The first movie I ever saw in the theater was a Disney movie, so was the second. I have a great love for Disney movies, just as a lot of people do. ![]()
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