Murder at the Vanities (1934)

ALL 05/18/1934 (en) Music, Mystery, Comedy 89 Min
  • Release
    05/18/1934
  • Production
    Paramount Pictures
  • Rotten tomato
    54.55%
  • Original title
    Murder at the Vanities
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

MURDER STALKS IN THE MIDST OF LOVELINESS!

Overview

Shortly before the curtain goes up the first time at the latest performance of Earl Carroll's Vanities, someone is attempting to injure the leading lady Ann Ware, who wants to marry leading man Eric Lander. Stage manager Jack Ellery calls in his friend, policeman Bill Murdock, to help him investigate. Bill thinks Jack is offering to let him see the show from an unusual viewpoint after he forgot to get him tickets for the performance, but then they find the corpse of a murdered woman and Bill immediately suspects Eric of the crime.

  1. Mitchell Leisen

    Director

  2. Story

  3. William Shea

    Editor

  4. E. Lloyd Sheldon

    Producer



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Casts

  1. Carl Brisson

    Eric Lander

  2. Victor McLaglen

    Bill Murdock

  3. Jack Oakie

    Jack Ellery

  4. Kitty Carlisle

    Ann Ware

  5. Dorothy Stickney

    Norma Watson

  6. Gertrude Michael

    Rita Ross

  7. Jessie Ralph

    Mrs. Helene Smith

  8. Charles Middleton

    Homer Boothby

  9. Gail Patrick

    Sadie Evans

  10. Donald Meek

    Dr. Saunders

  11. Toby Wing

    Nancy

  12. Duke Ellington

    Duke Ellington

  13. Wanda Perry

    Earl Carroll Girl (uncredited)

  14. Lucille Ball

    Earl Carroll Girl (uncredited)

  15. Ann Sheridan

    Lou - Earl Carroll Girl (uncredited)

  16. Alan Ladd

    Chorus Boy (uncredited)

  17. Lona Andre

    Lona - Earl Carroll Girl (uncredited)

  18. William Arnold

    Treasurer (uncredited)

  19. Betty Bethune

    Fat Chairwoman (uncredited)

  20. Stanley Blystone

    Policeman (uncredited)

  21. Virginia Davis

    Earl Carroll Girl (uncredited)

  22. Dorothy Dawes

    Earl Carroll Girl (uncredited)

  23. Barbara Fritchie

    Earl Carroll Girl (uncredited)

  24. Gwenllian Gill

  25. Mary Gordon

    Assistant Wardrobe Woman (uncredited)

  26. Mildred Gover

    Pearl (uncredited)

  27. Beatrice Hagen

  28. Ruth Hilliard

    Earl Carroll Girl (uncredited)

  29. Otto Hoffman

    Walsh (uncredited)

  30. Iris Lancaster

  31. Charles McAvoy

    Ben (uncredited)

  32. Howard M. Mitchell

    Detective (uncredited)

  33. Juanita Moore

    Black Dancer in Ebony Rhapsody (uncredited)

  34. Dave O'Brien

    Chorus Boy (uncredited)

  35. Dennis O'Keefe

    Chorus Boy (uncredited)

  36. Laurie Shevlin

    Earl Carroll Girl (uncredited)

  37. Teru Shimada

    Koto (uncredited)

  38. Gwynne Shipman

    Earl Carroll Girl (uncredited)

  39. Frank Sully

    Chorus Boy (uncredited)

  40. Colin Tapley

    Stage Manager (uncredited)

  41. Beryl Wallace

    Beryl - Earl Carroll Girl (uncredited)

  42. Cecil Weston

    Miss Bernstein (uncredited)

  43. Vivian Wilson

    Earl Carroll Girl (uncredited)

  44. Duke Ellington Orchestra

    Duke Ellington's Orchestra

  45. Ernestine Anderson

    Earl Carroll Girl (uncredited)

  46. Lucille Battle

    Black Dancer in Ebony Rhapsody (uncredited)

  47. Mildred Boyd

    Black Dancer in Ebony Rhapsody

  48. Lenora Brown

    Black Dancer in Ebony Rhapsody

  49. Marion Callahan

    Earl Carroll Girl (uncredited)

  50. Nancy Caswell

    Earl Carroll Girl (uncredited)

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 92 , Crews : 20

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Murder at the Vanities (1934) 89 Min

ALL 05/18/1934 (en)
Music, Mystery, Comedy
  • Release 05/18/1934
  • Production
    Paramount Pictures
  • Original title Murder at the Vanities
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

MURDER STALKS IN THE MIDST OF LOVELINESS!

Overview

Shortly before the curtain goes up the first time at the latest performance of Earl Carroll's Vanities, someone is attempting to injure the leading lady Ann Ware, who wants to marry leading man Eric Lander. Stage manager Jack Ellery calls in his friend, policeman Bill Murdock, to help him investigate. Bill thinks Jack is offering to let him see the show from an unusual viewpoint after he forgot to get him tickets for the performance, but then they find the corpse of a murdered woman and Bill immediately suspects Eric of the crime.

  1. Mitchell Leisen

    Director

  2. Story

  3. William Shea

    Editor

  4. E. Lloyd Sheldon

    Producer