Murder at the Vanities
Murder at the Vanities
Release: 1934-05-18
·Runtime: 89m
·★ 5.5
Music
Mystery
Comedy
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Paramount Pictures
Cast
Jack Oakie
as Jack Ellery
Charles Middleton
as Homer Boothby
Patsy King
as Earl Carroll Girl (uncredited)
Duke Ellington
as Duke Ellington
Beatrice Hagen
Laurie Shevlin
as Earl Carroll Girl (uncredited)
Toby Wing
as Nancy
Ann Sheridan
as Lou - Earl Carroll Girl (uncredited)
Juanita Moore
as Black Dancer in Ebony Rhapsody (uncredited)
Dennis O'Keefe
as Chorus Boy (uncredited)
Lona Andre
as Lona - Earl Carroll Girl (uncredited)
Charles McAvoy
as Ben (uncredited)
Frank Sully
as Chorus Boy (uncredited)
Nancy Caswell
as Earl Carroll Girl (uncredited)
Diane Hunter
as Earl Carroll Girl (uncredited)
Gail Patrick
as Sadie Evans
Colin Tapley
as Stage Manager (uncredited)
Ruth Hilliard
as Earl Carroll Girl (uncredited)
Gwenllian Gill
as Earl Carroll Girl (uncredited)
Iris Lancaster
Jessie Ralph
as Mrs. Helene Smith
Stanley Blystone
as Policeman (uncredited)
Virginia Davis
as Earl Carroll Girl (uncredited)
Victor McLaglen
as Bill Murdock
Dorothy Stickney
as Norma Watson
Alan Ladd
as Chorus Boy (uncredited)
Wanda Perry
as Earl Carroll Girl (uncredited)
Mary Gordon
as Assistant Wardrobe Woman (uncredited)
Mitchell Leisen
as Orchestra Leader (uncredited)
Kitty Carlisle
as Ann Ware
Gertrude Michael
as Rita Ross
Donald Meek
as Dr. Saunders
Teru Shimada
as Koto (uncredited)
Beryl Wallace
as Beryl - Earl Carroll Girl (uncredited)
Carl Brisson
as Eric Lander
Otto Hoffman
as Walsh (uncredited)
Howard M. Mitchell
as Detective (uncredited)
Shep Houghton
as Chorus Boy (uncredited)
Arthur Rankin
as Assistant Treasurer (uncredited)
Lucille Ball
as Earl Carroll Girl (uncredited)
Dave O'Brien
as Chorus Boy (uncredited)
Anya Taranda
as Earl Carroll Girl (uncredited)
Gladys Young
as Earl Carroll Girl (uncredited)
