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