Murder at the Vanities (1934)
- Starring:
- Carl Brisson, Victor McLaglen, (more)
- Director(s):
- Mitchell Leisen
Synopsis of Murder at the Vanities
The Earl Carroll Vanities, a popular Broadway revue of the 1930s and '40s, is the setting for this murder mystery interspersed with an assortment of variety acts, including Duke Ellington performing "Ebony Rhapsody" and a novelty number called "Marijuana." Victor McLaglen stars as Bill Murdock, a detective investigating a series of murders during the opening night of a new edition of the Vanities. When private detective Sadie Evans (Gail Patrick) is found murdered, Murdock must investigate between musical numbers to find the killer. When Rita Rose (Gertrude Michael) next turns up dead, Murdock concludes young ingenue Ann Ware (Kitty Carlisle) is the next person marked for death. Murdock has to find the murderer before the ending of the show or else he or she could disappear in the departing crowd of theatergoers. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi
Complete Cast of Murder at the Vanities
- Carl Brisson - Eric Lander
- Jack Oakie - Jack Ellery
- Gertrude Michael - Rita Ross
- Gail Patrick - Sadie Evans
- Charles B. Middleton - Homer Boothby
- Lona Andre - Lona
- Teru Shimada
- Dorothy White - Dancer
- Ruth Hilliard
- Hal Greene - Call Boy
- Wanda Perry
- Gwenllian Gill - Gwen
- Cecil Weston - Miss Bernstein
- Ann Sheridan - Lou
- Otto Hoffman - Walsh
- Victor McLaglen - Bill Murdock
- Kitty Carlisle - Anne Ware
- Dorothy Stickney - Norma Watson
- Jessie Ralph - Mrs. Helen Smith
- Donald Meek - Dr. Saunders
- Stanley Blystone - Policeman
- Beryl Wallace - Beryl
- William Arnold - Treasurer
- Anya Taranda - Earl Carroll Girls
- Barbara Fritchie - Vivien
- Charles McAvoy - Ben
- Toby Wing - Nancy
- Colin Tapley - Stage Manager
- Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Themselves
- Director(s):
- Mitchell Leisen
- Writer(s):
- Carey Wilson, Sam Hellman
- Producer(s):
- E. Lloyd Sheldon
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