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Murder at the Vanities
MURDER STALKS IN THE MIDST OF LOVELINESS!
5.7(15)19341h 29m
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.
- Director
- Mitchell Leisen
- Writers
- Joseph Gollomb,Carey Wilson
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Cast

Carl Brisson
Eric Lander

Victor McLaglen
Bill Murdock

Jack Oakie
Jack Ellery

Kitty Carlisle
Ann Ware

Dorothy Stickney
Norma Watson

Gertrude Michael
Rita Ross

Jessie Ralph
Mrs. Helene Smith

Charles Middleton
Homer Boothby

Gail Patrick
Sadie Evans

Donald Meek
Dr. Saunders

Toby Wing
Nancy

Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington

Wanda Perry
Earl Carroll Girl (uncredited)

Lucille Ball
Earl Carroll Girl (uncredited)

Ann Sheridan
Lou - Earl Carroll Girl (uncredited)

Alan Ladd
Chorus Boy (uncredited)

Lona Andre
Lona - Earl Carroll Girl (uncredited)
William Arnold
Treasurer (uncredited)
Betty Bethune
Fat Chairwoman (uncredited)

Stanley Blystone
Policeman (uncredited)

Virginia Davis
Earl Carroll Girl (uncredited)
Dorothy Dawes
Earl Carroll Girl (uncredited)
Barbara Fritchie
Earl Carroll Girl (uncredited)

Gwenllian Gill
Earl Carroll Girl (uncredited)
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Crew
Directing
- Mitchell LeisenDirector
Writing
- Joseph GollombScreenplay
- Carey WilsonScreenplay
- Rufus KingTheatre Play
- Earl CarrollTheatre Play
- Sam HellmanDialogue
Production
- E. Lloyd SheldonProducer
Camera
- Leo ToverDirector of Photography
Editing
- William SheaEditor
Sound
- Sam CoslowSongs
- Arthur JohnstonSongs
- Howard JacksonOriginal Music Composer
- Milan RoderOriginal Music Composer
- William E. LynchOriginal Music Composer
Art
- Ernst FegtéArt Direction
- Hans DreierArt Direction
Costume & Make-Up
- Travis BantonCostume Design
Crew
- Mrs. Tom RooneyChaperone
- LeRoy PrinzChoreographer
- Larry CeballosChoreographer