
MURDER STALKS IN THE MIDST OF LOVELINESS!
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.

Made in US
5.5/10
1934

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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)
William Arnold
As Treasurer (uncredited)
Betty Bethune
As Fat Chairwoman (uncredited)

Stanley Blystone
As Policeman (uncredited)

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

Gwenllian Gill
As Earl Carroll Girl (uncredited)

Mary Gordon
As Assistant Wardrobe Woman (uncredited)
Mildred Gover
As Pearl (uncredited)

Beatrice Hagen
As

Ruth Hilliard
As Earl Carroll Girl (uncredited)

Otto Hoffman
As Walsh (uncredited)

Iris Lancaster
As

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)
Gwynne Shipman
As Earl Carroll Girl (uncredited)

Frank Sully
As Chorus Boy (uncredited)

Colin Tapley
As Stage Manager (uncredited)

Beryl Wallace
As Beryl - Earl Carroll Girl (uncredited)
Cecil Weston
As Miss Bernstein (uncredited)
Vivian Wilson
As Earl Carroll Girl (uncredited)
Duke Ellington Orchestra
As Duke Ellington's Orchestra
Ernestine Anderson
As Earl Carroll Girl (uncredited)
Lucille Battle
As Black Dancer in Ebony Rhapsody (uncredited)
Mildred Boyd
As Black Dancer in Ebony Rhapsody
Lenora Brown
As Black Dancer in Ebony Rhapsody
Marion Callahan
As Earl Carroll Girl (uncredited)

Nancy Caswell
As Earl Carroll Girl (uncredited)
Marguerite Caverley
As Earl Carroll Girl (uncredited)
Juanita Clay
As Earl Carroll Girl (uncredited)
Paige Crane
As Earl Carroll Girl (uncredited)
Roy Crane
As Assistant Stage Manager (uncredited)
Helen Curtis
As Earl Carroll Girl (uncredited)
Mae Digges
As Black Dancer in Ebony Rhapsody (uncredited)
Mike Donovan
As Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Winnie Flint
As Earl Carroll Girl (uncredited)
Mary Flynn
As Gwen - Earl Carroll Girl (uncredited)
Norah Gale
As Earl Carroll Girl (uncredited)
Zumetta Garnett
As Earl Carroll Girl (uncredited)
Catherine Grayson
As Black Dancer in Ebony Rhapsody (uncredited)
Cleo Herndon
As Black Dancer in Ebony Rhapsody (uncredited)

Shep Houghton
As Chorus Boy (uncredited)
Inez Howard
As Earl Carroll Girl (uncredited)
Billie Huber
As Earl Carroll Girl (uncredited)

Diane Hunter
As Earl Carroll Girl (uncredited)
Patsy Hunter
As Black Dancer in Ebony Rhapsody (uncredited)
Constance Jordan
As Earl Carroll Girl (uncredited)
Evelyn Kelly
As Earl Carroll Girl (uncredited)
Alyce Key
As Black Dancer in Ebony Rhapsody (uncredited)
The King's Men
As Lovely One Quartet (uncredited)

Patsy King
As Earl Carroll Girl (uncredited)

Mitchell Leisen
As Orchestra Leader (uncredited)
Rosalie Lincoln
As Black Dancer in Ebony Rhapsody (uncredited)
Blanche McDonald
As Earl Carroll Girl (uncredited)
Leda Nicova
As Earl Carroll Girl (uncredited)
Ted Oliver
As Murdock's Chauffeur (uncredited)
Esther Pressman
As Earl Carroll Girl (uncredited)

Arthur Rankin
As Assistant Treasurer (uncredited)
Hazel Reese
As Black Dancer in Ebony Rhapsody (uncredited)
Rita Rober
As Earl Carroll Girl (uncredited)
Ruth Scott
As Black Dancer in Ebony Rhapsody (uncredited)
Honey Smith
As Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Carolynne Snowden
As Black Dancer in Ebony Rhapsody (uncredited)

Anya Taranda
As Earl Carroll Girl (uncredited)
Frances Turham
As Black Dancer in Ebony Rhapsody (uncredited)
Flora Washington
As Black Dancer in Ebony Rhapsody (uncredited)
Dorothy White
As Earl Carroll Girl (uncredited)
Dot Williams
As Black Dancer in Ebony Rhapsody (uncredited)

Gladys Young
As Earl Carroll Girl (uncredited)
Hal Greene
As Call Boy (uncredited)
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Animal Crackers
Song of the Thin Man
Who Done It?
The Honey Pot
Hailey Dean Mysteries: Murder, With Love
Footlight Parade
The Mirror Crack'd
The Thin Man Goes Home
Another Thin Man
The Glass Key
The Naked City
The Blue Gardenia
Shadow of the Thin Man
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase
Murder, She Baked: Just Desserts
The Verdict
The Alphabet Murders
Garage Sale Mystery: All That Glitters
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Reunion
Return to Silent Hill
The Plot Thickens
Personal Shopper
Pacific Rendezvous
Whispering Ghosts
The Cat and the Fiddle
Down Low
Before the Corpse of a Leader
Badineries
Never Mention Murder
Until You're Alone
The Cuban Love Song
Seven Deaths in the Cat's Eye
Sister, Sister
Private Lives
Pleasure Cruise
The Killer Reserved Nine Seats
The Woman in the Window
Bossemans et Coppenolle