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Murder at the Vanities is a 1934 American Pre-Code musical film based on the 1933 Broadway show with music by Victor Young.It was released by Paramount Pictures.It was directed by Mitchell Leisen, stars Victor McLaglen, Carl Brisson, Jack Oakie, Kitty Carlisle, Gertrude Michael, Toby Wing, and Jessie Ralph.
- Mitchell Leisen
- E. Lloyd Sheldon (uncredited)
- Howard Jackson (uncredited), William E. Lynch (uncredited), Milan Roder (uncredited)
- Paramount Pictures
Murder at the Vanities: Directed by Mitchell Leisen. With Carl Brisson, Victor McLaglen, Jack Oakie, Kitty Carlisle. A homicide detective with an eye for the ladies, investigating a murder in Earl Carroll's Vanities, allows the music revue to continue during the investigation.
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- Crime, Music, Musical
- Mitchell Leisen
- 1934-05-18
A stage manager investigates a murder attempt on the leading lady of a musical revue at the latest performance of Earl Carroll's Vanities. The film is based on the play by Earl Carroll and Rufus King and directed by Mitchell Leisen.
- Mitchell Leisen
- Carl Brisson
Murder at the Vanities (1934) Murder at the Vanities. (1934) Directed by Mitchell Leisen. Leisen keeps things lively in this pre-Code backstage musical mystery in which a hardboiled police inspector investigates a murder at a theater while the show goes on. Songs include “The Rape of the Rhapsody,” featuring Duke Ellington and his orchestra ...
Happily, Murder at the Vanities has now been reconstituted in its entirety, and stands as a fascinating artifact of mid-1930s Hollywood history—a filmic hodgepodge, to be sure, but one with more than enough hidden treasures to delight the seasoned film enthusiast. By: J.B. Kaufman. Paramount, 1934. Director: Mitchell Leisen.
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Rated: 4.5/5 • Aug 14, 2013. Apr 8, 2012. In Theaters At Home TV Shows. Advertise With Us. A slow detective (Victor McLaglen) puzzles over backstage murders in between numbers at a New York theater.
Earl Carroll Girl (uncredited) Arthur Rankin. ... Assistant Treasurer (uncredited) Hazel Reese. ... Black Dancer in Duke Ellington's Ebony Rhapsody (uncredited) Rita Rober.
