Earl Carroll Vanities

Earl Carroll Vanities

92 mins | Romance, Music | April 5, 1945

Broadway producer Earl Carroll was a Ziegfeld-like entrepreneur who staged lavish revues featuring attractive young ladies. Carroll's annual "Vanities" provided story material for three Hollywood films: Murder at the Vanities (34), A Night at Earl Carroll's (40) and Earl Carroll Vanities (45). This last film was produced by Republic Pictures, a bread-and-butter studio specializing in Westerns and serials; Republic had made musicals before, but few of them were expensive enough to allow for lavish production numbers. Earl Carroll Vanities is likewise rather threadbare, though some of the individual musical highlights aren't bad. The plot, such as it is, concerns financially strapped nightclub owner Eve Arden, who finagles Earl Carroll into staging one of his revues at her club.

Earl Carroll Vanities

92 mins | Romance, Music | April 5, 1945

Earl Carroll Vanities
Broadway producer Earl Carroll was a Ziegfeld-like entrepreneur who staged lavish revues featuring attractive young ladies. Carroll's annual "Vanities" provided story material for three Hollywood films: Murder at the Vanities (34), A Night at Earl Carroll's (40) and Earl Carroll Vanities (45). This last film was produced by Republic Pictures, a bread-and-butter studio specializing in Westerns and serials; Republic had made musicals before, but few of them were expensive enough to allow for lavish production numbers. Earl Carroll Vanities is likewise rather threadbare, though some of the individual musical highlights aren't bad. The plot, such as it is, concerns financially strapped nightclub owner Eve Arden, who finagles Earl Carroll into staging one of his revues at her club.
IMDb rating 5.3
Producers Republic Pictures
Original title Earl Carroll Vanities
Directors Joseph Santley
Writers Frank Gill Jr., Cortland Fitzsimmons

Cast

Dennis O'Keefe

as Danny Baldwin

Constance Moore

as Drina

Eve Arden

as Tex Donnelly

Otto Kruger

as Earl Carroll

Alan Mowbray

as Grand Duke Paul

Stephanie Bachelor

as Claire Elliott

Pinky Lee

as Pinky Price

Mary Forbes

as Queen Mother Elena

Harry Parke

as Walter

Leon Belasco

as Baron Dashek

Tom Dugan

as Waiter in Tex's Club

Chester Clute

as Mr. Weems

Tom London

as Tom the Doorman

Beverly Lloyd

as Cigarette Girl

Edward Gargan

as Policeman

Robert Greig

as Vonce the Butler

Wilton Graff

as Mr. Thayer

Tommy Ivo

as Tommy

Melva Anstead

as Dancer

Bobby Barber

as Cab Driver

Joy Barlow

as Dancer

Joan Blair

as Mrs. Weems

Joan Byron

as Dancer

Martha Carroll

as Dancer

Charles Coleman

as 2nd Butler

Margia Dean

as Chorine

Charles Dorety

as Waiter

Bobbie Dorree

as Dancer

Geraldine Farnum

as Dancer

Frances Gladwin

as Dancer

Harriette Haddon

as Dancer

Rosemonde James

as Dancer

Jimmy Kelly

as Fat Man

Donald Kerr

as Assistant Dance Director

Marian Kerrigan

as Dancer

Helen Klinkner

as Hat Check Girl

Rex Lease

as Policeman

Ethelreda Leopold

as Chorine

Guido Lombardo

as Bartender

Adele Mara

as Chorine

Marie McCardle

as Chorine

Rose Marie Morel

as Dancer

Diana Mumby

as Dancer

Jack O'Shea

as Cab Driver

Patti Posten

as Dancer

Stanley Price

as Sandwich Man

Arlyn Roberts

as Dancer

Jane Ross

as Dancer

Vicki Saunders

as Dancer

Sarah Selby

as Mrs. Thayer

Dorothy Stevens

as Dancer

Robert J. Wilke

as Cab Driver