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Murder at the Vanities (1934)
Directed by Mitchell Leisen
“MURDER STALKS IN THE MIDST OF LOVELINESS!”
Music, Mystery · 1h 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.
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
Crew
- Director
- Mitchell Leisen
- Screenplay
- Joseph Gollomb, Carey Wilson
- Director of Photography
- Leo Tover
- Original Music Composer
- Howard Jackson, Milan Roder, William E. Lynch
- Editor
- William Shea
- Producer
- E. Lloyd Sheldon
Details
- Release date
- 1934-05-18
- Runtime
- 1h 29m
- Genres
- Music, Mystery
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Paramount Pictures