Earl Carroll Vanities

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.

Cast for Earl Carroll Vanities...

Dennis O'Keefe
Danny Baldwin
Eve Arden
Tex Donnelly
Otto Kruger
Earl Carroll
Alan Mowbray
Grand Duke Paul
Stephanie Bachelor
Claire Elliott
Pinky Lee
Pinky Price
Mary Forbes
Queen Mother Elena
Leon Belasco
Baron Dashek
Tom Dugan
Waiter in Tex's Club
Chester Clute
Mr. Weems
Tom London
Tom the Doorman
Beverly Lloyd
Cigarette Girl
Edward Gargan
Policeman
Robert Greig
Vonce the Butler
Wilton Graff
Mr. Thayer
Bobby Barber
Cab Driver
Joan Blair
Mrs. Weems
Charles Coleman
2nd Butler
Donald Kerr
Assistant Dance Director
Helen Klinkner
Hat Check Girl
Rex Lease
Policeman
Adele Mara
Chorine
Jack O'Shea
Cab Driver
Stanley Price
Sandwich Man
Jane Ross
Dancer
Sarah Selby
Mrs. Thayer
Robert J. Wilke
Cab Driver