Earl Carroll Vanities

Apr 5, 1945

1h 32m

★ 5.0

Through these portals pass the most beautiful girls in he world.

Overview

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.

Genres

Romance

Music

Production Companies

Republic Pictures

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Cast

Danny Baldwin

Dennis O'Keefe

Drina

Constance Moore

Tex Donnelly

Eve Arden

Earl Carroll

Otto Kruger

Grand Duke Paul

Alan Mowbray

Claire Elliott

Stephanie Bachelor

Pinky Price

Pinky Lee

Queen Mother Elena

Mary Forbes

Walter

Harry Parke

Baron Dashek

Leon Belasco

Waiter in Tex's Club

Tom Dugan

Mr. Weems

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