Earl Carroll Vanities (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.
Director:
Joseph Santley
Writer:
Frank Gill Jr.
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Dennis O'Keefe as Danny Baldwin |
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Constance Moore as Drina |
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Eve Arden as Tex Donnelly |
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Otto Kruger as Earl Carroll |
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Alan Mowbray as Grand Duke Paul |
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Stephanie Bachelor as Claire Elliott |
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Pinky Lee as Pinky Price |
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Mary Forbes as Queen Mother Elena |
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Harry Parke as Walter |
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Leon Belasco as Baron Dashek |
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Tom Dugan as Waiter in Tex's Club |
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Chester Clute as Mr. Weems |
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Tom London as Tom the Doorman |
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Beverly Lloyd as Cigarette Girl |
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Edward Gargan as Policeman |
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Robert Greig as Vonce the Butler |
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Wilton Graff as Mr. Thayer |
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Tommy Ivo as Tommy |
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Melva Anstead as Dancer |
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Bobby Barber as Cab Driver |
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Joy Barlow as Dancer |
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Joan Blair as Mrs. Weems |
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Joan Byron as Dancer |
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Martha Carroll as Dancer |
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Charles Coleman as 2nd Butler |
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Margia Dean as Chorine |
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Charles Dorety as Waiter |
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Bobbie Dorree as Dancer |
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Geraldine Farnum as Dancer |
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Frances Gladwin as Dancer |
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Harriette Haddon as Dancer |
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Rosemonde James as Dancer |
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Jimmy Kelly as Fat Man |
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Donald Kerr as Assistant Dance Director |
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Marian Kerrigan as Dancer |
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Helen Klinkner as Hat Check Girl |
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Rex Lease as Policeman |
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Ethelreda Leopold as Chorine |
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Guido Lombardo as Bartender |
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Adele Mara as Chorine |
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Marie McCardle as Chorine |
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Rose Marie Morel as Dancer |
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Diana Mumby as Dancer |
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Jack O'Shea as Cab Driver |
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Patti Posten as Dancer |
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Stanley Price as Sandwich Man |
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Arlyn Roberts as Dancer |
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Jane Ross as Dancer |
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Vicki Saunders as Dancer |
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Sarah Selby as Mrs. Thayer |
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Dorothy Stevens as Dancer |
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Charles Sullivan as Mugg |
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Robert J. Wilke as Cab Driver |
| Directing | Joseph Santley | Director |
| Editing | Richard L. Van Enger | Editor |
| Camera | Jack A. Marta | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Frank Gill Jr. | Screenplay |
| Writing | Cortland Fitzsimmons | Original Story |
| Sound | Walter Kent | Songs |
| Writing | Kim Gannon | Lyricist |
| Writing | Bob Russell | Lyricist |
| Art | Earl Wooden | Set Decoration |
| Art | Russell Kimball | Art Direction |
| Production | Albert J. Cohen | Associate Producer |
| Art | Frank Hotaling | Art Direction |
