Earl Carroll Vanities
Through these portals pass the most beautiful girls in he world.
92 mins
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.
Melva Anstead
Dancer
Joy Barlow
Dancer
Joan Byron
Dancer
Martha Carroll
Dancer
Bobbie Dorree
Dancer
Geraldine Farnum
Dancer
Harriette Haddon
Dancer
Rosemonde James
Dancer
Jimmy Kelly
Fat Man
Marian Kerrigan
Dancer
Helen Klinkner
Hat Check Girl
Guido Lombardo
Bartender
Marie McCardle
Chorine
Rose Marie Morel
Dancer
Diana Mumby
Dancer
Patti Posten
Dancer
Arlyn Roberts
Dancer
Jane Ross
Dancer
Vicki Saunders
Dancer
Dorothy Stevens
Dancer
Richard L. Van Enger
Editor
Jack A. Marta
Director of Photography
Frank Gill Jr.
Screenplay
Cortland Fitzsimmons
Original Story
Walter Kent
Songs
Kim Gannon
Lyricist
Bob Russell
Lyricist
Earl Wooden
Set Decoration
Russell Kimball
Art Direction
Albert J. Cohen
Associate Producer
Frank Hotaling
Art Direction