Murder at the Vanities

1934

Action / Crime / Music / Musical / Mystery / Romance

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 78% · 9 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 36% · 50 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.5/10 10 1127 1.1K

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Plot summary

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.

Director

Mitchell Leisen Photo
Mitchell Leisen

Top cast

Wanda Perry Photo
Wanda Perry as Earl Carroll Girl
Dorothy White Photo
Dorothy White as Earl Carroll Girl
Juanita Moore Photo
Juanita Moore as Black Dancer in Duke Ellington's Ebony Rhapsody
Lona Andre Photo
Lona Andre as Lona - Earl Carroll Girl
720p.BLU 1080p.BLU
818.67 MB
1280*960
English 2.0
Passed
Subtitles
24 fps
1 hr 29 min
Seeds 1
1.48 GB
1440*1080
English 2.0
Passed
Subtitles
24 fps
1 hr 29 min
Seeds 6

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by R T 6 / 10

The murder mystery is a flimsy excuse to

the murder mystery is a flimsy excuse to put on a musical within a musical and show case the singers & dancers paramount had under contract this pic is perhaps best known 'cos it faetures the 'marijuana song" sung infront of a giant prickly cactus!
Reviewed by Steve L. 6 / 10

The movie is bad—overacted, predictable situations. But the

The movie is bad—overacted, predictable situations. But the music makes it worth suffering through the rest. Duke Ellington and Orchestra win a battle of the bands against a milktoast ensemble, and there’s a production number around “Marijuana,” a song later recorded with the toned-down title “Lotus Blossom.”
Reviewed by R T 4 / 10

This "pre-Code" backstage musical from Paramount is pretty

This "pre-Code" backstage musical from Paramount is pretty ordinary. Not unlike in 42nd Street, Footlight Parade, and their ilk, the performers are seen onstage and off, and the plot revolves around maintaining the show despite trouble. This time the trouble is, of course, murder. Victor McLaglen is the homicide detective who spends more time ogling the chorus girls than solving the crime. Jack Oakie is the stage manager who withholds evidence in order to keep the show from being shut-down. Everybody else is a red-herring or them who done it. Unfortunately, the plot is hum-drum and the musical numbers are sub-Busby (though purposefully racy). Not worth your time.
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