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Director:
Mitchell Leisen
Writers:
Earl Carroll (play)
Joseph Gollomb (writer)
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Release Date:
18 May 1934 (USA) more
Genre:
Musical | Mystery more
Plot:
Shortly before the curtain goes up the first time at the latest performance of Earl Carroll's Vanities... more | add synopsis
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User Comments:
Wonderful little pre-code musical more

Cast

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Carl Brisson ... Eric Lander
Victor McLaglen ... Police Lt. Bill Murdock
Jack Oakie ... Jack Ellery

Kitty Carlisle ... Ann Ware
Dorothy Stickney ... Norma Watson
Gertrude Michael ... Rita Ross
Jessie Ralph ... Mrs. Helene Smith
Charles Middleton ... Homer Boothby (as Charles B. Middleton)
Gail Patrick ... Sadie Evans
Donald Meek ... Dr. J.T. Saunders
Toby Wing ... Nancy
Duke Ellington ... Himself (as Duke Ellington's Orchestra)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
89 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Finland:(Banned)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
This is the film that contains the "Sweet Marijuana" song and dance number. It got past the censors because at the time the film was made, the drug was not illegal. Today, most prints omit this production number all together. more
Goofs:
Continuity: A door to a dressing room is slammed, shattering a good portion of the mirror attached to the door. A moment later, when the door is opened, the breakage has changed so that part of the mirror is restored. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in End of Days (1999) more
Soundtrack:
Second Hungarian Rhapsody more

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6 out of 7 people found the following comment useful:-
Wonderful little pre-code musical, 19 December 2000
Author: Glenn Andreiev (gandreiev@aol.com) from Huntington, NY

Detective Victor McLaglen has to investigate a backstage murder and not mess up the debut of pal Jack Oakie's musical revue. You won't care about the rather hum-drum murder, the musical numbers will floor you. During a performance of "Sweet Marijuana", (this virtual lullaby to reefer has topless back-up dancers!) blood from the murder victim in the rafters drips down on the dancing girls! Toby Wing is fun and cute as the flirty chorus girl with a crush on Oakie. Loads fun here!

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