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.
Dennis O'Keefe
as Danny Baldwin
Constance Moore
as Drina
Eve Arden
as Tex Donnelly
Otto Kruger
as Earl Carroll
Alan Mowbray
as Grand Duke Paul
Stephanie Bachelor
as Claire Elliott
Pinky Lee
as Pinky Price
Mary Forbes
as Queen Mother Elena
Harry Parke
as Walter
Leon Belasco
as Baron Dashek
Tom Dugan
as Waiter in Tex's Club
Chester Clute
as Mr. Weems
