Pre-code Hollywood collection, Search for beauty, [Disc 3]
Type
Label
Pre-code Hollywood collection, Search for beauty, [Disc 3]
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
Not rated
Main title
Pre-code Hollywood collection
Oclc number
317559564
Runtime
168
Series statement
Universal backlot series
Sub title
Search for beauty
Summary
Murder at the Vanities: 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. They find the body of murdered women. Bill suspects Eric of the crime. Rita Ross, a second female lead, tells Bill that she saw the women leaving from Eric's room. Rita is shot onstage with Eric's gun. Jack and Bill decide not to stop the show, but Bill prepares to arrest EricSearch for beauty: Inspired by the L.A. Olympics, a trio of con artists lure some prize-winning athletes into endorsing their newly-acquired fitness magazine. They stage an international publicity stunt to find the healthiest young bodies in the English-speaking world. While the athletes are out scouting for specimens, the three rogues turn the magazine into a lurid cheesecake rag. This spins off into a health farm, which they try to turn into a high-priced facility for Hollywood swells out to exploit eager young talent
Technique
live action
resource.variantTitle
Murder at the vanitiesSearch for beautyPre-code Hollywood collection disc 3
Classification
Contributor
- Boehm, David, 1893-1962
- Carlisle, Kitty, 1910-2007
- Leisen, Mitchell, 1898-1972
- Page, Bradley
- Wilson, Carey, 1889-1962
- Lupino, Ida, 1918-1995
- Gleason, James, 1886-1959
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)
- Paramount Pictures Corporation
- Association of Motion Picture and Television Producers (U.S.)
- Michael, Gertrude, 1911-1964
- Brisson, Carl, 1893-1958
- McLaglen, Victor, 1886-1959
- Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm)
- Milton, Paul R., Paul Robert, 1904-
- King, Rufus, 1893-1966
- Watkins, Maurine
- Gollomb, Joseph, 1881-1950
- Hellman, Sam
- Grey, Schuyler E
- Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America
- Carroll, Earl
- Crabbe, Buster, 1908-1983
- Armstrong, Robert, 1890-1973
- Binyon, Claude, 1905-1978
- Oakie, Jack, 1903-1978
- Stickney, Dorothy
- Wing, Toby, 1915-2001
- Butler, Frank, 1890-1967
Subject
- Photography of the nude -- Drama
- Swindlers and swindling -- United States -- Drama
- Stage managers -- United States -- Drama
- Murder + Investigation -- United States -- Drama
- Revistas -- Estados Unidos -- Teatro
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Actrices -- Estados Unidos -- Teatro
- Feature films
- Actresses -- United States -- Drama
- Periodicals -- Drama
- Administradores -- Estados Unidos -- Teatro
- Fotografía -- Estados Unidos -- Teatro
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- Classification1
- Contributor29
- Boehm, David, 1893-1962
- Carlisle, Kitty, 1910-2007
- Leisen, Mitchell, 1898-1972
- Page, Bradley
- Wilson, Carey, 1889-1962
- Lupino, Ida, 1918-1995
- Gleason, James, 1886-1959
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)
- Paramount Pictures Corporation
- Association of Motion Picture and Television Producers (U.S.)
- Michael, Gertrude, 1911-1964
- Brisson, Carl, 1893-1958
- McLaglen, Victor, 1886-1959
- Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm)
- Milton, Paul R., Paul Robert, 1904-
- King, Rufus, 1893-1966
- Watkins, Maurine
- Gollomb, Joseph, 1881-1950
- Hellman, Sam
- Grey, Schuyler E
- Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America
- Carroll, Earl
- Crabbe, Buster, 1908-1983
- Armstrong, Robert, 1890-1973
- Binyon, Claude, 1905-1978
- Oakie, Jack, 1903-1978
- Stickney, Dorothy
- Wing, Toby, 1915-2001
- Butler, Frank, 1890-1967
- Genre2
- Subject12
- Photography of the nude -- Drama
- Swindlers and swindling -- United States -- Drama
- Stage managers -- United States -- Drama
- Murder + Investigation -- United States -- Drama
- Revistas -- Estados Unidos -- Teatro
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Actrices -- Estados Unidos -- Teatro
- Feature films
- Actresses -- United States -- Drama
- Periodicals -- Drama
- Administradores -- Estados Unidos -- Teatro
- Fotografía -- Estados Unidos -- Teatro
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