Murder At the Vanities (1934)

MURDER AT THE VANITIES  (1934)  ¢ ¢ ¢
    D: Mitchell Leisen
    Victor McLaglen, Jack Oakie, Carl Brisson,
    Kitty Carlisle, Dorothy Stickney, Gertrude Michael,
    Charles Middleton, Gail Patrick, Donald Meek
Pre-Code chorus girls in pre-Code costumes supply the eye candy in a pre-Code mystery about a backstage murder. Victor McLaglen plays the grinning detective charged with solving the case, if he can just keep his eyes off the girls in the show. Lucille Ball, Ann Sheridan and Alan Ladd are supposedly all in the chorus somewhere, but you'll really have to look to find them. Musical segments include a lively Duke Ellington number and Gertrude Michael's rendition of "Sweet Marijuana", a soulful ode to the combined allure of romantic longing and weed.