Murder at the Vanities
1934 · 89 MIN · IMDB 6.5 · 1,012 VOTES · DIR. Mitchell Leisen
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,490 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:01:48 Telegram for Mr. Ellery.
00:04:03 What kind of a place is this? Opening night.
00:07:23 Why not? Well, wait till Sunday night.
00:10:23 Now, don't worry, darling.
00:13:03 Cut?
00:16:54 Where do they come from
00:23:05 Though I can see why you might be interested
00:26:54 You'll have plenty of time. Get on down there.
00:32:42 And now, if we delay, our moment...
00:37:17 WOMAN: There's a woman up there!
00:40:08 Who owns this doodad?
00:42:47 What have I done, parked in front of a fire plug?
00:45:30 HOMER: I was never so insulted in all my life!
00:48:47 Uh-uh. I see!
00:54:15 (CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYING)
01:01:32 Listen, sap!
01:05:13 What do you... Not now, not now!
01:08:21 In the meantime, get on there and do your number. Go ahead, kid.
01:13:11 because she stabbed Rita with a.32 revolver at 16 paces!
01:16:06 Now if you want that gun, you're gonna let me finish my show
01:19:00 Of this and that
01:22:47 and that woman saw she was going to throw it down on 'em.
01:26:08 Anything to break off his marriage.
02:00:00 people out front
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,490
Dialogue density16.7 lines / min
First line00:01:48
Final line02:00:00
Production Record
DirectorMitchell Leisen
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes1,012