Earl Carroll
Earl Carroll (September 16, 1893 – June 17, 1948) was an American theatrical producer, director, songwriter and composer born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Career
Carroll produced and directed numerous Broadway musicals, including eleven editions of Earl Carroll's Vanities , Earl Carroll's Sketch Book , and Murder at the Vanities , which was also made into a film starring Jack Oakie. Known as "the troubadour of the nude", Carroll was famous for his productions featuring the most lightly clad showgirls on Broadway. In 1922 he built the first Earl Carroll Theatre in New York, which was demolished and rebuilt on a grander scale in 1931. He built a second theatre on Sunset Blvd. in Hollywood, California in 1938.
Carroll wrote the scores for Broadway shows including So Long, Letty , Canary Cottage , and The Love Mill for which he also wrote the libretto. As a writer of popular songs, his credits include Isle d'Amour , So Long, Letty , Dreams of Long Ago , Give Me All of You , Just The Way You Are , and Dreaming .
Earl Carroll
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EARL CARROLL SKETCHBOOK was one of Republic's attempts to compete with the major studios in producing a high-budget, grade-A musical. With Constance Moore and William Marshall as ...
Earl Carroll Sketchbook (1946)
Earl Carroll (September 16, 1893 – June 17, 1948) was an American theatrical producer, director, songwriter and composer born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Earl Carroll - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Earl Carroll Theatre was the name of two major theatres, one on Broadway in New York City and the other on Sunset Blvd in Hollywood, owned by Broadway impresario and showman ...
Earl Carroll Theatre - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Britannica online encyclopedia article on Earl Carroll:American showman, theatrical producer, and director, best known for his Earl Carroll’s Vanities (1922–48), which were ...
