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Earl Carroll (September 16, 1893 – June 17, 1948) was an American
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 theatrical producer, director, songwriter and composer born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania

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.

oll produced and directed numerous Broadway
Broadway theatre

Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located in the Theatre District, New York in Manhattan, New York City....
 musicals, including eleven editions of Earl Carroll's Vanities, Earl Carroll's Sketch Book, and Murder at the Vanities
Murder at the Vanities

Murder at the Vanities is a musical film, made in the pre-Code era and released by Paramount Pictures. It was directed by Mitchell Leisen, stars Carl Brisson, Jack Oakie, Kitty Carlisle and Gertrude Michael, and Gay Orlova one time girlfriend to Charles Luciano.And features Duke Ellington and his Orchestra....
, which was also made into a film starring Jack Oakie
Jack Oakie

Jack Oakie was an United States actor, starring mostly in films, but also working on Theatre, radio and television....
. Known as "the troubadour of the nude", Carroll was famous for his productions featuring the most lightly clad showgirl
Showgirl

A showgirl is a dancer or performer in a stage entertainment show."Showgirl" is often used as a term for a promotional model in trade fairs and car shows, etc....
s on Broadway.






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Earl Carroll (September 16, 1893 – June 17, 1948) was an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 theatrical producer, director, songwriter and composer born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania , often colloquially referred to as PA by natives and Northeasterners, is a U.S. state located in the Northeastern United States and Mid-Atlantic States regions of the United States....
.

Career

Carroll produced and directed numerous Broadway
Broadway theatre

Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located in the Theatre District, New York in Manhattan, New York City....
 musicals, including eleven editions of Earl Carroll's Vanities, Earl Carroll's Sketch Book, and Murder at the Vanities
Murder at the Vanities

Murder at the Vanities is a musical film, made in the pre-Code era and released by Paramount Pictures. It was directed by Mitchell Leisen, stars Carl Brisson, Jack Oakie, Kitty Carlisle and Gertrude Michael, and Gay Orlova one time girlfriend to Charles Luciano.And features Duke Ellington and his Orchestra....
, which was also made into a film starring Jack Oakie
Jack Oakie

Jack Oakie was an United States actor, starring mostly in films, but also working on Theatre, radio and television....
. Known as "the troubadour of the nude", Carroll was famous for his productions featuring the most lightly clad showgirl
Showgirl

A showgirl is a dancer or performer in a stage entertainment show."Showgirl" is often used as a term for a promotional model in trade fairs and car shows, etc....
s on Broadway. In 1922 he built the first Earl Carroll Theatre
Earl Carroll Theatre

The Earl Carroll Theatre was the name of two major theatres, one on Broadway theatre in New York City and the other on Sunset Blvd in Hollywood, owned by Broadway theatre impresario and showman Earl Carroll....
 in New York
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, 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
Libretto

A libretto is the text used in an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, sacred or secular oratorio and cantata, Musical theater, and ballet....
. 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.

Death

Earl Carroll died in the crash of United Airlines Flight 624
United Airlines Flight 624

United Airlines Flight 624, a Douglas DC-6 , originated in San Diego, California with stops in Los Angeles and Chicago enroute to LaGuardia Airport in New York City....
, which also took the life of his companion, Beryl Wallace
Beryl Wallace

Beryl Wallace was an United States singer, dancer, and actress.Born Beryl Heischuber in the Brighton Beach section of Brooklyn, New York, she was the eldest of nine children of working class Jewish immigrants from Austria....
, on June 17, 1948, in Aristes, Pennsylvania
Aristes, Pennsylvania

Aristes is a census-designated place in Conyngham Township, Columbia County, Pennsylvania, Columbia County, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, United States....
.