Earl Carroll

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Earl Carroll
Carroll in 1916
Born(1893-09-16)September 16, 1893
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedJune 17, 1948(1948-06-17) (aged 54)
Aristes, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Resting placeForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California, U.S.
Occupations
  • Theatrical producer
  • director
  • writer
  • songwriter
  • composer

Earl Carroll (September 16, 1893 – June 17, 1948) was an American theatrical producer, director, writer, songwriter and composer.

Early life

Carroll was born in

Fineview) section of the North Side. Carroll later said he left the area "because there were too many tin cans and goats up there then."[1]

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 Carl Brisson, Victor McLaglen and Jack Oakie. Known as "the troubadour of the nude", Carroll was famous for his productions featuring the most lightly clad showgirls on Broadway.

Hollywood, California
, in 1938.

In 1926, Carroll became involved in a scandal following a party he threw in honor of

Atlanta Federal Penitentiary
.

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, for which he supplied lyrics to the waltz by Archibald Joyce.

A pair of mid-1940s musical comedy films,

Earl Carroll Vanities and Earl Carroll Sketchbook, both starring Constance Moore
, were inspired by Carroll's stage revues.

Death

Carroll died in the crash of

United Airlines Flight 624, which also took the life of his girlfriend, Beryl Wallace, on June 17, 1948, in Aristes, Pennsylvania.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ "Earl Carroll Home to "Put Show Over," Hopeful of Success". Pittsburgh Daily Post. 29 December 1923. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  2. ^ Associated Press, “Earl Carroll Among 43 Airliner Crash Victims,” The San Bernardino Daily Sun, San Bernardino, California, Friday, June 18, 1948, Volume LIV, Number 251, page 2.
  3. ^ "Airliner Crash Takes Lives of 43 Persons". Lodi News-Sentinel. United Press International. June 18, 1948. p. 1.
  4. ISBN 978-0-7385-3629-3
    .

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