i just view murder at the vanity in the newly release universal pre code set and and i be amaze at how much i enjoy the vehicle end to end . most of the other commentator have cover the story and a murder mystery within a musical and but i want to add a few additional note . brisson and carlisle be relatively bland and compare to even most of the minor player and and neither one really seem to have the proper voice for what theyre singing ( carlisle be a trained opera singer and brisson a bit wobbly on some of his high and low note ) . the great victor mclaglen and jack oakie play well off each other and with an excellent sense of timing that keep the ball roll between musical number . yes and lucille ball and ann sheridan be vanity girl and but let not forget the splendid jazz singer ernestine anderson in the ebony rhapsody number . gail patrick make one of her early appearance and sound a bit like eve arden while patrick would go on to become the executive producer of the perry mason tv series . then there jessie ralph a the wardrobe mistress you will spot her also in david copperfield ( a aunt peggoty ) and the bank dick . the music be very good brisson introduce the standard cocktail for two in two different scene while sweet marihuana with barely clad peyote button girl in the background ( blood drip on one chorine white skin be wonderfully chill ) while the ebony rhapsody and with duke ellington orchestra and a bevy of beautiful dancer and both black and white and mix it up . and i believe this be one of the only early musical to feature such a mix and the costume leave nothing to the imagination .