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Carroll, Earl
Carroll, Earl (1892–1948), producer and lyricist. He began his theatrical career as a program seller in his native Pittsburgh. After several years as a seaman, he settled in New York where he took up lyric writing. One of his earliest efforts, “Isle d'Amour,” with music by Leo Edwards, was a hit of the Ziegfeld Follies of 1913. He served as lyricist for Pretty Mrs. Smith (1914), So Long, Letty (1916), Canary Cottage (1916), The Love Mill (1918), and Flora Bella (1920). Turning his hand to producing, Carroll suffered a number of failures with straight plays before finding success with his revue, Earl Carroll Vanities of 1923. The show featured scantily clad girls and off‐color humor, establishing the pattern for later editions. In 1923 he also produced the hugely successful White Cargo. Among his other productions were Laff That Off (1925), What Ann Brought Home (1927), Fioretta (1929), Earl Carroll Sketch Book (1929 and 1935), and Murder at the Vanities (1933). He built two theatres, one in 1922 and the other in 1931, both of which he named for himself. He made headlines in 1926 when he was sent to prison for violating prohibition after allowing one of his showgirls to take a bath in a tub of champagne during a party he threw at his theatre for his principal backer, oilman William R. Edrington. Biography: The Body Merchant, Ken Murray, 1976.
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Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Carroll, Earl." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Carroll, Earl." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-CarrollEarl.html Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Carroll, Earl." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-CarrollEarl.html |
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Carroll, Earl
Carroll, Earl (1893–1948), American theatre manager and producer, originally a lyric writer, who settled in New York in 1912 and 10 years later built the first Earl Carroll Theatre there. From 1923 until 1940 he produced nine editions of Earl Carroll's Vanities, modelled on the Follies of Ziegfeld, all but the last two in his own theatres. They featured comedians alternating with chorus girls. He also presented two Sketch Book revues and about 60 plays, of which the best known was Leon Gordon's White Cargo (1923). In 1931 he opened a second Earl Carroll Theatre on the same site. In 1938 he moved to Hollywood, where he opened a third theatre and was active in management until his death in an air accident.
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PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Carroll, Earl." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Carroll, Earl." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O79-CarrollEarl.html PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Carroll, Earl." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O79-CarrollEarl.html |
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