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Carrol, Earl, Comedy Producer, 3 'Sensitive' Photographs, 3 large photographs with both with photographers mark 'George Maillard Kesslere, B.P.' marked in pen 'Sensitive New York' and in pencil 'Art Study of Katheryn Ray, Janet Odette, Hazel Paterson in the Earl Carroll vanities at the Earl Carroll theater New York' with a typed story behind the image that reads: 'One of the photographs for which Earl Carroll, the well known New York musical comedy producer , was imprisoned for for five days for exhibiting outside his theatre where the Earl Carrol Vanities are playing to crowded houses' images 33.5cm x 25cm Note: Earl Carroll (1893–1948) was one of New York’s most flamboyant theatrical producers, celebrated and notorious in equal measure for his lavish Vanities revues. Emerging during the Jazz Age, Carroll helped define the glitzy, risqué style of Broadway entertainment that captivated audiences in the 1920s and ’30s. His shows extravagant spectacles filled with music, humour, and barely-clad chorus girls promised sophistication but often courted controversy. One of the most sensational episodes in Carroll’s career occurred when he was imprisoned for five days for exhibiting an indecent photograph outside his theatre, where the Earl Carroll Vanities were playing to crowded houses. The offending image one of several publicity photographs meant to highlight the show’s allure was deemed immoral by New York authorities, who saw it as crossing the line between art and obscenity. Carroll defended the display as a celebration of beauty and modern freedom, but the scandal only heightened his fame. Rather than diminishing his reputation, the incident solidified Carroll’s image as Broadway’s boldest showman. His name became synonymous with glamour, controversy, and the spirit of the Roaring Twenties a producer who understood that on Broadway, a little scandal could be the best publicity of all.