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CLOSE CALL FOR ELLERY QUEEN CLOSE CALL FOR ELLERY QUEEN LC OR search current auctions Auction History Result 6c137 CLOSE CALL FOR ELLERY QUEEN 8 LCs 1942 William Gargan in title role, rare complete set! Date Sold 5/16/2019 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. 8 Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Lobby Cards (LCs; measure 11" x 14" [28 x 36 cm]) (Learn More) A Close Call for Ellery Queen, the 1942 James P. Hogan detective crime mystery thriller ("Shiver with suspense!"; "Shudder with Terror"; "Scream with Excitement"; "A close call for Queen is a hurry call for mystery lovers!"; "Mystery in every shadow! Chills in every heart!"; "based on the famous series of detective novels written by Frederic Dannay and Manfred B. Lee", who together wrote under the pseudonym Ellery Queen) starring William Gargan (in the title role "as Ellery Queen"), Margaret Lindsay ("as Nikki Porter"), Charley Grapewin, Ralph Morgan, Kay Linaker, Edward Norris, and James Burke. Note that this classic series of novels first came to the screen in 1935, as a Monogram movie, called "The Spanish Cape Mystery", starring Donald Cook in the lead role. They followed it with a sequel the next year, replacing Cook with Eddie Quillan. Neither movie did that well at the box office, and Monogram dropped the series. Columbia bought the rights in 1940, when they made "Ellery Queen, Master Detective", with Ralph Bellamy taking over in the lead role, and six more movies were made the next two years, and then the series stopped again. A TV series "The Adventures of Ellery Queen", began in 1950 with Richard Hart in the lead role. The next season he was replaced by Lee Bowman, who lasted three years and then was replaced by Hugh Marlowe, who played the character for five years, and then the series ended. After a two year gap, "The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen" aired on TV starring George Nader for one season, and then Lee Philips for another season. The character was not revived until 1975, when Jim Hutton played the lead role in the TV series "Ellery Queen", but it only lasted one season. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that this a very rare complete set of lobby cards for this movie (we have never auctioned a complete set of cards for this title in all of our years of auctioning!) Condition: good. Most have several pinholes around the edges and each has some creases, smudges and scuff marks. The one with man in green at center has indentations in his face and there are some other defects that can be clearly seen in our super-sized image. One or more have tape on the back that was not put there for any restoration purpose, typical of vintage lobby cards. Learn More about condition grades 
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