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Auction History Result 9k150 ELLERY QUEEN'S PENTHOUSE MYSTERY 8 LCs 1941 Bellamy, Margaret Lindsay, Anna May Wong, rare! Date Sold 9/20/2018 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) Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery, the 1941 James P. Hogan detective crime mystery thriller ("Match wits with Ellery Queen & his gang... As they tangle with oriental mystery in Manhattan!"; based on the classic character created by Frederic Dannay and Manfred Lee, who together wrote under the pseudonym Ellery Queen) starring Ralph Bellamy (in the title role "as Ellery Queen"), Margaret Lindsay ("as Nikki Porter"), Charley Grapewin, Anna May Wong, James Burke, and Ann Doran. 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 is the first time we have ever auctioned a complete set of eight cards for this movie (and the last group of seven cards that we auctioned was over 12 years ago)! Condition: good to very good. The title card has some scuff marks and a scratch at lower center. There is some slight discoloration on back that does not have much effect on the front. Each of the scene cards has pinholes around the edges and some light creases and smudges in a few areas. Three have a few tears of varying lengths around the edges that have mostly been repaired with tape from the back and one has a minor pencil cross-out at lower right over the date. The rare complete set is otherwise in pretty nice condition. Learn More about condition grades 
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