Before there was Jim Hutton as Ellery Queen in the 1970s, there was Lee Bowman in the early1950s. Bowman replaced Richard Hart, the original television Ellery in the DuMont network series, after Hart dies of a heart attack in January 1951 -- just three months after the show had begun to air. The show continued on DuMont util early December 1951, moving to ABC ten days later. It remained on ABC until November 26, 1952. Ellery made it back to television in late 1950 with33 episodes of The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen (1958-59), featuring George Nader as Ellery for the first twenty episodes, and Lee Phillips for the remaining thirteen.
The Dumont and ABC series also featured Florenz Ames as Inspector Richard Queen. Rex Marshall served as the show's announcer. The 93 episodes on the Du Mont/ABC version were produced by Irving and Norman Pincus and were directed by Donald Richardson. Most, if not all, of the scripts were written by Helene Hanff, who later go to fame as the author of 84 Charing Cross Road.
"Murder to Music" was the eighth episode in DuMont's second season and was recorded on kinescope from a live performance.. In it, an ambitious young pianist will not let anything get in the way of making her debut -- even if it means killing the conductor's wife. Jerome Cowan and Rolfe Sedan are among the featured players.
Enjoy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93bz9F6lTjc&t=209s
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