Lew Bascom is an idea man, and he has quite an idea.
Ellery Queen\'s Mystery Magazine, which the writers founded and edited, became the world\'s most influential and acclaimed crime fiction magazine..
Queen\'s stories were among the first to dominate the earliest days of radio, film, and television.
Their fair-play mysteries won over fans due to their intricate puzzles that challenged the reader to solve the mystery alongside the brilliant detective.
Lee, the duo writing team known as Ellery Queen, won the prestigious Edgar Award multiple times, and their contributions to the mystery genre were recognized with a Grand Master Award, the highest honor bestowed by the Mystery Writers of America.
Over the course of nearly half a century, Frederic Dannay and Manfred B.
About the Author: From his first appearance in print in 1929, Ellery Queen became one of America\'s most famous and beloved fictional detectives.
But when Blythe Steward and Jack Royale turn up dead, Queen must go from screenwriter to mystery solver before more Hollywood superstars become Hollywood casualties.
Meanwhile, the deepening hatred of their adult children has become the latest tabloid fodder.
So beautiful gossip columnist Paula Paris offers Queen an in by explaining the specifics of the feud ranging back to when Blythe and Jack were in a hot and heavy romance, throughout their unexpected separation, and into their subsequent marriages to other people.
Only problem is that Bascom - a notorious procrastinator - isn\'t interested in outside help.
The film\'s producer insists on bringing Ellery Queen, a successful New York writer, out to Hollywood to help close the deal.
The twist? Bascom wants the Four actors to play themselves in the film.
To put his career on the fast track, Bascom plans to pen a film about Hollywood\'s longest-running theatrical feud--Blythe Stewart and her daughter Bonnie\'s rivalry with Jack Royale and his son Ty.
Lew Bascom is an idea man, and he has quite an idea
