Question 1

Which real-life nightclub duo recreated their routines in The Scarlet Clue?

Accepted Answer

Mantan Moreland and his real-life nightclub partner Ben Carter (playing himself) recreate two of their nightclub routines.

Question 2

What accidental event happened to Sidney Toler during a TV station scene?

Accepted Answer

Sidney Toler appears to have actually gotten shocked by an electrostatic generator, ad-libbing '...also keep finger out of same' in response.

Question 3

How does Leonard Mudie's character Horace Karlos relate to Boris Karloff's Mr. Wong series?

Accepted Answer

Leonard Mudie plays a horror actor called Horace Karlos. When Boris Karloff did his 'Mr. Wong' series at Monogram, he used a plot device similar to the murder method used here.

Question 4

What was Birmingham Brown's approximate age according to a mug seen in the precinct?

Accepted Answer

When Birmingham and Tommy are in the precinct they see a mug of Birmingham that says he is approximately 38 years old.

Question 5

Which cities had the first telecasts of The Scarlet Clue in the late 1940s?

Accepted Answer

The film was first telecast in New York City on 17 June 1948, in Cincinnati on 6 December 1949, and in Los Angeles on 2 January 1950.

The Scarlet Clue

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