Run of the mill entry in Edgar Lustgarten's Scotland Yard series, enlivened by the casting of female impersonator Lee Sinclaire, as Eddie LeRoy, also playing Blondie. Sinclaire is an incredibly effective woman, undetectable. Indeed, when he disguises himself in male costume and tries to sell the loot to a jeweller on the Strand, he still looks more like a woman disguised as a man.
So, given he is so impressive, who is Lee Sinclaire? This was the one appearance in his career, and a morning's Googling reveals that there is no other reference to Lee Sinclaire apart from the man who played Blondie. He doesn't appear to have been on the stage, no television, no films. His song and dance routine is indeed hopelessly amateur, though his acting is fine. So androgynous is he that I even wondered whether the casting was something of a gag - maybe he *is* a she, a male impersonator dragging up as a woman. Listening closely, it's quite possible that both his male and female voices are dubbed. Extraordinary, given that his performance carries the picture, that he is otherwise totally obscure.
So, given he is so impressive, who is Lee Sinclaire? This was the one appearance in his career, and a morning's Googling reveals that there is no other reference to Lee Sinclaire apart from the man who played Blondie. He doesn't appear to have been on the stage, no television, no films. His song and dance routine is indeed hopelessly amateur, though his acting is fine. So androgynous is he that I even wondered whether the casting was something of a gag - maybe he *is* a she, a male impersonator dragging up as a woman. Listening closely, it's quite possible that both his male and female voices are dubbed. Extraordinary, given that his performance carries the picture, that he is otherwise totally obscure.
