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Mr Malone

ABC

ABC · 1947–1951

Broadcasts

17

Cadence

Weekly

Rated

PG

Since

1947

The run

Network
ABC
Years active
1947–1951
Surviving broadcasts
17
Genre
detective

Ryan Ellett Murder and Mr. Malone , starring Frank Lovejoy as Chicago’s mystery-solving lawyer John J. Malone, debuted on January 11, 1947 over ABC. Sponsored by Guild Wines through the Honig-Cooper agency, week after week Mr. Malone found himself involved in trying to solve a wide variety of killings that often involved blackmail, mistaken identities, and gambling. In the spring of 1948 the sponsor announced they were cutting ties with Mr. Malone, while at the same time changing the title of the series from Murder and Mr. Malone to The Amazing Mr. Malone as of April 24, 1948. At the time of the change the…

1951 · 71950 · 21949 · 11948 · 11947 · 1

Source collection

Old Time Radio Researchers Group

Rights

Public domain — no renewed US copyright

Cataloguing

Air dates and notes from the Archive item record

Every broadcast below carries its own provenance sheet — transfer quality, file source and rights.Archive record: OTRR_Mr_Malone_Singles

The shape of the run

What survives, year by year

8 dated broadcasts across 5 years on the air. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.

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1948
1949
1950
1951
Clean transferListenableRough but complete No surviving recording

Episodes

Start here

Listen to the run in order

Restored broadcasts from 1947, in original transmission order.

  1. 1. Murder and Mr. Malone The Paul Davis Murder Case · 24 May 1947
  2. 2. The Amazing Mr. Malone Cleanliness Is Next to Godliness · 28 Aug 1948
  3. 3. The Amazing Mr. Malone The Paul Conrad Case · 21 Sep 1949
  • 01

    Murder and Mr. Malone The Paul Davis Murder Case

    24 May 1947 · 30 min

    Broadcast 24 May 1947. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.

  • 02

    The Amazing Mr. Malone Cleanliness Is Next to Godliness

    28 Aug 1948 · 30 min

    Broadcast 28 August 1948. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.

  • 03

    The Amazing Mr. Malone The Paul Conrad Case

    21 Sep 1949 · 29 min

    Broadcast 21 September 1949. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.

  • 04

    The Amazing Mr. Malone The Devil Finds Work for Idle Hands

    29 Jan 1950 · 28 min

    Broadcast 29 January 1950. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.

  • 05

    The Amazing Mr. Malone Appearances Can Be Deceiving

    26 Feb 1950 · 29 min

    Broadcast 26 February 1950. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.

  • 06

    The Amazing Mr. Malone A Strong Offense Is the Best Defense

    25 May 1951 · 29 min

    Broadcast 25 May 1951. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.

  • 07

    The Amazing Mr. Malone Hard Work Never Killed Anyone (Willie Nelson)

    1 Jun 1951 · 29 min

    Broadcast 1 June 1951. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.

  • 08

    The Amazing Mr. Malone Seek and Ye Shall Find

    8 Jun 1951 · 29 min

    Broadcast 8 June 1951. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.

Same night on the air

26 Feb 1950

Everything else the archive still holds from the night of 26 Feb 1950.

Transmission

26 February

1950

Hopalong Cassidy

The Voice of the Dead

Network

Mutual

Slot

Sunday

Running time

28 min

Internet ArchiveHopalongCassidyRough but complete · 32 kbps

Transmission

26 February

1950

The Phil Harris - Alice Faye Show

Phil Harris 50-02-26 (133) Wabash Avenue

Network

NBC

Slot

Sunday

Running time

29 min

Broadcast on Syndicated.

Internet ArchiveOTRR_Harris_Faye_SinglesCondition unmeasured

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