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Detective Danny Clover investigates the murder of jazz musician Kenny Perdue, whose death is shrouded in mystery and the haze of a party gone wrong. As he delves deeper, he uncovers a web of secrets involving a new widow and the chaotic nightlife of Broadway.

Ep 139 · Saturday, November 15, 1952 · 29:46

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Molly's just finished cleaning the house. How about dinner out and going dancing?

Ep 752 · Tuesday, October 20, 1953 · 15:37

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The identity of "Citizen X" is revealed to be...Molly McGee!

Ep 821 · Monday, January 25, 1954 · 15:20

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Ep 49 · Monday, March 16, 1936 · 29:55

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Ep 67 · Monday, July 20, 1936 · 29:22

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The McGee's get ready for a New Year's Eve party, and then step out to the Wistful Vista Night Club.

Ep 38 · Monday, December 30, 1935 · 29:20

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The orchestra starts the show with, "I'm Shooting High." The visiting fireman.

Ep 45 · Monday, February 17, 1936 · 29:30

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FMM 1955-05-15 (1161) Molly's Purse.mp3

Fibber McGee and Molly, Episode 1159

Molly's Purse

Sunday, May 15, 1955 · 14:22

Fibber McGee and Molly, Episode 1159

Molly's Purse

Sunday, May 15, 1955 · 14:22

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Molly's purse has been knocked over the balcony at the Bijou movie house.

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Ep 1095 · Monday, February 14, 1955 · 14:16

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Fibber rehearses for his part in, "The Last Of Magnolia Manor," and things don't go well.

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That night in history

Headlines

  • 1955 — Cold War: Eight Communist bloc countries, including the Soviet Union, sign a mutual defense treaty called the Warsaw Pact.
  • 1955 — Operation Passage to Freedom, the evacuation of 310,000 Vietnamese civilians, soldiers and non-Vietnamese members of the French Army from communist North Vietnam to South Vietnam following the end of the First Indochina War, ends.

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