Radio Drama · Old Time Radio · Mystery & crime
Mr. Chameleon
- Heard
- 1948–1953
- Episodes
- 25
- Language
- English
A master of disguise, Mr Chameleon changes his appearance every episode to track down the murderer. This rare detective old time radio show featuring the winning combination of murder, millionaires, and mayhem.
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Mr. Chameleon is a detective old time radio show featuring the winning combination of murder, millionaires, and mayhem. Mr. Chameleon, a master of disguise, changes his appearance every episode to track down the murderer.
Karl Swenson stars as Mr. Chameleon. The slow-witted sidekick, Dave Arnold is played by Frank Butler.
Sponsored by Bayer Aspirin, this rare detective show created by Frank and Anne Hummert (best known for producing the soap opera set.) However, Hummert duo also created another detective show Mr. Keen, Tracer of Missing Persons.
This collection is in the extensive Hummert Radio Factory Collection. Called the parents of soap opera, Anne and Frank Hummert also created Betty and Bob, Front Page Farrell, Mr. Keen Tracer of Lost Persons, Ma Perkins, Just Plain Bill, Mary Noble Backstage Wife, Young Widder Brown, Mr. Chameleon, Stella Dallas, Manhattan Merry Go Round, Lora Lawton, The American Melody Hour, Hearthstone of the Death Squad, Lorenzo Jones, Nona From Nowhere, Our Gal Sunday, Inspector Thorne, Romance of Helen Trent, and more.
Synopsis from: https://www.otrcat.com/p/mr-chameleon
Episodes, in broadcast order
Where it comes from 3
The archive items its episodes are played from, best first, with each one’s rights as its archive states them. An episode two sets both hold is played from the first.
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Mr. Chameleon
Uploader’s mark: Public Domain Mark 1.0: Marked Public Domain Mark 1.0 by its uploader at the Internet Archive; the record gives no basis for it.
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Uploader’s mark: Public domain (Creative Commons dedication): Marked Public domain (Creative Commons dedication) by its uploader at the Internet Archive; the record gives no basis for it.
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Mr Chameleon
the Internet Archive states no licence or rights for it.
From the Old Time Radio collection at the Internet Archive, uploaded by the collector named.
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