Boston Blackie
Created by Jack Boyle

BOSTON BLACKIE is a rather peculiar character to include in this site as he wasn't a P.I. in his original incarntation at all. It was only later, in film, radio, and eventually television, that he morphed into a private eye.

In the original Boston Black story by Jack Boyle, written way back in 1919, Blackie was a hardened criminal serving time in a hellish California prison. Young, handsome, educated as he was; but he definitely wasn't a P.I. As Frank D. Sherry says in Twentieth Century Crime and Mystery Writers, "Stylistically, the story is an interesting example of a hard-boiled tale told before the hard-boiled style was born, and is flawed by a sentimental ending typical of the times."

The same year, Blackie made his first screen appearance (Blackie's Redemption, Metro), kicking off a string of silent films (including for various studios, starring various actors, including Bert Lytell (who also played The Lone Wolf, a similiar character with a similiar convoluted history), Lionel Barrymore, David powell, William Russell, Forrest Stanley and Raymond Glenn. In these films, Blackie was a professional thief with a heart of gold. The last silent Blackie appeared in 1927. Starting in 1941, with the release of the film Meet Boston Blackie, Chester Morris starred as a former professional thief now working as a sort of freelance adventurer/detective (although still not calling himself one) for the good guys, although he preferred to not get too involved with the police. There were fourteen films in all, and Morris "brought to the role a delightful offhand manner and sense of humour that kept the films fresh even when the scripts weren't," according to Leonard Maltin's TV Movies and Video Guide. Also along for the ride for most of the series were Richard Lane, as Boston's long-suffering police foil, Inspector Farraday; Charles Wagenheim (later George E. Stone) as Boston's talkative but dim-witted sidekick, The Runt, and Lloyd Corrigan as an irresponsible, irrepresible, adventurous millionaire pal.

In 1944, Blackie made his radio debut on NBC, with Morris and Lane reprising their film roles. The next year, a syndicated version, starring Richard Kollmar, made the rounds. And in 1951, a syndicated television series premiered, starring Kent Taylor, which ran until 1953. By this point, Blackie's long, twisted journey and transformation from con to private eye was complete, with him tooling around LA in a snazzy convertible with his best gal, Mary, and his faithful canine companion, Whitey, by his side, cracking cases, always one step ahead of Inspector Farraday, doing that Thin Man vibe, southern California style.

The Boston Blackie films, radio and television shows were never really "A" list entertainment, yet as far as "B" stuff went, it was pretty good stuff. Always entertaining, "a certain vitality and sense of humour (compensating) more than adequately for ther normal criteria of expensive production and famous stars," according to The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows.

And Boston's proven to have remarkably long legs. In 2002, Moonstone Books unveiled a Boston Blackie graphic novel as part of their ambitious "Moonstone Noir" crime comic series. Other titles in the series include The Hat Squad, Johnny Dollar, Bulldog Drummond, Jack Hagee, P.I., The Mysterious Traveler and The Lone Wolf.

SHORT STORY

• "Boston Blackie's Mary" (1919)

COLLECTION

• Boston Blackie (1919; contains 6 untitled loosely connected short stories; possibly released as a tie-in to the 1919 silent film, Blackie's Redemption)

FILM

• BOSTON BLACKIE'S LITTLE PAL
  (1918, Metro)
  Silent
  Based on characters created by Jack Boyle
  Screenplay by Albert S. Le Vino
  Directed by E. Mason Hopper
  Starring Bert Lytell as BOSTON BLACKIE
  and Rhea Mitchell as Mary
  Also starring Rosemary Theby, Joey Jacobs, Howard Davies, John Burton, Frank Whitson
  
  
• BLACKIE'S REDEMPTION
  (1919, Metro)
  Silent
  Based on characters created by Jack Boyle
  Screenplay by Finis Fox
  Directed by John Ince
  .
• MEET BOSTON BLACKIE
  (1941, Columbia)
  61 minutes
  Directed by by Robert Florey
  Starring Chester Morris as BOSTON BLACKIE
  Also starring Rochelle Hudson, Richard Lane, Charles Wagenheim
  .
• CONFESSIONS OF BOSTON BLACKIE
  (1941, Columbia)
  Directed by Edward Dmytryk
  Starring Chester Morris as BOSTON BLACKIE
  .
• ALIAS BOSTON BLACKIE
  (1942, Columbia)
  67 minutes
  Directed by Lew Landers
  Starring Chester Morris as BOSTON BLACKIE
  Also starring Adele Mara, Richard Lane, George E. Stone, Lloyd Corrigan, Walter Sande, Larry Parks, Lloyd Bridges
  .
• BOSTON BLACKIE GOES HOLLYWOOD
  (1942, Columbia)
  68 minutes
  Directed by Michael Gordon
  Starring Chester Morris as BOSTON BLACKIE
  Also starring George E. Stone, Richard Lane, Forrest Tucker, Constance Worth, Lloyd Corrigan, William Wright
  .
• AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH BOSTON BLACKIE
  (1943, Columbia)
  Directed by Lew Landers
  Starring Chester Morris as BOSTON BLACKIE
  Also starring Ann Savage, Richard Lane, George E. Stone, Cy Kendall, George McKay
  .
• THE CHANCE OF A LIFETIME
  (1943, Columbia)
  65 minutes
  Directed by William Castle
  Starring Chester Morris as BOSTON BLACKIE
  Also starring Eric Rolf, Jeanne Bates, Richard Lane, George E. Stone, Lloyd Corrigan
  .
• ONE MYSTERIOUS NIGHT
  (1944, Columbia)
  61 minutes
  Directed by Oscar Boetticher
  Starring Chester Morris as BOSTON BLACKIE
  Also starring Janis Carter, Richard Lane, William Wright, George E. Stone, Dorothy Malone, Joseph Crehan
  .
• BOSTON BLACKIE BOOKED ON SUSPICION
  (1945, Columbia)
  66 minutes
  Directed by Arthur Dreifuss
  Starring Chester Morris as BOSTON BLACKIE
  Also starring Lynn Merrick, Steve Cochran, Richard Lane, Frank Sully
  .
• BOSTON BLACKIE'S RENDEZVOUS
  (1945, Columbia)
  64 minutes
  Directed by Arthur Dreifuss
  Starring Chester Morris as BOSTON BLACKIE
  Also starring Nina Foch, Steve Cochran, Richard Lane, George E. Stone, Frank Sully
  .
• A CLOSE CALL FOR BOSTON BLACKIE
  (1946, Columbia)
  60 minutes
  Directed by Lew Landers
  Starring Chester Morris as BOSTON BLACKIE
  Also starring Lynn Merrick, Richard Lane, Frank Sully, George E. Stone, Russell Hicks
  .
• THE PHANTOM THIEF
  (1946, Columbia)
  65 minutes
  Directed by D. Ross Lederman
  Starring Chester Morris as BOSTON BLACKIE
  Also starring Jeff Donnell, Richard Lane, Dusty Anderson, George E. Stone, Marvin Miller, Murray Alper
  .
• BOSTON BLACKIE AND THE LAW
  (1946, Columbia)
  66 minutes
  Directed by D. Ross Lederman
  Starring Chester Morris as BOSTON BLACKIE
  Also starring Trudy Marshall, Constance Dowling, Richard Lane
  .
• TRAPPED BY BOSTON BLACKIE
  (1948, Columbia)
  67 minutes
  Directed by Seymour Friedman
  Starring Chester Morris as BOSTON BLACKIE
  Also starring June Vincent, Patricia White (Barry), Edward Norris, Richard Lane, George E. Stone
  .
• BOSTON BLACKIE'S CHINESE VENTURE
  (1949, Columbia)
  61 minutes
  Directed by Seymour Friedman
  Starring Chester Morris as BOSTON BLACKIE
  Also starring Joan Woodbury, Philip Ahn, Benson Fong
  .
  BOSTON BLACKIE MEETS A LADY
  (I'm not sure if this is another Columbia film, or a possibly another title for one of the above. Anyone?)

RADIO

• BOSTON BLACKIE
  (1944, NBC)
  12 episodes
  Summer replacement series for The Amos'n'Andy Show
  Sponsor: Rinso Soap
  Starring Chester Morris as BOSTON BLACKIE
  and Richard Lane as Inspector Farraday
  Also starring Lesley Woods as Mary Wesley
  Announcer: Harlow Wilcox
  

• "The Rockwell Diamond" (June 23, 1944)
• "Fifty Hunter Street" (June 30, 1944)
• "Title Unknown" (July 7, 1944)
• "The Star Of The Nile" (July 14, 1944)
• "Black Market Meat Ring" (July 21, 1944; AKA "June Parker's Cattle Ranch")
• "Polly Morrison's Gun Collection" (July 28, 1944; AKA "The Haunted House" "Wrong Jacket" and "The Caretaker Of Develon Estate"
• "Alice Manweather, Dead Or Alive? (August 4, 1944)
• "Title Unknown" (August 11, 1944)
• "Title Unknown" (August 18, 1944)
• "Title Unknown" (August 25, 1944)
• "Title Unknown" (September 1, 1944)
• "Title Unknown" (September 15, 1944)
  .
• Note: Al Hubin suspects that this first radio series might have been only 8 episodes long (at least 7 of which survive)..

• BOSTON BLACKIE
  (1945-49, syndicated by Ziv)
  220 episodes
  Sponsored by R&H Beer
  Starring Richard Kollmar as BOSTON BLACKIE
  and Maurice Tarplin as Inspector Faraday
  Also starring Jan Minor as Mary Wesley
  

• "The Oscar Wolfe Case" (June 13, 1945; AKA "Troublemaker")
• "The Sam Bellows Case" (June 18, 1945)
• "The Larry Brown Case - $100 For Blackie" (June 25, 1945)
• "Blackie Jilts Mary" (July 2, 1945)
• "The Worthington Pearls" (July 9, 1945)
• "Blackie's Car Kills A Woman" (July 16, 1945; AKA "Jack King Forgery Case")
• "The Case Of The Three-Way Split" (July 23, 1945; AKA "Stolen $50,000")
• "The Mary At Sea" (July 30, 1945; AKA "Body On A Boat")
• "Hypnotic Murder" (August 6, 1945; AKA "Jim Thompson's Cigarette Girl")
• "The Evelyn Jones Murdered" (August 13, 1945)
• "Blackie Steals Necklace For Charity" (August 20, 1945)
• "Title Unknown" (August 27, 1945)
• "Title Unknown" (September 3, 1945)
• "Bill Crane's Attorney" (September 13, 1945; Aka "Forgery And Murder"
• "The Fred Arlen Murder - Blood On Blackie's Sleeve" (September 20, 1945)
• "The Westfield Diamonds" (October 4, 1945; Aka "Kingston Unlucky"
• "The Copy Of Diamond Bracelet" (October 11, 1945)
• "Boxer's Murder Case" (October 18, 1945; AKA "Fighter Johnson"
• "Richard's Diamond Case" (October 25, 1945) :27:00* ; Aka "Blackie In Diamond Shootout")
• "Mary Disappears" (November 1, 1945; AKA "Boulton Farm")
• "Amnesia Victim" (November 8, 1945; AKA "Burke")
• "Murder In The Music Room" (November 15, 1945)
• "Blackie Kidnapped" (November 22, 1945)
• "Simmons Construction Murder" (November 29, 1945; AKA "The Man Who Was Shot on the 21st Floor", "Foreman Murdered", "Blackie Sick .. Can't Talk")
• "Williams Missing Pearl Necklace" (December 6, 1945; AKA "Atkins Jewel Thief")
• "Murder At The Movies" (December 13, 1945; AKA "Murder On The Murder Set")
• "Tv Poisoning" (December 20, 1945; AKA "Man Killed On TV")
• "The Masters Diamond" (December 27, 1945)
• "The Sword Swallower" (January 3, 1946)
• "Harlin Escapes" (January 8, 1946)
• Title Unknown" (January 15, 1946)
• "The Disappearing Body" (January 22, 1946)
• "The John Williams Inheritance Case" (January 29, 1946)
• "The Brandon Jewel Robbery" (February 5, 1946)
• "The Congdon Ransom" (February 12, 1946)
• "Harry Benson Murders His Wife" February 19, 1946)
• "A Vase Leads To Murder" (February 26, 1946; AKA "The Man In The Green Hat")
• "Tom Everett Murder With An Alibi" (March 5, 1946)
• "The Color Blind Accomplice - Lin Chow Murdered" (March 12, 1946)
• "The Worthington Ghost (March 19, 1946)
• "Pierre, The Designer" (March 26, 1946; AKA "Olsen Safe Robbed")
• Title Unknown" (April 2, 1946)
• Title Unknown" (April 9, 1946)
• "The Baseball Player Murder" (April 16, 1946)
• "The Stolen Car Ring" (April 23, 1946)
• "The Frances Fielding Murder" (April 30, 1946; AKA "Dr. Allen Accused of Murder")
• "The Winthrope Jewel Robberies" (May 7, 1946)
• "The Merry-Go-Round Murder" (May 14, 1946)
• "The Blaine Brothers Pawn Shop Murder" (May 21, 1946)
• "The Escaped Prisoner" (May 28, 1946)
• "Three Witnessess To Will Killed" (June 4, 1946)
• "The Disappearing Plane" (June 11, 1946)
• "The Hooded Gang Protection Racket" (June 18, 1946)
• "Gambler Joe Garland Killed" (June 25, 1946)
• "Uncle Frank Murdered By Joe Parker" (July 2, 1946)
• "The Skating Rink Murders" (July 9, 1946; AKA "The Dead Girls And The $50,000 Ring")
• "The Murdered Truck Driver" (July 16, 1946)
• "The Murdering Coo-Coo Clock" (July 23, 1946)
• "Mutiny Leads To Murder Aborad The Freighter Swan" (July 30, 1946)
• "Jerry Williams Fixed Court Case" (August 6, 1946; AKA "The Gardenia Case")
• "The Diamond Smugglers" (August 13, 1946; AKA "Mama And Papa Case")
• "Jealous Partners And Arson" (August 20, 1946)
• "The Rockwell Diamond" (August 27, 1946)
• "The Stolen Rare Book" (September 3, 1946)
• "The Backstage Murder" (September 10, 1946; AKA "Marked Card Murder Case", "Blackie Performs In Amateur Charity Show")
• "The Apartment Swindler" (September 17, 1946)
• "The Abbott Painting" (September 24, 1946)
• "The Undersea Murder" (October 1, 1946; AKA "Sunken Treasure Chest")
• "Murdered Show Dog Owner" (October 8, 1946)
• "Murder At The Rodeo" (October 15, 1946)
• "Farady Shot" (October 22, 1946)
• "Granny's Witchcraft" (October 29, 1946)
• "A New Face For Joe Harvey" (November 5, 1946)
• "Only One Way Out For Me" (November 12, 1946)
• "Bill And Harry - $50,000 Necklace" (November 19, 1946)
• "The Lenny Powell Murder" (November 26, 1946; AKA "The Airline Murder")
• "Blackie Goes To Jail For Diamond Theft" (December 3, 1946)
• "Mary Registered Nurse" (December 10, 1946; AKA "The Phony Doctor Murder")
• "Police Impersonater" (December 17, 1946; AKA "The Mimic"
• "The Derailed Gold Train" (December 24, 1946)
• "Carl Browning Cleaning Shop" (December 31, 1946; AKA "Death By Natural Causes")
• "Jack Small Alias Bill Bigelow" (January 7, 1947)
• "Blackie And The Fir Thefts" (January 14, 1947; AKA "Jackie's Mink Caper", "Janet Corning Smothered On Persian Lamb"
• "The Search For Jim Gary" (January 21, 1947; AKA "The Firebug")
• "Jacque Pierre And The Diamonds" (January 28, 1947; AKA "Willow Brand Diamonds", "According To The Plan")
• "The Peters Mix-up" (February 4, 1947; AKA "Tugboat Bess And The Saltwater Corpse")
• "Jailbirds Murdoch And Dawson" (February 11, 1947; AKA "Sing A Song Of Escaped Cons")
• "7 Years Bad Luck For Florence Wells, Musical Comedy Star" (February 18, 1947)
• "Joe Delivers The Goods" (February 25, 1947)
• "Larry The Kid Vs. Savinni" (March 4, 1947; AKA "The Dive")
• "10th Street Gym and Stolen Car Ring"(March 11, 1947; AKA "Stolen Cars And The Boys Club")
• "Sam Fisher's Past" (March 18, 1947)
• "Horseroom Thefts Of Boston Blackie" (March 25, 1947; AKA "Illegal Gambling House Ripoffs")
• "The Bus To Valley Junction" (October3 (April 1, 1947; AKA "Wayward Bus Drive")
• "Aggie Rogers Murder" (April 8, 1947; AKA "Spinster Sisters")
• "Phonograph Murder" (October5 (April 15, 1947; AKA "Record On Death")
• "Millicent Bromley Kidnapped" (April 22, 1947; AKA "Shorty Is Murder Suspect", "Blackie In California")
• "Baseball And Gambling" (April 29, 1947; AKA "Saunders, Ball Player")
• "Mrs. Peterson's Insurance Policy" (May 7, 1947; AKA "Measured For Murder"
• "Joe Adams Drowned" (May 14, 1947)
• "Blackie Breaks Into Prison" (May 21, 1947)
• "The Ghost Of Florence Newton" (May 28, 1947)
• "Man Following Eva" (June 4, 1947)
• "Blackie Shoots A Watchman" (June 11, 1947; AKA "Detective Follows Blackie")
• "Crooked Carter Brother" (June 18, 1947; AKA "Donald Carver Case")
• "Joe Nelson's Pet Shop Gambling Scheme" (June 25, 1947)
• "Johnny Burns' Imported Woolins" (July 2, 1947)
• "Death Comes To The Harmonica Man" (July 9, 1947)
• "The Randolph Construction Gang Bank Robbery" (July 16, 1947)
• "Blackie's Body In Wax" (July 23, 1947)
• "Poetry In My Soul - Mayor Rogers Killed" (July 30, 1947; AKA "The Poetic Assasin")
• "The Butcher Boy Gang" (August 6, 1947)
• "Burning His House Behind Him" (August 13, 1947)
• "Murder Of John Austin" (August 20, 1947; AKA "Openfield Case")
• "Buckley Protection Agency And The Murder Of Harry Dale" (August 27, 1947)
• "$50.00 Shoeshine" (September 3, 1947)
• "Lighthouse Ghost" (September 10, 1947)
• "Case Of The Exploding Car" (September 17, 1947)
• "Old 86 Is Missing" (September 24, 1947)
• "Death Wish" (October 1, 1947)
• "Dead Aunt Sarah" (October 8, 1947)
• "Joe Crain, Hired Killer" (October 15, 1947; AKA "Murder Comes To Town")
• "Mid-Air Diamond Theft" (October 22, 1947)
• "Framed Buy A Fin" (October 29, 1947)
• "The Old Show Clue" (November 5, 1947)
• "Title Unknown " (November 12, 1947)
• "Title Unknown" (November 19, 1947)
• "The Murdock Gang Gang Strikes" (November 26, 1947)
• "Open Season On Henry Williams" (December 3, 1947)
• "The Arnold Murder Case" (December 10, 1947)
• "Steal Or Be Killed" (December 17, 1947)
• "Where Oh Where Has My Mary Gone?" (December 24, 1947)
• "The Valuable Door Buzzer" (December 31, 1947)
• "Riding Stable" (January 7, 1948)
• "Invention Worth Killing For" (January 14, 1948)
• "Kid's Killing (Murder In The Ring)" (January 21, 1948)
• "The Record Collector (My Made In America Maiden)" (January 28, 1948; AKA "The DJ Caper;" with Guy Lombardo)
• "Blackie Loves Helen" (February 4, 1948; AKA "Blackie's Love Affair", "Blackie's Love I.Q.")
• "Wind Blows West" (February 11, 1948; AKA "The Best Seller Case", "The Deadly Book Case")
• "Five Bullets In Don Anderson" (February 18, 1948; AKA "Blackie Accused Of Killing Anderson", "The Man With The Hamburg Hat")
• "The Twin Murders" (February 25, 1948; AKA "Three Times Kings", "Two Places Alibi", "The Midnight Murders")
• "Cobb's Trucking Company" (March 3, 1948; AKA "John Vale Case", "Marked Money")
• "$50.000 For Blackie" (March 10, 1948; AKA "Disappearing Hoods", "The Shipment Racket")
• "The William Larson Extortion Murder Case" (March 17, 1948)
• "Wrestling Ring Murder" (March 24, 1948; AKA "Big Tiny Mountain")
• "Tom Walton Escapes" (March 31, 1948)
• "Clyde Winston Photographer" (April 7, 1948; AKA "Invisible Shotgun"
• "Murder At The Circus - Rhondo The Magician" (April 14, 1948)
• "Insurance And Wrecked Cars" (April 21, 1948; AKA "The Accidental Case")
• "The Bombing Of Joe Ingalls" (April 28, 1948; AKA "Blackie Gets The Picture")
• "Jackie Meers Prison Break" (May 5, 1948; AKA "Fly, Fly, Fly")
• "Title Unknown" (May 12, 1948)
• "Title Unknown" (May 19, 1948)
• "Title Unknown" (May 26, 1948)
• "Title Unknown" (June 2, 1948)
• "Title Unknown" (June 9, 1948)
• "Title Unknown" (June 16, 1948)
• "Henry Walker Murdered, Mr. Smith Witnessed The Killing" (June 23, 1948)
• "Professor Beasley Is Murdered" (June 30, 1948)
• "Diamonds Stolen From Kingston" (July 7, 1948)
• "Blackie Framed For Killing John Cummings" (July 14, 1948)
• "Heel Murdered By Counterfeit Sweepstakes Racket" (July 21, 1948)
• "Richard Allistar Disappears In Vacant Lot" (July 28, 1948)
• "Jack Davis Shoots Two Guys And Uses Blackie As An Alibi" (August 4, 1948)
• "Bobby Rogers To Be Executed at 11:00 PM" (August 11, 1948)
• "Mrs. George Trilling's Maid is Murdered" (August 18, 1948)
• "Robertson Poisons Wife Beverly Over The Telephone" (August 25, 1948)
• "Reynolds And The Stolen Diamond Necklace" (September 1, 1948; AKA "The $00.10 Goods"
• "Kingston And The 15-Story Disappearing Office Building" (September 8, 1948)
• "Title Unknown" (September 15, 1948)
• "Title Unknown" (September 22, 1948)
• "Title Unknown" (September 29, 1948)
• "Title Unknown" (October 6, 1948)
• "Title Unknown" (October 13, 1948)
• "Title Unknown" (October 20, 1948)
• "Title Unknown" (October 27, 1948)
• "Title Unknown" (November 3, 1948)
• "Title Unknown" (November 10, 1948)
• "Title Unknown" (November 17, 1948)
• "Title Unknown" (November 24, 1948)
• "Title Unknown" (December 1, 1948)
• "Killer Lightning" (December 8, 1948)
• "Too Late Jailbreak" (December 15, 1948)
• "Title Unknown" (December 22, 1948)
• "Title Unknown"(December 29, 1948)
• "Disappearing Fourth Floor" (January 5, 1949)
• "Broken Clock Murder" (January 12, 1949)
• "A Viking Boat Is On Montegomery Street With A Body in It" (January 19, 1949)
• "John Frawley, While In Africa, Reads That He Is Dead" (January 26, 1949)
• "Mary Asks Blackie To Get Her Cousin's Song Published" (February 2, 1949)
• "$50,000 In Bonds To Be Divided" (February 9, 1949; AKA "Paul Martin Disappears From Roof"
• "Fred Palmer's Dock Racket" (February 16, 1949)
• "Archie Grant's Club 77" (February 23, 1949)
• "Fake Accident Racket" (March 2, 1949; AKA "Gunther Stephens Is Observed Jumping Into The Path of A Car")
• "Dolly Preston Calls For Help, Says She's Going To Be Killed" (March 9, 1949)
• "Kidnapped Murderer" (March 16, 1949)
• "Auction, Harry Slocum Antiques, Sightseeing Bus" (March 23, 1949)
• "Amadon Pearls" (March 30, 1949)
• "Duke Murders Jo Jo" (April 6, 1949)
• "Stone, Jewelry Store Owner Is Killed For A Watch" (April 13, 1949)
• "Madame Sina, Fortune Teller" (April 20, 1949)
• "Dynamite Thompson And Jack Morgan, Contractors" (April 27, 1949)
• "Joe Gates Murdered On Chinatown Sightseeing Tour" (May 4, 1949)
• "Charlie Has Johnny Give Information On The Senator To Blackie" (May 11, 1949)
• "Imperial Oil Company Racket Promoters Hire Olivia To Get Rid Of Blackie" (May 18, 1949)
• "Blackie And Mary Go To Canyon Dude Ranch To Investigate Tom's Disappearance" (May 25, 1949)
• "Pudgy And The Stolen Tire Racket" (June 1, 1949)
• "Ma Vie Perfume" (June 8, 1949)
• "The Professor And Rufus Rob The Bank Safe" (June 15, 1949)
• "Title Unknown" (June 22, 1949)
• "Title Unknown" (June 29, 1949)

TELEVISION

• BOSTON BLACKIE
  (1951-53, syndicated)
  58 30-minute episodes
  26 in B&W, the latter 32 in colour
  Writers: Paul Landress, Eddie Davis, Sobey Martin
  Directors: Herbert Purdum, Warren Wilson
  Producer: M. Unger
  A Ziv Production
  Starring Kent Taylor as BOSTON BLACKIE
  with Lois Collier as Mary
  and Frank Orth as Inspector Farraday
  Also starring Whitey as the dog

COMICS

• BOSTON BLACKIE
  (2002-05, Moonstone Books)
  Quarterly
  48 pgs, b/w, square-bound, self-contained
  

• "Boston Blackie" (November 2002)
  Written by Stefan Petrucha
  Drawn by Kirk Van Wormer
  
  
• "Inside Out” (June 2005)
  Written by Stefan Petrucha
  Drawn by Chris Burnham
  Cover: Dave Dorman

RELATED LINKS

• Moonstone Books
  For more information on the Boston Blackie graphic novels, this seems like a good place to start.

Report respectfully submitted by Kevin Burton Smith. Thanks to Arlene Osborne, Al Hubin and Radio Spirits' Carl Amari for the heads up. Original cover scan courtesy of Mark Terry at Facsimile Dust Jackets.