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BILLY MALONEY

AUSTRALIAN VARIETY THEATRE ARCHIVE: RESEARCH NOTES

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(1895-1957) Comedian, writer, actor, songwriter, producer/director, troupe proprietor. [Born in Melbourne]

Regarded as one of Australia's most popular comedians and comic singers of the post-

World War I and pre-World War II era, Billy Maloney was known as "the man in red"

during his early career and as the "man with the silver stick," from 1921. He toured

India from age 10 with a company run by Maurice Bandmann and later joined Tom

Pollard's Juvenile Opera Company [3] before turning to vaudeville as a comedian in

1913. During the 1910s he worked for Fullers' Theatres, Harry Clay, J.C. Bain and

Dix-Baker, and toured as an actor with Kate Howarde's dramatic company and as a

revusical comedian with Tom Haverley. The 1920s saw him associated largely with

John N. McCallum's Town Topics and his own Scandals and New Ideas companies.

He also established a strong managerial partnership with fellow comedian/producer

Elton Black. Maloney was later linked to Harry Rickards Tivoli Theatres, Frank Neil,

George Wallace, J.C. Williamson's, Graham Mitchell, Birch Carroll and Coyle, and

Ella Shields. He appeared on radio as early as 1924 and was heard regularly on the

Australian and New Zealand airwaves until he moved to Britain in 1936. Maloney's

British career included work in television and on radio for the BBC. He also produced

revues, toured his own comedy company, and later managed a theatre in Edinburgh.

• Not to be confused with William "Billy" Moloney (1901-1978, author of Memoirs of an Abominable Showman.

• Maloney married Claire Lloyd Brady in Brisbane on 10 Dec. 1921 (Everyone's 28 Dec. 1921).

• His pantomime The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe (1921) featured a group of children. Their popularity led

to the formation of Billy Maloney's Panto Kiddies which appeared as an independent act in Brisbane in 1922 and

in early 1923 undertook a tour of regional Queensland.

• A number of Maloney's most popular songs were his own compositions.

• He appears in George Wallace's film His Royal Highness (1932).

• Maloney's career was not without its downsides. In late-1927, for example, he put together a Scandals company in

Melbourne to tour "smalls" of regional New South Wales for Otto Hunter. The performers were never paid, and

while in Coolamon, Hunter was arrested and convicted of passing bad checks. Maloney's attempt to manage the

tour himself ended in disaster in Newcastle (See "Ballet Girls Forced to Leave Lodgings." Truth 29 Jan. 1928, 16).

• Surprisingly, Maloney has been relegated to "footnote" status in Australian theatre history despite having carved

out a high profile career as comedian, songwriter and producer. Indeed his popularity during the 1920s and early

1930s easily matched that of other leading comedians such as Roy Rene, Nat Phillips, George Wallace and Jim

Gerald. Evidence of this can be seen in the number of long-term engagements he secured (often in one city).

Maloney's "historical oversight" appears to be a consequence of his

permanent departure for Great Britain in1936. While Rene,

Wallace and Gerald maintained a presence in Australia well into

the 1950s, Maloney's decision not to return home, meant that his

name gradually slipped out of the national consciousness over time.

Historians coming to the field of Australia popular theatre from the

1970s onwards were subsequently unaware of his achievements

and reputation more than forty years previous.

Original Theatre Works: (confirmed)

1919: Murphy the Magistrate (revusical) co-written with Tom Haverley

1921: The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe (pantomime) music by

Fred Whaite • Too Thin Chow (burlesque) • What's Next (revue)

Further Reference:

Moloney, Billy. Memoirs of an Abominable Showman (1968), 159- 60.

Van Straten, Frank. "Billy Maloney." Companion to Theatre in

Australia (1995), 339.

--- Her Majesty's Pleasure: A Centenary Celebration for Adelaide's

Theatre of the Stars. Adelaide: Wakefield Press (2013), 34.

--- Tivoli. South Melbourne: Lothian (2003), 71.

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ADDITIONAL QUOTATIONS

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1926:

Billy Maloney, "the man in red," a clever young performer from Melbourne, made good at the Princess last

week, and is still playing the J.C. Bain time. His work is clever and clean, and he should receive any

amount of booking over this side (Australian Variety ? Apr. 1914, 3).1

Billy Maloney was the hit of the first part of the programme at the Newtown Bridge Theatre on August 15.

But the applause he got was much more than his work deserved. Brute force is what pulls Billy through. He

tackles his songs with the ferocity of a terrier getting down on to a rat. As a sample of the stuff he is capable

of perpetrating on an audience, take the following, which he worked off for a second recall:

Little Maggie Pinder

Sitting by the winder

Up came Billy Gizzler

Hit her in the kizzler

That's all.

(Theatre Magazine Sept. 1914, 32).

Recalled for "At Our Tango Tea" last week" - which he gave in clerical attire - Billy Maloney was further

vociferously applauded for "P.C. 49." In this, of course, he challenged comparison with W.J. Rickaby. But

as the efforts of one who had taken up the song just as he would dozens of others, Mr Maloney does very

well in the item. As a performer he is full of life and vigour. Mr Maloney had to give a third number

(Theatre Magazine May 1915, 43).

Mr Billy Maloney was as usual received with cheers and sang another of his own compositions "Rachel,

Rachel Don't Be Ungrateful," and had to add three other numbers before the audience would let him go

(Australian Variety 10 Sept. 1920, 6).

Mr Billy Maloney may lay claim to being the youngest producer of note in Australia. For the past seven

months he has been responsible for the production of the brilliant programmes at Cremorne Theatre, as well

as filling with distinction the role of comedian. Mr Maloney was born in Melbourne and is proud of the fact

that he is an Australian. He started his theatrical career at the age of 10 with a Lilliputian company under

the direction of Mr Maurice Bandmann in India. Five years later he returned to Australia with Mr Tom

Lilliard's [sic] opera company,2 and appeared in His Majesty's Theatre, Brisbane. He has since had

considerable experience in all branches of the theatrical profession, including vaudeville, drama and

pantomime. He is also the composer of several song successes ("Music and Drama." Brisbane Courier 27 Aug.

1921, 13).

"Town Topics." When Mr Billy Maloney unexpectedly 'came on' in the second half of the programme last

night he received an ovation - an expression of good wishes from the audience on the eve of his marriage.

He was at his best, and put all his whimsical cleverness into three old favourites: "Woolloongabba," "Save a

Little One," and "Fair, Fat and Forty," after which he was presented with an armful of wedding presents. In

expressing thanks for his reception, he said that he and his bride-to-be would soon be together on the stage

again (Brisbane Courier 10 Dec. 1921, 4).

Theatre Royal. - Billy Maloney and his Scandals company are very popular here. As a singing comedian,

Billy is out on his own so far as Brisbane audiences are concerned (Australian Variety May 1925).3

"High Grade Varieties: Wee George Wood - Humanist." The programme was opened with well-played

orchestral selections... Billy Maloney, a dress-suit singer of comic songs and Irish ballads, scored a great

success (Evening Post, Wellington, NZ, 23 July 1925, 10).

Billy Maloney, the "man with the silver stick," is a rollicking comedian who will always win popularity and

deserves to, for his work is good and clean" (Theatre Magazine Feb. 1926, 13).

Billy Maloney's New Ideas Company are now in their thirteenth week at the Garden Theatre, Adelaide. The

company is proving phenomenally successful and this may be attributed to the excellence of the various

weekly programmes and the congenial surroundings of this fine open air theatre (Everyone's 23 Feb. 1927, n.

pag.).

1 The citation details for this quotation, which is transcribed from a photocopy, have been mislaid. The issue, which is believed

2 This is believed to be an error and should read Tom Pollard's

3 The citation details for this quotation, which is transcribed from a photocopy, have also been mislaid.

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Left to right: News (Adelaide) 24 Dec. (1924), 2; Mail (Adelaide) 21 May (1927), 14; Courier Mail (Brisbane) 18 Apr. (1935), 3.

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ENGAGEMENTS CHRONOLOGY

The following list of engagements should be considered very incomplete. Its aim is to provide a snapshot of Maloney's career in Australia.

The chronology will continue to be updated over time. See the last page of this PDF for the publication date of the most recent version.

1912: SEALY & BANSTON Geelong, Vic (His Majesty's Theatre; 14 Nov. - > Sealy & Banston's Serenaders)

1913: WILL DYSON Geelong, Vic (His Majesty's Theatre; 14 Nov. > Dyson's Select Serenaders, possibly one night only) ►

LOS HAYWARD Broken Hill, NSW (Hayward's Empire Gardens; ca. 3 Mar. -) ► SYMONDS BROS Port

Pirie, SA (Olympia Theatre; ca. Mar/Apr.) ► BRENNAN-FULLER Adelaide (King's Theatre; 14 June - *) •

Melbourne (Gaiety Theatre; 30 Aug. -) ► WILLIAM LUCEY Launceston, Tas (Lyceum Theatre; 22 Nov. -

> William Lucey Polite Vaudeville and Comedy Co)

1914: J.C. BAIN Sydney (Princess Theatre; ca. Mar/Apr.) ► HARRY CLAY Queensland (regional tour; ca. Apr.-

Aug.) ► DIX-BAKER Newcastle, NSW (Victoria Theatre; 12 Sept. - > Dix & Baker Players) ► BRENNAN-

FULLER New Zealand (Dominion tour; 2 Nov. - 31 Dec. > The Magpies Co) NB: The Magpies' New Zealand tour began at the Opera House, Auckland on 2 November 1913 and possibly ended in

Christchurch (Opera House) in mid to late-March 1914.

1915: BRENNAN-FULLER New Zealand (Dominion tour; 1 Jan. - ca. Mar. > The Magpies Co) • Sydney (Princess

Theatre; ca. Apr. > Magpies Co) • DIX-BAKER Newcastle, NSW (Victoria Theatre; 5 June - > Dix & Baker

Players) ► HARRY CLAY Sydney (Bridge Theatre, Newtown; 19 July -) ► FULLERS' THEATRES Sydney

(National Theatre; ca. 7 Aug. - ) ► New Zealand (Dominion tour; 6 Sept. - ca. Dec. > Elton Black Co). NB: The Elton Black Company made its New Zealand debut at the Princess Theatre, Dunedin on 6 September. Maloney may

have left the troupe just prior to Christmas. His name does not seem to appear in advertising after 18 December. 1916: n/e Illawarra/NSW South Coast (regional tour 14 Jan. - > Empire Comedy Co) ►FULLERS' THEATRES

Sydney (Princess Theatre; 14 Feb. -) ► HARRY CLAY Sydney / South-west NSW circuits (ca. Sept.-Nov.

> Sydney venues incl. Bridge Theatre, Newtown). NB: The Empire Comedy Company is identified as undertaking its 22

nd tour. It opened at the Woonona Town Hall on 14

January. The itinerary included Kiama.

1917: KATE HOWARDE New South Wales (regional tour; ca. Jan. - Aug. > Kate Howarde Dramatic Co) ► FULLERS'

THEATRES Adelaide (Majestic Theatre; 6 Oct. - > Tom Haverley Co)

1918: FULLERS' THEATRES New Zealand (Dominion tour; 21 Jan. - 31 Dec.> Tom Haverley Co)

1919: FULLERS' THEATRES New Zealand (Dominion tour; 1 Jan. - ca. July/Aug. > Tom Haverley Co) ► DIX-

BAKER Newcastle, NSW (Victoria Theatre; 9 Aug. - > Tom Haverley Co) ► FULLERS' THEATRES

Melbourne (Bijou Theatre; 30 Aug. - > Tom Haverley Co) • Adelaide (Majestic Theatre; 1 Nov. - 31 Dec. >

Tom Haverley Co) NB: The Tom Haverley company tour of New Zealand appears to have finished up in Wellington in either late-July or early-

August. 1920: FULLERS' THEATRES Sydney (Fullers' Theatre; 3 Jan. - ) ► JOHN N. McCALLUM Brisbane (Cremorne

Theatre; 6 Feb. - 31 Dec. > Town Topics)

1921: JOHN N. McCALLUM Brisbane (Cremorne Theatre; 1 Jan. - 31 Dec. > Town Topics) NB: Also appears at the Palace Gardens, Brisbane (ca. March) and Empire Theatre, Brisbane (ca. Sept.)

1922: JOHN N. McCALLUM Brisbane (Cremorne Theatre; 1- 18 Jan. > Town Topics) ► KING'S PICTURES Ltd

(Dan Carroll, managing director) Brisbane (Majestic Theatre; 30 Jan. - 25 Aug. > pictures and vaudeville) ►

n/e Queensland (regional tour; ca. 2 Sept. - ca. Oct.) ► HARRY RICKARDS TIVOLI THEATRES Sydney

(Tivoli Theatre; ca. 28 Oct. -) NB: For his regional Queensland tour Maloney largely appeared as a feature live act at cinemas, sometimes in association

with local "kiddies" who helped him perform "The Little Tin Soldier." The tour began in Ipswich and after playing

nearby centres such as Toowoomba and Warwick followed the coast line north. Among the towns played were

Maryborough, Bundaberg, Rockhampton, and Mackay.

1923: JOHN N. McCALLUM Brisbane (Cremorne Theatre; 9 Feb. - > Humphrey Bishop Co) ► J.C.WILLIAMSON'S

Adelaide (Garden Theatre; 24 Nov. - 31 Dec. < Maloney and Black's Town Topics Co, incl. Cinderella)

Saturday Journal (Adelaide) 19 Jan. (1924), 24.

1924: J.C. WILLIAMSON'S Adelaide (Garden Theatre; 1 Jan. - 5 Apr. < Maloney and Black's Town Topics Co) •

Adelaide (Theatre Royal, Adel; 12 Apr. - 19 May < Maloney and Black's Town Topics Co) • Sydney (Palace

Theatre; 24 May - 6 June < Maloney and Black's Town Topics Co) ► HAYMARKET THEATRES Ltd Brisbane

(Tivoli Theatre; 23 June - 17 July > Billy Maloney's Scandals) ► BIRCH, CARROLL & COYLE Queensland

(regional tour; ca. 24 July - Oct. > Billy Maloney's Scandals) ► BILLY MALONEY Adelaide (Austral Gardens;

26-31 Dec. - > Billy Maloney's Scandals)

1925: BILLY MALONEY Adelaide (Austral Gardens; 1 Jan. - > Billy Maloney's Scandals) ► J.C. WILLIAMSON'S

New Zealand (Wee Georgie Wood tour; 22 July - ca. Aug/Sept.) NB: The Wee Georgie Wood tour, with Maloney as one of the support acts, began at the Opera House, Wellington.

1926: TIVOLI CELEBRITY VAUDEVILLE Sydney (Tivoli Theatre; 1 Jan. -) ► UNION THEATRES Newcastle

(Strand Star; 24 Apr. -) ► J.C. WILLIAMSON'S Adelaide (Garden Theatre; 27 Nov. - 31 Dec > Billy Maloney's

New Ideas)

1927: J.C. WILLIAMSON'S Adelaide (Garden Theatre; 1 Jan. - 4 Apr. > Billy Maloney's New Ideas) ► n/e Newcastle,

NSW (Victoria Theatre; 24-31 Dec. > Billy Maloney's Scandals)

1928: n/e Newcastle, NSW (Victoria Theatre; 1 Jan. - > Billy Maloney's Scandals)

1930: HUGH D. McINTOSH Melbourne (Tivoli Theatre; 17 Oct. -) ► n /e Melbourne (Palace Theatre; 26-31

Dec. > The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe)

1932: FRANK NEIL Brisbane (Regent Theatre; ca. Oct. Nov. < Frank Neil's Revue Co) NB: The Frank Neil Revue Company line-up also included George Wallace and Marshall Crosby.

1933: FRANK NEIL Sydney (Tivoli Theatre; ca. 21 Aug. - 22 Sept. < Ella Shields Co) • Melbourne (Palace Theatre;

26-31 Dec. > Cinderella)

1935: WESTRALIAN CINEMAS Perth (Ambassadors; 8 Feb. - ca. Apr.) ► Brisbane GRAHAM MITCHELL

(Theatre Royal; 20 Apr. - 31 Dec. < Graham Mitchell's Serenaders, also as producer)

1936: GRAHAM MITCHELL Brisbane (Theatre Royal; 1 Jan. - 14 Feb. < Graham Mitchell's Serenaders) ► BEN

FULLER & BERT LENNON Adelaide (Majestic Theatre; 28 Feb. - ca. May). NB: The last advertisement to include Maloney's name before he left Australia was published in the News (Adelaide) on 21

May. At the time he was appearing with Jo Lawman's company. It is presently unclear when he departed the country.

Frank Van Straten Tivoli (2003), 71.

Companion to Theatre in Australia (1995), 339.

Billy Moloney. Memoirs of an Abominable Showman (1968),

159-60.

1912

Geelong Advertiser (Vic) 14 Nov. (1912), 5.


1913

Geelong Advertiser (Vic) 18 Jan. (1913), 1.

Barrier Miner (Broken Hill, NSW) 4 Mar. (1913), 3.


Port Pirie Recorder and North Western Mail (SA)

22 Mar. (1913), 1.

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2 Apr. (1913), 1.



19 Apr. (1913), 1.

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Mail (Adelaide) 14 June (1913), 6.


Argus (Melbourne) 2 Oct. (1913), 16.





1914

Hobart

Mercury (Hobart) 29 Dec. (1914), 8.

Tweed Daily (Murwillumbah, NSW) 3 July (1914), 3.


Re: Harry Clay's 1914 Queensland tour

"Athos." "Old Programmes: Five Amusement Halls."

Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton, Qld) 3 Sept. (1936), 14.


Harry Clay's 1914 Queensland tour

Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton, Qld) 29 Aug. (1936), 15.

Newcastle, NSW

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW) 14

Sept. (1914), 6.





New Zealand

Evening Post (Wellington, NZ) 30 Nov. (1914), 2.

1915

cont...

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW)

7 June (1915), 6.


Sun (Sydney) 18 July (1915), 22.


New Zealand

Otago Daily Times (Dunedin, NZ) 6 Sept. (1915), 1.



1916

Sun (Sydney) 5 Feb. (1916), 2.

Lithgow Mercury (NSW) 13 Sept. (1916), 3.

Cootamundra Herald (NSW) 10 Nov. (1916), 2.

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1917

Scone Advocate (NSW) 2 Feb. (1917), 7.


Daily Examiner (Grafton, NSW) 26 July (1917), 4.


Register (Adelaide) 8 Oct. (1917), 6.



1918-1919

New Zealand

1918

Otago Daily Times (Dunedin) 19 Jan. (1918), 10.

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85

New Zealand Herald (Auckland) 3 June (1918), 10.

1919

Otago Daily Times (Dunedin) 16 Jan. (1919), 2.

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Evening Post (Wellington) 21 July (1919), 2.

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Newcastle (NSW)

cont...


11 Aug. (1919), 6.


Melbourne

Argus (Melbourne) 30 Aug. (1919), 26.

Table Talk (Melbourne) 16 Oct. (1919), 12.


Adelaide

cont..

cont...

Register (Adelaide) 3 Nov. (1919), 8.





1920

Sydney

Sydney Morning Herald 5 Jan. (1920), 4.

Brisbane

Brisbane Courier 15 Jan. (1920), 15.

cont...

Telegraph (Brisbane) 7 Feb. (1920), 5.


Daily Mail (Brisbane) 11 Dec. (1920), 8.


Brisbane Courier 6 Feb. (1920), 2.

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1921

Daily Mail (Brisbane) 30 Apr. (1921), 2.

cont...

Telegraph (Brisbane) 25 June (1921), 9.


cont...

Week (Brisbane) 16 Dec. (1921), 4.


Telegraph (Brisbane) 31 Dec. (1921), 2.


Brisbane Courier 28 Dec. (1921), 2. ◄




1922

Telegraph (Brisbane) 18 Jan. (1922), 9.

Telegraph (Brisbane) 24 Jan. (1922), 9.

Telegraph (Brisbane) 30 Jan. (1922), 9

►

Brisbane Courier 25 Feb. (1922), 2.

Brisbane Courier 6 June (1922), 2.


Brisbane Courier 26 Aug. (1922), 15.


►



Queensland

Queensland Times (Ipswich) 1 Sept. (1922),

Warwick Daily News (Qld) 14 Sept. (1922), 4.

Sydney

Sun (Sydney) 27 Oct. (1922), 10.

Melbourne

Argus (Melbourne) 25 Nov. (1922), 32.

►

1923

Argus (Melbourne) 2 Jan. (1923), 16.

Daily Standard (Brisbane) 9 Feb. (1923), 2.

Saturday Journal (Adelaide) 29 Dec. (1923), 4.

News (Adelaide) 21 Nov. (1923), 7.



1924

Adelaide

Register (Adelaide) 22 Jan. (1924), 9.


cont...

Register (Adelaide) 5 May (1924), 13.




Brisbane

Brisbane Courier 23 June (1924), 6.

Farmers Service (2FC) Sydney

Sydney Morning Herald 16 Oct. (1924), 4.


Register (Adelaide) 27 Dec. (1924), 2.


1925

News (Adelaide) 21 Feb. (1925), 2.

Brisbane Courier 6 Apr. (1925), 11.


New Zealand

Evening Post (Wellington) 17 July (1925), 2.

Farmers Service (2FC) Sydney


21 Sept. (1925), 6.




1926

Truth (Sydney) 10 Jan. (1926), 8.


cont...

Sydney Morning Herald 22 Feb. (1926), 6.


cont...

Sydney Morning Herald 2 Mar. (1926), 6.


Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW) 24 Apr. (1926), 8.




Brisbane

cont...

Truth (Brisbane) 6 June (1926), 13.


Sydney

Crown Theatre (Wollongong, NSW)

Illawarra Mercury (Wollongong) 22 Oct. (1926), 4.


Tivoli Theatre (Brisbane)

Daily Mail (Brisbane) 31 Oct. (1926), 2.


Queensland Times (Ipswich) 10 Nov. (1926), 11.

◄ Sun (Sydney) 20 Aug. (1926), 7.




Adelaide

cont...





News (Adelaide) 19 Nov. (1926), 12.

News (Adelaide) 2 Dec. (1926), 15.

News (Adelaide) 3 Dec. (1926), 2.

1927

Advertiser (Adelaide) 21 Apr. (1927), 10.


cont...

... cont.

Advertiser (Adelaide) 21 May (1927), 14.


Mail (Adelaide) 4 June (1927), 14.


Port Pirie (SA)

Recorder (Port Pirie) 24 June (1927), 1.






Truth (Sydney) 29 Jan. (1928), 16



1928

Newcastle Sun (NSW) 2 Jan. (1928), 6.

Tweed Daily (Murwillumbah, NSW) 22 Aug. (1928), 5.


Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 7 Oct. (1928), 11.


New Zealand

Evening Post (Wellington) 26 May (1928), 7.


Northern Advocate (Whangarei) 30 Oct. (1928), 2.

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1930

Brisbane

cont...

Daily Standard (Brisbane) 17 Mar. (1930), 2.


cont...

Brisbane Courier 29 Apr. (1930), 22.


cont...

Brisbane Courier 4 July (1930), 23.


Melbourne

Age (Melbourne) 17 Oct. (1930), 16.

Table Talk (Melbourne) 30 Oct. (1930), 18


Argus (Melbourne) 24 Dec. (1930), 14.





1933

Brisbane

Telegraph (Brisbane) 30 June (1933), 5.


Daily Standard (Brisbane) 15 July (1933), 8.

Sydney

Sun (Sydney) 22 Aug. (1933), 2.


Sydney Morning Herald 18 Sept. (1933), 6.


Melbourne

Argus (Melbourne) 26 Dec. (1933), 3.






1935

Daily News (Perth) 5 Feb. (1935), 5.

Daily News (Perth) 5 Feb. (1935), 10.



Courier Mail (Brisbane) 18 Apr. (1935), 3.


Truth (Brisbane) 5 May (1935), 27.


Telegraph (Brisbane) 28 Dec. (1935), 11.


Telegraph (Brisbane) 5 Oct. (1935), 24.

Telegraph (Brisbane) 23 Nov. (1935), 5.


cont...

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1936

Courier Mail (Brisbane) 5 Feb. (1936), 21.






◄ The Frank O'Brian engagement did not eventuate.

Maloney instead travelled to Adelaide to appear at

the Majestic Theatre under the management of

Sir Benjamin Fuller and Bert Lennon.






Advertiser (Adelaide) 20 May (1936), 12.

Courier Mail (Brisbane) 21 Sept. (1936), 18.


Truth (Brisbane) 18 Oct. (1936), 29.




1938

Truth (Brisbane) 17 July (1938), 37.

1939

Courier Mail (Brisbane) 9 Mar. (1939), 3.



1946

cont...

West Australian 13 Apr. (1946), 6.


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