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Bold Venture |
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Bold Venture: Adventure, intrigue, mystery,
romance starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall, together in the sultry
setting of tropical Havana and the mysterious islands of the Caribbean! Bold
Venture! Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall were open to a venture, and that was radio
syndication, thanks to that new wonder: tape recording. Over a few months and
from an informal recording studio, Bogie & Bacall did a radio series
supported by a quality cast of Hollywood radio talent. Music was added later
by the stalwart David Rose and
the finished production was titled Bold Venture and syndicated from 1951 by the Frederic W. Ziv Co.
Interestingly by the time of the initial launch of the series, Bogie was in
Africa working with another beauty on another boat called "The
African Queen." In "Bold Venture", Bogie plays Slate Shannon, the owner and proprietor of a dubious Havana
hotel, and Bacall is Sailor Duval,
his sultry, wisecracking sidekick, whose exact status is questionable. Jester
Hairston plays the calypso-singing
aide-de-camp King Moses, whose
witty rhymes comment on the plot as it whips along. Shannon's hotel attracts
cutthroats, gamblers, and other denizens of the deep to its nautical watering
hole, so Shannon is ready to do what it takes to keep the peace, or get a
piece of the action. In addition to owning the hotel, Slate Shannon also owns
a boat, the Bold Venture, "ever ready to roar to the rescue of a
friend or search for an enemy". This show is like a
fun-house mirror of real life (and reel life), with the requisite toughs,
quips and plots as knotted as ropes on a well-used dock. The set-up is not
unlike Bogie and Bacall's "To Have and Have Not" film of 1944. In all 78 thirty minute
episodes of Bold Venture were produced - of these, 57 have survived. (Originally it was felt that only 33
episodes had survived but in 2008 another 24 were "discovered",
much to the excitement of Bogie/Bacall fans) Want
to check out an episode? - why not "taste & try"? This
episode can be freely downloaded to your computer - just right button click
on any link below and chose "Download Linked File" (or words to
that effect). The file is on an average about 18Mb - download time will
depend on your (broadband) speed BV_1952-03-24
Robbed By Joe Ralston.mp3 This 2 MP3 CDs
contains all of the surviving 57 episodes of "Bold Venture" as well
a 60 minute Lux Theatre dramatization of "To Have and Have Not" in
which Bogie and Bacall recreate their screen roles - fabulous Bold Venture Radio Log 1.
BV_1951-03-26 Death By
A Fighting Bird.mp3 2.
BV_1951-04-02 The Kuan
Yin Statue.mp3 3.
BV_1951-04-09 Six
Crates Of Apple Juice.mp3 4.
BV_1951-04-16 Thugs
& Slugs.mp3 5.
BV_1951-04-23 Spanish
Gold.mp3 6.
BV_1951-04-30 He Who
Laughs Last.mp3 7.
BV_1951-05-07
Espionage and Murder in San Tomas.mp3 8.
BV_1951-05-14 A Muncie
Murderess in Havana.mp3 9.
BV_1951-05-21 False
American Passports.mp3 10.
BV_1951-05-28 Sailor
Framed For Murder.mp3 11.
BV_1951-06-04 The Blue
Moon.mp3 12.
BV_1951-06-11 The
Tears Of Siva.mp3 13.
BV_1951-06-18 Half
Million Reasons to Find Cary Martin.mp3 14.
BV_1951-06-25 The High
Price Of Treason.mp3 15.
BV_1951-07-02 Russian
Roulette.mp3 16.
BV_1951-07-09 Mystery
Of The Mary K.mp3 17.
BV_1951-07-16 The
Chaney Wedding.mp3 18.
BV_1951-07-23 The 12
Year Old Promise.mp3 19.
BV_1951-07-30 Voodoo
Vendetta.mp3 20.
BV_1951-08-06 Search
For Tommy Reed.mp3 21.
BV_1951-08-13 Sunken
Treasure at 20 Fathoms.mp3 22.
BV_1951-08-20 Ghost
Ship.mp3 23.
BV_1951-08-27 Jenny
Ward, Slate's Old Flame.mp3 24.
BV_1951-09-03 The Key
To Death.mp3 25.
BV_1951-09-10 Suicide
Or Murder.mp3 26.
BV_1951-09-17 Slates
Tuxedo Pocket.mp3 27.
BV_1951-09-24 Murder
In The Yucatan Peninsula.mp3 28.
BV_1951-10-01 Slate
Shannon Sucker.mp3 29.
BV_1951-10-08 Slate
Shannon Held For Ransom.mp3 30.
BV_1951-10-15
Camellias And A Ruby.mp3 31.
BV_1951-10-22 Passage
For Mario Carada.mp3 32.
BV_1951-10-29 Darby
And Joan Incorporated.mp3 33.
BV_1951-11-05
Mutineers Of The SS Marino Victory.mp3 34.
BV_1951-11-12 Bold
Venture Stolen.mp3 35.
BV_1951-11-19 Slates
Stolen DaVinci.mp3 36.
BV_1951-11-26 Paolo
Framed For Jewel Robbery.mp3 37.
BV_1951-12-03 Cruise
To Bata Bano.mp3 38.
BV_1951-12-10 Slate's
Stolen Identity.mp3 39.
BV_1951-12-17 Tabard
Of Pizzaro.mp3 40.
BV_1951-12-24 The Paul
Brewer Story.mp3 41.
BV_1951-12-31 Crazy
Old Carlos.mp3 42.
BV_1952-01-07 Innocent
In Trujillo.mp3 43.
BV_1952-01-14 An
Invitation To Death.mp3 44.
BV_1952-01-21
Background Shots Can Kill You.mp3 45.
BV_1952-01-28 Revenge
Equals Murder Times Two.mp3 46.
BV_1952-02-04 A
Backstabbing at Shannon's Place.mp3 47.
BV_1952-02-11 Isle Of
Pines.mp3 48.
BV_1952-02-18 Matt
Jeffrey Dies.mp3 49.
BV_1952-02-25 Welcome
Back To Civilization, Dead Man.mp3 50.
BV_1952-03-03 Ruthie
Ryan's Father.mp3 51.
BV_1952-03-10 El
Indio.mp3 52.
BV_1952-03-17 Diamond
Smuggling.mp3 53.
BV_1952-03-24 Robbed
By Joe Ralston.mp3 54.
BV_1952-03-31 Haven's
Venezuelan Isle.mp3 55.
BV_1952-04-07 With
Friends Like These.mp3 56.
BV_1952-04-14 Sailor's
Dead Husband.mp3 57.
BV_1952-05-12 Senor
Rufio.mp3 Plus the Lux Theatre dramatization of To Have and Have Not: LT_1946-10-14 To Have and
Have Not (stars Bogie & Bacall!) |