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In The Bold Venture old time radio show, Bogie and Bacall were open to a venture, and that was radio syndication. From an informal recording studio, they could do a radio series in a few months and have it syndicated over time by the Frederic W. Ziv Company. With Bacall, it was a package deal that was worthy of Slate Shannon, Bogie's alter ego in this series.Shannon is the owner and proprietor of a dubious Havana hotel, and Bacall is Sailor Duval, his sulty, 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.

Bogie was a well-known seadog in real life who liked to get away from it all by boat in order to fish and make bottles empty for messages. 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. Music by the stalwart David Rose adds to a quality cast of Hollywood radio talent.

Bold Venture may not be all that bold in terms of the history of radio adventure, but for Bogart and Bacall, it was a venture that promised easy treasure for minimum digging. By the time it went into radio syndication, Bogie was in Africa working with another beauty on another boat called "The African Queen." Click here to read more about Bold-venture

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Please enjoy these 61 old time radio episodes:

Air Date	Title	Synopsis
02.04.1952	a backstabbing at shannons place
04.16.1951	a bullet for shannon	+ Tough Johnny Rice gets what he wants, including the death of Slate Shannon! + Mr Bullock had hire...
05.14.1951	a muncie murderess in havana
01.14.1952	an invitation to death	+ It is six years since the Charles Morrel’s wife died at sea and he blames the four people who we...
09.17.1951	bold venture black tie affair aka slates tuexe ep 1	+ A safe combination in the pocket of a rented tuxedo leads Slate and Sailor on another adventure. ...
06.04.1951	bold venture blue moon 1951 6 4	+ Mr. Cameron asks Slate Shannon to free his daughter from the clutches of Norton and his gambling ...
12.31.1951	bold venture crazy old carlos aka carloz ruis ep 1	+ Carlo Ruiz is giving away his money because his brother Juan is going to kill him. + Carlos has s...
12.03.1951	bold venture cruise to bataban0 aka emilio lop ep 1 1951 12 3	+ A shipment of silk causes two murders and involves Slate Shannon and Sailor in intrigue when they...
03.26.1951	bold venture deadly merchandise aka gun runner ep 1	+ Bogart plays Slate Shannon who owns a hotel in Havana and gets involved in intrigue with his beau...
12.24.1951	bold venture escape from guantanamo aka paul b ep 1	+"The Paul Brewer Story". Shannon is asked to help return Paul Brewer, an escaped murderer, to jai...
04.30.1951	bold venture he who laughs last aka dixon an ep 6	+ Franny Lane, a comic's partner, has been murdered. Slate Shannon is framed for the killing. The ...
04.09.1951	bold venture opium smugglers and young girl ep 3 1951 4 9	+ Two tough opium smugglers are up against a young girl, until Slate evens the odds. + It’s Satur...
07.30.1951	bold venture search for tommy reed aka looking ep 1	+ Possibly program #20. A murderess searching for Tommy Reed traps Slate and Sailor. She uses poiso...
10.15.1951	camellias and a ruby
10.29.1951	darby and joan incorporated	+ Mrs Baker is an elderly lonely widow who has seen Slate Shannon’s picture in the Darby and Joan ...
07.16.1951	death at the wedding	+ A man is poisoned in Shannon's Place, a private detective is killed on the beach. A pair of newly...
05.07.1951	espionage and murder in san toma
07.09.1951	espionage and murder in san tomas
05.21.1951	false american passports	+ A printer named Sanchez has been beaten up. Slate and Sailor solve a case of counterfeit passport...
08.20.1951	ghost ship	+ Shannon and Sailor come upon "The Golden Swan," a beautiful ship with nobody on her. Slate and Sa...
06.18.1951	half million reasons to find gary martin
N/A	background shots can kill you
N/A	diamond fencing and fisticuffs
N/A	el indio
N/A	fetsui jade

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I love this show!!!!!

Karen

Bold Venture: there is so much about it I like. Jester Hairston was great as King Moses, and Bogart was, well, Bogart. Bacall sometimes sounds like she's reading cold copy, and perhaps was. The writing could have been better at times, but the very worst thing about the show how horrible some of the Cuban accents are and the really poor acting in most of the bit parts. Why didn't they, with two stars at the height of their fame, were the production values so low?

Carl

Featuring this Frederic W. Ziv Company radio series that starred real-life husband and wife team of Humphery Bogart and Lauren Bacall. Bogie played Slate Shannon, the owner of the Havana Hotel in Cuba. Bacall played his wisecracking sidekick, Sailor. Until a short time ago, there were only 33 programs that had survived from the series of 78 that were produced.

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