Bold Venture
Syndicated (Ziv)
Syndicated (Ziv) · 1940–1950
Broadcasts
162
Cadence
Fortnightly
Rated
PG
Since
1940
The run
- Network
- Syndicated (Ziv)
- Years active
- 1940–1950
- Surviving broadcasts
- 162
- Genre
- adventure
Salty seadog Slate Shannon (Bogart) owns a Cuban hotel sheltering an assortment of treasure hunters, revolutionaries and other shady characters. With his sidekick and ward, the sultry Sailor Duval (Bacall), tagging along, he encounters modern-day pirates and other tough situations while navigating the waters around Havana . Aboard his boat, the Bold Venture , Slate and Sailor experience "adventure, intrigue, mystery and romance in the sultry settings of tropical Havana and the mysterious islands of the Caribbean." Calypso singer King Moses (Jester Hairston) provided musical bridges by threading plot situations into the lyrics of his songs. Music for the series was by David Rose . Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “52031752DeadlyDiamonds”; these recordings are in the public domain.
Source collection
Internet Archive audio collections
Rights
Public domain — no renewed US copyright
Cataloguing
Air dates and notes from the Archive item record
The shape of the run
What survives, year by year
12 dated broadcasts across 13 years on the air, with 11 years where nothing is known to survive. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
Episodes
Start here
Listen to the run in order
Restored broadcasts from 1951, in original transmission order.
- 1. Deadly Merchant · 26 Mar 1951
- 2. Shannon Framed for Murder · 30 Apr 1951
- 3. The Blue Moon · 4 Jun 1951
- 01
Deadly Merchant
26 Mar 1951 · 24 min
- 02
Shannon Framed for Murder
30 Apr 1951 · 27 min
- 03
The Blue Moon
4 Jun 1951 · 25 min
- 04
The Mystery Of The Mary K
9 Jul 1951 · 23 min
- 05
Sunken Spanish Gold
13 Aug 1951 · 26 min
- 06
A Black Tie Affair
17 Sep 1951 · 26 min
- 07
A Row at the Cannery
22 Oct 1951 · 26 min
- 08
Dead Men Leave No Prints
26 Nov 1951 · 26 min
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