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
0 dated broadcasts across 11 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 NaN, in original transmission order.
- 1. The Kuan Yin Statue · Date unknown
- 2. A Black Tie Affair · Date unknown
- 3. Welcome to Civilization....Dead Man · Date unknown
The Kuan Yin Statue
Date unknown · 25 min
Broadcast on Syndicated. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
A Black Tie Affair
Date unknown · 26 min
Broadcast on Syndicated. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
Welcome to Civilization....Dead Man
Date unknown · 26 min
Broadcast on Syndicated. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
Out of Control
Date unknown · 26 min
Broadcast on Syndicated. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
Bold Venture [ZIV_01] - Deadly Merchandise (aka-Death By A Fighting Bird) [HQ@128-44]
Date unknown · 25 min
Broadcast on Syndicated. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
Bold Venture [ZIV_20] - Search For Tommy Reed [HQ@128-44]
Date unknown · 26 min
Broadcast on Syndicated. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
Bold Venture [ZIV_54] - Haven's Venezuelan Isle (aka Runaway Wife) [HQ@128-44]
Date unknown · 26 min
Broadcast on Syndicated. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
Dead Men Leave No Prints
Date unknown · 26 min
Broadcast on Syndicated. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
Also on Syndicated (Ziv)
Syndicated (Ziv) in 1940–1950
Other series the network carried while Bold Venture was on the air.
Same seasons
adventure on the air then
Series in the same genre whose runs overlapped this one.
What it became
The children's serial
Fifteen minutes, a cliffhanger, and a promise to be back tomorrow. Kids' audio still runs on the shape the Yukon and Speed Gibson serials cut.
Lineage is written by our editors, not inferred from listening data.
Descendants
Working in the tradition of Bold Venture
Modern series carrying this form forward.
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