:for the racehorse see bold venture (horse).  right|frame|slate (humphrey bogart) and sailor (lauren bacall) cruise the caribbean aboard the bold venture. (bogart and bacall pictured here on their private yacht santana.) bold venture was a syndicated radio series starring humphrey bogart and lauren bacall that aired from 1951 to 1952. morton fine and david friedkin scripted the taped series for bogart's santana productions. ==synopsis== 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. the series combined elements of a number of past bogart/bacall film collaborations, most notably to have and have not which also cast bogart as a boat owner in the caribbean who reluctantly becomes involved in intrigue while romancing bacall. the relationship between shannon and king moses, and his ownership of an inn, is strongly reminiscent of the dynamic between rick blaine and sam in casablanca. ==production== beginning in march of 1951, the frederic w. ziv company syndicated 78 episodes. some sources have claimed that the 78 episodes include reruns, and that there were only around 30 episodes but more than 50 shows have now come to light. heard on 423 stations, the 30-minute series earned $4000 weekly for bogart and bacall. 57 episodes are now known to exist, some are known by more than one title which can make it appear that there are more. ==radio episode guide==  *12 year promise (aka oil wells) *a backstabbing at shannon's place (aka joe norman, the laughing sailor) *a bullet for shannon (aka thugs and slugs/johnny price story) *alice ramsey's husband (aka poison darts/voodoo vendetta) *a muncie murderess in havana *an invitation to death *background shots can kill you *blue moon *camellias and a ruby *carlos & juan story (aka crazy old carlos) *the chaney wedding (aka death at the wedding) *cruise to batabano (aka emelio lopez story) *darby and joan incorporated *death by a fighting bird (aka deadly merchandise/smuggling arms) *death of rudy keijon (aka with friends like these/bob yancy arrests slate for murder) *diamond smuggling *el indio *espionage & murder in san tomas *false american passports *gh
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