I don’t drive a lot these days but when I’m running my errands I avoid listening to the news or music. I listen to old radio programs. Right now I’m listening to a show called Bold Venture of which I was unaware until recently.
Bold Venture ran from 1951 to 1952 and stars Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. They portray Slate Shannon, owner of a Havana hotel and a boat, the Bold Venture and his ward/girl friend Sailor Duval. The characters are materially the same as those in their first movie together, To Have and Have Not. There’s also a character who’s a sort of proxy for Sam in Casablanca, calypso singer King Moses, memorably portrayed by the great Jester Hairston. The show’s music was by David Rose.
Humphrey Bogart is great as Slate Shannon. Lauren Bacall is, as usual, Lauren Bacall as Sailor Duval. If you like their chemistry together, you’ll like the show.
There are 57 of the episodes extant. At a half hour per program that’s 28.5 hours of Bogart and Bacall—significantly more all of their movies put together. Bogart and Bacall received $5,000 a week for their performances in the program. No wonder they made it.
Wow, $5,000 a week is a lot of money in 2022 – it’s insane for 1951.
Thanks for the tip. Big Bogie fan here.
Its really a lot of money if you figure they probably put in relatively few hours to earn it.
Steve