BOGART "Petrified Forest"

 

The lives of a waitress and a drifter are shaken up when a gangster (Humphrey Bogart) takes refuge in an Arizona roadside diner. Broadcast January 7, 1940. Gabriele works in a diner in the Arizona desert where she meets and connects with a failed British writer and intellectual named Alan Squire who is in search of something worth living for. She dreams of a life in France and wants that Squire will take her there. Meanwhile her pump attendant boyfriend shows signs of jealousy and the tension really rises when Duke Mantee, a notorious killer and his gang arrive at the diner and hold everyone hostage.

BOGART in BOLD VENTURE "Sailor's Dead Husband"

 

April 14, 1952 - ep 56 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. Salty seadog Slate Shannon (Bogart) owns a Cuban hotel, Shannon's Place, 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."

BOGART in BOLD VENTURE "Russian Roulette"

 

Episode 15 released in syndication week of July 2, 1951. A storm has blown in, and while Shannon (Bogart) and Sailor (Bacall) deal with a power outage, a woman in trouble knocks on their door.

BOGART, BOLD VENTURE "Murder Is No Joke"

 

Original release. 1951 – 1952. No. of episodes. 78. Bold Venture was a syndicated radio series starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. Morton Fine and David Friedkin scripted the taped series for Bogart's Santana Productions.

BOGART - THEATER OF ROMANCE "Conflict"

 

Episode 63 aired September 11, 1945 on CBS Radio. Based on the film Conflict is a love triangle with murder at its heart, rainy nights, looming shadows, fatal romance and a trench-coated killer that walks out of the mist. Humphrey Bogart portrays Richard Mason, married to nagging Katherine but in love with her sunny sister. Shortly after a fifth-year wedding celebration at the home of a friend, Richard decides to remove the obstacle to his happiness. He kills Katherine, carefully leaving no evidence of his guilt. Or at least he thinks he killed her - until mysterious events cause Richard to fear Katherine is very much alive. Theater of Romance ran on the CBS network as a filler show between 1943 and 1957. It substituted from time to time for such shows as Gunsmoke, Life with Luigi, Lux Radio Theater, and many others. Producers, directors, and actors changed constantly through the years. Even the locale changed from New York to Los Angeles in 1945. Romance featured such stars as Henry Fonda, Humphrey Bogart, Gregory Peck, Shirley Temple, and many other Hollywood stars, often binding the story lines with the films in which the stars were currently being featured. The themed stories often revolved around historical fiction as well, and broadcast before a live audience. As the series progressed, the writing and stories improved. So even though it was only a filler show, it gained a faithful listening audience, making it almost as popular as the Lux Radio Theatre. And, as good romances should have, it nearly always had a happy ending.

BOGART in BOLD VENTURE "Tommy Reed"

 

Slate and Sailor, Bogart and Bacall, are searching for Tommy Reed. Reed is a common man who is avoiding his wife for some reason. Is Reed dead? That always messes up a good plan. Episode 20 was released in Syndication by Bogart's Santana Productions and The Ziv Company. The series aired on 423 USA stations from 1951 - 1952. "Bogie and Betty" received $5K a week in 1950's money. $$$!!!...There were 78 transcriptions issued but some episodes were repeats. Let's check out "The search for Tommy Reed".

BOGART, LUX RADIO "The African Queen"

 

The African Queen was adapted as a one-hour radio play on the December 15, 1952 broadcast of Lux Radio Theater with Humphrey Bogart reprising his film role and joined by Greer Garson. Samuel Sayer and his sister Rose are British Methodist missionaries in the village of Kungdu in German East Africa at the beginning of the First World War in August 1914. Their post and supplies are delivered by a small steam launch named the African Queen, helmed by the rough-and-ready Canadian mechanic Charlie Allnut, whose coarse behavior they stiffly tolerate.

BOGART - LUX RADIO "Treasure of Sierra Madre"

 

Fred Dobbs and Bob Curtin, two Americans searching for work in Mexico, convince an old prospector to help them mine for gold in the Sierra Madre Mountains. The iconic movie made into a radio play. Originally aired on: LUX RADIO THEATER April 18, 1949

BOGART-LUX RADIO THEATER "To Have and Have Not"

 

To Have and Have Not was adapted as an hour-long radio play for Lux Radio Theater, with Bogart and Bacall reprising their screen roles. It was broadcast on October 14, 1946. As great a radio play as was the movie. Great performances in an action packed story of Caribbean intrigue during the war. The program was produced on The Lux Video Theatre on January 17, 1957.

BOGART on LUX RADIO "Moontide"

 

This episode, 481, of Lux Radio Theater with Humphrey Bogart aired on CBS Radio April 30, 1945. It is the radio version of the 1942 film Moontide, Bogart taking Jean Gabin's role as Bobo in this radio version of the film.

BOGART: "Bullets or Ballots"

 A Lux Radio Theater REHEARSAL PRE-BROADCAST presentation on April 16, 1939. A tough cop (Edward G. Robinson) is kicked off the force and goes to work for a criminal gang, but one of the bosses’ top Lieutenants (Humphrey Bogart) is suspicious.

BOGART "House on 92nd Street"

 

The House on 92nd Street was presented on Stars in the Air May 3, 1952. The 30-minute adaptation of the 1945 motion picture. This radio version starred Humphrey Bogart and Keefe Brasselle. In 1939, American standout university student, Bill Dietrich, is approached by Nazi recruiters because of his German heritage. He feigns interest, then notifies the FBI. Agent George Briggs encourages Dietrich to play along. Thus, Dietrich travels to Hamburg, Germany, where he undergoes six months of intensive training in espionage. The Germans then send him back to the United States to set up a radio station on Long Island to relay secret information on shipping arrivals, departures, destinations, and cargo. Dietrich is also to act as paymaster to the spies already there and who meet regularly at a house on East 92nd Street in New York City. He is told that only a certain "Mr. Christopher" has the authority to alter the details of his assignment.

BOGART in BOLD VENTURE "Spanish Gold"

 

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. Salty seadog Slate Shannon (Bogart) owns a Cuban hotel, Shannon's Place, 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. more from WIKIPEDIA

BOGART Theater of Romance "One Way Baggage"

 

From December 18, 1945 with Joan Bennett. Theater of Romance ran for over 12 years between 1943 and 1956 on CBS Radio. The show substituted for a number of shows and changes drastically with content, producers, directors and performers throughout its broadcast history, but all the episodes fall under the broad category of "romance."

BOGART PRESENTS (audition) "Dead Man" September 17, 1949

 

An unaired pilot for a Bogart-produced anthology series in which Humphrey Bogart plays a railroad policeman who is killed by a young hobo who hears the dead policeman’s voice wherever he goes.

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BOGART stars in this SUSPENSE episode from March 8, 1945

A Bogie-type gangster role and a very well-done story about a double-crosser in love with a "missionary." The story was produced on "Suspense" over CBS radio network. Humphrey Bogart stars in this characteristic tale of dangerous adventure and coddled romance by James M. Cain.