Tuesday, October 19, 2021

Bold Venture - "Dead Men Don't Leave Prints" (11-26-51)

INTRO:  The Royalettes "Its Gonna Take A Miracle" (1965)
"Dead Men Don't Leave Prints" (Aired November 26, 1951)


Bold Venture was a classy production from start to finish. At an estimated cost of $36,000 per taping week [or about $12,000 per episode], it pretty much had to have been. Even subtracting the Bogarts' contribution of $5,000 per episode, that still left $7,000 per episode to fund the remaining production costs. That's about $420,000 a week in today's dollars. More than enough budget to ensure a top notch production. The cost to the sponsor-subscribers reportedly varied between $25 a week to as much as $250 a week, depending on the size and reach of the target market(s). That would have yielded anywhere from $975,000 to $9.75M over the course of three years of Bold Venture's sales. Show Notes From The Digital Deli.

THIS EPISODE:

November 26, 1951. "Dead Men Leave No Prints" - Ziv Program #36. Jester Hairston as King Moses, Paolo Ruez the jewel messenger, Sopapo the Jeweler, William Conrad as Kirk the insurance investigator, Nestor Paiva as Inspector La Salle. 26:37. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.

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