HONORING HUMPHREY BOGART – PART 5

Originally broadcast on WNIB
Saturday, March 31st, 1984

LUX RADIO THEATRE (12-15-52) “African Queen” starring Humphrey Bogart and Greer Garson in the radio version of the 1951 motion picture. Bogart won an Academy Award for his performance in the film. A souse and a spinster travel up the congo during World War I. Irving Cummings, producer. Ken Carpenter announces. Lux Soap, CBS. (16:30; 14:45; 21:05)

BING CROSBY SHOW (3-12-52) Bing wel­comes guests Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall who do a skit based on “The African Queen.” John Scott Trotter and the orchestra, Ken Carpenter. Chesterfield Cigarettes, CBS. (10:30; 17:40)

FRED ALLEN SHOW (5-12-46) Guest Sidney Greenstreet joins regulars Portland Hoffa, Ken­ny Delmar, Minerva Pious, Parker Fennelly, Alan Reed, the DeMarco Sisters and Al Good­man and the orchestra. In a sketch containing many of the elements of the “Maltese Falcon,” Fred tells Portland of his adventure at the Trapeze Towers Hotel, where he meets Green-street who recounts adventure in Cairo. Alan Reed is “Humphrey, the Shirt Tycoon.” AFRS rebroadcast. (11:45; 14:00)

ACADEMY AWARD (7-3-46) “The Maltese Falcon” starring Humphrey Bogart, Sidney Greenstreet and Mary Astor, recreating their screen roles from the now-classic 1941 motion picture. House of Squibb, CBS. (15:25; 13:45)

OUR SPECIAL GUEST will be Nostalgia Digest columnist BOB KOLOSOSKI who continues his discussion of the film career of Humphrey Bogart.