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- Title
- The Cavalcade of America: "Abraham Lincoln--The War Years"
- Description
- Broadcast from the Chicago Opera House. Written by Robert E. Sherwood and adapted from Carl Sanburg's biography. Stars Raymond Massey. Narrated by Thomas Chalmers. Anncr: Louis Rowan. Music and sound supervised by Donald Voorhees. Lincoln's presidential years dramatized from the Sanburg biography. Highlights his inauguration, etc.
- Series
- Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
- Local Identifier
- program_no:174
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101670
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- The Cavalcade of America: "Admiral of the Ocean Sea"
- Description
- Written by Robert Meltzer and Norris Houghton. Stars Orson Welles and Karl Swenson. Features Kenny Delmar, Bill Johnstone. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Don Voorhees. Clayton Collyer, announcer. The story of Christopher Columbus.
- Series
- Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Columbus, Christopher
- Local Identifier
- program_no:300
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101747
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- The Cavalcade of America: "Admiral Peary Discovers The Pole"
- Description
- Written by Earl McGill and features the Cavalcade players (inc. Karl Swenson, John McIntyre, Bill Johnstone). Music by Donald Voorhees. As an overture, Voorhees offers "Till The Clouds Roll By." Special guest is Capt. Bob Bartlett, friend of Admiral Peary. Story dramatizes Peary's discovering the pole.
- Series
- Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Peary, Robert Edwin, 1856-1920; Bartlett, Robert Abram, 1875-1946
- Local Identifier
- program_no:77
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101598
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- The Cavalcade of America: "Alaska Under Arms"
- Description
- Written by Peter Lyons and stars Arlene Francis. Features Kenny Delmar and Bill Johnstone. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Don Voorhees. Clayton Collyer, announcer. The story of Alaska and of the men who realized its importance, especially during wartime. Special guests is General C.L. Sturdavent, US Army.
- Series
- Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Alaska
- Local Identifier
- program_no:305
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101748
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- The Cavalcade of America: "Alexander Graham Bell"
- Description
- Basil Ruysdael, Thomas Chalmers, anncrs. Features the Cavalcade Players (Bill Johnstone, Agnes Moorehead, Karl Swenson, Kenny Delmar, Bill Adams, Ed Jerome, others). Music by Donald Voorhees. As an overture, Voorhees offers "From Now On." The story of a man who invented the telephone.
- Series
- Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Bell, Alexander Graham, 1847-1922
- Local Identifier
- program_no:149
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101647
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- The Cavalcade of America: "All That Money Can Buy"
- Description
- Written by Howard Teichman and Robert L. Richards. Stars Walter Huston, Edward Arnold, Anne Shirley, Jane Darwell and James Craig. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Bob Armbruster. Gayne Whitman, John Hiestand, anncrs. First radio presentation of the new film, based on Stephen Vincent Benet's "Devil and Daniel Webster".
- Series
- Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Benét, Stephen Vincent, 1898-1943; Devil and Daniel Webster [Motion Picture]
- Local Identifier
- program_no:249
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101749
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- The Cavalcade of America: "Allan Pinkerton"
- Description
- Thomas Chalmers, Basil Ruysdael, anncrs. Features the Cavalcade Players (Ray Colliins, Kenny Delmar, Karl Swenson, others). Music by Donald Voorhees. As an overture, Voorhees plays "Never Again." The story of America's great detective.
- Series
- Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Pinkerton, Allan, 1819-1884
- Local Identifier
- program_no:152
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101650
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- The Cavalcade of America: "Ambulance Driver, Middle East"
- Description
- Written by Arthur Arent and stars Alan Ladd. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Robert Armbruster. James Bannon, Gayne Whitman, George Albee, announcers. The story of William Prescott of the American Field Service, serving with the British Army in the Middle East, who tracked down a tribe of Bedouins, carriers of smallpox in the area, and inoculated them with the serum that controls the epidemic.
- Series
- Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Smallpox; Prescott, William
- Local Identifier
- program_no:377
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101750
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- The Cavalcade of America: "America For Christmas"
- Description
- Stars Walter Huston and Earl Robinson with Howard McNear. Written by peter Lyon and based on A.L. Botkin's book, "A Treasury of American Folklore." Music by Robert Armbruster's Orchestra and The Sportsmen Quartet. Anncr: Gayne Whitman. The story of how an itinerant USO camp show troupe performed for homesick GI's on small Pacific Island--singing songs and telling stories of America.
- Series
- Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; United Service Organizations (U.S.)
- Local Identifier
- program_no:415
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101751
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- The Cavalcade of America: "Amerigo Vespucci"
- Description
- Stars Burgess Meredith with Ed Jerome, John McIntire, Karl Swenson, Kenny Delmar, Stephan Schnabel, Bill Adams, Kingsley Coulton. Introduced by Dr. Frank Monaghan. Music by Donald Voorhees with production by Homer Fickett. Basil Ruysdael, Ted Jewett, anncrs. The story of the great Italian dreamer who first conceived the idea that there were lands beyond the Western Seas.
- Series
- Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Vespucci, Amerigo, 1451-1512
- Local Identifier
- program_no:168
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101665
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- The Cavalcade of America: "An American Is Born"
- Description
- Written by Arch Oboler and stars Bette Davis. Directed by Arch Oboler. Produced by Homer Fickett. Music composed by Gordon Jemkins and conducted by Don Voorhees. Features Raymond Edward Johnson. Bud Collyer, anncr. The story of a small group of people across the Mexican border who yearned for the liberty which is America and awaited the time when they could come to this country under quota.
- Series
- Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Immigrants—Mexico
- Local Identifier
- program_no:262
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101752
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- The Cavalcade of America: "Angel on Horseback"
- Description
- Stars Jeanette Nolan with the Cavalcade Players (John McIntyre, Kenny Delmar, Ed Jerome, Bill Adams). Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Donald Voorhees. Basil Ruysdael, Thomas Chalmers, anncrs. The story of Mehitable Wing, pre-Revolutionary believer in the fact that the British system of land tenancy was unjust.
- Series
- Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Wing, Mehitable, 1738-1812
- Local Identifier
- program_no:170
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101667
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- The Cavalcade of America: "Angels on Horseback"
- Description
- Written by Robert Tallman and stars Myrna Loy. Narrated by John McIntire and features Kenny Delmar, William Johnstone,and Karl Swenson. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Don Voorees. Clayton Collyer, announcer. The story of Dr. Mary Breckinridge and her creating and developing Frontier Nursing Service.
- Series
- Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Frontier Nursing Service, Inc.;; Breckinridge, Mary, 1881-1965
- Local Identifier
- program_no:271
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101753
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- The Cavalcade of America: "Ann Rutledge and Abraham Lincoln"
- Description
- Written by Norman Corwin and stars Jeanette Nolan. Features Karl Swenson, John McIntire, Ray Collins, Agnes Moorehead, Kenny Delmar, Kingsley Coulton, Ed Jerome. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Donald Voorhees. Clayton Collyer, William Spargo, announcers. The story of Ann Rutledge and her love for Lincoln.
- Series
- Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Rutledge, Ann, 1813-1835 ||Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
- Local Identifier
- program_no:197
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101693
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- The Cavalcade of America: "Anne Hutchinson"
- Description
- Written by Robert Tallman and stars Agnes Moorehead. Features John McIntyre, Kenny Delmar, Ed Jerome, Karl Swenson, Bill Johnstone, Ray Collins. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Donald Voorhees. Clayton Collyer, Dick Stark, anncrs. The story of pioneer heroine and the leader in the cause of free worship.
- Series
- Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Hutchinson, Anne, 1591?-1643
- Local Identifier
- program_no:235
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101728
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- The Cavalcade of America: "Anne Royall"
- Description
- Starring Ethel Barrymore. Produced by Homer Fickett. Narrated by Basil Ruysdael. Music by Donald Voorhees. The story of Anne Royall's fight against hypocrisy in our government during the early half of the 19th century and of her trial on trumped-up charges which resulted in another triumph for American freedom of expression even though Royall was convicted.
- Series
- Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Royall, Anne Newport, 1769-1854
- Local Identifier
- program_no:175
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101671
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- The Cavalcade of America: "Anne Sullivan Macy"
- Description
- Features the Cavalcade Players including Agnes Moorehead, John McIntire, Bill Johnstone. Music by Donald Voorhees. As an overture, Voorhees offers "The Song Is You." Special guests are Helen Keller and her companion, Polly Thompson. Program dramatizes highlights in the life of the devoted teacher of Helen Keller.
- Series
- Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Macy, Anne Sullivan, 1866-1936
- Local Identifier
- program_no:124
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101572
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- The Cavalcade of America: "Annie Oakley"
- Description
- Written by Robert Richards and stars Agnes Moorehead. Features Kenny Delmar, Karl Swenson, Bill Johnstone, Ray Collins, John McIntyre. Produced by Homer Fickette with music by Donald Voorhees. Clayton Collyer, Dick Stark, anncrs. The story of champion gunshot Annie Oakley.
- Series
- Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Oakley, Annie, 1860-1926
- Local Identifier
- program_no:231
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101724
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- The Cavalcade of America: "Arrowsmith"
- Description
- Written by Margaret LeWerth and stars Tyrone Power. Features Howard McNear, Lurene Tuttle, Lou Merrill. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Robert Armbruster. Gayne Whitman, John Hiestand, announcers. An adaptation of Sinclair Lewis' distinctive book about a young doctor and his struggles to combat ignorance and quackery in a small community with medical research.
- Series
- Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Lewis, Sinclair, 1885-1951; Arrowsmith [Novel]
- Local Identifier
- program_no:267
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101754
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- The Cavalcade of America: "Arthur Schwartz"
- Description
- Starring Arthur Schwartz, Francia White with authors Lawrence Stallings and Owen Davis, Donald Voorhees and the Cavalcade Orchestra. Program features the music of Schwartz and also promotes the opening of his new musical "Virginia". 1-- "I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plans" - Orchestra 2- "Something to Remember You By" - Orchestra 3- "Love is a Dancing Thing" - White 4- Arthur Schwartz talks about and then Voorhees plays "Dancing in the Dark" 5- "You and the Night and the Music" - White 6- Schwartz introduces Stallings and Davis, authors of "Virginia" who talk about the show. Then Voorhees plays his favorite song from it, "An Old Flame Never Dies" 7- "My Heart is Dreaming" - White 8- "If You Were Someone Else" - Orchestra 9- "Goodbye Jonah" - Orchestra
- Series
- Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Schwartz, Arthur, 1900-1984
- Local Identifier
- program_no:97
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101614
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.