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- Title
- The Cavalcade of America: "Big Boy Blue"
- Description
- Written by Gerald Holland. Stars Henry Fonda. Music by Robert Ambruster. Tom Collins, Gayne Whitman, announcers. The story of Eugene Field, boyish, eternally young, whose verses endeared him to the nation.
- Series
- Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Field, Eugene, 1850-1895
- Local Identifier
- program_no:457
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101759
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- The Cavalcade of America: "Blazing Trails For Science"
- Description
- Features The Cavalcade Players including Bill Adams, Ray Collins, John McIntire, Karl Swenson. Music by Donald Voorhees. As an overture Voorhees offers "Some Day My Prince Will Come". Special guest is Dr. Hiram Lukens of the University of PA. Program dramatizes the life of scientist Robert Hare.
- Series
- Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Hare, Robert, 1781-1858
- Local Identifier
- program_no:117
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101634
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- The Cavalcade of America: "Blessings of Liberty"
- Description
- Written by Robert Richards and stars John Garfield with Howard McNear. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Robert Armbruster. James Bannon, Gayne Whitman, announcers. The dramatic portrayal of many of the reasons why Jim Hunter, typical American private, is fighting the war.
- Series
- Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; United States--Constitution.
- Local Identifier
- program_no:383
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101760
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- The Cavalcade of America: "Bob Hope Reports"
- Description
- Written by Glenn Wheaton. Starring Bob Hope. Produced and directed by Homer Fickett. Announcer: James Bannon. Cmcl. Salesman: Gayne Whitman. Music by Robert Armbruster. The story of Bob Hope's tour through the battlefields and camps of England and Sicily to entertain the servicemen overseas.
- Series
- Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Hope, Bob, 1903-2003
- Local Identifier
- program_no:352
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101761
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- The Cavalcade of America: "Bolivar, The Liberator"
- Description
- Written by Dudley Nichols and Robert Tallman. Stars Paul Muni with John McIntire, Karl Swenson, Kenny Delmar. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Don Voorhees. Carl Frank, Bud Collyer, anncrs. The story of the liberator of South America.
- Series
- Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Bolívar, Simón, 1783-1830
- Local Identifier
- program_no:247
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101762
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- The Cavalcade of America: "Boomerang"
- Description
- Written by Paul Peters. Stars Frank Lovejoy and Everett Sloane. Music by Don Voorhees. Announcer Roland Winters. Cmcl Salesman Ted Pearson. Taken from the book of the same name, the story of how a crew of American soldiers captures and boards a Japanese destroyer and sailed undetected into a Japanese convoy.
- Series
- Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Hokaidokaze (Destroyer)
- Local Identifier
- program_no:392
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101763
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- The Cavalcade of America: "Buffalo Bill-The Last of the Scouts"
- Description
- Donald Voorhees begins the program with "Wagon Wheels." Program dramatizes little known incidents in the life of the great scout and plainsman. Stars John McIntire with Bill Adams, Bill Johnstone, Karl Swenson.
- Series
- Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917 (William Frederick Cody)
- Local Identifier
- program_no:125
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101573
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- The Cavalcade of America: "Build Me Straight"
- Description
- Written by Phyllis Parker and co-stars Joseph Cotton and Claire Trevor. Music by Robert Armbruster. Tom Collins, Gayne Whitman, announcers. The story of Donald McKay, a ship builder, and his dream, "The Sovereign of the Seas."
- Series
- Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; McKay, Donald, 1810-1880
- Local Identifier
- program_no:461
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101764
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- The Cavalcade of America: "Building and Architecture"
- Description
- Feature the Cavalcade Players inc. Orson Welles, Bill Adams, Ray Collins, Bill Johnstone. Music by Donald Voorhees. As an overture, Voorhees offers "Country Dance". Program dramatizes the building of Independence Hall and the Empire State Building.
- Series
- Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Independence Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.); Empire State Building (New York, N.Y.)
- Local Identifier
- program_no:15
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101582
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- The Cavalcade of America: "Burma Surgeon"
- Description
- Written by Milton Wayne and Robert Richards. Stars George Brent with William Johnstone. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Bob Armbruster. Gayne Whitman, James Bannonm announcers. Adapted from the book of the same name by Lt. Col. Gordon Seagrave, who devoted 20 years of his life to teaching and healing the natives of the Burma jungle, prior to Japanese invasion.
- Series
- Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Seagrave, Gordon Stifler, 1897-1965
- Local Identifier
- program_no:355
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101765
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- The Cavalcade of America: "Captain Paul"
- Description
- Written by John Driscoll and Arthur Miller. Stars Claude Rains with Bill Johnstone, Karl Swenson, John McIntire. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Don Voorhees. Clayton Collyer, anncr. Presented in observance of Navy Day, this is the story of John Paul Jones, great Naval hero.
- Series
- Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Jones, John Paul, 1747-1792
- Local Identifier
- program_no:250
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101766
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- The Cavalcade of America: "Captain Robert Gray"
- Description
- Features the Cavalcade Players (inc. Bill Adams, John McIntire, Ed Jerome, Bill Johnstone, Karl Swenson). Music by Donald Voorhees. As an overture, Voorhees offers "Thine Alone" from Victor Herbert's "Eileen." Program dramatizes the discovery of the Columbia River, which secured the territory now included in the states of Washington, Oregon and Idaho for the USA.
- Series
- Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Columbia River; Gray, Robert, 1755-1806
- Local Identifier
- program_no:126
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101574
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- The Cavalcade of America: "Captains of the Clouds"
- Description
- Written by Robert Tallman and stars Jimmy Cagney with an all-star cast that includes Reginald Denny, Dennis Morgan, Alan Hale, Miles Mander, Sqd. Ldr. Owne Jones and Morton Lowrey. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Robert Armbruster. John Hiestand, Gayne Whitman, anncrs. Based on the new Warner Brothers picture, this is the story of a bush pilot who is rejected by the Canadian Air Force, but later is given an opportunity to prove his ability.
- Series
- Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Bush pilots; Captains of the clouds [Motion Picture]
- Local Identifier
- program_no:264
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101767
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- The Cavalcade of America: "Cargo Over Burma"
- Description
- Written by Sgt. Jack Denove and co-stars Michael O’Shea and Richard Conte. Music by Robert Ambruster. Tom Collins, Gayne Whitman, announcers. The story of the day in the life of a crew of combat cargo flyers, as they hauled freight over towering mountains, combating zeros and rebellious Japanese prisoners.
- Series
- Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Burma
- Local Identifier
- program_no:443
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101768
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- The Cavalcade of America: "Charlotte Cushman"
- Description
- Donald Voorhees and the orchestra perform "Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes" and "Sally In Our Alley" as an overture. Then, a re-enactment of the career of America's first great actress who was one of the most versatile players in the American Theater. Program traces her career from an opera singer to the great feminine leads of Shakespeare and in "Guy Mannering." With Ray Collins, Bill Johnstone, John McIntyre, Karl Swenson.
- Series
- Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Cushman, Charlotte, 1816-1876
- Local Identifier
- program_no:128
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101576
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- The Cavalcade of America: "Check Your Heart at Home"
- Description
- Tape 1- Written by Milton Wayne and stars Shirley Booth. Features Burl Ives as a folksinger. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Don Voorhees. Carl Frank, Bud Collyer, announcers. The story of a Red Cross recreation worker, based on the book, "They Sent Me to Iceland" by Jane Goodall. Tape 2-Part II.
- Series
- Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Red Cross. Iceland
- Local Identifier
- program_no:361
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101769
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- The Cavalcade of America: "Children, This Is Your Father"
- Description
- Written by Priscilla Kent and stars Loretta Young. Features Gale Gordon, Marlene Ames, Tommy Bernard. Music by Robert Ambruster. Tom Collins, Gayne Whitman, announcers. The story of an ordinary man, whose family built up a legend of heroism while he was away fighting World War II and who, on his return, had to destroy the legend and become again just a loved father.
- Series
- Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music
- Local Identifier
- program_no:449
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101770
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- The Cavalcade of America: "Cimarron"
- Description
- Written by Paul Franklin and Robert Tallman. Stars Irene Dunne with Howard McNear, Gale Gordon. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Robert Armbruster. John Hiestand, Gayne Whitman, anncrs. First radio adaptation of the new RKO picture about two dynamic and determined individuals during the days of the Oklahoma Land Rush.
- Series
- Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Cimarron [Motion Picture]; Oklahoma Land Rush, 1889, 1893
- Local Identifier
- program_no:255
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101771
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- The Cavalcade of America: "City of Illusion"
- Description
- Written by Robert Tallman and stars Agnes Moorehead. Features the Cavalcade Players. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Don Voorhees. Bud Collyer, Dick Stark, anncrs. The story of the fabulous silver bonanza at Virginia City, Nevada.
- Series
- Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Virginia City (Nev.)
- Local Identifier
- program_no:244
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101772
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- The Cavalcade of America: "Clara Louise Kellogg"
- Description
- Features vocalist Maria Sylvera and the Cavalcade Players (inc. Bill Johnstone, Ray Collins, Karl Swenson). Music by Donald Voorhees. The story of America's first prima donna.
- Series
- Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Kellogg, Clara Louise, 1842-1916
- Local Identifier
- program_no:106
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101623
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.