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- Title
- The Cavalcade of America: "As A Man Thinketh"
- Description
- Written by Garrett Porter and stars Claude Rains. Features Bill Johnstone, John McIntire, Kenny Delmar, Ted Jewett, Ed Jerome, Karl Swenson. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Donald Voorhees. William Spargo, Clayton Collyer, announcers. The story of Thomas Cooper, who struggled to maintain an individual's right to a free opinion as defined in the Constitution.
- Series
- Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Cooper, Thomas, 1759-1839
- Local Identifier
- program_no:209
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- Collection
- John R. Hickman Collection
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101705
- Title
- The Cavalcade of America: "Assignment for the Prof"
- Description
- Written by Russell Hughes and Bernard Feins and stars Burgess Meredith. Music by Robert Ambruster. The story of a brief mission of a geology professor, who worked stealthily at night on the beaches of Normandy to prepare the way for the European invasion. PROGRAM DELAYED FOR NBC NEW BULLETIN: Latest report on the occupation of Japan. Pool announcer with news that the first troops have arrived in Japan. Unidentified announcer.
- Series
- Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Normandy Invasion, 1944 (Military operation)
- Local Identifier
- program_no:442
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- Collection
- John R. Hickman Collection
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101756
- Title
- The Cavalcade of America: "Benedict Arnold"
- Description
- Stars Claude Rains with John McIntyre, Ray Collins, Kenny Delmar, Bill Johnstone. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Donald Voorhees. Basil Ruysdael, Ted Jewett, anncrs. The story of the brilliant, erratic traitor of the American Revolution.
- Series
- Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Arnold, Benedict, 1741-1801
- Local Identifier
- program_no:181
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- Collection
- John R. Hickman Collection
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101677
- Title
- The Cavalcade of America: "Bernadine, I Love You"
- Description
- Written by Arthur Miller and stars William Bendix. Features John McIntire. Music by Robert Armbruster. Gayne Whitman, anncr. The story of how a Red Cross field rep helped save a GI's marriage and thus restored the soldier's efficiency in battle.
- Series
- Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Red Cross
- Local Identifier
- program_no:425
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- Collection
- John R. Hickman Collection
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101757
- Title
- The Cavalcade of America: "Between Them Both"
- Description
- Stars Nancy Kelly. Announcer: Narrator Bud Collyer. Produced and directed by Homer Fickett. Music conducted by Don Voorhees. Written by Kay Van Riper. The story of how the war changed the lives of a typical American family on the home front.
- Series
- Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; American family; World War II
- Local Identifier
- program_no:312
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- Collection
- John R. Hickman Collection
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101758
- 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
- Collection
- John R. Hickman Collection
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101759
- 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
- Collection
- John R. Hickman Collection
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101634
- 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
- Collection
- John R. Hickman Collection
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101760
- 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
- Collection
- John R. Hickman Collection
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101761
- 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
- Collection
- John R. Hickman Collection
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101762
- 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
- Collection
- John R. Hickman Collection
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101763
- 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
- Collection
- John R. Hickman Collection
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101573
- 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
- Collection
- John R. Hickman Collection
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101764
- 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
- Collection
- John R. Hickman Collection
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101582
- 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
- Collection
- John R. Hickman Collection
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101765
- 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
- Collection
- John R. Hickman Collection
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101766
- 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
- Collection
- John R. Hickman Collection
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101574
- 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
- Collection
- John R. Hickman Collection
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101767
- 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
- Collection
- John R. Hickman Collection
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101768
- 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
- Collection
- John R. Hickman Collection
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101576