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- 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
- Collection
- John R. Hickman Collection
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101724
- 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
- Collection
- John R. Hickman Collection
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101754
- 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
- Collection
- John R. Hickman Collection
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101614
- Title
- Cavalcade of America: Artist to the Wounded
- Date
- 1945-05-07
- Description
- Program 434. Stars Geraldine Fitzgerald and features Howard McNear. Written by Bernard Reines. Music by Robert Ambruster. Frank Graham, Gayne Whitman, announcers. The story of a young commercial artist who volunteered under USO auspices to help the wounded by sketching their portraits during their convalescence.
- Series
- Entertainment programs -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical drama
- Local Identifier
- cav-426
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- Collection
- John R. Hickman Collection
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-17187
- Title
- The Cavalcade of America: "Artist to the Wounded"
- Description
- Written by Bernard Reines and stars Geraldine Fitzgerald. Features Howard McNear. Music by Robert Ambruster. Frank Graham, Gayne Whitman, announcers. The story of a young commercial artist who volunteered under USO auspices to held the wounded by sketching their portraits during their convalescence. Special V-E Day reminder at conclusion of show.
- Series
- Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; United Service Organizations (U.S.)
- Local Identifier
- program_no:434
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- Collection
- John R. Hickman Collection
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101755
- 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