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- Title
- The Cavalcade of America: "200,000 Flyers"
- Description
- Written by Willard Wiener and stars Pat O’Brien. Music by Robert Ambruster. Tom Collins, Gayne Whitman, announcers. The story of how the civilian flying schools helped to build the USAF into a tremendous weapon of World War II.
- Series
- Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; United States. Air Force
- Local Identifier
- program_no:447
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- Collection
- John R. Hickman Collection
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101735
- Title
- The Cavalcade of America: "A Case for the F.B.I"
- Description
- Written by Stuart Hawkins and stars Edward G. Robinson. Features Kenny Delmar. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Don Voorhees. Clayton Collyer, announcer. The story of an attempted extortion and a threatened murder, as taken from the F.B.I. files.
- Series
- Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Federal Bureau of Investigation.
- Local Identifier
- program_no:322
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- Collection
- John R. Hickman Collection
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101736
- Title
- The Cavalcade of America: "A Child is Born"
- Description
- Written by Stephen Vincent Benet and co-stars Helen Hayes and Phillip Merrivale. Special introduction by William Rose Benet. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Don Voorhees. Bud Collyer, Carl Frank, announcers. Repeated request, this is the story of an innkeeper and his wife who give lodging in a barn to Joseph and Mary at the time of Christ's birth.
- Series
- Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Christmas story
- Local Identifier
- program_no:362
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- Collection
- John R. Hickman Collection
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101738
- Title
- The Cavalcade of America: "A Child is Born"
- Description
- Written by Cavalcade Stephen Vincent Benet. Stars Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne. Music by Arden Cornwell and conducted by Donald Voorhees. Produced and directed by Homer Fickett. Bud Collyer, announcer. The traditional Christmas story as told from the view of the innkeeper of Bethlehem, who offers Joseph and Mary the stable.
- Series
- Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Christmas story
- Local Identifier
- program_no:310
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- Collection
- John R. Hickman Collection
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101737
- Title
- The Cavalcade of America: "A Continental Uniform"
- Description
- Written by Robert Tallman and stars Basil Rathbone. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Robert Armbruster. Gayne Whitman, John Hiestand, announcers. The tragic story of Benedict Arnold.
- Series
- Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Arnold, Benedict, 1741-1801
- Local Identifier
- program_no:274
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- Collection
- John R. Hickman Collection
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101739
- Title
- The Cavalcade of America: "A Mask for Jefferson"
- Description
- Written by Arthur Arent and stars Walter Huston. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Robert Armbruster. James Bannon, Gayne Whitman, Frank Graham, announcers. The story of how Thomas Jefferson brought American ideas of democracy to France while he was Ambassador in Paris in 1783.
- Series
- Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
- Local Identifier
- program_no:379
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- Collection
- John R. Hickman Collection
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101740
- Title
- The Cavalcade of America: "A Passage to Georgia"
- Description
- Written by Garrett Porter and stars Alfred Shirley. Features John McIntire, Karl Swenson, Bill Johnstone, and Ed Jerome. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Donald Voorhees. Ted Jewett, Clayton Collyer, announcers. The story of James Oglethorpe, the Englishman who advocated social reform and later led in the colonizing of Georgia.
- Series
- Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Oglethorpe, James Edward, 1696-1785
- Local Identifier
- program_no:222
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- Collection
- John R. Hickman Collection
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101716
- Title
- The Cavalcade of America: "A Plot to Kidnap General Washington"
- Description
- Written by Janet and Michael Ruscoll. Stars Edwin Gwenn and features Kenny Delmar, Adelaide Klein Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Don Voorhees. Clayton Collyer, announcer.
- Series
- Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Washington, George, 1732-1799
- Local Identifier
- program_no:319
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- Collection
- John R. Hickman Collection
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101741
- Title
- The Cavalcade of America: "A Race For Lennie"
- Description
- Written by Morton Wishengrad and co-stars Richard Whorf and Vincent Price. Host--Walter Huston. Features John McIntire. Music by Robert Armbruster. Gayne Whitman, anncr. The story of the discovery of insulin by Frederick Grant Banting and Charles Best.
- Series
- Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Insulin; Banting, Frederick Grant, Sir, 1891-1941; Best, Charles Herbert, 1899-1978
- Local Identifier
- program_no:420
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- Collection
- John R. Hickman Collection
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101742
- Title
- The Cavalcade of America: "A Sailor Who Had to Have a Horse"
- Description
- Written by Russell Hughes and Bernard Feins, and stars James Stewart. Features Vic Rodman, Joe Julian, Herb Vigran, Horace Murphy, Harry Jackson, Sid Miller, Eddie Marr, Mary Jane Croft. Music by Robert Ambruster. Tom Collins, Gayne Whitman, announcers. The story of a sailor who carried a saddle and talisman throughout his military service, and who, despite all jeering, finally found himself a horse.
- Series
- Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music
- Local Identifier
- program_no:453
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- Collection
- John R. Hickman Collection
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101743
- Title
- The Cavalcade of America: "A Ship to Remember"
- Description
- Written by Edith Sommer and co-stars Preston Foster and John Hodiak. Music by Robert Armbruster. Produced by Homer Fickett. James Bannon, Gaye Whitman, announcers. The story of the life and death of the aircraft carrier HORNET, based on the book by Alex Griffin.
- Series
- Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; USS Hornet (Carrier)
- Local Identifier
- program_no:384
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- Collection
- John R. Hickman Collection
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101744
- Title
- The Cavalcade of America: "A Tooth for Paul Revere"
- Description
- Written by Stephen Vincent Benet and stars Raymond Massey. Features Kenny Delmar. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Don Voorhees. Clayton Collyer, announcer. The story of Lige Butterwick, a man with a toothache, who went to see Paul Revere and who inadvertently started the American Revolution.
- Series
- Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Benét, Stephen Vincent, 1898-1943; Revere, Paul, 1735-1818
- Local Identifier
- program_no:278
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- Collection
- John R. Hickman Collection
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101745
- Title
- The Cavalcade of America: "A Walk in the Sun"
- Description
- Written by Milton Wayne and co-stars Frank Lovejoy, Everett Sloane and Larry Haines. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Don Voorhees. Ted Pearson, Roland Winters, announcers. The intimate personal story of one infantry platoon during the invasion of Italy, from book by the same name.
- Series
- Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music
- Local Identifier
- program_no:395
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- Collection
- John R. Hickman Collection
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101746
- Title
- The Cavalcade of America: "Abraham Lincoln--The War Years"
- Description
- Written by Robert E. Sherwood and stars Raymond Massey. Features John McIntire, Bill Johnstone, others. Produced by Homer Fickett. Music by Donald Voorhees and the Wilmington Symphony Orchestra. Bud Collyer, William Spargo, announcers. Broadcast from Wilmington, Del. A repeat performance, by request, of the story of Lincoln during the War Years, as based on Carl Sandburg's timeless biography.
- Series
- Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
- Local Identifier
- program_no:213
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- Collection
- John R. Hickman Collection
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101708
- 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
- Collection
- John R. Hickman Collection
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101670
- 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
- Collection
- John R. Hickman Collection
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101747
- 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
- Collection
- John R. Hickman Collection
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101598
- 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
- Collection
- John R. Hickman Collection
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101748
- 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
- Collection
- John R. Hickman Collection
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101647
- 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
- Collection
- John R. Hickman Collection
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101749