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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: "The Cook on the P.T. Boat Writes Home"
Description: Written by Frank Gabrielson and stars William Bendix. Features Kenny Delmar. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Don Voorhees. Clayton, announcer. A comedy melodrama about the exploits of the crew of an unnamed P.T. boat based in Solomon Islands. This is Benedix's first Cavalcade appearance.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; PT (Patrol torpedo) boat
Local Identifier: program_no:324
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101867

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "The Conquest of Quinine"
Description: Written by Arthur Arent and stars House Jameson. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Don Voorhees. Ted Pearson, Roland Winters, announcers. The history of the struggle to produce synthetic quinine, and how two men, Drs. Woodward and Doering, succeeded.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Quinine; Woodward, Robert Burns, 1917-1979; Doering, William von Eggers, 1917-2011
Local Identifier: program_no:394
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101866

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "William Penn and The Holy Experiment"
Description: Features the Cavalcade Players inc. Bill Johnstone, Karl Swenson, ray Collins. Music by Donald Voorhees. As an overture, Voorhees offers "Here In Your Arms". Story of Penn's new colony in America and his fair treatment of the Indians.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Penn, William, 1644-1718
Local Identifier: program_no:104
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101621

Title: Lux Radio Theatre: To Have and Have Not (Reel 2)
Date: 1946-10-14
Description: Conclusion. 12th anniversary program. Stars Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Tim Graham, Jack Kruschen and George Sorell. Host: William Keighly. Music by Louis Silvers. John Milton Kennedy, announcer. The time is 1940, during the Nazi reign of terror when France and her possessions fell under the heel of the Germans. The place: Martinique in the French West Indies. Bogart plays two-fisted Harry Morgan and he and his pal Eddie meet up with the beautiful Mary Browning (Bacall). They match wits with the Nazis on the island.
Series: Entertainment programs -- Lux Radio Theatre
Subject: Lux Radio Theatre (Radio program)
Subject -- Personal Name: Bogart, Humphrey, 1899-1957; Bacall, Lauren, 1924-
Local Identifier: lux-002
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-50195

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "The Colossus of Panama"
Description: The story of William Gorgas who freed the Canal Zone of yellow fever and thus made the Canal itself possible.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Gorgas, William Crawford, 1854-1920
Local Identifier: program_no:282
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101865

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "The Builders of the Bridge"
Description: Written by Priscilla Kent and stars Claire Trevor. Features Frank Graham. Music by Robert Ambruster. Tom Collins, Gayne Whitman, announcers. The story of John Roebling, his son Washington, and daughter-in-law Emily who worked for nearly 15 years to complete the Brooklyn Bridge.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Roebling, John Augustus, 1806-1869; Roebling, Washington Augustus, 1837-1926; Roebling, Emily Warren, 1843-1903; Brooklyn Bridge (New York, N.Y.)
Local Identifier: program_no:452
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101864

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "The Battle to Stay Alive"
Description: Written by Arthur Arent and stars Robert Young. Features Howard McNear. Music by Robert Ambruster. Tom Collins, Gayne Whitman, announcers. The history of the conquest of epidemic disease and of those men concerned in fighting outmoded theories and discovering the actual sources of epidemics.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Epidemic disease
Local Identifier: program_no:446
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101863

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "The Battle of the Ovens"
Description: The story of the Revolutionary baker, Christopher Ludwick.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Ludwick, Christopher, 1720-1801
Local Identifier: program_no:284
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101862

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "The Admiral"
Description: Written by Arthur Arent and stars Robert Montgomery. Host--Walter Huston. Features Howard McNear, John McIntire. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Robert Armbruster. Gayne Whitman, anncr. The story of Admiral George Dewey, America's first crusader for a powerful Navy. This is Montgomery's first radio appearance following his release from active duty.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Dewey, George, 1837-1917
Local Identifier: program_no:410
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101861

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "That They Might Live"
Description: Stars Madeline Carroll and written by Norman Rosten. Features Kenny Delmar, Bill Johnstone. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Don Voorhees. Clayton Collyer, announcer. Special guest is Dr. Emily Barringerm, prominent New York physician. The story of Marie Zakrzewska, a Polish immigrant who became one of America's great physicians.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Zakrzewska, Marie E. (Marie Elizabeth), 1829-1902
Local Identifier: program_no:301
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101860

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "Ten in Texas"
Description: Written by Walter Richards and stars Walter Brennan. Features Sam Edwards. Music by Robert Ambruster. Tom Collins, Gayne Whitman, announcers. The story of the famous XIT ranch in Texas and the part it played in the history of the state.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; XIT Ranch (Tex.)
Local Identifier: program_no:460
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101859

Title: The Cavalcade of America: Talk by Honorable Joseph C. Grew
Description: A talk by the Honorable Joseph C. Grew, former Ambassador to Japan, on the occasion of the awarding the Army-Navy "E" Award to the Remington Arms Plant at Bridgeport. Grew talks about Japan and its people and what America is up against during the war. He is introduced by C.K. Davis, president of Remington Arms and former Conn. Senator Woolcott.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Grew, Joseph C. (Joseph Clark), 1880-1965
Local Identifier: program_no:296
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101858

Title: Cavalcade of America: Weather is a Weapon
Date: 1945-05-14
Description: Program 435. Stars Dana Andrews. Written by Charles Rabiner. Music by Robert Ambruster. Frank Graham, Gayne Whitman, announcers. The story of how a lieutenant in the AAF Weather Service predicted a weather change that enabled the Army to send planes to stop a German advance during the Battle of the Bulge.
Series: Entertainment programs -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical drama
Local Identifier: cav-427
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-17188

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "Take Her Down"
Description: Written by Rosten & Richards and stars Clark Gable. Host--Walter Huston. Features John McIntire. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Robert Armbruster. Gayne Whitman, anncr. The story of Navy Commander Howard Gilmore, who sacrificed his life for those of his men. This is Gable's first radio appearance after his release from service.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Gilmore, Howard W., 1902-1943; Gable, Clark, 1901-1960
Local Identifier: program_no:407
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101857

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "Mary Lyon, Pioneer Woman Educator"
Description: Features The Cavalcade Players inc. Bill Johnstone and Ray Collins. Music by Donald Voorhees. As an overture, Voorhees offers "Crinoline Days". Story of the founder of Mt. Holyoke College.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Lyon, Mary, 1797-1849; Mt. Holyoke College
Local Identifier: program_no:103
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101620

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "Take Her Down"
Description: Written by Norman Rosten and stars Robert Young. Features Bill Johnstone. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Robert Armbruster. Gayne Whitman, James Bannon, announcers. The story of how Commander Howard Gilmore, USN, sacrificed his life for those of his men by ordering his sub to submerge after ramming Japanese ship.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Gilmore, Howard W., 1902-1943
Local Identifier: program_no:354
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101856

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "Submarine Astern"
Description: Written by David Harmon and stars Ray Milland. Features William Johnstone. Produced by Homer Fickett. Music by Don Voorhees. Bud Collyer, announcer. The story of the Coast Guard cutter DIANA, exemplifying the part played by the USCG during the war.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; United States Coast Guard; USCG Diana (Cutter)
Local Identifier: program_no:325
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101855

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "Spy on the Kilocycles"
Description: Written by Russell Hughes and Bernard Feins, and stars Henry Fonda (this is Fonda’s first radio appearance following his release from the service). Music by Robert Ambruster. Features Howard McNear. Tom Collins, Gayne Whitman, announcers. The story of the hunt for and arrest of a German government agent, who illegally operated a transmitter and sent valuable information to the Nazis.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Nazi spy
Local Identifier: program_no:448
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101854

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "Song From Spokane"
Description: Written by Halstead Welles and co-stars Patrice Munsel, Edwin Jerome, and Jessis Royce Landis. Music by Don Voorhees. Produced by Homer Fickett. Roland Winters, George Albee, announcers. The story of 18 year old Patrice Munsel and how she reached her goal, the Metroplitan Opera.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Munsel, Patrice, 1925-
Local Identifier: program_no:374
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
Collection: John R. Hickman Collection
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101853

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