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Title: The Cavalcade of America: "The Gorgeous Hussy"
Description: Written by Robert Tallman and stars Paulette Goddard. Features John McIntire, Karl Swenson, Ed Jerome, Kenny Delmar. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Don Voorhees. Clayton Collyer, anncr. The story of Peggy Eaton and her relationship with President Andrew Jackson. Adapted from the novel by Samuel Hopkins Adams.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Eaton, Peggy, 1799?-1879; Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
Local Identifier: program_no:259
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101880
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "The Great Man Votes"
Description: Written by Peter Lyon. Stars Orson Welles and Ray Collins. Produced and Directed by Homer Fickett. Music composed and conducted by Robert Armbruster. John Hiestand, Gayne Whitman, anncrs. An effective demonstration of the power and the sanctity of the great American right to vote. It’s the story of an unsuccessful school teacher who is the sole voter in a vital city precinct. When politicians rush to flatter and console him, he shows that, despite his down-trodden state, he still has the old basic integrity.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Right to Vote
Local Identifier: program_no:257
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101881
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "The Green Pastures"
Description: Written by Marc Connelly and stars Juano Hernandez and The Hall Johnson Choir. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Donald Voorhees. Bud Collyer, William Spargo, announcers. Radio version of the famed folk drama, under direction of the author. First radio performance of the play.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music
Local Identifier: program_no:206
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101702
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "The Green Pastures"
Description: Written by Marc Connelly and stars Juano Hernandez and the Hall Johnson Choir. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Don Voorhees. Clayton Collyer, anncr. Repeat performance of the simple story of the faith of the Southern Negro.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Negro faith
Local Identifier: program_no:258
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101882
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "The Hated Hero of 1776"
Description: Written by Raphael Hayes and Robert Richards. Stars Basil Rathbone and features Bill Johnstone. Produced by Homer Fickett. Narrated by Frank Graham. Music by Robert Armbruster. Gayne Whitman, James Bannon, announcers. Based on the book "Citizen Tom Paine" by Howard Fast, this is the story of Thomas Paine and how he spurred the colonies on to fight British oppression. 3rd War Loan Plug at conclusion of show.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809
Local Identifier: program_no:350
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101883
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "The Heart and the Fountain"
Description: Written by Margaret Riley and stars Madeleine Carroll. Features Kenny Delmar, Bill Johnstone, John McIntyre, Karl Swenson. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Donald Voorhees. Clayton Collyer, Dick Stark, anncrs. The story of Margaret Fuller, America's first female foreign correspondent.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Fuller, Margaret, 1810-1850
Local Identifier: program_no:224
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101718
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Title: The Cavalcade of America: "The Humanitarian Urge"
Description: Feature The Cavalcade Players (John McIntyre, Bill Johnstone, Ray Collins, others. Music by Harold Levey. As an overture, Levey plays "Themes from Hansel and Gretel", also, the "Waltz of the Flowers" from The Nutcracker. Program dramatizes the famed 'Mary Allen Case' and highlights the story of a boy in juvenile court.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music
Local Identifier: program_no:12
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101579
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "The Iron Camels"
Description: Written by Sue Taylor White and R.L. Richards and stars Pat O'Brien. Features Wally Maher. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Bob Armbruster. James Bannon, Gayne Whitman, announcers. The story of the heroic work done by American railroad men in keeping troop ad ammunition trains rolling during the battle of Tunisia.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Tunisia Campaign, 1942-1943; Railroad
Local Identifier: program_no:348
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101884
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "The Lady and the Flag"
Description: The story of Betsy Ross and the making of the first national flag.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Ross, Betsy, 1752-1836
Local Identifier: program_no:283
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101885
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "The Landing of the Swedes In Delaware"
Description: Features the Cavalcade players (inc. Ed Jerome, Bill Adams, Bill Johnstone, Karl Swenson, Ray Collins). Music by Donald Voorhees. Program broadcast shortwave to the steamer Kungsholm where Crown Prince of Sweden is listening. Party en route to America for Swedish Tercentenary Celebration. Program dramatizes the coming of the Swedish colonists to America and their first settlement near Wilmington, Del.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Wilmington (Del.) ||Swedish colonists
Local Identifier: program_no:140
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101638
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "The Last of Two Gun Justice"
Description: Written by Peter Lyon. Stars Kenny Delmar with Woody Guthrie, Jeanette Nolan, John McIntyre, Howard Smith, Edwin Jerome and Agnes Moorhead. Produced and directed by Homer Fickett. Narrated by William Spargo. Bud Collyer, anncr. Music by Donald Voorhees. The story of Wild Bill Hickok during the violent and colorful era in the growth of America.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Hickok, Bill
Local Identifier: program_no:199
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101695
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "The Law West of the Pecos"
Description: Stars Walter Brennan. Written by William E. Robinson. Music by Robert Ambruster. Frank Graham, Gayne Whitman, announcers. The story of Roy Bean, who set himself up in 1882 as sheriff, judge and general law west of the Pecos.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Bea, Roy, d. 1903
Local Identifier: program_no:439
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101886
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Title: The Cavalcade of America: "The Laziest Man In The World"
Description: Written by Erik Barnouw and stars Charles Laughton. Host--Walter Huston. Features Eleanor Taylor. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Robert Armbruster. Gayne Whitman, anncr. The story of Benjamin Franklin's inventions of laborsaving devices. Great show.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
Local Identifier: program_no:409
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101887
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Title: The Cavalcade of America: "The League of The Long House"
Description: Thomas Chalmers, Basil Ruysdael, anncrs. Features the Cavalcade Players (Ed Jerome, Kenny Delmar, Bill Johnstone, Ray Collins, Agnes Moorehead). Music by Donald Voorhees. As an overture, Voorhees plays "Pale Moon." The story of the rise and fall of the Indian Confederacy in North America.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; American Indian Confederation; Iroquois Indians
Local Identifier: program_no:158
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101656
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "The Lengthening Shadow"
Description: Written by Margaret Burening and stars Fredric March. Produced by Homer Fickett. Music by Don Voorhees. Bud Collyer, announcer. The story of Thomas Jefferson, emphasizing his fight for political, educational, and religious freedom.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
Local Identifier: program_no:326
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101888
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "The Lieutenant Comes Home"
Description: Stars Marjorie Reynolds and Bob Bailey. Music by Robert Ambruster. Frank Graham, Gayne Whitman, announcers. The story of the Rouhs and their long separation during years of active service in the wars.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Rouh, Carlton Robert, 1919-1977
Local Identifier: program_no:438
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101889
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Title: The Cavalcade of America: "The Lost Colony"
Description: Written by Margaret Leworth and stars Loretta Young. Features Ray Collins, John McIntire, Jeanette Nolan, Ed Jerome, Karl Swenson, Kenny Delmar. Music by Donald Voorhees with chorus directed by Ken Christie. Clayton Collyer, announcer. Produced by Homer Fickett. The story of Eleanore Dare, and how she helped keep the small English colony on the island of Roanoke together while awaiting aid from England.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Dare, Eleanor, 1563-1599?; Roanoke Colony
Local Identifier: program_no:194
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101690
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Title: The Cavalcade of America: "The Louisiana Purchase"
Description: Features the Cavalcade Players including Karl Swenson, John McIntire, Bill Adams, Ray Collins, Bill Johnstone. Music by Donald Voorhees. As an overture, Voorhees offers "'Neath The Southern Moon." Program highlights the events leading up to the acquisition of Louisiana from France.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Louisiana Purchase
Local Identifier: program_no:122
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101570
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "The Magnificent Meddler"
Description: Written by Lee Schoen and stars George Sanders. Music by Robert Ambruster. Tom Collins, Gayne Whitman, announcers. The story of Dr. Benjamin Rush who risked his reputation to show that mental illness could be helped and sometimes cured.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813
Local Identifier: program_no:458
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101890
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.

Title: The Cavalcade of America: "The Major and the Mules"
Description: Written by Robert Tallman and Milton Wayne. Stars Warren William with Bill Johnstone. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Don Voorhees. Bud Collyer, announcer. The story of how Army mules proved a decisive factor in the turning point for the battle of the Owen Stanley Mountains of New Guinea.
Series: Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
Subject: Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Kokoda Trail (Papua New Guinea), Battle of, 1942
Local Identifier: program_no:344
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101891
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.

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