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- The Cavalcade of America: "Hymn For The Night"
- Description
- Written by Robert Tallman and stars Rosiland Russell. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Robert Armbruster. Features Howard McNear and John McIntire. Walter Huston, host. Gayne Whitman, anncr. With this broadcast, COA begins its 10th season on the air. Drama tells the story of Julia Ward Howe and her great Civil War poem, 'The Battle Hymn of the Republic."
- Series
- Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Howe, Julia Ward, 1819-1910; Battle hymn of the republic (Poem)
- Local Identifier
- program_no:401
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101796
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- The Cavalcade of America: "I Count the Days"
- Description
- Starring Signe Hasso and written by Bernard Dryer. With Elliott Lewis. Music by Robert Ambruster. Tom Collins, Gayne Whitman, announcers. The story of a Dutch refugee who found a reason for living in the rehabilitation work she was doing in Germany and in her love for an American officer.
- Series
- Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music
- Local Identifier
- program_no:454
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101797
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- The Cavalcade of America: "I, Mary Washington"
- Description
- The story of George Washington’s mother, Mary.
- Series
- Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Washington, Mary Ball, 1708-1789
- Local Identifier
- program_no:291
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101798
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- The Cavalcade of America: "I Sing a New World"
- Description
- Written by Robert Tallman and stars John McIntire. Features the Cavalcade Players. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Donald Voorhees. Bud Collyer, Dick Stark, announcers. The story of Walt Whitman and how he infused Americans with his works.
- Series
- Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892
- Local Identifier
- program_no:218
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101713
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- The Cavalcade of America: "I Was Married on Bataan"
- Description
- Written by Arthur Miller. Produced and directed by Homer Fickett. Stars Madeleine Carroll and Kenny Delmar. Music composed by and conducted by Don Voorhees. Narrator/Announcer is Bud Collyer. The story of an Army nurse, Lt. Dorothea Engel, who served her country through the tragic and heroic days of the fall of Manila and through the horrors of Bataan and Corregidor.
- Series
- Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Bataan, Battle of, Philippines, 1942; Corregidor, Battle of, Philippines, 1945; Engel, Dorothea
- Local Identifier
- program_no:299
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101799
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- The Cavalcade of America: "Immortal Wife"
- Description
- Written by Halsted Welles and stars Ida Lupino. Host--Walter Huston. Features John McIntire, Frank Graham. Music by Robert Armbruster. Gayne Whitman, anncr. From the book of the same name by Irving Stone, this is the story of Jessie Benton Fremont. Wife of explorer, soldier and statesman John Fremont.
- Series
- Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Frémont, Jessie Benton, 1824-1902
- Local Identifier
- program_no:418
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101800
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- The Cavalcade of America: "In the Best Tradition"
- Description
- Written by Peter Lyon and stars Orson Welles. Features Kenny Delmar, Bill Johnstone. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Don Voorhees. Clayton Collyer, announcer. Broadcast in commemoration of Navy Day, 1942. The story of John A. Dahlgren--the man who became the pilot guiding our Navy through a period of change following the Civil War.
- Series
- Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Dahlgren, John Adolphus Bernard, 1809-1870
- Local Identifier
- program_no:302
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101802
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- The Cavalcade of America: "In This Crisis"
- Description
- Written by Robert L. Richards and stars Claude Rains. Features Ray Collins. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Robert Armbruster. John Hiestand, Gayne Whitman, announcers. The story of Thomas Paine, spokeman of freedom and the spirit he had which was durable as iron.
- Series
- Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809
- Local Identifier
- program_no:275
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101801
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- The Cavalcade of America: "Jane Addams of Hull House"
- Description
- Stars Helen Hayes. Produced by Homer Fickett. Music by Donald Voorhees. Written by Robert Tallman. Basil Ruysdael, anncr. Broadcast from the Auditorium, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. A portrayal of the great humanitarian who devoted her life to sociological improvements and the welfare of mankind.
- Series
- Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Addams, Jane, 1860-1935
- Local Identifier
- program_no:188
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101684
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- The Cavalcade of America: "Jean Laffite"
- Description
- Stars William Johnstone with John McIntyre, Ed Jerome, Bill Adams, Karl Swenson, others. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Donald Voorhees. Thomas Chalmers, Basil Ruysdael, anncrs. Introduced by Dr. Frank Monaghan. Highlights fromt the life of the notorious French pirate who aided Andrew Jackson and thus averted British attack on New Orleans.
- Series
- Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Lafitte, Jean Baptista
- Local Identifier
- program_no:173
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101669
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- The Cavalcade of America: "Jean Pierre Blanchard"
- Description
- Written by Garrett Porter and stars Edwin Jerome. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Donald Voorhees. Features Ray Collins, Kenny Delmar, Karl Swenson, John McIntire, Bill Johnstone. Dick Stark, Clayton Collyer, anncrs. The story of a balloonist Jean Blanchard and of his epic flight in 1796 from Philadelphia across Delaware River.
- Series
- Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Blanchard, Jean
- Local Identifier
- program_no:233
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101726
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- The Cavalcade of America: "Joe Dyer Ends a War"
- Description
- Written by Victor Wolfson and Robert Richards. Stars James Craig and Beulah Bondi. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Bob Armbruster. James Bannon, Gayne Whitman, announcers. Features Bill Johnstone. The story of a boundary dispute between Connecticut and Pennsylvania and how that dispute was settled by arbitration. Both discs cracked--both poor pressings.
- Series
- Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Connecticut; Pennsylvania
- Local Identifier
- program_no:356
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101803
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- The Cavalcade of America: "Joel Chandler Harris"
- Description
- Stars Karl Swenson with script by Arthur Miller. Produced by Homer Fickett with music by Donald Voorhees. Features Bill Johnstone, John McIntire, Ray Collins. Dick Stark, Clayton Collyer, anncrs. The story of the outstanding Southern writer and humorist.
- Series
- Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Harris, Joel Chandler, 1848-1908
- Local Identifier
- program_no:232
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101725
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- The Cavalcade of America: "John Bartram's Garden"
- Description
- Features the Cavalcade Players inc. Bill Johnstone, Ray Collins, Karl Swenson. Music by Donald Voorhees. As an overture, Voorhees offers "An Old Fashioned Garden". The story of America's first great botanist.
- Series
- Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Bartram, John, 1699-1777
- Local Identifier
- program_no:108
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101625
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- The Cavalcade of America: "John Brown"
- Description
- Written by Robert Tallman. Stars John McIntyre. Narrated by William Spargo. Bud Collyer, anncr. Produced and directed by Homer Fickett. Music by Donald Voorhees. A stirring drama of the pre-Civil War conflicts centering around fanatical John Brown whom Lincoln called "the wrongest right man who ever lived". Program begins with Brown's work in Kansan and follow his life through his capture at Harper's Ferry and his eventual hanging.
- Series
- Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Brown, John, 1800-1859
- Local Identifier
- program_no:204
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101700
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- The Cavalcade of America: "John Fitch"
- Description
- Stars Thomas Mitchell. Directed by Homer Fickett. Music by Donald Voorhees. Ted Jewett, Basil Ruysdael, anncrs. The story of the inventor of the steamboat, his struggles against disbelief, lack of confidence and overwhelming failure--but a story of one man's firm adherence to his idea and his conviction that one day would see it realized.
- Series
- Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Fitch, John, 1743-1798
- Local Identifier
- program_no:180
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101676
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- The Cavalcade of America: "John Honeyman"
- Description
- Gabriel Hatter, host. Thomas Chalmers, narrator. Music by Donald Voorhees. Features the Cavalcade Players (Bill Johnstone, Karl Swenson, Agnes Moorehead, Kenny Delmar, others). As an overture, Voorhees plays "F. D. R. Jones." This is the story of New Jersey butcher who posed as a spy during the Revolution, and through his efforts, led Washington to cross the Delaware and take Trenton.
- Series
- Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Honeyman, John, 1729-1822
- Local Identifier
- program_no:146
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101644
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- The Cavalcade of America: "John Howard Payne"
- Description
- Features the Cavalcade Players inc. Agnes Moorehead, Bill Johnstone, Ray Collins, Kenny Delmar. Music by Donald Voorhees. Basil Ruysdael, Thomas Chalmers, anncrs. The story of American composer John Payne, author of "Home, Sweet Home." As an overture, Voorhees offers "Heaven Can Wait."
- Series
- Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Payne, John Howard, 1791-1852
- Local Identifier
- program_no:160
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101658
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- The Cavalcade of America: "John Jacob Astor"
- Description
- Features the Cavalcade Players inc. Bill Johnstone, Karl Swenson, Ray Collins, Kenny Delmar. Music by Donald Voorhees. As an overture Voorhees offers "Pale Moon". Highlights incidents in the life of Astor.
- Series
- Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Astor, John Jacob, 1763-1848
- Local Identifier
- program_no:105
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101622
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.
- Title
- The Cavalcade of America: "John James Audubon"
- Description
- Features the Cavalcade Players (inc. Bill Johnstone, Bill Adams, Karl Swenson, John McIntyre). Music by Donald Voorhees. As an overture, Voorhees offers selections from "Snow White." Program dramatizes the life of the French-American naturalist.
- Series
- Entertainment -- Cavalcade of America
- Subject
- Cavalcade of America (Radio program); Historical Drama; Band Music; Audubon, John James, 1785-1851
- Local Identifier
- program_no:127
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Physical Location
- American University Library -- Special Collections
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-101575
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.