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Cavalcade of America Old Time Radio Program CD 2
˝ hour drama
Cavalcade of America was one of the longest running high quality drama shows
on radio. It first aired in 1935, was broadcast on radio until 1953, then the
show switched to television and lasted until 1957.
The show dramatized significant people or events in American history and literature.
It also featured a full orchestra punctuating the action, occasionally playing
an extended piece of music, and some shows were dedicated to American music
in which the orchestra really got a chance to shine.
Cavalcade was a high quality show using star power like Raymond Massey, Charles
Laughton, Lionel Barrymore, Dick Powell, Clark Gable made his first radio appearance
on Cavalcade, and Orson Welles gained valuable experience on the show before
creating the Mercury Theater. In addition to the hottest stars of the day, and
talented up and comers, the show had a good group of staff writers, but also
worked with popular authors of the day. Carl Sandburg, Stephen Vincent Benet,
and Robert Sherwood all worked for Cavalcade. Sandburg was the narrator for
the show adapting his book Native Land. The show paid top rate, and the best
radio directors demanded perfection from the actors. In addition to top stars,
directors, and production crew, the show also hired “historical advisors”
led by Dr. Frank Monaghan of Yale to verify the stories as historically accurate.
Having hyped the accuracy of the show, the audience raised themselves to the
task of finding errors. Lucky for the producers, the internet hadn't been invented
yet. But overall the show did a good job of presenting an accurate picture of
history. (And at least they tried, at opposed to...oh, say, Xena Warrior Princess.)
At first the show featured people and events from America's past (John Winthrop
and Yankee Independence) but around 1939 the show changed a bit and allowed
for more recent events and people, or modern stories that reflected American
ideals (Babe Ruth and stories of war time valor).
The origin of the show is a little less than the ideals it tried to promote.
Cavalcade of America was sponsored by the Dupont Company. Dupont was having,
what in the biz is called a “public relations situation”. The company
was being investigated for war profiteering after World War I. In response,
the company created a quality show, highlighting positive American ideals. To
help its Dupont's reputation, the show did not enact any violence on the show.
And it only had a commercial intro at the beginning of the show, and a longer
commercial at the end. The slogan: "Maker of better things for better living
through chemistry" first appeared on this show.
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You can play them on your computer, you can transfer them to MP3 players (like
the IPod), but, by and large, you cannot play them on stereos, walkmen, or car
radios.
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are excellent, others you have to turn up the volume a little and ignore the
static. All of the episodes can be listened to and enjoyed. You can listen to
our free samples to get a feel for how the programs sound.
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Cavalcade of America CD 2
110 episodes:
400206 (173) Jean Laffite.mp3
401211 (204) John Brown.mp3
401218 (205) The Undefended.mp3
401225 (206) The Green Past.mp3
410312 (217) Black Rust.mp3
410319 (218) I Sing A New W.mp3
410326 (219) Down to the Se.mp3
410428 (224) Heart and the .mp3
410616 (231) Annie Oakley.mp3
410623 (232) Joel Chandler .mp3
410901 (242) Leif Erikson.mp3
410908 (243) Geronimo.mp3
410922 (245) Native Land Pt.mp3
410929 (246) Native Land Pt.mp3
411117 (253) They Died with.mp3
411208 (256) Men in White.mp3
411215 (257) The Great Man .mp3
420112 (261) The Gentleman .mp3
420119 (262) An American is.mp3
420223 (267) Arrowsmith.mp3
420622 (284) The Battle of .mp3
420803 (290) This is Our Ex.mp3
420831 (294) The Prophet wi.mp3
420914 (296) Honorable Jose.mp3
420921 (297) Eagle to Brita.mp3
421005 (299) I Was Married .mp3
421026 (302) In the Best Tr.mp3
421109 (304) Torpedo Lane.mp3
421123 (306) Feast From the.mp3
421214 (309) The Man who Wo.mp3
421221 (310) A Child Is Bor.mp3
421228 (311) The Eagle's Ne.mp3
430104 (312) Between Them B.mp3
430118 (314) Soldier of the.mp3
430315 (322) A Case For The.mp3
430322 (323) Lifetide.mp3
430329 (324) The Cook on a .mp3
430405 (325) Submarine Aste.mp3
430405 (326) The Lengthenin.mp3
430419 (327) Listen to the .mp3
430426 (328) Soldiers in Hi.mp3
430510 (330) Fat Girl.mp3
430517 (331) Nurses Under S.mp3
430524 (332) Pharmacist's M.mp3
430531 (333) Mr Lincoln's W.mp3
430621 (336) Unsinkable Mar.mp3
430628 (337) Sky Nursemaid.mp3
430705 (338) Listen to the .mp3
430802 (342) Nine Men Again.mp3
430809 (343) Shortcut to To.mp3
430816 (344) The Major and .mp3
430906 (347) Double Play.mp3
430913 (348) Iron Camels.mp3
430920 (349) The Vengeance .mp3
431004 (351) Continue Uploa.mp3
431011 (352) Bob Hope Repor.mp3
431101 (355) Burma Surgeon.mp3
431101 (XXX) Diary on a Pig.mp3
431115 (357) Twelve Desprat.mp3
431206 (360) Navy Doctor.mp3
431227 (363) UBoat Prisoner.mp3
440110 (365) Here is Your W.mp3
440124 (367) The Doctor Sho.mp3
440327 (376) So Sorry, no M.mp3
440403 377 Ambulance Driver.mp3
440417 379 A Mask for Jeffe.mp3
440717 392 Boomerang.mp3
450108 417 Name, Rank, Seri.mp3
450205 421 Road to Berlin.mp3
450226 424 Flight Nurse.mp3
450326 428 Grandpa and the .mp3
450430 (433) The Phillipine.mp3
450514 435 Weather is a Wea.mp3
450521 436 How to Build Par.mp3
450611 439 The Law West of .mp3
450827 442 Assignment for t.mp3
450910 444 Sawdust Undergro.mp3
450917 445 Nellie Was a Lad.mp3
451008 448 Spy on the Kiloc.mp3
451029 451 My Son John.mp3
451112 453 A Sailor who Had.mp3
451210 457 Big Boy Blue.mp3
451224 459 Names on the Lan.mp3
460114 462 Venture in a Sil.mp3
460121 463 The Camels are C.mp3
460311 470 The Doctor with .mp3
460318 471 Alaskan Bush Pil.mp3
460513 479 Storm.mp3
460520 (480) The Petticoat .mp3
460603 482 I Guess It's Her.mp3
460923 490 The Old Fall Riv.mp3
461230 504 The Rain Fakers.mp3
470203 (509) The Magnificen.mp3
470210 (510) Voice Of The W.mp3
470317 (515) The Man Wit001.mp3
470317 (515) The Man With G.mp3
470505 522 School for Men.mp3
470512 523 Page One.mp3
471124 (543) Us Pilgrims.mp3
480119 551 SheriffTeddy.mp3
480209 (554) Mr Lincoln Goe.mp3
490613 (616) Footlights on .mp3
500321 (648) I, Mary Peabod.mp3
500613 (660) The Redemption.mp3
501205 (677) The Grand Desi.mp3
501212 (678) Ulysses In Lov.mp3
510206 (686) Greeley of the.mp3
520930 756 Gig of the Sagin.mp3
521007 757 One Way Out.mp3
530224 (776) Life on the Mi.mp3
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