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Cavalcade of America, a radio program broadcast from 1935 to 1953,
pioneered the use of anthology drama for company audio advertising. The
show originally aired on the Columbia Broadcast System (CBS) and was
sponsored by the DuPont Company.
It was on CBS from October 9, 1935 to May 29th, 1939 and NBC from January
2nd, 1940 to March 31st, 1953. Television adaptations were on NBC from
October 1st, 1952 to September 2, 1953 and then ABC from September 9th,
1953 to June 21st, 1955 and September 6th, 1955 and June 4th, 1957.
Walter Huston was the host from September 18th, 1944 through February
12th, 1945. The writers included an impressive array, with such names as:
Arthur Miller, Norman Rosten, Robert Tallman, Peter Lyon, Robert Richards,
Stuart Hawkins, Arthur Arent, Edith Sommer, Halsted Welles, Henry Denker,
Priscilla Kent, Virginia Radcliffe, Frank Gabrielson, Margaret Lewerth,
Morton Wishengrad, George Faulkner, and Irve Tunick. The creator of the
show was Roy Durstine.
Cavalcade of America documented historical events using stories of
individual courage, individual initiative and achievement. This was
consistent with DuPont's overall conservative philosophy and legacy as an
American company dating back to 1802. The company's motto "Maker of better
things for better living through chemistry" was read at the beginning of
each program, and the dramas emphasized humanitarian progress,
particularly improvements in the lives of women, often through
technological innovation.
DuPont's products were primarily not for public consumption, so there was
no purpose in promoting them through advertising. As a solution to
DuPont's troubles, Roy Durstine then creative director of Batten, Barton,
Durstine & Osborn proposed the creation and sponsorship of Cavalcade of
America using the company motto. This was to be an important element in
the successful re-branding of DuPont as an American legacy engaged in
making products for the well-being of Americans and humanity in general.
On May 15, 1940 DuPont made nylon women's hosiery available to the public
and began an advertising blitz. The day was designated "N" day by DuPont's
marketeers and an entire episode of Cavalcade of America was purchased.
This show was markedly different: DuPont selected a "typical" housewife to
interview G. P. Hoff, Director of Research of DuPont's Nylon Division. In
the interview, which was rigged, Hoff had the opportunity to say many
dazzling things about the virtues of nylon. The next morning thousands of
women lined up in front of department stores hours before they opened to
get nylon hose, or what we today call nylons. 750,000 nylons had been
manufactured for N-Day, and they all sold out in the first day they went
on sale.
We have a wonderful movie in our Vintage Clothes & Fashions Collection Fashions Of The Past Volume 1, The Story of A Star in which the “star"
of the film is "the stocking". Very entertaining.
In 1953 DuPont switched its advertising strategy from radio to television,
and Cavalcade of America became a television series.
So grab your drink of choice, and sit down for
a virtual cornucopia of not only Hollywood talent but those in the theatre
as well. With notable figures such as
Chester Morris, Ida Lupino, Robert Young, Thomas Mitchell,
Charles Bouvier, Donna Reed, Henry Fonda and too many more to list,
and with over 125 hours and 300 plus episodes you will be enthralled for a
very long time.
The following are the episodes contained on the
four CD set.
351009 001 No Turning Back
351016 002 The Conquered Distance
351023 003 The Spirit Of Competition
351030 004 The Will To Rebuild
351106 005 Faith In Education
351113 006 Women's Emancipation
351120 007 Willingness To Share
351127 008 Community Self Reliance
351204 009 Heroism In Medical Science
351211 010 The Will To Explore
351218 011 Defiance Of Nature
351225 012 The Humanitarian Urge
360101 013 The Declaration Of Independence
360108 014 Woman In Public Service
360115 015 Building And Architectura
360122 016 Speed Of Words
360129 017 Enterprise
360205 018 Loyalty To Family
360212 019 Abraham Lincoln
360219 020 The Bridge Of Builders
360226 021 Heroes Of The Sea
360304 022 Songs That Inspired The Nation
360311 023 Preservation
360318 024 They Also Serve
360325 025 Conservation
360401 026 Fame In Literature
360408 027 Opportunity
360415 028 Railroad Builders
360422 029 Safety First
360429 030 Self Reliance
360506 031 The Artistic Impulse
360513 032 Tillers Of The Soil
360520 033 Hardness
360527 034 Resourcefulness
360603 035 Songs Of Rome
360617 036 Heroes Of Texas
360624 037 Steamboat Builders
360701 038 American Journalism
360708 039 Victor Herbert Master Of Melody
360715 040 Band Music In America Pt1
360722 041 Band Music In America Pt2
360729 042 Band Music In America Pt3
360805 043 Band Music In America Pt4
360826 046 Dance Music In America
360902 047 America in Musical Comedy And Operetta
360916 049 The Orchestra Of Today
360923 050 Music Of The Movies
360930 051 Showmanship
361007 052 Helping Hand
361014 053 Sentinels Of The Deep
361021 054 John Winthrop
361028 055 Edward Macdowell
361111 056 Transcontinental Journeys
361125 058 Songs Of Sentiment
361202 059 The Seeing Eye
361209 060 The Story Of Christmas Seals
361223 062 A Tribute To Schumann Heink
361230 063 Yankee Independence
370106 064 Prestige For The American Stage
370113 065 Father Of Plastics
370120 066 Songs Of The Sea
370127 067 Pioneer Physician Elizabeth Blac
370203 068 Minute Men Of The Air
370210 069 The Man Who Couldn't Grow Old
370217 070 Ounce Of Prevention
370224 071 Recognition For The American Sing
370303 072 National Parks Pioneers
370310 073 Stephen Girard
370317 074 James Fenimore Cooper
370324 075 The House Of Glass
370331 076 The McGuffy Readers
370407 077 Admiral Perry Discovers The Pole
370414 078 Songs Of The Gay Nineties
370421 079 The Golden Touch
370428 080 George Washington Farmer
370512 082 The Story Of Dynamite
370519 083 Thomas A. Edison The Man
370526 084 Songs Of The American Indian
370602 085 Stories O American Dyes
370609 086 The Eighth Wonder Of The World
370616 087 Stars Of Destiny
370623 088 The Pine Tree Shilling
370630 089 Luther Burbank
370707 090 Music Of Irving Berlin
370714 091 Music Of George Gershwin
370721 092 Richard Rogers
370728 093 Vincent Youmans
370804 094 Rudolph Friml
370825 097 Arthur Schwartz
370901 098 Victor Herbert
370908 099 Nacio Herb Brown
370915 100 Cole Porter
370922 101 Donald Voorhees
370929 102 Edwin Booth
371006 103 Mary Lyon Pioneer Woman Educator
371013 104 William Penn And The Holy Experiment
371020 105 John Jacob Astor
371027 106 Clara Louise Kellogg
371103 107 Elmer Ambrose Sperry
371110 108 John Bartram's Garden
380209 121 Oliver Wendell Holmes
380216 122 The Louisiana Purchase
380223 123 Noah Webster
380302 124 Anne Sullivan Macy
380309 125 The Last Of The Scouts Buffalo Bill
380316 126 Captain Robert Gay
380323 127 John James Audubon
380330 128 Charlotte Cushman
380406 129 The Search For Iron
380413 130 Jefferson And American Education
380420 131 The 4H Club Movement
380427 132 Maria Mitchli
380504 133 Songs Of The Mississippi
380511 134 FraJunipero Serra
380518 135 Benjamin Franklin
380525 136 Child Welfare In America
380601 137 Samuel Slater
380608 138 King Coal
390130 150 Mark Twain
390227 154 George Gershwin
390417 161 Patrick Henry
400206 173 Jean Lafitte
400213 174 Abe Lincoln The War Years
400326 180 John Fitch
400402 181 Benedict Arnold
400409 182 Melodies Of Stephen Foster
400430 185 Thomas Paine
400507 186 Nancy Hanks
400521 188 Jane Adams Of Hull House
400604 190 John Sutter
401106 199 Wild Bill Hickock
401211 204 John Brown Of Ossawatamy
401218 205 The Undefended Border
401225 206 The Green Pastures
410101 207 Will Rogers
410205 212 Henry Clay of Kentucky
410212 0213 Abraham Lincoln The War Years
410226 0215 Edgar Allen Poe
410312 217 Black Rust
410319 218 I Sing A New World
410326 219 Down To The Sea
410428 224 The Heart And The Fountain
410526 228 John's Hopkins
410616 231 Annie Oakley
410623 232 Joel Chandler Harris
410721 236 O 'Henry
410901 242 Leif Erikson
410915 244 City Of Illusion
410922 245 Native Land Pt1
410929 246 Native Land Pt2
411020 249 All That Money Can Buy
411117 0253 They Died with Their Boots on
411208 256 Men In White
411215 257 Great Man Votes
411222 258 The Green Pastures
420105 0260 Valley Forge
420112 261 The Gentleman From Paris
420119 262 An American Is Born
420126 263 Tomorrow And Tomorrow
420202 264 Captains Of The Clouds
420223 267 Arrowsmith
420413 274 A Continental Uniform
420803 290 This Is Our Exile
420824 293 The Giant In The Meadow
420831 294 The Prophet Without Honor
420914 296 Honorable Joseph C. Crew Speech
420921 297 Eagle To Britain
420928 298 Juarez Thunder From The Mountain
421005 299 I Was Married On Bataan
421026 302 In The Best Tradition
421109 304 Torpedo Lane
421123 306 Feast From the Harvest
421214 309 The Man who Wouldn't Be President
421221 310 Child Is Born a
421228 311 The Eagles Nest
430104 312 Between Them Both
430111 313 Diary of a Pig Boat
430118 314 Soldier Of The Tide
430315 322 A Case For The FBI
430329 324 Cook On PT Boat Writes Home
430412 326 The Lengthening Shadow
430426 328 Soldiers In High Boots
430510 330 Fat Girl
430517 331 Nurses Under Sealed Orders
430524 332 Pharmacists Mate First Class
430531 333 Mr. Lincoln's Wife
430607 334 The Enemy Is Listening
430621 336 Unsinkable Marble Head
430628 337 Sky Nursemaid
430705 338 Listen to the People
430712 339 Soldier Of The Cloth
430719 340 Schoolhouse At The Front
430726 341 Diamonds At War
430802 342 Nine Men Against The Arctic
430809 343 Shortcut To Tokyo
430816 344 The Major And The Mules
430830 346 Dear Funnyface
430906 347 Double Play
430913 348 Iron Camels
430920 349 The Vengeance Of Torpedo Eight
430927 350 The Hated Hero Of 1776
431004 351 Continue Uploading
431011 352 Bob Hope Reports
431101 353 Diary On A Pig Boat
431101 355 Burma Surgeon
431115 357 Twelve Desperate Miles
431122 358 Soldiers Of The Soil
431206 360 Navy Doctor
431220 362 A Child Is Born
431227 363 UBoat Prisoner
440110 365 Here is Your War
440124 367 The Doctor Shoots A Cannon
440207 369 Prologue To Glory
440214 370 GI Valentine
440327 376 So Sorry No Mercy
440403 377 Ambulance Driver
440417 379 A Mask for Jefferson
440501 381 Adventures Of Mark Twain
440508 382 Autobiography Of An Angel
440612 387 My Fighting Congregation
440619 388 Tokyo Spearhead
440717 392 Boomerang
440814 396 The Gals They Left Behind
440828 398 Yankee From Olympus
440911 400 Doctor Gets The Answer
440925 402 Lifetide
441002 403 Voice On The Stairs
441023 406 The Girl Lincoln Loved
441030 0407 Take Her Down
441204 412 Donut Girl
441218 414 Doctor In Crinoline
450108 417 Name Rank Serial Number
450122 419 Penny Fancy
450205 421 Road To Berlin
450226 424 Flight Nurse
450326 428 Grandpa and the Statue
450430 433 The Philippines Never Surrendered
450514 435 Weather is a Weapon
450521 436 How To Build Paradise
450611 439 Judge Roy Bean
450827 442 Assignment For The Professor
450910 444 Sawdust Underground
450917 445 Nellie Was a Lady
451008 448 Spy On The Kilocycles
451029 451 My Son John
451112 453 Guy Who Had To Have A Horse
451210 457 Big Boy Blue
451224 459 Names On The Land
460114 0462 Venture in a Silk Hat
460121 463 Camels Are Coming
460311 470 Doctor with Hope in His Hands
460318 471 Alaskan Bush Pilot
460513 479 Storm
460520 480 Petticoat Jury
460603 482 I Guess It's Here To Stay
460826 486 Passport To Freedom
460923 490 The Old Fall River Line
461111 497 Country Lawyer
461230 504 Rain Fakers
470120 507 Builder Of The Soo
470203 509 The Magnificent Failure
470210 510 Voice of the Wizard
470217 511 Man Against The Mountain
470224 512 Abigail Opens the White House
470303 513 Mr. Pullman's Palace Car
470310 514 The Stirring Blood
470317 515 Man With Green Fingers Alternate
470317 515 The Man With Green Fingers
470324 0516 Man Who Stepped Aside
470505 522 School For Men
470512 523 Page One
470908 532 Kitchen Scientist
471124 543 Us Pilgrims
471215 546 Day They Gave Babies Away
480119 551 Sheriff Teddy
480209 554 Mr. Lincoln Goes To A Play
480322 560 President And The Doctor
480419 564 Winner Takes Life
480712 576 Break The News
481122 587 Us Pilgrims George Tobias
481206 589 Oliver Wendell Holmes
490307 602 Journey Among The Lost
490404 606 Citizen Mama
490502 610 When Green We Grow
490516 612 The House Near Little Dock Street
490613 616 Footlights on the Frontier
491004 624 Soldiers Of The Tide
491011 625 This Little Plot Of Ground
491213 634 South Of Cape Horn
500221 644 Reveille
500307 646 Mr. Peale And The Dinosaur
500321 648 Mary Peabody
500425 653 The Firefly Lamp
500523 657 Portrait Of An Author
500613 660 The Redemption Of Lotte Moon
500829 663 John Yankee
500905 664 The Iron Mountain
500912 665 Maneith The Cargo Of Water
500919 666 Golden Harvest
501003 668 Six Men Of Wood
501010 669 Emma
501024 671 Juliet In Pigtails
501205 677 The Grand Design
501212 678 Ulysses In Love
510206 686 Greeley Of The Tribune
510508 699 A Duel With Aunt Rebecca
511106 717 700 Boiled Shirts
511120 719 Path Of Praise
520129 729 Night Without A President
520318 0736 Marine Who Was 200 Years Old
520902 752 The Melody Man
520930 756 Gig of the Saginaw
521007 757 One Way Out
530224 776 Life On The Mississippi
530331 781 Time to Grow a
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