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The Classic TV Archive - US Dramatic Anthology Series
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CAVALCADE OF AMERICA
/ CAVALCADE THEATRE
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Episode Guide
version 30.0 November 2007
(Ep 5.23, 5.24, 5.27)
compiled by
The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by:
Hal Erickson
Steve Greenup (Ep 4.18)
Rina Fox
Jim Brent
references:
Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
Internet Movie Database (http://us.imdb.com)
UCLA Film and Television Archive
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CAVALCADE OF AMERICA
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(1952-55)(seasons 1-3 title)
NBC (010ct52-24Jun53) (Wednesdays 8:30-9:00pm EST) (season 1)
(alternated with "Scott Music Hall")
ABC (1953-55) (Tuesdays 7:30-8:00pm EST)(seasons 2-3)
Produced by Jack Chertok (some seasons 1-2)
Produced by Gil Ralston & Arthur Ripley (some seasons 1-2-3)
Produced by Armand Schaefer (some season 2)
Produced by Jack Denove (some seasons 3-4)
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DuPONT THEATRE (1955-57)(season 4-5 title)
a Four Star Films, Inc. Production
ABC (1955-57)(Tuesdays 9:30-10:00pm EST)(seasons 4-5)
Executive Producer Don W. Sharpe /Produced by Warren Lewis (1955-57)
US Anthology Series 1952-57
Syndication airing in 1956/57 under the alternate title AMERICAN LEGEND.
(This is confirmed by TV GUIDE listings in both the Milwaukee
and Minneapolis editions.) Hal Erickson
########### Cavalcade of America ###########
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NBC 010ct52-24Jun53 Wednesdays 8:30-9:00pm EST
(alternated with "Scott Music Hall")
Ep 1.01 Cavalcade of America: POOR RICHARD
01-Oct-1952 NBC Wed (Network Rerun 05Jan54)
producer Gil Ralston
written by Frederick Jackson & Arthur Ripley
directed by Peter Godfrey
starring
Cecil Kellaway
Dabbs Greer
Alan Napier
Leo Britt
Henry Brandon
Synopsis 1:
Dramatized incidents are used to show how Benjamin Franklin delayed a
conference between Lord Howe and John Adams until the spring rainy
season commenced, thereby allowing General Washington to extricate his
troops from Long Island under the cover of a storm. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
This drama sent the "old and obstinate" Franklin to delay American
surrender talks with the British, thereby allowing General George
Washington to escape capture to fight another day. (JB)
Ep 1.02 Cavalcade of America: ALL'S WELL WITH LYDIA
15-Oct-1952 NBC Wed (Network rerun 22Mar55)
starring
Ruth Warrick
...... Lydia Darragh
Reginald Denny ...... Col. Patterson
John Dodsworth ..... Lt. Allen
Esther Dale ..... Aunt Tabitha
Synopsis 1:
The Revolutionary War story of Lydia Darragh, American patriot and
Philadelphia widow, who by her cleverness gained information
instrumental in an American victory. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
A Philadelphia matron makes friends with the British
officers who are occupying that city during the revolution.
Her friendship is of great value to the American forces. [JB]
Ep 1.03 Cavalcade of America: THE MAN WHO TOOK A CHANCE
29-Oct-1952 NBC Wed (Network rerun 10Nov53)
starring
Richard Denning
Rhys Williams
Lewis Martin
Harry Cheshire
Synopsis 1:
The story of an 19th century genius who adapted 20th century methods to
solve an American problem. (JB)
Synopsis 2:
Eli Whitney first begins to manufacture muskets. [JB]
Ep 1.04 Cavalcade of America: A ROMANCE TO REMEMBER
12-Nov-1952 NBC Wed (Network rerun 11Jan55)
starring
Dan O'Herlihy ..... Nathaniel Hawthorne
Fay Baker
Helen Westcott
Synopsis:
The tale of the two beautiful Peabody Sisters who become rivals for the
love of Nathaniel Hawthorne. (JB)
Ep 1.05 Cavalcade of America: WHAT HATH GOD WROUGHT
26-Nov-1952 NBC Wed (Network rerun 02Feb54)
starring
Eduard Franz ..... Samuel Morse
Tom Henry
The story of how Samuel F.B. Morse, after many hardships, gained
recognition for the first telegraph. (JB)
Ep 1.06 Cavalcade of America: NO GREATER LOVE
10-Dec-1953 NBC Wed (Network rerun 05Apr55)
producer Jack Chertok
written by Tom Seller
directed by William J. Thiele
starring
Mary Anderson ..... Clara Louise Maas
Arthur Franz ..... Dr. William Gorgas
Reed Hadley
David Bond
Synopsis 1:
A story about Clara Louise Maas, a Spanish-American War nurse who
allowed herself to be bitten by a Stegomyia mosquito in order to
further the experiments which were being conducted in the Las Animas
Hospital in Havana under the direction of Dr. William C. Gorgas during
a yellow fever epidemic at the turn of the century. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
Nurse Clara Maas volunteers to be bitten by a dreaded mosquito
so that the research on yellow fever can go on. [RF]
Ep 1.07 Cavalcade of America: IN THIS CRISIS
24-Dec-1953 NBC Wed (Network rerun 23Feb54)
Written by Robert Stevenson
starring
Tom Tully ..... John Honeyman
Ann Doran
John Hoyt
Richard Gaines
Synopsis:
John Honeyman, American patriot, pretends to be a Tory in order to gain
information that will mean Washington's victory over the Hessians. (JB)
Ep 1.08 Cavalcade of America: THE ARROW AND THE BOW
07-Jan-1953 NBC Wed
starring
Elena Verdugo
Sean McClory
Booth Colman
O.Z. Whitehead
Synopsis:
The career of Andrew Johnson, who, starting as a tailor, became the
17th President. [RF]
Ep 1.09 Cavalcade of America: WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN
21-Jan-1953 NBC Wed (Network rerun 01Mar55)
starring
Ross Ford ..... Jefferson Davis
Nancy Hale
..... Sarah Taylor
Synopsis 1:
The story of the tragic romance and marriage of Jefferson Davis and
Sarah Knox Taylor. (JB)
Synopsis 2:
The story of Jefferson Davis, future president of the Confederacy,
and Sarah Taylor, daughter of the future president of the United States.
Their love was fated to end in tragedy. [RF]
Ep 1.10 Cavalcade of America: NEW SALEM STORY
04-Feb-1953 NBC Wed (Network rerun 08Feb55)
starring
Jeff Donnell ..... Ann Rutledge
James Griffith
..... Abraham Lincoln
Lloyd Corrigan ..... Bowling Green
Synopsis:
The legendary tale of Abe Lincoln and his great love for Ann Rutledge [RF]
Ep 1.11 Cavalcade of America: A MATTER OF HONOR
18-Feb-1953 NBC Wed (Network Rerun 15Jun54)
producer Gil Ralston
written by Van Norcross
directed by Arthur Hilton
starring
Onslow Stevens ....... Sam Houston
Randy Stuart
Jonathan Hale
Stanley Andrews
Pierre Watkins
Synopsis 1:
A historical drama portraying the misunderstanding between Sam Houston
and his wife, Eliza, which resulted in Houston's resignation of the
governorship of Tennessee. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
The story of Sam Houston, hero of the Alamo, who gave the woman he
loved a locket engraved with one word, "integrity," but had she earned
the right to wear it? (JB)
Ep 1.12 Cavalcade of America: EXPERIMENT AT MONTICELLO
04-Mar-1953 NBC Wed (Network rerun 17May55)
starring
Brandon Rhodes ...... Thomas Jefferson
Raymond Greenleaf
Barbara Woodell
Synopsis:
Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States, uses himself as a
guinea pig and is inoculated with the germs of small pox in a heroic
effort to establish control of the disease. [RF]
Ep 1.13 Cavalcade of America: MIGHTIER THAN THE SWORD
18-March-1953 NBC Wed
producer Jack Chertok
written by Tom Seller
directed by William J. Thiele
starring
Douglas Kennedy
Eduard Franz
Adele Longmire
Robert Rockwell
Hayden Rorke
Synopsis 1:
A pre-Revolutionary War drama. The freedom of the press is upheld
through the trial and acquittal of John Peter Zenger, a New York
newspaper publisher who was imprisoned for printing the truth about
corruption of the British administration. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
Story of John Peter Zenger in the famous trial that established
American freedom of the press. [JB]
Ep 1.14 Cavalcade of America: THE INDOMITABLE BLACKSMITH
01-April-1953 NBC Wed (Network rerun 19Apr55)
producer Jack Chertok
written by Warner Law
directed by William J. Thiele
starring
Whitfield Connor ....... Thomas Davenport
Peggy Weber
Synopsis 1:
A story about Thomas Davenport, a blacksmith, and his long struggle to
invent and perfect the electric motor. Setting: Brandon, Vt., in the
1830's. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
The story of how Thomas Davenport neglected his blacksmith trade and
failed in business, but won immortality in science by inventing the
first electric motor. (JB)
Ep 1.15 Cavalcade of America: THE GINGERBREAD MAN
15-April-1953 NBC Wed (Network rerun 21Dec54)
producers Gil Ralston & Arthur Ripley
written by Robert Stevenson
directed Robert Stevenson
starring
Otto Waldis ...... Christopher Ludwick
Edith Angold ...... Katie
John Wengraf ...... German Colonel
William Yetter ...... Schultz
Richard Gaines
...... George Washington
John Hamilton ...... Col. Norton
Synopsis 1:
A true story about Christopher Ludwick, the baker, who came to America
in 1776 from Germany. He made a most unusual gingerbread man which
later became famous in America. He lived with his wife in Philadelphia. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
A comedy-drama about an elderly German baker who persuades 123 Hessian
soldiers to desert the British Army during the American Revolution. (JB)
Ep 1.16 Cavalcade of America: NIGHT STRIKE (Nite Strike)
29-April-1953 NBC Wed (Network rerun 19Oct54)
producers Gil Ralston & Arthur Ripley
written by Robert Stevenson
directed by Robert Stevenson
director of photography Stuart Thompson
starring
Glenn Langan ......Captain John Paul Jones
Richard Garrick ....... Benjamin Franklin
James Best
Russell Simpson ..... Quartermaster
Maurice Marsac ...... DeSartine
Robert Edward Osterloh ..... Simpson
Dayton Lummis
Dorothea Walbert
Norman DuPont
John Fraser
Kenneth Donald Murray
Synopsis:
Dramatizes an incident in the career of Captain John Paul Jones.
Describes a raid made by Americans under Jones' leadership on the
English coast at Whitehaven in 1778 and the unexpected outcome of the
action. [RF]
Ep 1.17 Cavalcade of America: SLATER'S DREAM
13-May-1953 NBC Wed (Network rerun 31May55)
producer Jack Chertok
written by John Thiele
directed by William J. Thiele
starring
Terrence Kilburn ..... Samuel Slater
Howard Wendell
Robert Foulk
Mary Ellen Kay
Synopsis:
Dramatizes the story of Samuel Slater, a young Englishman, who came to
America in 1790 and struggled to construct from memory the cotton
spinner, the plan of which England jealously guarded to insure a
monopoly on the machine. [RF]
Ep 1.18 Cavalcade of America: THE PIRATE'S CHOICE
27-May-1953 NBC Wed
producer Jack Chertok
written by Curtis Kenyon
directed by William J. Thiele
starring
William Bishop ..... Jean LaFitte
Morris Ankrum
Mario Siletti
Sig Arno
Donna Martell
Rhys Williams
Synopsis 1:
Dramatizes the events which led to the decision of the pirate Jean
Lafitte to join Andrew Jackson in the defense of New Orleans against
the English forces in 1814. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
The story of Jean LaFitte. (JB)
Ep 1.19 Cavalcade of America: JOHN YANKEE
10-Jun-1953 NBC Wed
producer Jack Chertok
written by Charles Larson
directed by William J. Thiele
starring
Whitfield Connor ..... John Adams
Helen Parrish
Lowell Gilmore
Robert Neil
Patrick O'Moore
John Alderson
Raymond Greenleaf
Synopsis 1:
Dramatizes John Adams' difficult and unpopular decision to defend eight
English soldiers who participated in a Boston riot prior to the
Revolution. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
John Adams defends eight British soldiers charged with murder. (JB)
Ep 1.20 Cavalcade of America: THE TENDERFOOT
24-Jun-1953 NBC Wed
producer Jack Chertok
written by Tom Seller
directed by William J. Thiele
starring
Tom Brown
Edgar Buchanan
John Kellogg
Ludwig Stossel
Lee Van Cleef
Synopsis 1:
A historical drama showing how young Theodore Roosevelt, undaunted by a
blizzard, pursues and captures three outlaws in the Dakota Bad Lands.
Time: 1886. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
Theodore Roosevelt in Dakota's "badlands" captures three outlaws. (JB)
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ABC Tuesdays 7:30-8:00pm EST
Ep 2.01 Cavalcade of America: SAM AND THE WHALE
29-Sep-1953 ABC Tue
producers Gil Ralston & Arthur Ripley
written by George H. Faulkner
directed by Tim Whelan
starring
Cecil Kellaway ..... Sam Mulford
Doris Lloyd ...... Lady Montagu
Rex Evans
Evelyn Ankers
Charles Nolte
John Dodsworth
Synopsis :
Sam Mulford, a famous American whale hunter who resents the English tax on
whales and the methods employed by the King's tax collectors along the
coast of Long Island goes to England, where, with the help of Lady Montagu,
he takes his complaint to the royal court. Time: 1712. [RF]
Ep 2.02 Cavalcade of America: THE STOLEN GENERAL
06-Oct-1953 ABC Tue (Network Rerun 24Apr56)
producers Gil Ralston & Arthur Ripley
written by Arthur Ripley
directed by Robert Stevenson
photography Stuart Thompson
starring
Barbara Billingsley ...... Dorothea Meadows
Reginald Denny ...... General Prescott
John Abbott ...... Colonel Barton
Rex Evans
Ben Wright
Walter Kingsford
Synopsis :
A Revolutionary War drama. When romance-seeking British General Prescott
arranges to meet Dorothea Meadows in an unprotected house in Rhode Island,
he is captured by Miss Meadows' co-conspirator, Colonel Barton. [RF]
Ep 2.03 Cavalcade of America: BREAKFAST AT NANCY'S
13-Oct-1953 ABC Tue (Network Rerun 13Mar56)
producers Gil Ralston & Arthur Ripley
written by George H. Faulkner
directed by Sidney Salkow
starring
Amanda Blake ...... Nancy Hart
Charles McGraw ...... Wilkie Bowman
Frank Christie ....... Sam
Norene Corcoran
Bonny Hyatt
Bill Phipps
Synopsis 1:
In Georgia during the American Revolution, a beautiful girl and a gleaming
rifle bring aid to the cause of freedom. [JB]
Synopsis 2:
A Revolutionary War drama. Messengers vital to the cause of the Colonies
are hidden by Nancy Hart beneath the floor of her cabin in the Georgia
hills. When the safety of one messenger is threatened, she uses cunning
and force to protect him. [RF]
Ep 2.04 Cavalcade of America: SUNSET AT APPOMATTOX
20-Oct-1953 ABC Tue (Network Rerun 10Jul56)
producer Gil Ralston & Arthur Ripley
written by Robert Stevenson
directed by Robert Stevenson
photography Stuart Thompson
starring
William Johnstone
Henry Morgan
Dan White
Robert Cornthwaite
Ian Wolfe
John Kellogg
Glenn Langan
Vernon Rich
Ralph Reed
Robert Easton
Kenny Delmar
Harlan Wade
Synopsis :
A dramatization of the meeting of General Lee and General Grant at Appomattox
based on detailed accounts of fourteen eye-witnesses to the surrender.
The surrender of Robert E. Lee's army to the Union Army headed by U.S. Grant
in 1865 ends the four years of war between the Union and the Confederacy. [RF]
Ep 2.05 Cavalcade of America: AND TO FAME UNKNOWN
27-Oct-1953 ABC Tue
producer John M. Barnwell Jr
written by E.R. Murkland
directed by John M. Barnwell Jr.
Synopsis 1:
Shows how a high school science teacher is helping to develop a better
America for younger generations through his efforts in the field of science
education. Explains that educators can alleviate the manpower shortage in
scientific fields by stimulating the interest of exceptional high school
students and encouraging them to pursue scientific careers. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
The story of a science professor. [JB]
Ep 2.06 Cavalcade of America: A TIME TO GROW
03-Nov-1953 ABC Tue
producer Jack Chertok
written by Bill Bruckner
directed by William J. Thiele
starring
Raymond Greenleaf
Stacy Keach
William Bishop
John Wengraf
Booth Colman
Synopsis :
A historical drama showing the events which led to the purchase of the
Louisiana Territory from France in 1803. [RF]
[--] 10Nov53 rerun of "Man Who Took a Chance" (first aired 29Oct52)
Ep 2.07 Cavalcade of America: TIGER'S TAIL
17-Nov-1953 ABC Tue
producers Gil Ralston & Arthur Ripley
written by N. Richard Nash
directed by Robert Stevenson
photography Stuart Thompson
starring: [JB]
Robert Cornthwaite ....... Nast
Judy Osborne ...... Sarah Nast
Howard Freeman ...... Tweed
William Hade ....... Connolly
Paul Harvey ...... Mayor
Robert Warwick ...... Harper
Ray Teal ...... Howard
Earl Lee ..... Bowen
Synopsis:
Becoming aware of corruption in politics in New York, Thomas Nast, known
for his drawings of Santa Claus, initiates a series of cartoons in which
Boss Tweed is symbolized as a snarling tiger. In spite of threats and
slander the cartoonist continues his work and inflames the public to the
overthrow of the corrupt Tweed political machine. Time: 1870's. [RF]
Ep 2.08 Cavalcade of America: THE LAST WILL OF DANIEL WEBSTER
24-Nov-1953 ABC Tue
producers Gil Ralston & Arthur Ripley
written by N. Richard Nash
directed by Robert Stevenson
starring: [JB]
Ray Collins ...... Daniel Webster
Ann Doran .... Caroline
John Hamilton ..... Porter
Carl Benton Reid ...... Manning
Paul Harvey
Richard Gaines
Everett Glass
Synopsis:
Daniel Webster, tormented by memories of selfish deeds, is comforted as he
nears the end of his life by friends who point out that his constructive
acts will be remembered. [RF]
Ep 2.09 Cavalcade of America: MAJOR PAULINE
01-Dec-1953 ABC Tue (Network Rerun 14Feb56)
producer Gil Ralston & Arthur Ripley
written by Robert Stevenson
directed by Robert Stevenson
starring
Gertrude Michael
Robert Paige
Dayton Lummis
Fred Beir
Michael Hall
Trevor Bardette
Richard Bauman
Robert Foulk
William Grueneberg
John Holland
Harry Chesire
Hank Mann
Synopsis 1:
A historical drama. Distressed by the outbreak of war between the States,
Pauline Cushman, famous actress, offers her services as a Union espionage
agent behind the Confederate lines. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
A beautiful, gifted actress serves as a spy for the Union during
the Civil War. [JB]
Ep 2.10 Cavalcade of America: BETRAYAL
08-Dec-1953 ABC Tue
producer Jack Chertok
written by Curtis Kenyon
directed by William J. Thiele
Guest Cast:
Dan O'Herlihy ...... Benedict Arnold
Betty Lynn
Robert Clarke
Kirby Grant
Crandon Rhodes
Synopsis 1:
A drama depicting the evolution of Benedict Arnold's plan to surrender
West Point to the British and his subsequent flight to England when papers
incriminating him were intercepted. Time: 1777-1780. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
Benedict Arnold attempts to deliver West Point to His Majesty's forces. [JB]
Ep 2.11 Cavalcade of America: THE RIDERS OF THE PONY EXPRESS
15-Dec-1953 ABC Tue
producers Gil Ralston & Arthur Ripley
written by Robert Stevenson
directed by Robert Stevenson
photography by Stuart Thompson
starring: [JB]
Lewis Martin ....... Russell
Ralph Reed ...... Applicant
Trevor Bardette ....... Benedict Gwinn
Jonathan Hole ...... Postmaster Brown
Robert Warwick ....... Alexander Majors
Robert Cornthwaite ....... Young Mark Twain
Howard Negley
Synopsis:
A historical drama. The pony express era is initiated by Alexander Majors,
one of the owners of a transport firm, who, in searching for methods of
transporting mail and packages across the West, delves into history and
adapts the relay courier system as used by Genghis Khan. [RF]
Ep 2.12 Cavalcade of America: ONE NATION INDIVISIBLE
22-Dec-1954 ABC Tue
producer Jack Chertok
written by Warner Law
directed by William J. Thiele
Guest Cast:
Edgar Buchanan ....... Horace Greeley
Lyle Talbot
Fay Wray
Raymond Greenleaf
Frank Ferguson
Synopsis 1:
The editor of the Tribune, Horace Greeley, influenced by a conversation
with President Lincoln, changes his views regarding Jefferson Davis and
proceeds, with some risk to his career, to conduct a successful crusade
to free the ex-Confederate president from prison. Time: latter half of
nineteenth century. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
Horace Greeley, America's Titan of the Press, keeps a vow to Abraham
Lincoln for leniency toward Jefferson Davis and the South. [JB]
Ep 2.13 Cavalcade of America: MR. PEALE'S DINOSAUR
29-Dec-1954 ABC Tue
producer Jack Chertok
written by Bill Buckner
directed by William J. Thiele
Guest Cast:
Lowell Gilmore ........ Charles Peale
Lurene Tuttle ....... Betsy Peale
John Lupton ....... Rembrandt Peale
Louis Jean Heydt ...... James Madison
Hayden Rorke
Ann O'Neal
Synopsis 1:
A drama relating the events which led to Charles Willson Peale's conception
of the idea of establishing in Philadelphia a national museum of natural
history and his efforts to provide the museum with noteworthy exhibits.
Time: 1794. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
Painter Charles Wilson Peale risks his career and possessions to excavate
and reconstruct a fossilized mastadon, the greatest skeleton ever seen
in his day. [JB]
05-Jan-1954 ABC Tue rerun of "Poor Richard" (first aired 01Oct52)
Ep 2.14 Cavalcade of America: G FOR GOLDBERGER
12-Jan-1954 ABC Tue (Network Rerun 24July56)
producer Jack Chertok
written by Warner Law
directed by William J. Thiele
starring
Walter Coy ....... Dr. Joseph Goldberger
Emlen Davies ...... Mary Goldberger
William Forrest ....... Dr. Sam Halleck
Susan Seaforth ....... Sarah
Patrick O'Neal
Rhys Williams
Louis Jean Heydt
Synopsis 1:
A drama showing how Dr. Joseph Goldberger, after a tour of stricken areas
in the South, conceives and attempts to prove his theory that pellagra is
the result of a dietary deficiency. Time: 1915. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
Dr. Joseph Goldberger fights disbelief and prejudice to lick the dreaded
disease pellagra. [JB]
Ep 2.15 Cavalcade of America: SMYRNA INCIDENT
19-Jan-1954 ABC Tue (Network Rerun 28Feb56)
producer Jack Denove
written by Robert Stevenson
directed by Robert Stevenson
starring
Carl Benton Reid ....... Commander Ingraham
Robert Cornthwaite ....... Kazta
John Wengraf ....... Von Schwarz
Konstantin Shayne
Donald Murphy
Synopsis 1:
A historical drama. The captain of an American ship, anchored in the
Turkish port of Smyrna, risks of a battle with three Austrian ships when
he demands the release of an Austrian-born prisoner who has applied for
American citizenship. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
The story of U.S. Navy Commander Ingraham, who defies the armed might of
the Austrian empire. By threatening to open fire on units of that nation's
fleet, he singlehandedly protests Austria's refusal to release an American
being held prisoner on one of their ships. [JB]
Ep 2.16 Cavalcade of America: MAN OF GLASS
26Jan-54 [JB] (Network Rerun 17Jul56)
(airdate clash with "Cat with the Crimson Eyes")
producer Jack Chertok
written by Tom Seller
directed by William J. Thiele
starring
Robert Strauss (as Baron Von Stiegel)
June Whitley
Carl Benton Reid
Charles Meredith
John Eldredge
Synopsis 1:
Dramatizes the life of Henry William Stiegel, who came to America from
Germany and rose from a worker in an iron foundry to be head of a large
glass factory. Describes Stiegel's realization, following his financial
ruin, that material success did not make him superior to other men, but
that his greatness lay in the beauty of the glassware which he created. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
Robert Strauss stars as Baron Von Stiegel, the 18th century glass maker
of Pennsylvania who built a church and received as rent-one red rose. [JB]
[--] 02Feb54 rerun of "What Hath God Wrought" (first aired 26Nov52)
Ep 2.17 Cavalcade of America: THE PLUME OF HONOR
09-Feb-1954 ABC Tue
producer Armand Schaefer
written by Paul Gangelin
directed by George Archainbaud
starring
Maurice Marsac ....... Marquis De Lafayette
Richard Bauman ....... Francis Huger
Larry Winger [JB] .... Erich Bollman
Larry Winter [RF] (this one more likely)
John Banner
Gabor Curtiz
Henry Rowland
Synopsis:
A historical drama about Francis Huger, an American medical student, and
Erich Bollman, a young German physician, who attempt to rescue Lafayette
from an Austrian prison in 1794. [RF]
Ep 2.18 Cavalcade of America: MARGIN OF VICTORY [JB]
MARGIN FOR VICTORY [RF]
16-Feb-1954 ABC Tue
producer Jack Denove
written by Arthur Ripley
directed by Arthur Ripley
starring
Francis L. Sullivan
Edward Ashley
John Hoyt
Myrna Fahey
John Patrick
Synopsis 1:
A historical drama about an American spy, posing as a loyal Tory, who is
responsible for the strategic landing of French troops in America while
British forces are being concentrated in New York City to withstand a