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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

http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/Stage/2950/

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  ###########

############## season 1 1952-53 ##############

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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