Tag: Cavalcade of America
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REDEMPTION OF LOTTIE MOON
June 13, 1950 The Cavalcade of America ran on NBC Radio from 1935 to 1953. It featured events from American history, usually dramatizing the positive aspects of the nation’s past. Additionally, the show attempted to end criticism of its sponsor, the Du Pont Company due to negative publicity from profiting by producing gunpowder during World…
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VIVI JANISS
May 29, 1911 Vivi Janiss was born Vivian Audrey Jamison in Omaha, Nebraska. Her parents were traveling theatricals in the Midwest in the 1920s and 1930s, eventually settling in California. On Broadway, she introduced what became the Vernon Duke standard, “I Like the Likes of You” in the 1934 Ziegfeld Follies. She made her screen…
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THE CAVALCADE OF AMERICA: “SKYLARK SONG”
June 21, 1948 The Cavalcade of America ran on NBC Radio from 1935 to 1953. It featured events from American history, usually dramatizing the positive aspects of the nation’s past. Additionally, the show attempted to end criticism of its sponsor, the Du Pont Company due to negative publicity from profiting by producing gunpowder during World War…
Papermoon Loves Lucy 