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Original Release
10/06/1950 on ABC
US Release
10/06/1950
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Elmer Davis | Self - Narrator / Host / Narrator |
| Elmer Davis | Narrator / Host |
| Elmer Davis | Host / Narrator |
| Calvin Thomas | Joshua Speed |
| Ruth Chatterton | Alison Stanhope |
| Robert E. Strickland | (as Bob Strickland) |
| Wendell K. Phillips | William Herndon |
| John Raitt | Brom Broeck |
| Hiram Sherman | Rosen |
| David F. Perkins | (as David Perkins) |
| # | Title | Air Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Skin of Our Teeth | Wednesday, 19 December 1951 |
| 2 | Alison's House | Wednesday, 02 January 1952 |
| 3 | The Town | Wednesday, 16 January 1952 |
| 4 | Years of Grace | Wednesday, 30 January 1952 |
| 5 | Hill 346: A Report on Korea | Wednesday, 13 February 1952 |
| 6 | Melville Goodwin, U.S.A. | Wednesday, 27 February 1952 |
| 7 | Monsieur Beaucaire | Wednesday, 12 March 1952 |
| 8 | Robert E. Lee | Wednesday, 26 March 1952 |
| 9 | The Jungle | Wednesday, 09 April 1952 |
| 10 | The Fascinating Stranger | Wednesday, 23 April 1952 |
| 11 | The Return of Mr. Moto | Wednesday, 07 May 1952 |
| 12 | The American Leonardo: The Life of Samuel F.B. Morse | Wednesday, 21 May 1952 |
| 13 | Daisy Mayme | Wednesday, 04 June 1952 |
Directors
Alex Segal, Frank Telford, Charles S. Dubin, Bill Brown, Irving Pichel, Felix Jackson, Edgar Peterson, Marc Daniels
Writers
Maxwell Anderson, John P. Marquand, Owen Davis, Thornton Wilder, Don Ettlinger, Joseph Schrank, Sidney Howard, Booth Tarkington, Edna Ferber, Marquis James, Susan Glaspell, Budd Schulberg, George S. Kaufman, Robert E. Sherwood, Moss Hart, Felix Jackson, George Kelly, John Howard Lawson, Sinclair Lewis, Marc Connelly, Philip Barry, Edward Eliscu, Laurence Stallings, René Fauchois, Martin Flavin, Norman Lessing, Zoe Akins, Lawrence Hazard, Hal Boyle, Jeffrey Max Lalande, Katrina Ettlinger, Conrad Richter, Margaret Ayer Barnes, Douglas Southall Freeman, Carleton Mabee, George Weller, James A. Michener, Leopold Atlas, John Hersey, James Gould Cozzens, Washington Irving, Milton Geiger, Nancy Moore
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Elmer Davis | Self - Narrator / Host / Narrator |
| Elmer Davis | Narrator / Host |
| Elmer Davis | Host / Narrator |
| Calvin Thomas | Joshua Speed |
| Ruth Chatterton | Alison Stanhope |
| Robert E. Strickland | (as Bob Strickland) |
| Wendell K. Phillips | William Herndon |
| John Raitt | Brom Broeck |
| Hiram Sherman | Rosen |
| David F. Perkins | (as David Perkins) |
| Enid Rudd | (as Enid Pulver) |
| Adele Longmire | Ann Rutledge |
| Donald Briggs | (as Don Briggs) |
| Edmond O'Brien | Ben Jordan |
| Joanne Dru | Christina Phelps |
| Raymond Massey | Abraham Lincoln |
| Vincent Price | Duke de Chartles |
| Kevin McCarthy | Seth Gale |
| Melvyn Douglas | Eugene Morgan |
| Melvyn Douglas | Martin Luther Cooper |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Edgar Peterson | Producer |
| Frank Telford | Producer |
Editors
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1952 | Emmy | Best Dramatic Show | Nominated |
| 1951 | Emmy | Best Dramatic Show | Won |
