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The Worst Episodes of Cavalcade of America

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Cavalcade of America is an anthology drama series that was sponsored by the DuPont Company, although it occasionally presented a musical, such as an adaptation of Show Boat, and condensed biographies of popular composers. It

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Cavalcade of America Season 1 Episode 1 - Poor Richard
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    #1 - Poor Richard

    S1:E1

    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. 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Cavalcade of America Season 1 Episode 2 - All's Well with Lydia
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    #2 - All's Well with Lydia

    S1:E2

    The Revolutionary War story of Lydia Darragh, American patriot and Philadelphia widow, who by her cleverness gained information instrumental in an American victory.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Cavalcade of America Season 1 Episode 4 - A Romance to Remember
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    #3 - A Romance to Remember

    S1:E4

    The tale of the two beautiful Peabody Sisters who become rivals for the love of Nathaniel Hawthorne.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Cavalcade of America Season 1 Episode 5 - What Hath God Wrought
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    #4 - What Hath God Wrought

    S1:E5

    The story of how Samuel Morse, after many hardships, gained recognition for the first telegraph.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Cavalcade of America Season 1 Episode 6 - No Greater Love
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    #5 - No Greater Love

    S1:E6

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Cavalcade of America Season 1 Episode 8 - The Arrow and the Bow
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    #6 - The Arrow and the Bow

    S1:E8

    The career of Andrew Johnson, who, starting as a tailor, became the 17th President.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Cavalcade of America Season 1 Episode 9 - What Might Have Been
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    #7 - What Might Have Been

    S1:E9

    The story of the tragic romance and marriage of Jefferson Davis and Sarah Knox Taylor.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Cavalcade of America Season 1 Episode 10 - New Salem Story
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    #8 - New Salem Story

    S1:E10

    The legendary tale of Abe Lincoln and his great love for Ann Rutledge.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Cavalcade of America Season 1 Episode 11 - A Matter of Honor
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    #9 - A Matter of Honor

    S1:E11

    A historical drama portraying the misunderstanding between Sam Houston and his wife, Eliza, which resulted in Houston's resignation of the governorship of Tennessee. 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?

    Director:Arthur Hilton
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Cavalcade of America Season 1 Episode 12 - Experiment at Monticello
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    #10 - Experiment at Monticello

    S1:E12

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Cavalcade of America Season 1 Episode 13 - Mightier Than the Sword
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    #11 - Mightier Than the Sword

    S1:E13

    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. Story of John Peter Zenger in the famous trial that established American freedom of the press.

    Director:Unknown
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  12. Cavalcade of America Season 1 Episode 14 - The Indomitable Blacksmith
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    #12 - The Indomitable Blacksmith

    S1:E14

    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. 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Cavalcade of America Season 1 Episode 15 - The Gingerbread Man
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    #13 - The Gingerbread Man

    S1:E15

    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. A comedy-drama about an elderly German baker who persuades 123 Hessian soldiers to desert the British Army during the American Revolution.

    Director:Robert Stevenson
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Cavalcade of America Season 1 Episode 16 - Night Strike
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    #14 - Night Strike

    S1:E16

    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.

    Director:Robert Stevenson
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Cavalcade of America Season 1 Episode 17 - Slater's Dream
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    #15 - Slater's Dream

    S1:E17

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Cavalcade of America Season 1 Episode 18 - The Pirate's Choice
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    #16 - The Pirate's Choice

    S1:E18

    Dramtizes 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Cavalcade of America Season 1 Episode 19 - John Yankee
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    #17 - John Yankee

    S1:E19

    Dramatizes John Adams' difficult and unpopular decision to defend eight English soldiers who participated in a Boston riot prior to the Revolution.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Charles Larson

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  18. Cavalcade of America Season 1 Episode 20 - The Tenderfoot
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    #18 - The Tenderfoot

    S1:E20

    A historical drama showing how young Theodore Roosevelt, undaunted by a blizzard, pursues and captures three outlaws in the Dakota Bad Lands. Time: 1886.

    Director:Unknown
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  19. Cavalcade of America Season 2 Episode 1 - Sam and the Whale
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    #19 - Sam and the Whale

    S2:E1

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Cavalcade of America Season 2 Episode 2 - The Stolen General
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    #20 - The Stolen General

    S2:E2

    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.

    Director:Robert Stevenson
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Cavalcade of America Season 2 Episode 3 - Breakfast at Nancy's
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    #21 - Breakfast at Nancy's

    S2:E3

    In Georgia during the American Revolution, a beautiful girl and a gleaming rifle bring aid to the cause of freedom. 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.

    Director:Sidney Salkow
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Cavalcade of America Season 2 Episode 4 - Sunset at Appomattox
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    #22 - Sunset at Appomattox

    S2:E4

    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.

    Director:Robert Stevenson
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Cavalcade of America Season 2 Episode 5 - And to Fame Unknown
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    #23 - And to Fame Unknown

    S2:E5

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  24. Cavalcade of America Season 2 Episode 6 - A Time to Grow
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    #24 - A Time to Grow

    S2:E6

    A historical drama showing the events which led to the purchase of the Louisiana Territory from France in 1803.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Cavalcade of America Season 2 Episode 7 - Tiger's Tail
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    #25 - Tiger's Tail

    S2:E7

    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.

    Director:Robert Stevenson
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Worst Episodes Summary

"Poor Richard" is the worst rated episode of "Cavalcade of America". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 10/1/1952. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "All's Well with Lydia".