American Portraits

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American Portraits was an anthology radio program which aired on NBC from 1938 to 1951.

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Subjects

Premiering February 5, 1938, with the life of Andrew Jackson, [1] the show usually featured dramatic biographical profiles of famous American historical figures. Other subjects included William Penn (February 12, 1938), [2] Walt Whitman (February 25, 1938), Alexander Hamilton (March 12, 1938), [3] Ralph Waldo Emerson (March 26, 1938), [4] Thomas Jefferson (April 9, 1938), [5] Harriet Beecher Stowe (April 16, 1938), [6] Mark Twain (on April 23, 1938), [7] Augustus Saint-Gaudens (April 30, 1938), [8] Benjamin Franklin, Abraham Lincoln, and Louis Agassiz. A West Point anniversary program was presented March 19, 1938.

Credits

Graham McNamee was the narrator, Raymond Scudder wrote the scripts, and Joseph Hauntie was the music conductor for American Portraits.[ citation needed ] For the show's eight-week summer run in 1951, Ben Grauer was the show's announcer, George Faulkner wrote the scripts, and Dee Englebach was its director and producer. [9]

References

  1. ↑ "Radio Today". The Springfield Daily Republican. February 5, 1938. p. 9. Retrieved June 12, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "Radio Star Beams: American Portraits". The Houston Chronicle. February 12, 1938. p. 13. Retrieved June 12, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Radio Today". The Springfield Daily Republican. March 12, 1938. p. 6. Retrieved June 12, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Radio Star Beams: American Portrait". The Houston Chronicle. March 26, 1938. p. 8. Retrieved June 12, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Radio Star Beams: American Portraits". The Houston Chronicle. April 9, 1938. p. 3. Retrieved June 12, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Today's Program". The Houston Chronicle. April 16, 1938. p. 7. Retrieved June 12, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ Butterfield, C. E. (April 23, 1938). "Radio Around the Clock". Democrat and Chronicle. p. 7. Retrieved June 12, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Radio Star Beams: American Portraits". The Houston Chronicle. April 30, 1938. p. 7. Retrieved June 12, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Dennis King to Star in Drama Series". The Portsmouth Star. July 8, 1951. p. 21. Retrieved June 12, 2025.


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