A short historical drama about the Louisiana Purchase.
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The people behind it
Addison Richards
James Monroe / Radio Actor in Studio
Erville Alderson
Radio Broadcaster / Thomas Jefferson
Suzanne Kaaren
Empress Josephine
Ian Wolfe
Tallyrand (as Ien Wulf)
Alphonse Ethier
Marbaugh
Henry Hall
Cabinet Member
Jack Mower
Announcer at Ball
Ted Osborne
Ross of Pennsyvania (as Theodore Osborne)
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