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Answer the Call (1953)
TV Special | Family

Answer the Call (1953)

TV Special | Family

"Answer the Call" was a television special broadcast in 1953 by CBS and NBC to launch the American Red Cross annual fund drive. The program was hosted by Edward R. Murrow and featured performances by various artists, including Frank ...See more"Answer the Call" was a television special broadcast in 1953 by CBS and NBC to launch the American Red Cross annual fund drive. The program was hosted by Edward R. Murrow and featured performances by various artists, including Frank Sinatra, Ethel Merman, and Danny Kaye, as well as an appeal by President Dwight Eisenhower. The show aimed to raise funds for the Red Cross, which provides humanitarian aid and disaster relief services across the United States. See less

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15 cast members

Name	Known for
Tallulah Bankhead Self Self See fewer	Lifeboat (1944)
Red Buttons Self Self See fewer	Pete's Dragon (1977)
Johnny Desmond Self Self See fewer	Gentlemen Marry Brunettes (1955)
Dwight D. Eisenhower Self - President of the United States of America Self - President of the United States of America See fewer	Nazi Concentration and Prison Camps (1945)
Jane Froman Self Self See fewer	Radio City Revels (1938)
E. Roland Harriman Self Self See fewer	Hungarian Emergency Relief Organization Christmas Day Special (1956)
Bob Hope Self Self See fewer	The Ghost Breakers (1940)
Ted Husing Self Self See fewer	XIVth Olympiad: The Glory of Sport (1948)
Danny Kaye Self Self See fewer	The Danny Kaye Show (1963)
Leroy A. Lincoln Self - national fund appeal chairman Self - national fund appeal chairman See fewer	Answer the Call (1953)
The Meredith Willson Orchestra Themselves Themselves See fewer	Answer the Call (1953)
Ethel Merman Self Self See fewer	It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
Edward R. Murrow Self - Host Self - Host See fewer	Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
The Ray Charles Singers Themselves Themselves See fewer	Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1948)
Frank Sinatra Self Self See fewer	From Here to Eternity (1953)