Rio Rita

Ladies and gentlemen, the Railroad Hour. From Hollywood, here comes the star-studded show train. Tonight, your railroads through the Association of American Railroads present Rio Rita. In our star-studded cast, you will hear the host of our series, Gordon MacRae, and four famous guest stars, Margot, Marion Hutton, and Sweeney and March, with a great cast of

Hollywood featured players including Alan Reed, Elvia Almond and Paul Free. Our choir is under the direction of Norman Lubob and the entire production is set to the music of Carmen Dragons Orchestra and brought to you by the American Railroads.

The same railroads that bring you most of the food you eat, the clothes you wear, the fuel you wear, and all the other things you use in your daily life. And now here is Gordon McRae! Thank you and good evening ladies and gentlemen this is Gordon McRae helping to bring you another in our series of musical successes. Tonight the

railroad hour show train presents a show that was originally produced on Broadway by the great Florent Zigfeld at the Zigfeld Theatre. So let's ring up the curtain on Rio Rita with book by Guy Bolton and Fred Thompson and lyrics and music by Joseph McCarthy and Harry Tierney. In our performance this evening I play

the part of Jim Stewart who falls in love with Rio Rita played for us by Margot. Marion Hutton is Dolly, a cabaret dancer. Hal March takes the part of the lawyer Ed Lovitt, and Bob Sweeney places client chick Bean.

Well, in every show there's a villain, and tonight Mr. Allen Reed plays the part of a very bad ombre named General Esteban. General Romero Hoseleto Tomás Miguel Armando Esteban, if you don't mind, shouldn't you?