Bittersweet

Ladies and gentlemen, the Railroad Hour. And here comes our star-studded show train. Tonight, the Association of American Railroads presents an all-cowards-operator, bittersweet, starring Jeanette McDonald and your host, Gordon MacRae.

Our choir is under the direction of Norman Luboff, and our music is arranged and conducted by Carmen Dragon. Yes, tonight another great musical success is brought to you by the American Railroads, the same railroads that also bring you and also bring you most of the food you eat, the clothes you wear, the fuel you burn,

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 ringing up the curtain on no old cowards romantic operator bittersweet.

In writing the book lyrics and music for bittersweet, Mr. Coward fashioned an operator of rare charm, created characters both warm and real, and gave them some of his most beautiful music to sing. As the composer Carl Linden, I'm supposed to have written most of those melodies, and in teaching them to charming Sarah Millick, we fall in love and marry.

We first meet Sarah tonight as a very lovely old lady who treasures within her heart the story of a great romance. And here she is in the person of our guest star this evening, the first lady of the screen, Miss Jeanette McDonald.

No matter how many years you live, the past is only a memory away. I'm over seven, Din'Al, but whenever I see young people hand in hand with a light on their faces, I see Carl and myself again, and I live once more than memories that are bittersweet.