Showboat

Ladies and gentlemen, the Railroad Hour. And here comes the star-studded show trade. The association of American railroads presents the famous musical success, Showboat, starring Gordon MacRae and his two charming guest stars, Dorothy Kirsten and Lucille Norman.

Our choir is under the direction of Norman Luboff, and the music is arranged and conducted by Carmen Dragot. Yes, tonight another great musical hit is 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 burn, and all the other things you use in your daily life. And now here is our star, Gordon McRae.

Thank you and good evening ladies and gentlemen. Tonight the curtain rises on our winter season of musical shows and operators with the immortal Jerome Kern Oscar Hammerstein musical play Showboat based on the novel of the same name by Edna Ferb.

This is the story of Captain Andy's showboat. The story of the Mississippi and of the River Gambler Gaylord Ravenol, the part in which I appear this evening. It is a story of the showboat's leading lady Julie, played for us by Lucille Lorman, and of Captain Andy's beautiful daughter Magnolia. Our other charming guest for tonight, the lovely

soprano of the Metropolitan Opera, Dorothy Kirsten. I remember it all began the summer I was 17. My father's showboat, the cotton blossom, was tied up at the dock in Natchess. I remembered it was a warm summer afternoon. As I stepped down onto the levee I saw Gaylord Ravenol for the first time and took him to my heart forever. I remember that I said hello as though I'd