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The Red Mill

Railroad Hour · January 2, 1950 · 29 min · 2,864 words

The transcript of “The Red Mill”, an episode of Railroad Hour first broadcast January 2, 1950. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). All Mixed Up plays Railroad Hour free, live around the clock. Search inside this transcript.

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Ladies and gentlemen, the Railrodeau. And here comes the star-studded show train. Tonight, the Association of American Railroads presents a great musical hit, the Red Mill starring Gordon MacRae, and his three guests, Jack Smith, Lucille Norman, and Jack Kirkwood.

Our choir is under the direction of Norman Luboff, and the music is arranged and conducted by Carmen Drag. 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 MacRae. Thank you, Bob and Mother. Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. On stage tonight is one of the happiest shows that ever hit Broadway, the Red Mill. Jack Smith and I are going to slip into a couple of checkered vests and straw hats, and we'll be sporting two of the corneous names that ever bounced off of balcony.

Kid Connor and Khan Kidder. Lucille Norman is the lovely Gretchen and Jack Kirkwood plays her father. The Burger Master of the little Dutch town of Kotvik Anzi. So, here's Act 1, the Victor Herbert's the Red Mill.

Mr. Conductor, if you please. Oh, Khan, what do you want to go to Europe for? Romance, for the European girls will be crazy about you.

Well, what are we waiting for? Let's go! Well, not that there aren't plenty of lovely dishes right here in America. If it's fair afternoon, you should happen to have, and you start on the leisurely stroll up at that afternoon.

There is where, with hard AM, you'll see them as they fall. With belbits and laces and staples and folding them. Really, you'll nearly drop dead on the whole thing, M. Lucky the Earl can marry a girl From Fifth Avenue, New York In Old New York, in Old New York The peach crop's always fine

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