Railroad Hour · April 6, 1953 · 29 min · 2,512 words
The transcript of “Sally”, an episode of Railroad Hour first broadcast April 6, 1953. 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 Railroad Hour. Showtray, Night the Association of American Railroads presents the great Jerome Kern musical success, Sally, starring Gordon MacRae and his charming guest star, Lucille Norman.
Acquire as under the direction of Norman Luboff and the music is prepared and conducted by Carmen Dragon. Yes, tonight another memorable 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, Korden MacRae. Thank you, Marvin Miller, and good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Well, sir, tonight we're looking for a silver lining, and we all expect to find it in Jerome Kern's great music for Sally.
The Sally of our alley is charming Lucille Norman. And don't be surprised if I fall in love with her in the next 30 minutes. I am Blair Farquhar, a poor unfortunate guy with only a couple of million bucks in the bank.
But as the curtain rises, we meet the Grand Duke Constantine in the little country of Czechoslovina. The secret of this year is that there are monsters, monsters, monsters, and bees. Constantine, Grand Duke of Czechoslovina, that is me, revolution.
We have found out about you and Madame Nookarova. No. What did you find out that you bought her a diamond necklace with a taxpayer's money? Oh, is that all? For a minute I thought it was going to be a scandal.
You are deposed! You are now a fugitive! An exile! A bomb! Course I didn't know anything about Balkan revolutions in those days. And when I dropped into the alley restaurant in New York for a bite of lunch, I didn't have any idea that the man who was waiting on me had once been
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