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The Great Waltz

Railroad Hour · March 1, 1954 · 28 min · 2,311 words

The transcript of “The Great Waltz”, an episode of Railroad Hour first broadcast March 1, 1954. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). Railroad Hour plays Railroad Hour free, live around the clock. Search inside this transcript.

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Ladies and gentlemen, the Railroad Hour. Come, Star-Sudden Show Prane! Tonight, the Association of American Railroads presents the enchanting operator, the Great Waltz, starring Gordon MacRae and his guest, lovely Elaine Malbin.

A choir is under the direction of Norman Luboff, and the music is prepared and conducted by Carmen Dragon. Yes, tonight another memorable musical success is brought to you by the American Railroad. The same railroads that bring you the food you eat, the clothes you wear, the fuel you burn, and the multitude of other things you use in your daily life.

And now here is our star, Gordon MacRae. Thank you, Madam Miller, and good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Tonight, I am Johann Strauss the Younger, and Elaine Malbin is the lovely racey, as we bring you the Great Waltz.

Excuse me, would you tell Foiline's race please that hair Strauss is here? Are you hair Strauss? Oh, I just love your music.

I'm afraid you're thinking of my father. You see, there are two of us, father and son. Do you compose too? Well, sometimes a little. Shani? Oh, you're early. We see, we see, I've got news, great news.

As Toss has been telling us that he is a composer, a very good composer. It must be awfully difficult to find new melodies right out of your own head. Music doesn't come from the head, from the heart.

It's always there, waiting for something to let it out. A morning like this, for instance, or a look in a woman's eyes, and, well, a tune is born. Dark girls, prepare you are my songs Leading, where dark as the more Every smile is like a song you sing to me

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