 The Railroad Hour And here comes our star-studded show train Tonight the Association of American Railroads presents the charming Johann Strauss operator Rosa Linda starring Gordon Macrae and his guest lovely Anna Mary Dickie. Our choir is under the direction of Norman Luboff And our music is prepared and conducted by Carmen Dragon. Yes, tonight another great musical success is brought to you by the American Railroad, 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. Now, here is our star, Gordon Macrae We're going to travel to Vienna for one of the most delightful Outbreaders of all time Under its original title, Deflator Mouse, this work is packing them in at New York's Metropolitan Opera Lovely Anna Mary Dickie is Rosa Linda, and I am her husband with the roving eye Henry Eisenstein As we bring you the great Johann Strauss music for Rosa Linda Rosa Linda, who's that singing? Oh, it's Alfredo Alavanto, the most romantic singer in Vienna I won't have my wife serenaded by a soupy troubadour. Now Henry, you're not going to hit him again Well, there shouldn't be a law against hitting tenors Why everybody wants to hit tenors. Well, I just hope you enjoy your week in jail for hitting him the other night Listen to him. His mother must have been frightened by an operetta But don't you like the song? I'd like to tear him apart note by note Have to slam the window If you want somebody to serenade you why not listen to a man say a baritone Isn't that more romantic jealous? Oh, that's not true Rosalinda. I Who is it? I've come to accompany you to jail How do you like this a lawyer supposed to keep you out of jail this one's putting me in one darling It's only for five days. No not five days I pleaded with the judge and he changed your sentence now. That's what I call a smart lawyer Just overnight a no, he made it eight days Well, at least I'll know where you are during that time The raid deals in jail. I could have hit that tenor a little harder Hey his own employer really that's too much for me. Goodness me We shall see when I thought my case was ended worse it got instead of mended And the guilty one is me. You mean me He's the one to blame. You'll see what we lost the case. I'll soon be jailed What will you do? I wish I knew let me propose a thing or two if that's a jest I must protest your sense of humor is revolting. It seems you want to be insulting Come on stage control your break like this fool. I'm very cool your husband should go back to school You start her over everywhere worse lander. I have never heard don't tell me you complain now You insult again. You give me such a pain. You must be quite insane No use crying over a spilt tenor now kiss your wife and let's get to jail All right, kiss me. Goodbye Rosalinda my darling. Oh You miss me. Well, I don't know what I'll do without you You mean I have to give this up for eight days and nights. Oh Jiminy I don't think I'll be able to bear it. I do so hate to eat alone He really must be party. I must be taking how sad of a disney Oh Jiminy, oh Jiminy, how sad to part like this Oh Jiminy, it is to part like this. Oh Jiminy, it is how sad it is, how sad it is to part like this Well, you that was a wonderful story about my having to go to jail Because I can really go on a toot now and Rosalinda won't check up on me for one second. Oh, but be careful Careful while I'm going to the grand ball tonight and it'll be just like my bachelor days again I can flirt with every girl the place Rosalinda will find out about it now, sir I'll go as well the marquee renon. Well, at least do me one favor Leave your watch at home my watch. Yes the watch the chimes Every time you dangle that come hither machine in front of pretty girls eyes She forgets what time it is. I won't use the watch merely my charm and perhaps Pink champagne and a few soft words in this manner Drink my sweet heart drink with me Why will make your heart feel free When your heart beats long and true All things will seem clear to you See that joys don't lack loves atrears and happiness But in one you'll find the last time your aunt died you stayed away for three whole Day that you want to go through the grand ball tonight. Well, you stay here and work poor auntie It'll be the first Madam Rosalinda if you let me off. I'll tell you a secret. I just overheard that depends on the secret All right Your husband isn't going to jail at all. He's going to the ball disguised as a A bachelor as marquee renaud. I overheard him just now. Why the scoundrel Adele you're going to that ball as my lady and waiting If he can be a marquee why I'll be a Yes, the mysterious counters oomantazi of hungary. How's that for double crossing a double crosser? As his lovely wife Rosalinda both have gone to the grand ball is the marquee renaud And Rosalinda has the hungarian counters oomantazi. Won't you uh join us at the ball? Wonderful party are you drinking all that pink champagne because you want to forget Certainly. I want to forget. I'm thirsty Yes, sir. Who is that ravishing looking creature in the silver mask? Oh That's the contests oomantazi hungarian What a figure What grace and charm. Haven't you ever met her? How could I tie down the way I am? You've been doing fine with fifi The ballet dancer Ah, but compared with that beauty fifi is a wooden delicate Excuse me. I'm going to ask her to dance May I present myself counters? I'm the marquee renaud and I should be honored if you would dance with me Would you countess? That's uh french, isn't it? No, no, it is hungarian. It means yes I'm glad Shall we dance? You waltz like a dream counters The party came to life the moment you entered but as I came in you seem to be enjoying yourself very much Oh, that that was fifi. She doesn't mean a thing. Oh, I see. Uh, is she your wife? Oh, I'm not married. You're not It's not really you mean uh, not aptly That's it Not aptly What a shame I don't misunderstand me My wife and I have a an agreement. Does she know about this? Well, let's see you might say a silent agreement She's more of a homebody. Oh Yes, you see, I'm a different type. I I need the whip of adventure Romance change Imagine me day in and day out looking at the same face. I'm Thinkable. Oh, I knew you'd understand Countess from the moment our eyes met I I had the feeling that I had found a kindred soul You practically described my own life Remarkable the only difference is my husband and I have no agreement whatsoever Oh, yes. Yes. I know the type dull and possessive. Yes, that's That's why I'm divorcing him. Well, you certainly should he sounds horrible. Doesn't it? Why don't you give me a chance to make you forget your husband? Oh, I wish you could but my dear my key. How do you know who I really am? Under these masks. I might be your wife's maid Adele No, uh, Missila my key. You've made a great laughable error Surely, you know a great lady from a lady's maid. Well, jeez madame. The countess I know now just who you are you do Certainly I can tell by your entire bearing that you were a countess Now may I distract you further with this this watch of mine your what? Yes Listen, listen to a chime. I'll show you It works much better outside No, I think it will work perfectly all right here Countess, you've made me forget every other woman I've ever known The whole bearing Is delicious and I figure most Hands so brittle feet so little all these treasures kiss. I wonder if I only knew I could In his prison. He has come here bent on trees and things of kissing while he's missing from his dungeon My dear my key, but it does not tantalize me. You're the rarest woman I've ever met Tell me who you are Take off your mask and let me see for the first time your lovely lovely face. All right, Missila my key I remove this mask and I am simply Rosalinda I need the whip of adventure Romance change No, no, no, no, you're going to get that change Rosalinda for the waltzes beginning. I'd like to ask you two questions. Yes First Who do you honor me with the stats? And second when you finish divorcing that moronic imbecilic stupid husband of yours Would you marry me? I might under one condition Anything throw away that watch Watch Watch No watch In exchange, I'll never listen to another tenor again as long as I live It's a bargain now. Let's waltz my sweet and show everybody how much in love two married people can be We'll return in just a moment and our thanks to the other members of the cast Sandy Gould William Reeve and Howard McNair and to our entire company The adaptation of the Johann Strauss music for Rosalinda is by Eric Wolfgang Korngold Paul Kirby is the author of the lyrics the book by Gottfried Reinhardt and John Meehan jr And was dramatized for the railroad hour by Lawrence and Lee Say folks if you ever get to wondering about how much freight rates have to do with the prices you pay for things you buy Here's something to bear in mind Prices went up before freight rates did And they've gone up far more with the result that freight rates Which before world war two were only a small fraction of the cost of commodities Are a still smaller fraction of today's prices As a matter of fact Railroad freight charges are lower today in proportion to prices generally than they were before world war two And are just about as low as they have ever been in entire history And now here again is lovely anamary dicky Thank you, Gordon. It was wonderful fun playing Rosalinda. Oh, you were an angel anamary. Yes, and you were a devil, Gordon With the kind of devil that women adore Is it time to say goodbye? I wouldn't know I threw away my watch What are you singing coast to coast next week, Gordon? Well spring is in the air and so we thought it'd be an appropriate time for apple blossoms And lovely Dorothy Kirsten will be our star. I'll be listening. Good night, Gordon Good night anamary. Oh boy Well, it looks as though we're ready to pull out and so until next week This is gordon mackray saying goodbye By special arrangement with tams whitmark music library Gordon mackray can currently be seen starring in warner brother's west point story Our choir is under the direction of norman lube off and our music is prepared and conducted by carmen dragon Now good night for the american railroads and stay tuned for your monday night of music of mbc The voice of firestone three chimes mean good times on mbc