 That's grabbed Ladies and gentlemen the railroad hour and here comes our star-studded show train Tonight the association of American railroads presents the charming Johann Strauss operator Rosalinda starring Gordon Macrae and his guest Dorothy Warren show 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, and now here is our star And good evening ladies and gentlemen We're going to travel to Vienna for one of the most delightful operators of all time Under its original title flater mouse. This work is a great metropolitan opera favorite Dorothy Warren's shoulders Rosalinda and I'm her husband Henry as we bring you the great Johann Strauss music for Rosalinda Rosalinda who's that singing my wife's serenaded by a soupy troubadour and 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 it. I'd like to tear him apart note by note Well, did you have to slam the window? Rosalinda if you want somebody to serenade you why not listen to a man sing? baritone Isn't that more romantic Imagine mooning over a tenor and take of you dear but really you only pay attention to me when you're jealous That's not true. I Who is it? It's your lawyer Well, Blaine, ah good evening. I've come to accompany you to jail Mm-hmm. How do you like this a lawyer supposed to keep you out of jail this one's putting me in one But darling, it's only for five days. No Not five days. I pleaded with the judge and he changed your sentence. 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 for eight days in jail. I could have hit that tenor of a little harder Betray his own employer really that's too much for me Well, I thought my case was ended worse it got instead of mended And the guilty one is he you mean me really he how can it be? Yes? He's the one to blame you'll see We lost the case I'll soon be jailed mean you failed. 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 revolted seems you want to be insult Unlike this fool. I'm very cool. Your husband should go back to school. You start her over every word blander I have never heard don't tell me you complain now you insult again You give me such a pain you must be quiet and say you talk as if you had no brain and turn just like a weather vape Oh, he was crying over a stilt tenant out. He's your wife and let's get to jail. Ah, all right Kiss me goodbye Rosalinda my darling. Oh, Henry You miss me. Oh, I don't know what I'll do without you Hmm, you mean I have to give this up for eight days. Oh, Jiminy. I don't think I'll be able to bear it I do so hate to eat alone really must depart Now you legal beagle you that was a wonderful story about my having to go to jail Now I can really go on a toot and Rosalinda won't check up on me for a second Be careful careful. I'm going to the grand ball tonight. We'll be just like my bachelor days again Well, I can flirt with every girl in the place Rosalinda will find out about it. Oh, no, she won't I'll go as the well of marquee renard Well, at least do me one favor leave your watch at home my wife Yes, the one that chimes every time you dangle that watch in front of a pretty girl's eyes She forgets what time it is I would use the watch but merely my chop and perhaps some pink champagne And a few soft words in this manner Bring my sweetheart drink with me Wine will make your heart feel free When your heart beats strong and true see that joist on her loves a tree That boughs I'm treating all to breathe laughter is and happiness But in wine you'll find really forget what can watch in And we're off to the ball you get more evenings off than any other made in vienna But I've just received word my in the last time your aunt died you stayed away for three days She dies be that you want to go to the grand ball tonight. Well, you stay here and work I'm rather Linda. If you let me off, I'll tell you a secret. I just overheard. Well, 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 renard. I overheard him just now That's big sneak Adele You're going to that ball As my lady in waiting If he can be a marquee why why I'll be a a countess Yes, the mysterious countess who monta the of hungary How's that for double crossing a double crosser? And for the second act of rosa linda in just a moment This morning in washington the interstate commerce commission authorized an increase in railroad freight charges Such an increase is merely a recognition of increases in the cost of producing rail transportation Which has taken place as far back as 1949 In these days when almost everything costs more the natural question is How will this rise in freight rates affect the prices of the things we buy? And the answer is that on the average total railroad transportation charges represent such a small part of the prices we pay That changes in freight rates either up or down seldom have any direct effect at all on retail prices Even if the freight rate increases authorized since 1949 including the one authorized today Were to be reflected in full in the prices you pay for goods The total increase in price would be something less than one half of one cent out of each dollar spent And that includes the increases in rates on raw materials And everything else that goes into the finished product as well as in the rates on the products themselves But you do have another interest in the news of today's authorization for increased freight rates For it means that railroad revenues will be brought more nearly in line with the increases in the cost of producing transportation Which have accumulated since 1949 So that railroads will be the better able to meet the transportation needs of commerce And the demands of national defense The better able to serve you Now here is act two of the laurence and lee version of rosalinda Starring gordon mackray as henry and dorothy warrenschold as his lovely wife rosalinda Both have gone to the grand ball in disguise. Henry is the marquis renard and rosalinda as the hungarian countess fomentazi Won't you join us at the ball? Now what a wonderful party blint Are you drinking all that pink champagne because you want to forget? Certainly. I want to forget. I'm thirsty Blint. Oh, yes, sir. Who is that ravishing looking creature in the silver mask? Oh That's the countess fomentazi hungarian What a figure but 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 nullifant Excuse me. I'm going to ask the countess to dance May I present myself countess? I am the marquis renard and I should be honored if you would dance with me Would you countess again? Ah Oh, that's french, isn't it? No. No, it is hungarian. It means Yes, I'm glad how we dance Oh Countess you waltz like a dream why the party came to life the moment you went But as I came in you seem to be enjoying yourself very much That was fifi. She doesn't mean a thing. No, I see is she your wife. Oh, no. No, I'm not married. You're not Well, uh Not really you mean not happily. Yes, that's it not not happily What a shame. Oh now don't misunderstand me See my wife and I have an agreement. Does she know about this? Well, it's you might say a silent agreement She's more of a homebody. Oh See, I'm a different type. I need the whip of adventure romance change You imagine me day in and day out looking at the same face unthinkable Countess I knew you'd understand from the moment our eyes met. I I had the feeling I'd found a kindred soul You practically described my own life remarkable the only difference is My husband and I have no agreement whatsoever. Oh, I I know the type doll and possess Yes, that is why I am divorcing him. Are you certainly sure he sounds horrible doesn't he? Why don't you give me a chance to make you forget your husband? I wish you could but my dear marky How do you know who I really am under this mask? I might be your wife's maid Adele no No, mr. Lamarcky, you have made a great laughable error. Surely, you know a great lady from a lady's maids My dear marky Surely you see You're the countess. I know now just who you are Certainly, I can tell by your entire brain that you are a conus Now may I distract you further with this watch of mine your watch? Listen, listen to a chime Come, I'll show you it works much better outside. No, no, I think it will work perfectly all right here Countess you've made me forget every other woman I've ever known Her whole bearing is delicious and her figure most propitious and so brittle So little all these treasures kiss I would if I only knew I could In his prison Very tantalizing my dear marky, but it does not tantalize me You're the rarest woman I've ever met countess Tell me who you are Take off your mask and let me see for the first time your lovely lovely All right, mr. Lamarcky I remove this mask and I am Rosalinda, I'm not really married countess. I need the whip of adventure But no no no Rosalinda where you're going to get that change Oh Rosalinda the waltz is beginning. I I'd like to ask you two questions. Yes First will you honor me with this dance? And second when you've finished divorcing that moronic imbecilic stupid husband of yours Would you marry me? I might under one condition. Oh anything throw away that watch watch Watch No watch In exchange, I'll never listen to another tanner again as long as I live It's a bargain Now let's waltz my darling and show everybody how much unloved two married people can be And our thanks to the other members of our cast sandra gould howard mcnair William reeve and to our entire company The adaptation of the ohan Strauss music to rosalinda is by eric wolfgang corngold Paul kirby is the author of the lyrics the book is by gothfried rinehart and john me in jr And it was dramatized for the railroad hour by laurence and lee The railroad hour is brought to you each week at the same time by the american railroads This month the american cancer society asks all of us to join in the fight to help conquer cancer The society's indispensable programs of research and service to cancer patients and education Can mean the difference between life and death to thousands of americans By your support you will be doing much to help the society's efforts to control and conquer cancer And now here again is charming dorthy warrenshaw Thank you, gordon. You know, it always feels like coming home when I climb aboard the show train Well, you were a sheer delight dorthy. Thank you, gordon and thank congratulations on the good news in the may issue of radio tv Mirror magazine Well explained out of you well the the readers voted you the honor of being their favorite radio male singer And they voted the railroad hour as their favorite musical program Well, that's good news indeed dorthy and as for myself and on behalf of our entire railroad hour company I wish to thank the editors for conducting the poll and the readers of radio tv mirror magazine for voting this honor to the Railroad hour and to me Uh, who are you singing pretty songs to next week, gordon? The celebrated soprano now tangent is our guest dorthy and we'll be presenting our railroad hour version of the comic operetta Irmini. Well, that sounds like there should be nice. Armini in urmini. Well, all right I'll be listening. Good night, gordon. Good night, dorthy and come home again real soon. Uh, all aboard Well, sir, it looks as though we're ready to pull out and so until next week in urmini. This is gordon mack rey saying goodbye Zalinda was presented by special arrangement with tam's whipmark music library Gordon mack rey can soon be seen starring in warner brothers about face Our choir is under the direction of norman lube off and our music is prepared and conducted by carmen dragon This is marvin miller saying goodbye until next week for the american railroads Now stay tuned for your monday night of music on nbc The preceding was transcribed Stay tuned for the thirteenth anniversary program of the telephone hour on nbc