 Ladies and gentlemen, the railroad out. And here comes the star-studded show trade. The Ninety Association of American Railroads presents Florence Ziegfeld's musical success, Sally, starring Gordon MacGray and his two guests, Marion Bell and Jack Kirkwood. Our choir is under the direction of Norman Luboff, and our music is prepared and conducted by Carmen Dragon. Yes, tonight another memorable musical hit is brought to you transcribed 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 MacGray. Hi, the Miller and Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. We're looking for a silver lining tonight, and we all expect to find it in Jerome Kern's great music for Sally. The Sally of our alley is charming little Marion Bell, so don't be surprised if I fall in love with her in the next 30 minutes. I'm Blair Farquhar, a poor unfortunate guy with only a couple of million bucks in the bank. Jack Kirkwood plays the Grand Duke Constantine, whom we meet back in the little country of Czechargovinia. Duke of Czechargovinia? That's me. Revolution! We have found out about you and Madame Newcarova. No! What did you find out? That you bought her a string of pearls with the taxpayer's money. Oh, is that all? For a minute I thought there was going to be a scandal. You are deposed! You are now a fugitive! An exile! A bum! Of course I didn't know anything about Balkan revolutions in those days, and when I dropped into a New York restaurant for a bite of lunch, I didn't have any idea that the man who was waiting on me had once been the Grand Duke of Czechargovinia. Waiter! Waiter! Yes, sir? Would you please clear off these dishes and bring me some food? No, clear off the dishes. All right! What are you doing? Well, if I don't smash them, I have to wash them. Then I hate that. They hired a dishwasher, but she isn't here yet. Well, bring me your number three speciality. Yes, sir. Right away, sir. Oh, what a restaurant. Hello. Well, hello. Are you the proprietor? No, no, I'm just a poor unfortunate customer. Won't you sit down, have lunch with me? Oh, no, I can't. Why not? Don't you eat? Sure, but I'm just the dishwasher. Isn't that awful? Well, don't worry. Things are bound to look up. There's a bright side to everything. Even the dish pans? Sure. Please don't be offended if I preach to you awhile. Tears are out of place in eyes that were meant to smile. There's a way to make your very biggest trouble small. A happy secret. The sun is shining. I'll wash my dishes now. Good luck, Sally. Here's your lunch, sir. Thank you, waiter. Are you Mr. Farquhar, the well-to-do millionaire? He's my father. Oh. Well, I understand he's giving a party tonight in honor of the Grand Duke of Czechoslovakia. Will you be there? Not if I can help it. I understand the Duke is a stupid boar. Did he want your dessert now? No thanks, I don't care for any dessert. You're lucky, boy. You know, in all that high society, there won't be one girl as pretty as your new dishwasher. I didn't notice. Is she beautiful? She's Julian. Cinderella. Hey, you sound like you're falling in love with her. Maybe I am. She's somehow different from the rest. I can't describe her white. She seems to be just right. She won my heart. That's all matters, not how she is dressed. I wanna hold where the sun... I can see the headlines. Millionaire falls in love with dishwasher. Do you think maybe I've got some soap in my eye? Dishwasher. You're beautiful. You're cute, too. What's your name? Konstantin Alexandrovich Fedor Gregorovich. What's yours? Sally. You've got short changed. Sally, do you want me to help you do the dishes? Oh, you've got a job, Mr. Konstantin the Towel. We are deeply honored. Are you helping? I'll be through twice as fast. Even faster if I break a few, eh? I wonder if I'll ever see him again. Oh, so, eh? Blair Farquhar. Oh, I'm going to a party at his mansion tonight. Really? Yes. You see, I'm actually the Grand Duke of Czechocovinia. Gee. I wish I could go. Then I'd get to see Blair again. I've got it. What have you got? Sally, I'm going to escort you to that party as Madame Nukerova. Uh, Madame who? The famous singer, the Czechocovinian Nightingale. What if she finds out? She's back in Czechocovinia. She'll never know. I'll put my hair up on top of my head and wear false eyelashes. You'd better wear a little more than that, I think. I'm taking an awful chance. What if they find out that you're a dishwasher? What if they find out that you're a waiter? Hmm, you've got a point. It's a deal. We'll go to that party together. The Duke and Duchess of Dishpam. Just wait and see. I'll get out of those soaps yet. We'll return for the second act of Sally in just a moment. But first, last Thursday night, the four cities of Davenport, Iowa and Rock Island, Moline and East Moline, Illinois celebrated an event in their history which marked a milestone in the growth of American unity. For there, just 94 years ago, the first locomotive steamed across the first railroad bridge to span the mighty Mississippi River. Binding together east and west with bands of iron. In the same month in which the bridge was opened, a river steamboat rammed it and both steamboat and bridge were burned. Suit was brought to prevent the rebuilding of the bridge on the ground that it was an obstacle to navigation. To represent the railroad came a then little-known Illinois lawyer, Abraham Lincoln. And in that suit, in which there was established the principle that bridges carrying railroad tracks might be thrown across navigable waters, Abraham Lincoln made one of his first great contributions to a united America. Last week's celebration in the four cities which have grown up where railroad tracks first crossed the Mississippi recall the dramatic story of the struggles to get railroads built in the 1850s. And today, as the 1950s begin, this nation needs its railroads more than ever. The building of those railroads made it possible to settle and civilize a continent. Their services today are an integral part of the marvel of American production. For even in the midst of the richness of today's transportation facilities, it remains as true as ever it was that the railroads furnished the basic transportation of the nation, essential to its continued prosperity and peace, to its safety in war. Here's Act Two of Jerome Kern's Sally, starring Gordon Macrae as Blair Farquhar, with Jack Kirkwood as the Grand Duke and Marion Bell as Sally. That night, we had a party at our Fifth Avenue mansion in honor of the Grand Duke of Czechogovania. And when the famous singer, Madame Nukerova, walked in, he could have knocked me over with a balt and duked him, because he was a dead ringer for my little dishwasher salad. Ah, Monsieur Farquhar. Bonsoir, bonsoir, bonsoir. Madame Nukerova, one thing astonishes me. You, you and the Duke, you look very familiar. Oh, perhaps we met in, ah, Europe, yes? Oh, when I was overthrowing a kingdom. Is it true, Madame, that you were the woman who caused eleven Balkan revolutions? Oh, twelve? Who's counting? That's amazing. Such a beautiful girl, and yet such a firebrand. Your party, your intrusion, our confusion is sublime. We've ever, ever met a girl like you. I must admit, I'm rather unconcerned. A type that must have... Would you come and walk with me in the garden? There's something I want to tell you. Oh, I'd be delighted to see your garden. Stonishing how much you look like a friend of mine. A dishwasher. Ah, this little dishwasher. She is nice. Ah, I think you're prettier. Ah, it's the moon in hand. Who's that lovely bird? It's a whipper-will. There's a nest of them in the willows. You know, I wish I were a whipper-will. When I was a little girl, I used to listen to the whipper-will and dream of living in a garden just like this. Humiliation. They found out about me. He's no Grand Duke. He's nothing but a waiter in a restaurant. Well, I have to do something to put some money in the pot, boy. Well, here is a Grand Duke. You should be ashamed of yourself, Carola. I'm just a dishwasher. Sally. Oh, as long as you thought we were fancy pants foreigners, you were nice to us. But you laugh as soon as you find out we have to work for a living. But, Sally, we didn't mean it. You think we're phonies? A lot bigger phonies than we are. When Sally and the Duke marched out of our party that night, I figured I'd never see her again. But I figured wrong. For beauty and talent like Sally's couldn't hide forever behind a stack of dirty dishes. One of the biggest producers on Broadway discovered her and put her in a musical. Behind those footlights, Sally really found her silver lining. Congratulations, Sally. It was a great show. Was I all right, your honey? Oh, you're a big star, Sally. You got him right in the bottom of your dishpan. I should be happy, but he didn't come. Oh, Blair. Oh, but after the party, you said you never wanted to see him again. Your Highness, when a girl says that, she wants to see him twice as much. Oh, okay, Sally. You wait right here in your dressing room. I'll find that guy if I have to scour New York. If I have to scour the United States. If I have to scour the world. Hello, Sally. Quick scouring job. Congratulations, Sally. I think everybody in the theater loved you almost as much as I did. You're sure you wouldn't love me more if I were a notorious woman who starts a revolution every Wednesday? Oh, Sally, it's you I love. Will you marry me? No. Why not? That's what every girl's supposed to say the first time she's asked. Oh, what do you say the second time? Why don't you try it and see? All right. Will you marry me, Sally? Um, maybe. What happens the third time? Well, don't stop now. I can find out. Sally, will you marry me? Of course I will. Wonderful. I promise you one thing, Mrs. Farquhar. Oh, what's that, Mr. Farquhar? After we're married, I'll always help you do the dishes. Look for... And our thanks to Paul Fries for his part in tonight's performance. Sally, with booking lyrics by Guy Bolton and Clifford Gray, and music by Jerome Kern, was dramatized for The Railroad Hour by Lawrence and Lee. It was brought to you each week at this time by the American Railroads. All through this broad land of America, there are things to see, places worth traveling to see. All through the year, and especially in the vacation season, there are observances and celebrations to add special interest to the scenic and historic spots of the nation. And wherever you go, and whenever you go, there are railroad trains to take you there and to bring you back to your well-known safety. And now, here again, our Marion Bell and Jack Kirkwood. Marion, you sang Sally just as beautifully as you sing Nadina in The Chocolate Soldier. Thank you, Gordon. I was down to see you at the Philharmonic last week, Marion. I know, Jack. I heard you laughing. How did she recognize me? Who's on the show train next week, Gordon? Well, Lucille Norman will be singing the title role of the Pink Lady, and I'll be a Parisian playboy. How about this, MacRae? One week he's a New York millionaire, and the next week he's a Parisian playboy. What are you trying to prove? Well, it's a good way to put some money in the pot, boy. Good night, you thief. Well, it looks as though we're ready to pull out. And so until next week, goodbye. Holly was transcribed in Hollywood and presented by special arrangement with the Tams Whitmark Music Library. MacRae is currently being seen starring in the Warner Brothers Technicolor musical hit The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady. Our choir is under the direction of Norman Luboff and our music is prepared and conducted by Carmen Dragon. This is Marvin Miller saying goodbye until next week for the American Railroads. And now keep tuned for your Monday Night of Music on NBC.