 transcribed. Ladies and gentlemen the railroad hour and here comes our star studded show train. Tonight the Association of American Railroads invites you to hear the great Sigmund Romberg George Gershwin musical success Rosalie starring Gordon MacRae and his charming guest Nadine Connor. Our choir is under the direction of Norman Luboff and our music is prepared and conducted by Carmen Dragon. Yes tonight another thrilling musical play 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 Gordon MacRae. Thank you Marvin Miller and good evening ladies and gentlemen. Tonight Nadine Connor is the princess Rosalie and I am Lieutenant Dick Fay who at this very moment is making the first non-stop supersonic jet plane flight from the United States to the kingdom of romance. Rosalie? Where is the princess Rosalie? Don't worry dear, she'll be here. The American has landed already. He'll be arriving here in the middle of the square any minute. Calmly, calmly my dear. But what will he think if the entire royal family isn't on hand to welcome him? I wish I could fly across the Atlantic Ocean in six hours. It would be much more fun than being a king. Who's that coming into the square? There's only one thing that can bring that many handsome soldiers together. Rosalie! Thank you gentlemen. Now each of you may kiss my hand. Rosalie's got too many romantic notions. Hand kissing? That's just something she learned last year when she went to Paris. Rosalie hasn't been the same since she made that trip. She's all together too interested in men. Nonsense! How can't you get romantic with all those good-looking good-ars to keep her from falling in love? I'm sorry I'm late mother. Our relations with America are very important to us at this moment Rosalie. Oh but America is so terribly far away. We don't want to offend this young aviator fellow. I'll be nice to him father. What's his name? His name. I'm sure he must have one. That seems to slip my mind. His name is Lieutenant Faye. Richard Faye. Not Richard Faye. Rosalie, what's the number? Look! There he comes! Your Majesty! Our guest of honor the intrepid aviator, Lieutenant Dick Faye. Well young man, welcome to the kingdom of Romance. I have a speech here. The chancellor prepared for me but I can't see but somewhere here I know I had it. Your Majesty's. The gracious welcome of your people has said more than any words can convey. Say, that's very good. Why can't I ever think of things like that to say? Well allow me to present the princess Rosalie. Rosalie, where are you now? Where did that trial go? I've been looking forward to meeting the princess, Your Majesty. I've already met one of Romance's citizens in Paris last year. She was the main reason why I made this flight. I wanted to meet her again. Well that's very romantic isn't it? Who is this girl? She wouldn't tell me. I know she's the most exciting person in the world. I know everything about her. Except her name. Maybe you'll happen across her during the festival. Festival? Yes, we're having one in your honor. Downsing in the streets, all that sort of thing. Over here we have festivals at the drop of a hat. That's wonderful, Your Majesty. If you don't mind I'm going to look around and see if I can find that girl. And heart-speeding to a certain wisdom. And paradise opens its gates for us. Realms of bliss. How gladly I miss. Did come to Romansa after all. I promised I would, didn't I? I've been searching for you ever since the dancing began. Now that I've found you you've got to tell me who you are. My costume should tell you I am a peasant girl for today. Oh that's not enough. Well what else would you have me say? What else? When your eyes look into mine, there's something they would say. Is it no? Yeah. Look again and quickly then your dog will fly away. If there's secret, you turns are needed as they so say you love me, none above me. Oh don't resist me, say you've missed me from the start. Say so that it's true. Are just three little words I sigh for. Crazy about them. Three little words I die for. Say so change the grey sky to a gay sky of a blue. Say so I shall say so. Resist me, say you've missed me from the start. Say so for I pray so that it's true. Oh change the grey sky to a gay sky of a blue. Ever since we met last year in Paris I've been in love with you. I want you to go back to America with me. Tell me that you'll come, that you'll love me. Oh I don't have to tell you a word, Dick. There's a better way. You're tenacious. You are the guest of Romance but our hospitality can hardly extend the lips of our princess. Princess? I thought you were just a peasant girl. Oh I can't help it if I'm a princess. Of course not. You couldn't help playing a little joke on a dumb army pilot. Oh Dick please. Rosalie, I command you to return to the palace immediately. Oh Dick listen to me please. Your Majesty, I request permission to take off for my return flight as soon as my ship is ready. Lieutenant Fay I'm sorry about this misunderstanding with the princess Rosalie. I do not know your princess sir. I met a peasant girl from Romance but it seems she doesn't exist. Oh Dick. Have I your permission to leave sir? I must return to my post at West Point. You may leave Lieutenant. Thank you. My compliments Your Majesty. Princess Rosalie it was an honor to meet you at last in your native setting. Goodbye. I think maybe you'll see him again. Oh no I won't. He's gone for good. The other day a friend of mine said to me, Marvin I notice that on the railroad hour you say the railroads bring us most of the food we eat, the clothes we wear, the fuel we burn and all the other things we use in our daily life. Now he said I've also heard it said that trucks handle more tons of freight than any other kind of transportation, which is right. Well that's an easy question to answer. You see trucks are mighty useful for some halls and for specialized jobs and trucks do handle a vast number of tons of freight, a lot of it, at the beginning and end of rail halls. But when it comes to ton miles, that's tons of freight moved over the miles that stretch between our towns and cities. Why there the railroads haul more freight more miles than all other forms of transportation put together and do it at a lower average charge. Indeed counting both tons and miles, the railroads haul almost five times as much freight to and from and between towns and cities as all the motor trucks in the country. In a recent report following investigation of land and water transportation in the United States, a Senate subcommittee said that these railroads, and I quote, constitute the backbone of our national transportation system. They carry freight which cannot be moved by any other carrier or combination of carriers. End of quotation. In World War II, for example, the railroads carried more than 90% of all military freight and provided 97% of the transportation for the organized movements of the armed forces throughout the United States of America. And in these critical times, the nation once again looks to the railroads to fill the stepped up traffic demands of our defense program. That's why it's so important that the railroads be able to continue their billion dollar a year program of expansion and improvement. A program that depends on rates that will bring the railroads earnings adequate for the job they are doing. Now here's Act 2 of Rosalie, starring Gordon MacRae as Lieutenant Dick Thay and Nadine Conner as the Princess Rosalie. It's pretty disappointing when you find out that a girl you've been in love with, a girl you hope to marry is really a princess as unattainable as the moon. So I was glad to get away from the Kingdom of Romanza and get back to the good old lights and glitter of New York City. When I went to Romanza, I heard many a serenade. Fellows there sing a stanza when they're wooing a pretty maid. But there's one that is better far than any old tune on an old guitar. When you land on a new 10,000, a million taxis to them, what a song, what a song. Just hear those rivets rattling, hear the traffic battling. Come along, come along, and hear it play. So keep your peace and quiet, give me that good old rock. Lieutenant Thay reporting is ordered, sir. Lieutenant, I have a special assignment for you. This afternoon the Military Academy at West Point is playing hosts to the Royal Family of Romanza. What did you say? You are at attention, sir. Yes, I certainly am, sir. The King has asked specifically that you command the Guard of Honor. Major, please don't make me entertain the Princess Rosalie. These are orders. You're a soldier, sir. It's yours not to reason why, yours but to do. I know, or die. Lieutenant Thay, it's a pleasure to see you again. Your Majesty, may I extend the welcome of the point to yourself and the Queen and... You remember my daughter, Princess Rosalie? Your Highness. Lieutenant. And now if you please, Lieutenant, we would like to be taken to our quarters. I'm sure the Guard can escort you there, Mother. I would like Lieutenant Thay to show me the grounds. I understand there's a walk known as Lovers Lane. Is that correct, Lieutenant? Well, really, Rosalie? Now, my dear, let the child do as she pleases. Run along, Rosalie. Just be back in time for the review. I will, Father. Lieutenant, do you mind? And from here, Your Highness, you can see one of the battlefields of the American Revolution. It is known as... Dick. Do you really think I made this trip all the way from around Manzada here, a lecture on the historic landmarks of the Hudson River? Why did you come here? To tell you that I'm sorry. To tell you that I meant every word I said to you. What? Yes. Oh, my darling. Rosalie, do you love me? Oh, yes. Then why didn't you say so? I just did. Yeah, you did. You really did. Yes, Dick, I really did. Oh, gee, oh, joy. The birds are singing. Because why? Because I am in love. Oh, gee, oh, joy. The bells are ringing. Because why? Because I am in love. And all the world ever was so happy. Because I act so sappy. Oh, gee, oh, joy. The birds are singing. Because why? Oh, gee, oh, joy. We act so sappy. Majesty, Dick and I have some wonderful news for you. Well, I'm sure it can wait until your father reviews the changing of the guard, or whatever they call it over here. Oh, no, it can't possibly wait. Dick and I are sure of it now. We're in love. We have been ever since we met in Paris. Your Majesty, I want to marry Rosalie. Well... Never. Oh, now really, my dear. Rosalie is a princess. Some days she will inherit the throne of Romanza. As long as Rosalie is a princess, I shall never give my consent. Get up your soapbox, Mother, and let me get to the bottom of this thing. Lieutenant, do you really love my daughter? With all my heart. And I suppose you feel the same way, Rosalie? Oh, I do. Oh, I do. Well, I'm afraid your mother's right. As long as you're a princess, Rosalie, you and Dick can't get married. Now, hold your horses. I've got a plan. Have you heard anything from your father? Well, I don't know where he is. He's disappeared. I suppose he's getting ready to go back home to Romanza. The ship sails tomorrow. Then this may be our last loss together. What do they say? As you and I sway to and fro, To roommate and have, The film tomorrow seems far from... One of the Academy and guests is Royal Majesty the King of Romanza. Thank you very much, but you didn't give me my complete title. I'm sorry. Don't be sorry. I'm not. Starting right now, I'm my Royal Majesty, the ex-King of Romanza. Shush! Shush! Well, let me finish. For years now, I've been the monarch of the most progressively backward kingdom in Europe. And I've been getting sick and tired of it. I think the kingdom has, too. So I called up my Prime Minister on the transatlantic fold to give him my abdication. Oh, why? Why did you do it? Well, I thought you said Rosalie couldn't get married as long as she was a princess, but she's no princess if her father isn't a king. So I don't see why these two young people can't go right ahead and get hitched. Oh, Father. Thank you, Your Majesty. No more Majesty, boy. Just call me Dad. But now where will we go? I'm going to open up a restaurant. I hear there's a lot more money in that than there is in the king business. Hey, Your Majesty, could you give a soldier a special rating on a wedding breakfast? Oh, gee, oh, joy. Birds are singing. Because why? Because I am in love. Oh, gee, oh, joy. Lovely Lady Incarna will be back in just a moment. Meanwhile, our sincere thanks to Norma Varden, Herb Butterfield, Theodore von Elz, and our entire cast. Rosalie with music by Sigmund Romberg and George Gershwin, and a book by P.G. Wodehouse, Ira Gershwin, and William Anthony McGuire was dramatized for The Railroad Hour by Lawrence and Lee. The Railroad Hour is brought to you each week at this time by the American Railroads. For over two and a half years, the Senate Subcommittee on Domestic Land and Water Transportation has been studying America's transportation system. Speaking of the particular problems of the Railroads, the Subcommittee says, and I quote, freight charges constitute a relatively small and decreasing portion of national income. Although transportation charges have increased in absolute amount, the proportion of such charges to the total value of commodities transported has actually decreased by almost half. In short, transportation revenues have lagged far behind increases in prices and wages generally. End of quotation. And now here again is the charming Nadine Connors. It was fun being romanced in romance, Sir Gordon. Well, we want to make love to you again the first week in January, Nadine, in a entirely different mood. It's another great Romberg opera, however. Blossom time. I wouldn't miss it. What's on the show train next week, Gordon? We're going to have a special Christmas program, Nadine. The Happy Prince, set to the great music of Christmas time. It looks like a wonderful Christmas Eve present. I'll put it on my listening list. Good. All aboard! Well, it looks as though we're ready to pull out. And so until next week, this is Gordon Macrae saying goodbye. Rosalie was presented by special arrangement with the Tams Whitmark Music Library. Gordon Macrae can be seen in Warner Brothers' Starlet. 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. Now keep tuned for your Monday Night of Music on NBC. Proceeding transcribed. Stay tuned for the telephone hour next on NBC.