 Ladies and gentlemen, the railroad hour. The star-studded show train. Tonight, the Association of American Railroads presents the great Irving Berlin musical Miss Liberty, starring Gordon MacRae and his bright young guest Virginia Haskins. Our choir is out of the direction of Norman Luboth, and our music is prepared and conducted by Carmen Dragon. Yes, tonight, another memorable 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, Robin Miller. Good evening, everybody. Virginia Haskins and I want you to come to New York with us. In the days before, there was a statue of liberty in the harbor. When the streets were lit with gas lamps and when the streetcars all had horses francing out in front of them. But when you really wanted to get someplace in style, you said, Let's take an old-fashioned walk. I'm just bursting with fog. What a tale could be told if we went for an old-fashioned walk. Let's take a stroll through the park, down a lane where it's dark. And a heart that's controlled may relax on an old-fashioned walk. I know for a couple who seem to be miles apart. There's nothing like walking and having a heart to heart. A girl who declined couldn't make up her mind. She was wrapped up in a soul coming home from an old-fashioned walk. Hey there, young fellow. Ah, yes, sir. Are you a photographer? Horace Miller and Cam Ratcher Service. We're from Frenders Falls, Indiana. Well, I'm a newspaper publisher and my photographer didn't show up to cover the big shindigs at the City Hall. Oh, I've already got a newspaper job working for Mr. Bennett on the New York Herald. I'm Mr. Bennett of the Herald. Huh? You must be my photographer who didn't show up. Well, I was there, Mr. Bennett, but I didn't see much to photograph. Just a mayor and a lot of celebrities. Just a mayor. Say, I got a real picture. The first photograph of the Statue of Liberty fresh off the boat from France. Let me see that picture. Huh. Oh, this is just a lot of packing cases. Well, how do you expect to get the Statue of Liberty across the Atlantic? She didn't swim. If she had, you'd have missed the picture. You're fired, Miller. Fired? I don't ever want to see your face again. She was fired my first day. I'm sorry I ever came to New York City. I guess I should have stayed in Frenders Falls. Little fish in a big pond has plenty of room to swim But swimming around our big fish already to pounce on him Back to his little pond, he starts to roam The little fish spreads his fins and begins to swim Back home, that's me A little fish in a big pond, all wrong That's me A little fish where a little fish don't belong A little man in a big town gets butterflies in his dome I'm ready to spread my fins and begin to swim Back home to the little pond Where a little fish and a little man belong No, by golly, I can't go back home to Frenders Falls until I've done something important and worthwhile Hey, does anybody know how much it cost to take a boat to Paris? When the sun goes down, Paris makes up When the light's on, it's his high Lights up the sky for mine When they start on the roof in our bay Count their stock and they lock up their stock When the bill So this is Paris, Paris, France Boy, this little fish sure took himself a big swim Say, who's that singing? Pretty, my child, you know the acoustics underneath this bridge are better than the National Opera I know, Grandmother, but wouldn't it be nice if we could have a house to live in? What's wrong with living under bridges? We have a view, plenty of fresh air, running water We'd love to have a home I know, Grandmother, I'd love to do what all the American girls want to do And what is that? Homeward kitchen To be in their kitchen That's the thing I'm longing to do To be there, turning And just what goes into a stew Home, yes, who sits and plans With pots and pans at home Dear Monique, I think the time has come for you to say the magic word The magic word? But it must only be used on an American, preferably from the USA What is the magic word, Grandma? The magic word is... Yes? Yes Yes Say yes to the right American and all our troubles will be over Well, I better go out and peddle my flowers Remember what I told you, child? Well, hello there What's the matter, can't you talk? Yes Say, you're a French girl, aren't you? Yes I guess you'd probably guess that I was an American I guess Yes She was, you're pretty Yes Would you like to know what I came over to Paris for? Yes I'm looking for the girl who posed for the Statue of Liberty Yes You wouldn't know who she was by any chance Yes Say, it wouldn't be you by any chance Oh yes, yes, yes Well, holy Toledo, talk about lucky I find the girl I'm looking for right off the bat Hey, can I take your picture? Yes Wonderful, now stand just like you did for the Statue One arm up in the air That's it And this book in the crook of your elbow Yes Good Watch the birdie Oh boy, oh boy, this is historic Oh, wait until Mr. Bennett sees this Straight table plan to Mr. James Gordon Bennett, New York Carol Have found the girl who posed for Statue of Liberty Send $1,000 at once to bring her to America Greatest publicity since Stanley found Livingston Signed Horace Miller Oh, the deuce is Horace Miller No matter if it's true, it'll double my circulation Quirk, cable $500 to bring Ms. Liberty to America How are you, Ms. Liberty? Are you calling me? Oh gosh, gee whiz, for a minute I was afraid you changed bridges Monique, who is this improbable young man? Here's your boat ticket to America America? Grandmother has to come too Well, okay, I'll get a ticket for her too Monique, how did this happen? The magic word, I just said yes But what in blazes did he ask? Did he ask you? Well, do you want me to explain why I'm doing all this? They do Why are you being so sweet to me? And to my Grandmother? Well, you see, in America we do everything fast Why, we even fall in love in a hurry Oh, I love you I love you There's no other way Just one way to say I love you As I may That's all I can say I love you Lord Ms. Liberty, America, here we come Monique, why does your nice young man keep calling you Ms. Liberty? Oh, Boris thinks I'm the girl who models for the statue of Liberty Modeled for this? My Grandmother, what's the matter? When he finds out the truth, I just wonder if he'll still want to sing that song Much more could be said if I thought Continue with act two of Ms. Liberty One of the things I like best about riding a train is sitting here in air-conditioned comfort and watching the landscape rush by the window Wonder how fast we're going Oh, that's easy I just clocked it We're going 62 miles an hour How do you know that? Well, it took us just 58 seconds to travel from one mile post to another along the right-of-way And this chart here shows that a mile traveled in 58 seconds means that we're doing 62 miles an hour I clipped the chart from a handy booklet called Quiz on Railroads and Railroading published by the Association of American Railroads Hey, does the quiz also cover train whistle signals? It sure does But that whistle you just heard is a warning signal indicating that we're approaching a public crossing Yes, the answers to the questions of this traveler and to hundreds of other questions that you might ask about the railroads are answered in the colorful, informative Quiz booklet For instance, Quiz has a section on the fascinating history of railroads Another covers the ingenious methods and facilities which make possible the dependability, efficiency, and economy of railroad operations and the unparalleled safety of railroad travel and it is crammed with exciting photographs of railroads in action Yes, Quiz contains the answers to many of the things you may have wondered about concerning the railroads You can have a copy of this interesting booklet free of charge by merely dropping a postal card to the Railroad Hour Transportation Building, Washington, 6 DC Quiz is the most popular booklet ever written about railroads More than 3 million copies have been received by people everywhere Thousands of Railroad Hour listeners have already received copies So be sure to ask for your free copy of Quiz on Railroads and Railroading Tonight, send your name and address to the Railroad Hour Transportation Building, Washington, 6 DC I'll give you that address again at the end of this program Now, here is Act 2 of the Irving Berlin Robert E. Sherwood musical Miss Liberty dramatized by Lawrence and Lee starring Gordon McRae and Virginia Haskins with Hanley Stafford and Gloria Gordon Miss Liberty, Miss Liberty We welcome you here to our show With Banners and Screamers Would you like to dine some evening with the Asters? She's off to Would you like to play a week at Tony Pastors? She's off to Would you like to come to Trinity on Sunday? She's off to Would you like to launch a battleship on Monday? She's President to you Here's a- Here's a car drop from the famous Spirited Brother It's time to be sure, like money and the President so dear But mostly Mr. Bennett Let me welcome you to our shores I'm James Gordon Bennett, publisher of the New York Herald Be nice to him, Mike He's paid for your trip Oh dear, Mr. Bennett I'm charmed Have you met my grandmother at the Countess DuPont? I've honored your ladyship I hope you stay that way Speech, Miss Liberty Yeah, speech, please Please, Miss Liberty Will you favor us with the speech? Well, I certainly love New York and I'm so glad to be here But I think there's just one teensy-winsy thing That I ought to explain to you Monique What is it, Grandmama? There's a new magic word Shut up Monique, you're wonderful You know, all of New York is in love with you Well, I don't care about all of New York How do you feel? Oh, I feel fine And you know, Mr. Bennett not only hired me back in his paper He gave me a $2 raise Oh, congratulations, heart Well, if this keeps up in 50 years, I could be editor of the paper Just think, if I hadn't discovered you I might have gone back to Prenders Falls and never a monad in nothing Oh, you know what you are What? A little fish in a big pond Has gotta have lots of heart For swimming around our big fish What if he's the least bit smart Back to his little pond He doesn't go The little fish spreads his fins And begins to grow, grow, grow In a big pond, alright A little fish But we gotta stand up and fly Town don't have to get out and roam Stop, tame, and begin to feed In the bigger pond Where the bigger fish And the bigger men be Yep, I guess I'm a pretty big fish now You! Oh, hello there, J.G. How's trick? You scoundrel You buffoon, you nitwits You scapegrates of a niggum poop Something to matter, Mr. Bennett? Miss Liberty, may I ask how old you are? Well, I'm 23 The New York world, my chief competitor Says you're a fraud What? It seems the statue was carved More than 20 years ago May I inquire, mademoiselle, if you post for it In your cradle? Oh, I didn't post for the Statue of Liberty If you didn't? No But you said you did Oh, no, you said I did Young lady, you and the so-called counters Will be shipped out of the country on the next boat Now, wait a minute, Mr. Bennett You can't do that Can't I? Why don't you go down to the Bureau of Immigration To see them off? Boarding passengers, prepare to board ship Please don't be sad, Grandmama Who's sad? I'm surprised we got away with it As long as we did Countess, money Are they really going to deport you? Any minute The boat's almost ready to sail Well, it isn't right Even if you didn't post for the Statue You're still Miss Liberty Send Miss Liberty away from the United States It's all wrong Well, you know what it says in the base of the new Statue Give me your tired, your poor masses yearning to breathe free The wretched refuse of your Your tired, your poor huddled masses yearning to breathe free The wretched refuse of your Your tired, your poor masses yearning to breathe free I love you, horse Monique, I have an idea Look, if we get married You'll be an American citizen And they can't deport you That's wonderful But what about Grandmama? Don't worry, I'll get back in Nobody can say I was too young To post for the Statue of Liberty Oh, Monique You know, I'll take you back to Prenders Falls Of course, I don't have any money So I don't know how we'll get there I know her Let's see Went for an old-fashioned walk To the park Down an old-fashioned walk Thank you, ladies and gentlemen Lovely Virginia Haskins We'll be back in just a moment Our hearty thanks to Hanley Stafford Who was Mr. Bennett Ms. Gloria Gordon Who was the Countess And to our entire company Ms. Liberty with music by Irving Berlin And book and lyrics by Robert E. Sherwood Was dramatized for the railroad hour By Lawrence and Lee The railroad hour is brought to you each week At the same time by the American railroads Marvin? Behind the giant locomotives of today Is a fascinating history of constant Change and improvement From the teapot kettle engines Of more than a century ago And you can trace this dramatic development In a pictorial history of locomotives Only one of the many interesting features In quiz on railroads and railroading This attractive booklet Answering hundreds of questions About the American railroads Can be yours free of charge By just dropping a card With your name and address To the railroad hour Transportation building Washington 6 D.C. That address again? The railroad hour Transportation building Washington 6 D.C. Thank you, Marvin Now folks here again as our guest star Vivacious Virginia Haskins Vivacious Virginia? Well, thank you, gorgeous Gordon Please, I only use that name when I'm wrestling Then tell us, what's on the card next week, champ? Well, it's quite an occasion, Virginia A few weeks ago we presented My Romance The last Broadway show written by the late Great Sigmund Romberg And next week we're doing his first New York show, Blue Paradise And Nadine Connor will be here from the Met To sing the top line And we hope you'll tune us in Oh, I wouldn't miss it, Gordon Good night Good night, Virginia, you were wonderful All aboard! Well, it looks as if we're ready to pull out And so until next week, dear friends This is Gordon Macrae saying, good night Gordon Macrae can soon be seen In the Technicolor production, The Desert Song 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 Railroad Now keep tuned for your Monday night of music On NBC! Tonight the Voice of Firestone Features a Sarsiepion NBC