 Ladies and gentlemen, the Railroad Hour. And here comes our star-studded show train. The Association of American Railroads presents the great Broadway musical hit, Revenge with Music. Starring Gordon MacRae and his guest star from the Metropolitan Opera, Nadine Conner. Our choir is under the direction of Norman Luboff and the music is prepared and conducted by Carmen Dragon. Yes, tonight another great musical success 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. A happy treat for you tonight. In the Arthur Schwartz Howard Deets musical triumph, Revenge with Music. Nadine Conner will be the lovely senior Ate Maria and I'll play Carlos, the lucky cabaretero who's in love with her. But of course, everyone is in love with Maria. When they watch her dance at Manuelo's Tavern and especially when she dances the Tarantella. Maria, my darling, I've never seen you dance with such excitement. Why shouldn't I? My future husband is watching. You hear what she calls me, my friends? In all of Spain is there anyone lovelier than my Maria? Say that about me, Carlos, when we have been married 50 years. Oh, sweetheart, I will always say it. When anyone to know I'm the governor of the province. Oh, tell me something, Manuelo. Who is this peasant puppy who makes love to your dancer? He is Carlos, the local miller, a friend fellow. He and Maria are going to be married tonight. It is all arranged. Then it must be unarranged by you. But why do you want to spoil their wedding? You are very dense tonight, Manuelo. I think you have been drinking your own wine. Me? Me drink that stuff? You think I'm crazy? Frankly, Manuelo, why should this beautiful and talented dancer throw her life away on a peasant? When the governor of the province is interested in her. But your excellency is married. My wife is married. See what it's done to her. Manuelo, we must save your pretty dancer from such a fate. Stop this wedding tonight. All right, your excellency. But I'm going to hate myself in the morning. And where should we go for our honeymoon, Maria? To Andalusia? Pyrenees? Oh, why should we go looking for our love, Carlos? We found it. Oh, all my life will be a honeymoon, Maria. Married to you. Maria will never be as Maria. May long it's singing me a song of love to my Maria. Maria. Never set me free. Carlos, may I ask you to do me a little favor? What is it, Manuelo? It's just a teensy-weensy little thing, really nothing. Well, name it, my friend. Isn't this my wedding day? What favor can I do for you? Don't get married. What? This fool of a tavern keeper asks us not to be married. But why? My lady, the governor of our province has taken a fancy to you. The governor is a dog. What did you say? May I trouble you to repeat that statement? I'll be delighted. The governor of this province is a flea-bitten, mangy and disrepectable dog. I admire your courage, my boy, but I'm afraid you will suffer for this. Who's going to suffer for what? Oh, my wife. Sugarcrum! Sugarcrum, me. Now, somebody tell me why this trapping young fellow called my husband a dog. Which he is. Well, if you forgive me, your ladyship, it's because your husband wants to stop my wedding to Carlos. Is that true? Now, sugarcrum. Sugarcrum, my foot. My friend, the governor apologizes to you. For interfering in your personal affairs. I do? You do. In fact, he will perform your marriage ceremony himself. I will? You will? Now, perform. You believe it, Maria, that the governor himself actually married us? Carlos, will we always be as happy as we are tonight? As long as there is starlight, my sweet, in the music of guitars, how can anything ever come between us? I'll be back before you know it. Come, Carlos, with music in just a moment. 80 key railroad officials from 12 Western European countries have just completed an intensive six-week study of American railroad methods and equipment. They have inspected railroad facilities of every kind and in every part of the country. In summing up what he and the other members of the European group have seen, here transcribed is Dr. Klaas Fung, spokesman for the delegation and directory in the Ministry of Transport of the Netherlands. Dr. Fung. Thank you. In my country, and I guess in the United States, some people have a simplified idea of rewarding. Something like this. You take a track, put a locomotive and some calls on it, and there it goes. However, it is not as simple as that. These people do not realize what tremendous effort, technical inventiveness and both administrative skills are required for the realization of a modern railroad network on which a nation's life depends. But many people in big cities and friendly towns we have visited all over the nation do realize the vital importance of railroads to industry, agriculture, trade and commerce. Without railroads, you would not have your housing, your food and countless other necessities and luxuries. It is because of these vital contributions which railroads make that our European mission came to America. We have seen how vital and important the railroads are in this country. The same is true for Europe. Our welcome was to receive the invitation of the Economic Cooperation Administration to come to the United States, to study your railroads and to see how you handle your vast amount of transportation by railroads. Deeply we were impressed with the enormous daily tasks performed, powerful locomotives, heavy trains, extensive switching yards. They all demonstrated to us how your railroads help to make it possible and to maintain the high economic level in the United States. Now it is up to us to see what incentives we found to European railroads and European economy, a technical and economic task of great importance. Certainly, that's still more important is the fact that we Europeans and Americans did and will do our part in mutual understanding. May your trains continue to run through plains and woods and over mountains in this land of great distances. And may they continue to interconnect the multitude of things which make up the American way of life. Here is Act 2 of Revenge with Music starring Gordon Macrae as Carlos and Nadine Connor as Maria. You understand Carlos. I do not want to take you to jail. Don't blame you, Manuelo. You're my friend. I am? Why don't we stop at your tavern on the way to jail and then I'll tell you what a fine fellow I really think you are. Oh, mucho gracias. That fellow, Manuelo, he's the most important person in town. I am? Manuelo, is that fellow can bring anybody down? That fellow, Manuelo, he's a recipe for curing a frown. Let me know. Worry if you hurry to his tavern in the town. Manuelo's free body of grief. How can I enjoy your party with these handcuffs on my wrists? All right. I take off the handcuffs. But Carlos, you will not run away? Run away? Manuelo, how could I even think of such a thing? Lady waiting. Index finger on the east ring. You may be sure that the pass and escape from you. But I trailed him here. I would be turned to Maria, he's bright. Oh, that faithless rude, he cares nothing for Maria. Now I am off for the palace to offer my love to the governor's wife. Cata, Cata, Cata, your Excellency, that doesn't sound like the governor somehow. May I help you, madame? I'm the governor. Cata, don't be silly, madame. I just said goodbye to his Excellency. That's ridiculous. I'm my Excellency. Well, your Excellency's clothes just went that way. An imposter has stolen them. Well, you'd better steal them back because your clothes have gone home to make love to your wife. Eh, what a repulsive thought. I better hurry to the palace and straighten things out. I've heard everything that happened. I am confused, Maria. I'm not confused anymore. Carlos promised to love me forever. But he leaves me on our wedding night to offer his heart to the governor's wife. It's me just now. I didn't know your Excellency was so... What the woman's talking about? Forgive me, Maria. I thought you'd been unfaithful to me. I forgive you. Maria. You kissed me. I mean, I did. Rumble me, sugar crumb. Man kisses his own wife. I don't see much point in that. Well, anything to keep peace in the family. Sugar crumb. You know, a thing like this could catch on for our entire company. Revenge with music with book and lyrics by Howard Dietz and music by Arthur Schwartz 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. Well, dear friends, next week we're repeating one of the best of all the shows we've ever done. It's the current Hammerstein masterpiece, Show Boat with our original all-star cast, Ms. Dorothy Kirsten and Ms. Lucille Norman. I'll take a ticket for that, Gordon. It sounds like a wonderful show. Good night. Good night, Nadine. Well, it looks as though we're ready to pull out and so until next week, goodbye. It was presented by special arrangement with the Tams Whitmark Music Library. Gordon McRae will soon be seen starring in the Warner Brothers production, The West Point Story. 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 I'll keep tuned to your Monday night of music on NBC. Grace speaking, voice of Firestone.