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The Railroad Hour — 1949

52 episodes broadcast in 1949.

January 3, 1949 Whoopee Listen (MP3)
January 10, 1949 The Red MILL Listen (MP3)
January 17, 1949 Naughty Marietta Listen (MP3)
Victor Herbert's romantic operetta of old New Orleans, with film-operetta star Jeanette MacDonald in the title role.
January 24, 1949 Blossom Time Listen (MP3)
Sigmund Romberg's operetta spun from the life and melodies of Franz Schubert, with Metropolitan Opera soprano Patrice Munsel.
January 31, 1949 Bittersweet Listen (MP3)
February 7, 1949 Rose Marie Listen (MP3)
February 14, 1949 Sweethearts Listen (MP3)
A Valentine's-night telling of Victor Herbert's fairy-tale operetta Sweethearts, with Jane Powell as its princess heroine.
February 21, 1949 Lady Be Good Listen (MP3)
Gershwin's Lady, Be Good!, with Groucho Marx as a slippery, none-too-scrupulous lawyer and MacRae as a broke young writer in trouble with the law.
February 28, 1949 Song of Norway Listen (MP3)
March 7, 1949 The Merry Widow Listen (MP3)
March 14, 1949 Eileen Listen (MP3)
March 21, 1949 State Fair Listen (MP3)
March 28, 1949 Best Foot Forward Listen (MP3)
April 4, 1949 Mademoiselle Modiste Listen (MP3)
April 11, 1949 The Firefly
April 18, 1949 Apple Blossoms Listen (MP3)
The 1919 operetta Apple Blossoms, unusually scored by violin virtuoso Fritz Kreisler with Victor Jacobi.
April 25, 1949 Fortune Teller
May 2, 1949 Showboat
May 9, 1949 Kiss Me Kate
May 16, 1949 Robin Hood
May 23, 1949 Porgy and Bess
May 30, 1949 The Life of Cj Bond
June 6, 1949 Oklahoma
June 13, 1949 The Stephen Foster Story
June 20, 1949 Brooks / Van Heusen Salute
June 27, 1949 Chicago Fair Salute
July 4, 1949 Miss Liberty
July 11, 1949 The John Mchugh Story Listen (MP3)
July 18, 1949 Bandwagon
July 25, 1949 Tin Pan Alley Salute
August 1, 1949 Ethelbert Nevin Salute Listen (MP3)
A summer-season tribute to American composer-pianist Ethelbert Nevin and the songs that became part of America's musical heritage, with Lucille Norman and The Sportsmen.
August 8, 1949 Brigadoon
August 15, 1949 Mack Gordon / Joseph Warren Salute Listen (MP3)
A summer salute to lyricist Mack Gordon and young composer Josef Myrow -- who appear in person -- rolling through hits like 'On the Boardwalk in Atlantic City,' with Lucille Norman and The Sportsmen.
August 22, 1949 Call Me Mister
August 29, 1949 Johnny Green Salute
September 5, 1949 Wizard of Oz
September 12, 1949 Hogey Carnichael Salute
September 19, 1949 N.h. Brown Salute Listen (MP3)
September 26, 1949 Rogers & Hammerstein Salute
October 3, 1949 Showboat Listen (MP3)
October 10, 1949 New Moon Listen (MP3)
October 17, 1949 The Chocolate Soldier Listen (MP3)
October 24, 1949 Music in the Air Listen (MP3)
Kern and Hammerstein's Music in the Air, in which a small-town Bavarian couple carry a song to the big city and nearly fall out of love; Jane Powell guests.
October 31, 1949 Blossom Time Listen (MP3)
November 7, 1949 The Great Waltz
November 14, 1949 Vagabond King
November 21, 1949 No, No Nanette Listen (MP3)
Vincent Youmans' No, No, Nanette, with Doris Day guesting just before she and MacRae reteamed for the Warner Bros. film version -- a preview of a preview.
November 28, 1949 Student Prince Listen (MP3)
December 5, 1949 The Mikado Listen (MP3)
Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera The Mikado, adapted by Lawrence and Lee, with Kenny Baker and Evelyn Case and 'Three Little Maids from School.'
December 12, 1949 Desert Song
December 19, 1949 Rose Marie Listen (MP3)
December 26, 1949 Snow White Listen (MP3)
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