The Railroad Hour — 1950
52 episodes broadcast in 1950.
The cheerful musical comedy The Red Mill, with guests Jack Smith, Lucille Norman and comic Jack Kirkwood.
January 9, 1950
Bittersweet
January 16, 1950
Louisianna Purchase
Franz Lehar's operetta The Merry Widow, with Metropolitan Opera soprano Dorothy Kirsten.
Brigadoon, in which two American tourists lost in the Scottish Highlands stumble on a village that wakes for a single day each century; Jane Powell guests, with 'Almost Like Being in Love.'
February 6, 1950
Apple Blossoms
March 6, 1950
H.m.s. Pinafore
Song of Norway, the Wright-and-Forrest operetta drawn from the life of composer Edvard Grieg, with mezzo-soprano Irra Petina.
The musical comedy Madame Sherry, with soprano Marion Bell.
Florenz Ziegfeld's Broadway hit Sally, scored by Jerome Kern, with Marion Bell and Jack Kirkwood and the standard 'Look for the Silver Lining.'
A summer 'Show Train' revue of the popular songs of 1937, opening with 'September in the Rain,' with Lucille Norman.
A summer revue of 1931's hit songs, opening on 'Out of Nowhere,' with MacRae slipping into Bing Crosby and Maurice Chevalier impressions and Lucille Norman guesting.
A summer revue of Gay-Nineties favorites, beginning with 'The Band Played On,' with Lucille Norman.
A summer revue of 1934's songs, led by 'I Only Have Eyes for You,' with Lucille Norman.
July 17, 1950
Review of 1905-1910
A summer revue of 1938's hits, opening with 'Thanks for the Memory,' with Lucille Norman.
July 31, 1950
Review of 1915-1920
A summer revue of 1932's songs, beginning with 'Let's Have Another Cup of Coffee,' with Lucille Norman.
An AFRS rebroadcast (retitled 'The Gordon MacRae Show') revuing the songs of 1926, starting with 'Charmaine,' with Lucille Norman.
A revue of 1935's songs, notable for AAR president William T. Faricy's on-air address about that morning's first national railroad strike; Lucille Norman guests.
A summer revue of 1929's songs, opening with 'If I Had a Talking Picture of You,' with Lucille Norman.
September 18, 1950
Review of 1910-1915
September 25, 1950
Review of 1924
October 2, 1950
Allegro
Jerome Kern's Roberta, with Ginny Simms and the standards 'Yesterdays' and 'Smoke Gets in Your Eyes.'
The operetta Countess Maritza, in a radio adaptation by Harry B. Smith, with soprano Dorothy Warenskjold.
Revenge with Music, the Dietz-and-Schwartz musical comedy, with Metropolitan Opera soprano Nadine Conner.
The NBC-season opener: Kern and Hammerstein's Show Boat -- Captain Andy's Cotton Blossom, gambler Gaylord Ravenal and Magnolia on the Mississippi -- with Dorothy Kirsten and Lucille Norman.
The musical Irene, in which a working-class Irish girl charms her way into high society, scored by Harry Tierney and dramatized by Lawrence and Lee, with Eileen Wilson.
Victor Herbert's comic operetta Orange Blossoms, with MacRae as man-about-town Baron Belmont and Dorothy Warenskjold as Kitty.
November 20, 1950
Snow White
Rodgers and Hart's A Connecticut Yankee, with Ginny Simms and the song 'My Heart Stood Still.'
December 4, 1950
The Firefly
A Railroad Hour Christmas party opening on 'Noel,' with MacRae singing from 'The Nutcracker Suite' and guest Lucille Norman.
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