The Railroad hour, radio program 1948-1954 | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Authors:Irving Berlin, Henry Martyn Blossom, Guy Bolton, Noël Coward, B. G. De Sylva, Herbert Fields, Rudolf Friml, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, W. S. Gilbert, Fred de Gresac, Clifford Grey, Oscar Hammerstein, Otto Harbach, Lorenz Hart, Moss Hart, Victor Herbert, Jerome Kern, Fritz Kreisler, Jerome Lawrence, Robert Edwin Lee, Franz Lehár, Alan Jay Lerner, Frank Mandel, Joseph McCarthy, Cole Porter, Richard Rodgers, Sidney Romberg, Lawrence Schwab, Harry B. Smith, Leo Stein, Arthur Sullivan, Fred Thompson, Harry Tierney, Vincent Youmans, Gordon MacRae (Performer), Ann Ayars (Performer), Kenny Baker (Performer), Marion Bell (Performer), William Bendix (Performer), Mimi Benzell (Performer), Ralph Blane (Performer), Evelyn Case (Performer), Nadine Connor (Performer), Doris Day (Performer), Clark Dennis (Performer), Annamary Dickey (Performer), Dorothy Donnelly (Performer), Eileen Farrell (Performer), Virginia Haskins (Performer)

Summary:The Railroad hour was a program which presented excerpts of famous musical comedies, as well as original stories, for radio audiences. Each half-hour episode of the program presented the highlights of one musical. Gordon MacRae was the host and leading man for each episode; his leading ladies came from radio and the Metropolitan Opera

Archival Material, English, 1948

Publication:Lawrence and Lee collection of broadcast recordings

Genre:Excerpts

Physical Description:490 audio discs : analog, 33 1/3 rpm ; 16 in. 42 audio tapes : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, mono ; 7 in.

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:122485186

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Transcription discs and tape copies for the radio program Railroad hour

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Preservation copies of 87 programs recorded at The New York Public Library. To determine programs tranferred, consult finding aid