This musical-biographical tribute traces composer Nacio Herb Brown's career through songs and dramatized anecdotes, including his early talking-picture work with lyricist Arthur Freed and numbers such as 'You Stepped Out of a Dream' and 'Love Is Where You Find It.' The program reflects on Brown's ambition to write more serious music and closes with a formal Railroad Hour tribute scroll accepted on his behalf by his son, Nacio Herb Brown Jr.
This The Railroad Hour broadcast aired on September 19, 1949. It is listed as episode 51 in the archive. ABC Radio Network carried the broadcast. The cast includes Gordon MacRae, Lucille Norman, and The Sportsmen. Other credited names include Gordon MacRae as host and Marvin Miller as announcer.
The surviving recording runs about 25 minutes. The broadcast is also associated with Association of American Railroads.
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