The Great Waltz

Young Johann Strauss wants to write the music he feels, but his famous father dismisses the new waltzes and guards his own title as Vienna's Waltz King. With help from Therese and a sympathetic countess, Johann gets a chance to conduct when his father is delayed and introduces the Blue Danube to Vienna; the triumph establishes the son's voice, and the dying elder Strauss finally acknowledges both the music and the son who will carry it forward.

This The Railroad Hour broadcast aired on May 19, 1952. It is listed as episode 190 in the archive. NBC Radio Network carried the broadcast. The cast includes Gordon MacRae, Herb Butterfield, Isabel Jewell, Jeanette Nolan, and John McIntire. Other credited names include Jerome Lawrence as radio adaptor, Robert E. Lee as radio adaptor, Gordon MacRae as host, and Marvin Miller as announcer.

The surviving recording runs about 30 minutes. The broadcast is also associated with Association of American Railroads.

This version dramatizes The Great Waltz. Desmond Carter is credited as author, Jerome Lawrence adapted it for radio, and Robert E. Lee adapted it for radio.