MacRae sang on
The Railroad Hour and was the program's master of ceremonies.
Doris Day co-starred with MacRae in
No, No, Nanette and
Jane Powell co-starred in
Brigadoon. Other offerings included
The Desert Song,
Holiday Inn,
The Merry Widow,
The Mikado,
Naughty Marietta,
Show Boat,
Song of Norway,
State Fair,
The Student Prince and
The Vagabond King. Soprano
Dorothy Kirsten,
Dorothy Warenskjold and
Lucille Norman were frequent co-stars. Kirsten, Warenskjold,
Rise Stevens and other performers on
The Railroad Hour were also regular guests on
Harvest of Stars during the late 1940s. The October 4, 1948, episode was "Good News" with
Jane Powell and Dinah Shore. Gerald Wilson and
Martin Grams, Jr. documented the program in their book
The Railroad Hour (BearManor Media, 2007). It features an episode guide listing all 299 episodes with titles of all songs in correct sequence and the vocalist for each song, plus the origins of all musicals with plots and cast lists. Many scripts for the series are on file at the
Ohio State University's Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee Theatre Research Institute. ==Sources==