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...embark on the biggest international hydroelectric power project in history. When completed, the power of Niagara Falls, much of it now wasted, will be almost completely harnessed to supply both countries with nearly six times as much energy as huge Hoover Dam generates; none of Niagara's scenic beauty will be spoiled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Work -for Niagara | 3/13/1950 | See Source »

Playwright Mare Connelly, scenic designer Jo Mielziner, and producer Herman Shumlin will discuss the modern theatre at a Law Forum in Rindge Tech Auditorium at 8 p.m. tonight...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Forum to Discuss Theatre | 3/10/1950 | See Source »

...Revolutionary War, it is about a patriotic young lady with twin penchants for bundling and bungling. She bundles once for love and once for country; she bungles all the time, thinking she is Joan of Arc and every man in uniform a spy. With the story go some mild scenic effects and, in the last act, George Washington on a white charger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: New Musical in Manhattan, Feb. 13, 1950 | 2/13/1950 | See Source »

...opportunity of discussing this theater with Jo Mielziner a few months ago. Mr. Mielziner, who designed the sets for "Mister Roberts," "South Pacific," "A Streetear Named Desire," and "Death of a Salesman," is beyond a doubt America's top scenic designer. His feeling is that "the present method of flying scenery above the stage is still the fastest, most efficient means of shifting. Modern drama is written with flying scenery in mind, and for this reason 'The New Theater' cannot be adapted by the commercial theater for quite some time...

Author: By Stephen O. Saxe, | Title: ON EXHIBIT | 11/23/1949 | See Source »

...Scenic Effect. In Philadelphia, the Tilles Restaurant removed their suggestion box after two days when a quick checkup showed that 96% of the male customers wanted nothing added except prettier waitresses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Nov. 14, 1949 | 11/14/1949 | See Source »

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