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Bel Geddes expounds upon his design in his book Magic Motorways, stating, “ Futurama is a large-scale model representing almost every type of terrain in America and illustrating how a motorway system may be laid down over the entire country – across mountains, over rivers and lakes, through cities and past towns – never deviating from a direct course and always adhering to the four basic principles of highway design: safety, comfort, speed and economy .” He had acknowledged this in the belief that “ A free-flowing movement of people and goods across our nation is a requirement of modern living and prosperity .”
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Futurama was an exhibit / ride at the 1939 New York World's Fair designed by Norman Bel Geddes that tried to show the world 20 years into the future ( 1959 – 1960 ).
Compared to other " visions of the future ," Bel Geddes ' was rather achievable — the most advanced technology posited was the automated highway system, of which General Motors built a working prototype by 1960.
Bel Geddes assumed that the automobile would be the same type of carrier and still the most common means of transportation in 1960, albeit with increased vehicle use and traffic lanes also capable of much higher speeds.
Before General Motors invited Bel Geddes to submit a proposal for the exhibit, they had planned to put in another production line as was featured at their exhibit in the Century of Progress Exposition of 1933 in Chicago.
However, after they heard Bel Geddes outline his project all other plans were scrapped as they favoured his design for its appeal to a broader audience.
* 1922 – Barbara Bel Geddes, American actress ( d. 2005 )
He was also in Jean Kerr's 1973 Broadway farce Finishing Touches, with Barbara Bel Geddes, Robert Lansing, James Woods, and others.
** Barbara Bel Geddes, American former actress and children's book author ( d. 2005 )
The original Broadway production, which opened in 1955, was directed by Elia Kazan and starred Barbara Bel Geddes as Maggie ; Ben Gazzara as Brick ; Burl Ives as Big Daddy ; Mildred Dunnock as Big Mama ; Pat Hingle as Gooper ; and Madeleine Sherwood as Mae.
Bel Geddes was the only cast member nominated for a Tony Award, and Kazan was nominated for Best Director of a Play.
* Barbara Bel Geddes as Margaret
* Norman Bel Geddes, architectural industrial designer, aviation designer, and theatrical designer best known for the 1939 New York World's Fair pavilion Futurama he designed for General Motors
David Amram resided in Putnam Valley for many decades, as did Jim Steinman, Dr. Ruth Westheimer, Barbara Bel Geddes, Roy Scheider, and for a short-time SNL creator Lorne Michaels.
* Norman Bel Geddes, industrial designer
Often referred to as the “ Dean of Industrial Design ”, Teague pioneered in the establishment of industrial design as a profession in the US, along with Norman Bel Geddes, Raymond Loewy, and Henry Dreyfuss.
The enclosure for the Mark I was designed by futuristic American industrial designer Norman Bel Geddes.
Debbie Reynolds was given the title role ( created by Barbara Bel Geddes ), and Warners contractee Diane McBain, whom the studio saw as a potential star of the future, took over " the socialite part " essayed by Betsy von Furstenberg.
* Barbara Bel Geddes as Katrin Hanson
The film was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actress in a Leading Role ( Dunne ), Best Actor in a Supporting Role ( Homolka ), Best Actress in a Supporting Role ( Bel Geddes and Corby ), and Best Cinematography, Black-and-White ( Nicholas Musuraca ).
After the success of the screen adaptation, Dunne, Homolka, and Bel Geddes reprised their roles in a Lux Radio Theater adaptation of the film.
In 1951, she began her acting career when she took over Barbara Bel Geddes ' role as Patty O ' Neill in the stage production of The Moon Is Blue.
Otto Preminger had directed the 1951 Broadway production of F. Hugh Herbert's play with Barbara Bel Geddes, Donald Cook, and Barry Nelson in the lead roles.
Evans won in 1982 ( tying with Barbara Bel Geddes of rival series Dallas ), Forsythe won in 1983 and 1984, and Collins won in 1983.
There the < span style =" white-space: nowrap "> 36, 000 square foot ( 3, 300 m² )</ span > Futurama exhibit, designed by famed industrial designer and theater set designer Norman Bel Geddes, transported fair visitors over a huge diorama of a section of the United States that was designed with a stunning array of miniature highways, towns, 500, 000 individually designed homes, 50, 000 miniature vehicles, waterways, and a million miniature trees of diverse species.
Bel and upon
Weissmuller would later, upon moving to the prosperous Bel Air section of Los Angeles, California, ( specifically to an area known today as East Gate Bel Air ), famously commission architect Paul Williams to design a large home with a 300-foot serpentine swimming pool that curled around the house ( and which still exists to this day ).
Later in Reed's career she replaced Barbara Bel Geddes as Miss Ellie in 1984 season of the television melodrama, Dallas, and sued the production company for breach of contract when she was abruptly fired upon Bel Geddes ' decision to return to the show.
He was possibly also the author of the 2200-line Libeaus Desconus, a story of Sir Gawain's son Gingalain based upon similar traditions to those that inspired Renaut de Beaujeu's late-12th-century or early-13th-century Old French romance Le Bel Inconnu, and also possibly of a Middle English retelling of the mid-13th century Old French romance Octavian.
The ultimate sources for this tale might be a lost 12th century Old French romance upon which Le Bel Inconnu was based, and Chrétien de Troyes ' Erec and Enide.
He commenced work at his father's milling plant in 1896 upon his graduation from Bel Air High School.
Bel and design
Mitchell is responsible for creating or influencing the design of over 72. 5 million automobiles produced by GM, including such landmark vehicles as the 1938 Cadillac Sixty Special, the 1949 Cadillac Coupe DeVille, the 1955-57 Chevrolet Bel Air, the 1963-65 and 1966-67 Buick Riviera, the 1963-67 Corvette Stingray, the 1975-79 Cadillac Seville, and the 1970-81 Chevrolet Camaro.
Directed by Monty Woolley with choreography by Larry Ceballos and scenic design by Norman Bel Geddes, the cast featured William Gaxton as Peter Forbes, Genevieve Tobin as Looloo Carroll, Betty Compton as Joyce Wheeler, and Lester Crawford as Billy Baxter.
Streamline Moderne buildings with a few Deco elements were not uncommon but the prime movers behind streamline design ( Raymond Loewy, Walter Dorwin Teague, Gilbert Rohde, Norman Bel Geddes ) all disliked Art Deco, seeing it as effete, falsely modern, essentially a fraud.
It was Plymouth's first vehicle of such design and was built in response to Chevrolet's Bel Air.
Until 1920 Dreyfuss studied as an apprentice to theatrical designer Norman Bel Geddes, his later competitor, and opened his own office in 1929 for theatrical and industrial design activities.
Bel and book
The prophet Habakkuk is also mentioned in the tale of Bel and the Dragon, part of the deuterocanonical additions to Daniel in a late section of that book.
In his book " The Meaning of Trees: botany, history, healing, lore " Fred Hageneder writes on page 149, " According to Breton legend, the legendary wise man Merlin climbed the Pine of Barenton ( from bel nemeton, " Sacred Grove of Bel "), just as shamans climb the World Tree.
Ann Patchett, author of Bel Canto is also a graduate, as is Donna Raskin, the book author and magazine writer, Constance Cappel, author, and Louise Glück, a poet and winner of the Pulitzer Prize.
The first half of the book, titled " The General ," tells how the Galactic Empire, now well into its collapse but led by skilled General Bel Riose, launches an attack against the Foundation.
The name Bel Paese comes from the title of a book written by Antonio Stoppani.
This was first released in 1957 on a Bel Canto two-track deluxe stereo double-reel set and subsequently released on both a monaural as well as stereophonic three-record set with a full color 16-page book which retailed for $ 12. 98 for both the stereo double-tape as well as the LP editions.
In the book " Red Mafiya: How the Russian Mob Has Invaded America ", the author states: " Ukrainian mob boss Vadim Rabinovich attended a Clinton-Gore fund raiser at the Sheraton Bel Harbor Hotel in Miami.
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