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Though 93 years old and 3,500 miles away, Playwright George Bernard Shaw kept a close, finicky eye on his latest Broadway revival. For nine months he badgered the producers with peppery cables, letters and postcards telling them just how to finance, cast and stage the play. He hand-picked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Old Play in Manhattan, Jan. 2, 1950 | 1/2/1950 | See Source »

Died. John Lenord Merrill, 83, cable tycoon (All American Cables & Radio, Inc., American Cable & Radio Corp.), who helped wire the two Americas together; in Manhattan.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Dec. 26, 1949 | 12/26/1949 | See Source »

All Is Calm. Homer got 6,000 electric bulbs, seven new electric cables, and a public-address system and installed them on the lawn in front of his house, which is about the biggest of all the big houses on Swiss Avenue. He built three papier-máché...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TEXAS: Noisy Night | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

One clause of the new regulations, however, limits the power of these stations to around a tenth of what they had been using. WHRB and about seventy other stations send their programs through steam pipes and coaxial cables, a process which takes a lot of power. If the cut is...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: On the Beam | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

At the wedding reception at a friend's home, servants carrying trays of champagne and caviar stepped gingerly through a maze of television cables and microphone wires. The bridal couple was photographed in the music room, in the living room, in the dining room cutting the cake. Where were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE VICE PRESIDENCY: That's the American People | 11/28/1949 | See Source »

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