IN THE BLUE THEATER

AND THE GOLD THEATER Your trip to the New York World's Fair isn't complete without a visit to the Du Pont pavilion for a fascinating, fast-moving swing through the "Wonderful World of Chemistry." The first act of the popular Du Pont show is a lively musical revue performed simultaneously in the Blue and the Gold Theaters. In an exiciting new theatrical technique, singers and dancers on stage interplay with other singers and dancers on moving motion picture screens. So if you think you see a dancer on stage hand a flower to a dancer on film, be assured those around you are seeing the same thing.

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Ray Dashner, tape recorder in hand, preserved the soundtracks of many of the New York World's Fair shows for his own enjoyment. Now, relive the sounds of the Fair through Ray's fabulous recordings!

Du Pont's "Wonderful World of Chemistry" Soundtrack 1965	LISTEN! (9MB) Source: Ray Dashner Archives 2007 All Rights Reserved
Du Pont's "Wonderful World of Chemistry" Selections from the 1964 Show	LISTEN! (2.3MB) Source: Presented Courtesy Bradd Schiffman Collection
Du Pont's "Wonderful World of Chemistry" Selections from the 1965 Show	LISTEN! (1.8MB) Source: Presented Courtesy Bradd Schiffman Collection

 

Source Record Jacket: "The Norman Paris Quintet plays songs from

Source Michael Brown's 'Wonderful World of Chemistry'" 1964

An intriguing concept in entertainment as live actors sing, dance and talk with life-size figures on motion picture screens has been utilized by du Pont in the "Wonderful World of Chemistry" at the New York World's Fair.

Produced and directed by Michael Brown, who also has written the book, music and lyrics, the musical revue will have a record number of showings, being performed by eight different troupes in two theatres simultaneously. To accommodate the crowds expected to attend the show, it will be presented 40 times daily for a total of 14,600 times during the two seasons of the Fair.

Lyric Selections from

"Wonderful World of Chemistry"

1964 Show

1964 Showtunes Lyrics

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company E.I. du Pont de Nemours. E.I. du Pont de Nemours. E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company! E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company welcomes you today. E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company simply wants to say: There's a Wonderful World of Chemistry anywhere you wander. Thousands of sights. Of pure delights. Stretching from here clear to yonder. E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company acting as your host. E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company wishes you the most entrancing hour that there could be. Where imagination is fancy-free. In the "Wonderful World of Chemistry." Beginning now. Beginning at the beginning now!

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Better Things for Better Living Better Things for Better Living through Chemistry for the finer world we want. Better Things for Better Living through Chemistry, that's the promise of du Pont. Every day that we are living is such a thrill that we can't stay nonchalant. Better Things for Better Living are common still, that's the promise of du Pont!