Broadway celebrity Billy Rose staged his "million dollar" aquacade, a brilliant "girl" show of spectacular size and content.

The amphitheater seated 10,000 people and looked out over the water towards a stage 200 feet deep and 311 feet wide.

Eight thousand gallons of water a minute poured into the making of a man-made Niagra which stretched 260 feet and rose forty feet in height.

Amphitheater Photo DS-4 by Harold Green from the collection of
Dr. William R. Hanson


Billy Rose's aquacade - photo MO76 - from the collection taken by John Ott courtesy of his grandson Michael Ott.


Billy Rose's aquacade - photo MO81 - from the collection taken by John Ott courtesy of his grandson Michael Ott.


Photo by William Keys Smith
from the Susan S. Waite collection

Amphitheater Photo DS-1 by Harold Green from the collection of Dr. William R. Hanson


Billy Rose's aquacade - photo MO75 - from the collection taken by John Ott courtesy of his grandson Michael Ott.


Billy Rose's aquacade - photo MO80 - from the collection taken by John Ott courtesy of his grandson Michael Ott.


Billy Rose's aquacade - photo MO77- from the collection taken by John Ott courtesy of his grandson Michael Ott.


Photo by William Keys Smith
from the Susan S. Waite collection