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The Pursuit of Happiness, Des Moines, IA, 1937. 'The Federal Theatre Presents - "The Pursuit of Happiness" - By Armina Marshall Langer [sic] & Lawrence Langer...President Theatre'. The Federal Theatre Project, created by the U.S. Works Progress Administration in 1935, was designed to conserve and develop the skills of theater workers, re-employ them on public relief, and to bring theater to thousands in the United States who had never before seen live theatrical performances.