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All The King’s Men (July 17, 1949)

Season 1, Episode 2

Gabe and Anastasia are sent to the cold war era amidst the McCarthy hearings to review a film about political corruption!

Anastasia’s Week

  1. Went to a salon to get a period-appropriate haircut, and went with a shingle cut
  2. Got some period-appropriate clothes: this pleated skirt look with mechanical-looking sleeves and a mesh veil; this pencil skirt, and some Fruit of the Loom dresses
  3. Saw some Pollocks and Mondrians at the Recent Acquisitions exhibit at MOMA
  4. Heard the old radio show Dragnet by cop-lover (and Fatima cigarettes shill) Jack Webb
  5. Followed news of Paul Robeson (heard here singing to Scottish miners) and Jackie Robinson appearing before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)
  6. Went to Googie’s Coffee Shop and learned about Googie architecture
  7. Saw a bunch of movies including The Heiress with Olivia de Havilland and Montgomery Clift

Gabe’s Week

  1. Went to the original cast production of Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman, directed by Elia Kazan and starring Lee J. Cobb
  2. Watched some early TV on an RCA Victor television, including Captain Video and His Video Rangers presented by Post Raisin Bran
  3. Got an original Sara Lee classic cheesecake
  4. Celebrated the birth of Meryl Streep (6/22), Elizabeth Warren (6/22) and Lionel Richie (6/20)

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