#project1952

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Michal Kus • "Project: 1952 - Flammpanzer"

Concept Designer. www.focalpointschool.com

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Look, December 30th, 1952. The Disney version of Peter Pan was about to be released in early 1953, so Look gives it a nice preview here.

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I gotta say I was pretty impressed with myself for this! I've only ever made one dessert pie before, and I had never made meringue. I did everything from scratch, including the crust. It was insanely good!

BUT, I had to adapt the filling, which I would highly recommend. I couldn't get the 1952 Carnation cookbook version to thicken, no matter how much flour I added, and it was waaay too sweet. I found another recipe online that was very similar, but it had: 2 cups of milk, 1/4 cup of cornstarch, 1 cup of sugar, 3 egg yolks, and 1 tsp of salt. The butter and vanilla were the same.

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These are all the Jello molds I made during Project 1952! They range from legitimately good to legitimately inedible.

Best Jello mold: The Raspberry Peach star-shaped mold (2nd row from the bottom, far left)

Worst Jello mold: It's a tie between the Salmon star-shaped one (third row from the bottom, far right), and the Creamy Pimento Ring (bottom left).

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Motion Picture and Television Magazine, November 1952. Ava Gardner gets the cover, but I highly doubt she'll tell us everything!

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Motion Picture and Television Magazine, October 1952. Ooh, I love this! Here's part of a "glamour guide" article that even breaks down colors used on different stars for different effects. Janet Leigh (top) gets her eyes "subtly flattered with green shadow," while Ava Gardner's "big velvety eyes" get brown mascara. (middle) Jean Simmons's hazel eyes need "blue, blue-grey, or blue-green." (bottom)

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Radio-TV Mirror, October 1952. Wear our face powder, and you can look just like Elizabeth Taylor! (Some exclusions apply. Offer not valid in all 48 states, those states yet to be admitted until 1959, all US territories and freely associated states, all English speaking people, and anyone who can read this ad.)

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Day Two- TV and Radio 

TV: 

I Love Lucy, season 1, episode 13, “The Benefit.” Jan 7th 

The Today Show, very first opening segment and weather report. Jan 14th. 

Radio:  

Gene Autry’s Melody Ranch, Jan 5th. “Twelfth Anniversary Show.” 

The Big Show, episode 42, Jan 6th.  

Tallulah Bankhead is one of my favorite humans. Brash, outrageous, and smart as a whip with an impressive collection of witticisms to her name. She was also brazenly open about her bisexuality throughout her career, spanning the 1920s-1950s.  

She hosted The Big Show on NBC, a radio show meant to compete with the exploding growth of television. It was a lavish variety show overflowing with stars and music. At the start of the each show, she was accurately introduced as “the glamourous unpredictable, Tallulah Bankhead!” I heard once that some queer women of the day would gather and listen to the show together. I love imagining that!

Some of my favorite Tallulah quotes:  

“My father warned me about men and booze, but he never said a word about women and cocaine!”

“I’m as pure as the driven slush.”  

“I’ve tried several varieties of sex. The conventional position makes me claustrophobic, and the others either give me a stiff neck or lockjaw.” Legend.