The Potemkin

Entertainment, culture, history website since March 2015. We examine what people were watching, reading, and eating one month at a time. Now: April/May 1953.

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Cold War fears, the rise of the American monster movie, and The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms: http://t.co/TVYQd2TAYO

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In the '50s, atomic fear gave rise to a new kind of monster, and one film started it all: http://t.co/TVYQd2TAYO

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New playlist: best of 1953, highlighting Ruth Brown, Yma Sumac, The Prisonaires, Jazz at Massey Hall, and Tom Lehrer! http://t.co/SIdlF01RAm

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Can you get crabs from watching the "Entourage" trailer? #EntourageMovie

[Gothamist @Gothamist]

The 1920s Plan To Run A Highway Over Manhattan Rooftops
http://t.co/OPIPviSFXY

[Cinephilia, anti-authoritarianism, & fuck AI @CCinephilia]

Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘Vertigo’ is on every level a masterclass in filmmaking http://t.co/fdX1cYRPwE

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Check out our food and drink inspired by #KingKong, our #March1933 #FOTM: A Rum and Meyer Lemon Sidecar, and more.
http://t.co/719IGHglwA

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Cummon folks, one more follow by midnight pst gets us 100 in our first week. Then we turn into unicorns. http://t.co/0pxnuikiTW, #kingkong

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Our 1933 Spotify Playlist features classic crooners, big bands, the blues, musicals, and the score to #KingKong. http://t.co/VtLi8WSJPZ

[Esquire @esquire]

'I Pity the Tool' is now an actual name for a home-improvement show. Starring @MrT. http://t.co/aSxTZkkTLc

[Flop House Podcast @theflophousepod]

NPR is looking for good podcasts. Let's get The Flop House on their list RT @seantully: https://t.co/rumCnRrBre

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1976’s #KingKong dwells on rape implications and makes love to #JessicaLange's side boob. http://t.co/0Jj4vOGFu9

[Eater @Eater]

The geniuses at @wewantplates have had it up to here with your dumb plates http://t.co/xCOxIlDpSq

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Ruth Rose’s contributions to the script of #KingKong are celebrated, and her love story finds one new fan. http://t.co/wl2glCmX1q
#ruthrose

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Trains, gender wars, witty dialogue, adaptations. We’re taking a ride on the #20thCentury. #March1933, #ThePotemkin #http://bit.ly/1Crtrj2

[BFI @BFI]

Hedy Lamarr, actor and inventor, on the cover of Screenland (1940-1945)

[Vulture @vulture]

You can now print out our Cookie paper dolls: http://t.co/DWmylF6Lmu @EmpireFOX @TherealTaraji

[On This Day In Film @onthisdayinfilm]

18 March 1910, release of Frankenstein, dir. J. Searle Dawley & starred Mary Fuller, Charles Ogle & Augustus Phillips

[Mashable @mashable]

Oh hell yes: 'Sharknado 3' gets title, release date, and the weirdest cameo roster ever. http://t.co/4sgIFCB7SK

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We’re kicking off our inaugural month by featuring the glorious, the flawed, the unromantic, the eternal #KingKong. http://t.co/NvzEwHdJQ5