To: pml1@yahoogroups.com
From: Mark Tomlonson
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2003 14:44:43 -0500
Subject: [PML1] CC: Margie Harrison

In Margie Harrison's centerfold (June 1954) she's not in the office but 
yes, she is taking our calls.

If someone asked me to show a fifties pin-up it would look a lot like 
this shot. Seamless paper background, a half-hearted effort at elegance, 
little or no prop budget, but above it all a fairly attractive woman.

The background color looks as dated as the opera gloves. From a modern 
perspective the blue seems to make the picture too dark and somber, but 
the piano-key border Playboy added to bring the proportion in line helps 
matters. The shadow provides a nice balance.

I don't know what it is with opera gloves. With a ball gown they look 
great, but as the last piece of clothing a woman takes off - not so 
much. Maybe I didn't see enough strippers in the thirties and forties to 
gain an appreciation of the finer points of opera gloves.

Margie looks great, of course, and she looks like she's ready for about 
anything. I can't really call this shot inspired so much as workmanlike. 
More importantly, this stock calendar shot, selected by Hef, shows the 
class and understated sexuality that were to become Playboy highlights.

Photographer: Centerfold: Baumgarth Calendar Company

Scoring:
Pin-up: 2.5
Erotic: 2.0
Artistic: 2.0

Overall: 2.2 out of 4.0

Cyber Club Portfolio Photo I like better than the Centerfold: there is 
no portfolio

http://cyber.playboy.com/members/playmates/files/1954/06/centerfold.html



Mark Tomlonson
Kalamazoo MI