To: pml1@yahoogroups.com From: Mark Tomlonson Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2003 10:20:12 -0400 Subject: [PML1] CC: Joan Bennett In Joan Bennett's centerfold (January 1985) she's standing at the edge of the bed. She's also on the edge of deciding just how intimate this encounter with us is going to be. I've made comments about things lining up at just the "right" spot. Joan is posed at just the right spot in front of the headboard, allowing the arch to frame her while at the same time looking like a totally spontaneous act. It may have "just happened" or it may have been carefully planned. However it came about, it works really well. The circular elements - the round shiny thing in back of Joan (a mirror?), the round flower vase and the round decoration on the bed - seem to have been carefully and purposefully placed. The centerfold evokes the mood of the thirties and forties, not only with the furniture style but also with Joan's lingerie. It works, I'm not complaining, but I think we are seeing the hand of Hef trying to recreate the look of another blonde with a four-letter first name. Joan's attractive pose is not the most flattering to her. One where her arms are not pulled back so much would have been better. Photographer: Richard Fegley Scoring: Pin-up: 2.5 Erotic: 3.0 Artistic: 3.5 Overall: 2.8 out of 4.0 Cyber Club Portfolio Photo I like better than the Centerfold: #19 http://cyber.playboy.com/members/playmates/files/1985/01/centerfold.html http://cyber.playboy.com/members/playmates/files/1985/01/19-lrg.html Mark Tomlonson Kalamazoo MI