The Look

No matter whether in the movies, photographs or illustrations—Carole Lombard had The Look. In this case of course, Zoe Mozert helped add to the charm.

Zoe Mozert — Romantic Movie Stories — 1936

Ready to Serve

Is this a blatant phallic double entendre, or am I just seeing things?

Zoe Mozert — Ready to Serve — 1950

On a Pedestal

I'm not a fan of most pin-up art, much of it contrived and, pardon the word, vulgar. I sparingly use that word because I'm not a prude and have an open mind to anything but violence. But sexuality, in my opinion, deserves more than superficial lust.

Zoe Mozert is a favorite pin-up artist, and the art below is one of my top favorites of hers. It seems wholesome, healthy AND sexy—placing this woman on a pedestal where some women rightly belong (though I'm sure that's a sexist statement, and I mean it in the sense that I adore women in general).

Zoe Mozert

Bedtime Stories of the Stars

Zoe Mozert —Screen Book — May 1937

Mean . . Moody . . Magnificent

Zoe Mozert is one of my top favorite 'pin-up' artists, with her verve and depth of rendering. Her movie poster rendition of Jane Russell in The Outlaw is superb and a classic of the genre.

Below, you see Mozert in the enviable position of having Russell posing for her, back in 1943. The pastel painting might actually be in progress, a rarity for that kind of publicity shot.

Below, somebody else did their lurid version of Mozert's art, sensationalizing it more than it need be, in my opinion.

Below, some other artist veered off in another direction. And there are a number of other versions out there. Such as here.

Such is Hollywood.