This has to be one of my favourite portraits of Pamela Green. It is by Bertram Park, a highly regarded establishment photographer whose body of work encompassed not just figure studies, but still lives and society portraits as well. His reputation was such that various European crowned heads would visit Continue Reading
Don’t Touch My Nylons by Marie Bryant
Marie Bryant (1917-1978) was a popular exotic dancer of the late 1930s and early 1940s. When her dancing career ended, she started a successful singing career. One of the greats of black entertainment she appeared in numerous films. In the title track of this LP, Marie’s boyfriend Johnny can’t keep Continue Reading
45 RPM E.P. Cover Girl
Pamela Green and George Harrison Marks would often provide images for record covers. This one features Pam dressed as Rita Landre. The extended play 45 features four songs covered by Ed Cee, Rick Corio, Sam Horn and their various orchestras. Yakety Yak is sung by The Poor Crowns. It was released in Continue Reading
Something for the Weekend
Something for the weekend! I’ve not posted a picture of Pam for ages. Here’s one of her lying in bed. Taken at the top floor studio in Gerrard Street. Enjoy. SaveSave
George Harrison Marks at the BFI
Who links George Harrison Marks, The Beatles, Ken Russell, Peter Cook, Richard Lester, Fairport Convention, The Goons, The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, cartoonist Bob Godfrey (Roobarb) and Turner Prize-winning artist Jeremy Deller? The answer: Mr Bruce Lacey. And if Bruce Lacey himself has somehow remained ‘off our radar’ in recent Continue Reading
Harrison Marks Model: Lorraine Burnett
Lorraine Burnett appeared in Solo No.2, well over a dozen issues of Kamera between 1957 and 1961, and two Kamera 8mm cine films, Exhibition (1960) and Showtime (1960). Besides working as a model for George Harrison Marks, she appeared on stage at the Windmill Theatre (1956). She also worked at the Panama Continue Reading
Rita Landre – Pamela Green in a Wig
Rita Landre first appeared in the magazine Show Business. Apparently she was a trained trapeze artist who left the circus to sing in a cabaret in Paris. Her father was French, her mother Dutch. Actually, sorry to spoil it for everyone, Rita was in fact Pam in a wig. The Continue Reading
The Dambuster and the Bombshell
As many of the readers of this blog know Douglas Webb was in the RAF. In fact, he was a bona fide war hero. Living in Leytonstone, experiencing the full effect of the blitz, he joined the RAF on his 18th birthday. Having to take a pilot’s induction exam he Continue Reading
Hex Appeal – Witches’ Brew
In 1949, Pamela Green joined Spielplatz Naturist Club in Bricket Wood, near St. Albans. Another famed member was Ross Nichols (1902-1975), founder of the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids. Ross was a committed naturist and joined the utopian Spielplatz community in Hertfordshire in the 1930s. A neighbouring naturist club, The Fiveacres Continue Reading
The Story of Soho
The recently published book, The Story of Soho: The Windmill Years, by Mike Hutton author of The Vice Captain, is well worth a look. The Windmill Theatre provides the backdrop against which Hutton explores Soho, during the years 1932-1964. Jack Spot, Paul Raymond, Mrs Henderson, George Harrison Marks and Pamela are all Continue Reading