PINUP
As a film star in the 1940s, like everyone else you are concerned with the
country's war effort, and want to do what you can to support the troops
stationed overseas in the European and the Pacific theaters. Quietly and
privately, you contribute generously to the War Bond campaign, and to the Red
Cross. And when your studio sees a way for you to use your star status to boost
the morale of the troops, you agree to go along with the plan. Thus it is that Gene finds herself in front of the cameras in an outfit more
daring than any she has yet worn on the screen, posing for a promotional photo
to be released by Monolithic Studios to cheer up "the boys" overseas. Gene is "dynamite' in a strapless black lace teddy and matching
see-through negligee. When she poses with her back to the camera, you can see
that the teddy laces up the back with pink ribbon...a small but very sexy
detail! Within weeks this photo has been distributed by the thousands to troops all
over the world...and what a stir it causes on all fronts! When G.I.s are
interviewed about Gene in "Pin-Up," they call her a "dish,"
and a "gorgeous dame," and get all dreamy-eyed thinking of their own
wives and girlfriends back home. So it is that Gene's photo becomes the
inspiration for thousands of love letters sent back from overseas.
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