#200294 - Titter magazine 1950 Robert Harrison Clark Gable

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Titter, Volume 7, No. 1
Titter, Inc., [Robert Harrison]
New York, New York
August 1950

digital replica





Robert Harrison published pin-up titles Wink, Titter, Beauty Parade, Flirt, and Eyeful in the 1940s and 1950s. During WWII, leather and footwear were in short supply. In the postwar period, his magazines sparkled with photos of Broadway beauties in leather pumps with four-, five-, and six-inch heels, full-fashioned nylons, and garter belts In the 1950s, postal inspectors warned him against including much fetish content in his magazines.

The August 1950 issue of Titter gives us a lot to look, at with page after page of pretty legs in stockings and heels, photographed to good advantage. A photograph of Connie Cezon in corset, fishnets and high heels adorns the cover. She appeared in several Three Stooges movies.

“Articles” joke about daydreams/damedreams, the pitfalls of roller skates, how to tell if she loves you, dames at fights, Texas Guinan, corny animal cliches for personality types, friends' wives, and Clark Gable's little black book. Graceful terpsichoreans dance in Congo and Gypsy styles.

Original layouts were like burlesque presentations, with an accent on jokes and gags, often involving puns. Innuendo-driven silliness celebrates the bewitching, enchanting allure of glamorous women in lingerie, hosiery and exotic footwear.

Advertising promotes cures for ulcers, itching, kidney trouble, baldness, leg problems, and pimples. Ads offer stage undies, telescope, binoculars, barbecue ash tray, jackets, auto seat covers, hospital insurance, paint sprayer, fish bait, barber set, tools, and a slot machine bank.

Instruction programs promise to teach how to play piano, lose weight, quit smoking, build your muscles, improve your sex life, start a business, and become a finger print expert.

Although images were carefully edited, due to aging of the pulp paper, not every page shows perfect tone. Contrast and brightness were adjusted and shadows reduced.

The ebook presents the complete 60-page magazine in the original sequence in a full-sized digital replica. No page layouts were changed.

All new scans.

Shapely models, witty showgirls, and pretty dancers show their curves in lace, ruffles and ribbons, hose, heels, furs and bows. In ebook format, 70 years after publication, the magazine presents a festival of flirty nonsense from a simpler time.





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