Moira Returns

 

A fitting conclusion: Moira Mitchell bares her bottom for a good, smart spanking over her land-lord's knee. See this post for further details.

Candy-Stripers

"Running up bills isn't difficult when you're on a student nurse's salary; forgetting to pay your landlord is almost as simple. However, when the rent comes due at the end of the month, £62 - at one pound a stroke - can seem a trifle...exorbitant."

"It's basically a case of pay the rent or out you go bare your bottom! There'll be a 'damned good' spanking first, with tears on the pillow before the cane stretches its chastening fingers across spank-tingling bottom-cheeks!"

From: Blushes Supplement number 1.

Meanwhile, back at the dormitory, freshly-minted candy-stripers are subjected to snap inspections during Matron's rounds (followed by a nice, brisk spanking on the buns by the attending physician). 

 

It appears that nobody gets off scott-free in the UK, even under Great Britain's National Health Service. 

From: Uniform Girls number 31, pages 3-13.

Age reduction filter

OK, this may seem a little off-topic, but bear with me. We now have AI programs that can alter the age of a photographic subject (and, in some cases, change the gender as well). The technology still has its flaws; the image posted below isn't perfect, but it's still incredibly good, considering that the original photo featured a middle-aged male. If this is what we're capable of doing now, imagine what we'll be able to accomplish in just a couple of years...

 

https://www.fotor.com/features/teenage-filter/

Knickers on Display

...in anticipation of an extremely painful spanking:

 

 

 

See more at our BBS.

Undercovered

 Taking their knickers down for a good, smart spanking on the buns!

 

 

See more at our BBS.

Contractual Obligations

Young Moira Mitchell takes a domestic position on an isolated British island, never realizing (until far too late) that her new employer has other plans for her. After moving in, Moira is forced to play a game of penalties which she can't possibly win.

Every time she loses, she must either remove an article of clothing - or go over her landlord's knee for a good, smart spanking. Needless to say, her options become severely limited once she's stripped all the way down to her knickers and stockings...

 

As the game progresses, Moira is forced to bare her bottom for the proverbial spanking of a lifetime, but her troubles don't end there. Now completely subject to her employer's authority, she is required to play game after game, day after day, always  with the same humiliating consequences.

 

From: "In A Gentleman's Employ," Blushes no. 29, January, 1987.

See more at our BBS.

Gaite Parisienne?

Stumbled across some more Enoch Bolles cancan art, this time gracing the cover of the aptly-named Gay Parisienne magazine:

 Click image to enlarge.

Colorized Classics

 Colorized classics:

 

A Bit of Sauce

A few more saucy postcards from the vault. Sorry, had to truncate this first one due to the left side of the image being a little "scrambled" during the scanning process; hoping to find a more complete version in the near future:

Next, a sentiment I suspect we can all agree with (guess it must run in the family):

Not sure if this one technically qualifies as the cancan, but the girls' suspenders hearts all seem to be in the right places:

Click images to enlarge.

Scala Revue

Haven't seen this since my college years, but recognized it immediately as one of the more iconic vintage ads for the cancan. Liberally translated, the caption reads something like: "the dance of the legs in the air" (The Dance of The Flying Legs, perhaps?).

Complete and Unabridged

 "A rich and realistic French novel, complete and unabridged!"

While it's never a good idea to judge a book by its cover, I'd lay odds that the cancan has nothing whatsoever to do with the story, which apparently deals with the grueling chaos of war-torn France. Needless to say, any work of fiction set in Paris requires a reference to either the Moulin Rouge or le chahut, and this was probably the most eye-catching image the publishers could think of get away with at the time.

English Pulps?

Screenies Magazine, April 1937 (reconstructed cover) artist: Jacques Real. Probably an American pulp resold in the UK before wartime restrictions came into effect (the cover displays prices in both US and English currency). The style and format is reminiscent of Film Fun and similar "girly" titles, though Screenies seems to have been comparatively short lived by comparison.

Well Placed Lines

It's truly amazing what an experienced artist can express with just a few well placed lines:

Even with the color removed, this simple pen-and-ink sketch tells us everything we need to know about both the dancer and the review she's performing in.

 

 

More examples may be found on BB's tumblr blog.

Loads o' Laffs!

Not one of Enoch's best-known works, but a sterling example of the windy-skirt/funhouse genre...

An Acquired Taste...

Adapted from a French postcard in BB's Tumblr collection. Literal translation: "There is no longer anyone here who tastes real bourgeois cuisine."

Frontline Follies

Question: if shows like this had still been around when you were a kid, would you have gone to see them?

"Cleaned up" version:

More British "Strips"

British comics at their finest - John M. Burns' Eartha (News of the World, 1982). A recognized veteran whose credits ranged from Modesty Blaise to Judge Dredd, Burns was a master of the female form, never hesitating to kit out his frequently reluctant heroines in stockings and garters whenever the opportunity arose.

See also Jane Revisited (1980s).

Best Swishes Revisited

A recreation of Film Fun (February, 1936) featuring Enoch Bolles' famous cancan girl:

 

First, the original (with minor photoshop adjustments)...

...followed by the same image with the hemline headline raised...

 ...finally, all the "rough edges" smoothed out in AI (lost some of the detail, unfortunately).

And just as an added bonus: I found this version during my wanderings around the web; apparently part of a "valentine's day collection" by an artist named Blue Mourning. The bright red forms a sharp contrast with the original's cool-toned palate.

Classical Cheesecake

Classical cheesecake by the great Ted Withers (second image "smoothed out" via AI). Withers seemed to start out as one of George Petty's many imitators, but later developed a more "painterly" approach to his pin-up work:

AI Enhanced

Not sure of the artist, but the signature seems to read "Pete." Upscaled the original via Zygo, lending it a somewhat polished appearance (at least IMHO):