Eight Day Halloween Advent Calendar - Final Day!

For the final entry in our eight day Halloween advent calendar, I've found a painting that is a little bit racy - but a mile away from the usual witch on a broomstick pin-ups.  I wish that I could be sure of the identity of  the artist who painted this particular illustration, but I haven't been able to track down an artist name, nor the year in which it was painted.

It's a pretty intricate image, complete with the removable witch mask, lacy undergarments, crow, and haunting license. Judging from the style of this witch's flaming red hair I would imagine this painting is from somewhere in the mid-sixties.  This would also help explain the move from the leg shot to a cleavage baring pose.

Happy Halloween everybody!

Eight Day Halloween Advent Calendar - Two More Days...

Tomorrow is the big day...

In the meantime, we're sticking with the witch theme by offering up what is easily the most common Halloween pin-up pose - a bewitching bombshell astride her broomstick.  The lady in question is a familiar face round here, one of my personal faves- Miss Ava Gardner.

This picture demonstrates an interesting bit creative posing, as Miss. Gardner is clearly sitting on some sort of platform that has a broomstick attached to it.  The moon and cat look to be decals stuck to the wall behind Ava.  It's sort of sloppy and ingenious all at the same time.  What I really enjoy is the beaded tassels on the dress.  There's nothing like a chic witch.

Eight Day Halloween Advent Calendar - Four More Days...

Only four days left in our Halloween advent calendar, and today I've posted another pin-up photo.  This one featuring sometime uncredited actress and model, Lillian Wells.  I would write more, but there is literally nothing on the internet about Wells but this picture and a very brief imdb.com profile. 

Halloween themed pin-ups are a dime a dozen, and about 85% feature a beautiful women dressed as a witch.  I chose this one, because it bucks the trend, and shows some really interesting expressionistic lighting.  I dig the cat silhouette, but what's really neat is that tiny grinning pumpkin to the left of Wells.  She really nails the coy pin-up expression. 

Eight Day Halloween Advent Calendar - Six More Days...

For today's advent calendar surprise, I've found a very early Halloween pin-up photograph.

I'm not sure who the lady in the picture is, or the exact year that this picture was taken, but the shoes, hairstyle and make-up scream late twenties/early thirties to me.

While this woman's headpiece and dress featuring various popular Halloween symbols is rather fascinating, I'm really digging the backdrop she's standing against.  While I'm not completely sure if those bat wings are supposed to look as though they are attached to her or she's just not blocking a giant bat, I like the way it looks.  Very simple, yet effective  in a quaint sort of way.

Very cute.