Fortuna Films Corp. Productions presents a 1950’s era, black and white movie called, Pin-Up Girl, by Russell Patterson. Va-va-voom! Pin-up girls in the movie are Leona Fredericks, Ruth Sitarr, Dorothy Partington (who was featured in Life Magazine during the war posing with clothes made out of stamps) and Hollywood actress Carol Ohmart, 00:46. Directed by Hudson Faussett, photographed by Charles Beeland and narrated by Alan Prescott. The movie was produced by J. Caswell Martin. The movie opens with a smiling pin-up girl, 1:16. The pin-up girl dons a beret, 1:37. Russell Patterson sketches the pin-up girl who models on a stool, 1:45. Mr. Patterson visits a modeling agency, 2:46. Mr. Patterson goes through pictures of pin-up girls, 3:20. Mr. Patterson is back in his studio with a brunette pin-up girl, 3:40. The brunette pin-up girl tries several different poses, 4:20. A pin-up girl powders her face, 4:50. A model lays on a bed draped in a black gown, 5:15. A new girl arrives at the studio of Mr. Patterson and she is very nervous, 5:34. A new model fusses with her hair to impress Mr. Patterson, 6:22. Preliminary pin-up sketches are made in charcoal, 6:54. Mr. Patterson starts to color in his sketch, 7:42. Patterson mixes his paints and colors, 7:55. Mr. Patterson signs his name to his sketch, 9:00. Mechanic gets to his locker where he has several pin-ups, 9:29. Office man has a pin-up girl on his desk; he knocks it over, 9:40. College room has pin up girl, 9:53. Pin-up girl is seen on deck of playing cards, 10:00. Maintenance man gets to his workbench where he has several pin-ups, 10:09. The pin-up girl winks at the camera, 10:24.
Russell Patterson (December 26, 1893 – March 17, 1977) was an American cartoonist, illustrator and scenic designer. Patterson’s art deco magazine illustrations helped develop and promote the idea of the 1920s and 1930s fashion style known as the flapper. A beauty expert, Patterson judged Miss America contests from 1927 to 1945 and Miss Universe pageants from 1960 through 1963. A well-known costumer and fashion designer, he contributed ideas in the early 1940s for the uniform of the fledgling Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps. He served as President of the National Cartoonist Society from 1952 to 1953. Patterson received the National Cartoonists Society’s Advertising and Illustration Award for 1957 and the Elzie Segar Award in 1974. His fame and reputation were such that his endorsements of Medaglia D’Oro coffee, Rheingold Beer, and Lord Calvert whiskey were trumpeted in magazine advertisements.
Armelia Carol Ohmart (June 3, 1927 – January 1, 2002), known professionally as Carol Ohmart, was an American actress and former model who appeared in numerous films and television series from the early 1950s until the 1970s. Over the duration of her career, she would appear in several notable horror and film noirs, including lead roles in The Wild Party (1956) and William Castle’s House on Haunted Hill (1959).
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