See v10n05 [1951-09]
See Magazine (whose title was likely a takeoff on the title of the popular photo news magazine "Look") was one of those sleazy men's magazines which had begun popping up in the early 1940s that consisted of news articles spiced up with loads of "cheesecake" photos of scantily clad women in bathing suits (or as time progressed, wearing nothing at all). The twist here is that the photo editor who selected all those cheesecake photos for See was a woman, Sally Breslow.About See Magazine: In 1941, See was started by Ned Pines (Literary Enterprises) with Harry Donenfeld as a Life/Look type photojournalism magazine, with the first issue appearing in July 1942. The editor and publisher of See was initially listed as Robert Pines (Ned's brother). Its offices were located at 10 East 40th St. in New York City (also the home of Pines's Better Publications). 10 East 40th Street or the Mercantile Building (originally known as Chase Tower) is a skyscraper located in the Murray Hill section of New York City (when it was finished in 1929, it was the fourth-tallest tower in the world).In the beginning, See was aimed at men and centered around photos of partly undressed women (on the covers and in interior photos) and articles on war and politics. For the first year, it carried the subtitle "Picture Thrills," then dropped it and for a time began to aim a bit more upscale.After the war, there were still articles on politics and world affairs but there were other articles which tended to be more from the sensationalistic, tabloid school of journalism ("My Date With A Sea Monster," "Jailbait:1952," etc.) or were written as an excuse to showcase the "cheesecake" photos ("U.S. Sun-Sirens Go Modest," "America's Ten Most Beautiful Showgirls," "The Truth About Beauty Contests," "Video Venuses," etc.). With the November 1956 issue, See evolved into a "men's sweat mag" with lurid cover paintings of soldiers, sailors, aviators, cowboys, pirates, and damsels in distress (and various stages of undress) and articles such as "Savages Made Me Eat My Wife" and "Parisian Monster Burns Girls Alive." In 1957 the full title became See: The New Magazine For Men.From March of 1960 into late 1964 it was published by Excellent Publications in New York (magazineart.org surmised that Excellent Publications could have been a Pines imprint, but I've found nothing online that proves it). From November 1964 to March 1966, it was published by Darwin Publications in New York and seemed to have switched its focus to politics and current events. Its covers reflected the change - gone were the "cheesecake" photos and sweat mag painted covers, replaced by photographs (unruly teenagers, hooded Klansmen, etc.) or painted covers of political figures (JFK, Republican Senator Everett Dirksen, etc.). By 1967 a possibly unrelated magazine with the title SEE was being published in Arizona (Arizill Realty Publishing Co., Tucson, AZ). Three issues were published (the last known issue appeared in February 1968).About this issue:This September 1951 issue of See features a cover photo of model and actress Jean Moorhead (born February 4, 1935). Billed under an alternatively spelled surname, Jean Moorehead, she was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the October 1955 issue (her centerfold was photographed by Hal Adams).A former Miss Hollywood (1953), Moorhead acted in movies such as the Ed Wood-scripted The Violent Years (1956), The Amazing Colossal Man (1957), and Attack Of The Puppet People (1958) as well as guest spots on TV series (The Bob Cummings Show, Bachelor Father, Death Valley Days, The Lineup, Northwest Passage, The Adventures Of Ozzie And Harriet). She was a celebrity guest on the TV game show "I've Got A Secret" on November 4, 1956. Her last billed performances were in two low-budget 1959 films, Gunmen From Laredo and The Atomic Submarine, with one more (unbilled) appearance in the 1960 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer musical Bells Are Ringing.This issue also includes a four-page article on UFOs, "Is Another World Watching Us?: The Latest On Flying Saucers" by Gerald Heard, which helped to promote his similarly titled book Is Another World Watching?: The Riddle Of The Flying Saucers (London: Carrol & Nicholson, 1950; New York: Harper & Brothers, 1951; later published in a revised, expanded paperback edition by Bantam Books in 1953). Henry FitzGerald Heard (6 October 1889 – 14 August 1971), commonly called Gerald Heard, was a British-born historian, science writer, public lecturer, educator, and philosopher, who moved to Southern California in 1938. He wrote many articles and over 35 books. Heard wrote fiction under the name H. F. Heard. This included three detective novels about Mr. Mycroft (implied to be Sherlock Holmes after his retirement). Mr. Mycroft and his friend, Mr. Silchester, appeared in three novels: A Taste For Honey, Reply Paid, and The Notched Hairpin. The Great Fog And Other Weird Tales and The Lost Cavern And Other Tales Of The Fantastic are collections of stories that include both science fiction and ghost stories. Hugh Lamb has described The Great Fog and The Lost Cavern as "two splendid books of short stories". The Black Fox is an occult thriller featuring black magic. Doppelgangers is a dystopian novel, influenced by Huxley's Brave New World, set after the "Psychological Revolution." Anthony Boucher described Doppelgangers as "in style and imagination, the most exciting and provocative piece of science fiction since the heyday of M. P. Shiel.
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