On 2016-06-17 01:00:29 +0000, Rodney Reason said:
> On Wed, 15 Jun 2016 13:07:09 -0600, retrowavelength
> <retrowavelength@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>>>> I'm curious what you thought about the Mona Ray picture
>>>>>
>>>> Honestly, it wasn't a good enough image for me to make a decision.
>>>> It's worth keeping as a maybe, though. And see if we can google up
>>>> more on the name from time to time. She may show up in websites or
>>>> ebay eventually (if not out there already).
>>>
>>> Thanks for looking at it. Maybe someday it will confirm an ID.
>>
>> Hey, RR, I did some googling on Mona Raye. Didn't turn up a smoking gun
>> or useful pics but some stuff that may eventually lead to one....
>>
>> About that July 1956 Bare magazine issue, ebay showed one. Here's the
>> seller's summary:
>> "Betty Blue covergirl/layout/center; Barbara Nichols rear cover.
>> Articles on Acapulco vice, bigamy, Jack Van Trees fiction, Vegas vs.
>> Reno. Pinups of Mona Ray, Joannie Smith, Ann Fleming, Jane Easton."
>>
>> So the name Mona Raye is in that particular issue. A strong hint,
>> perhaps? But we may have to look up the other girls who are mentioned.
>
> I'm confused. The picture I posted was from Bare July 1956, and
> had the name Mona Ray [sic]. Maybe I'm missing something new?
>
> The magazine was posted here in 2011, and also has Joannie Smith
> and Jane Easton labeled. Would you like me to repost the 9 files?
> They're reasonably small.
>
> RR
I would like to see the pics, I must have missed that posting. I trust
it is Mona Ray, which searching yesterday turned up an alternative
spelling of Raye, courtesy of imdg movie database.
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