Neither do I, but that vertical crack looks like you can see the inner edge of it, which makes it look like it's pushed out toward us, as if from the other side. But then you can also see gunpowder around it (I guess that's what that is), so that part looks right. It's just that weird crack that looks wrong to me. Lol, officer Xoic reporting on my forensic findings.
Looks like part of a 1940s pin-up calendar heavily influenced by Jane Russell's appearance in The Outlaw.
I wonder which came first - since the painting and the movie were both made in 1943 Spoiler: The Outlaw poster
There was also a book , probably crime noir, of a very similar name that came out a few years earlier, 41 I think, and a movie (with a different name) based on it in 43.I looked into it a bit yesterday. Those crime paperback covers often did resemble pinups, but with guns and cigarettes and the like. In a little bit I'll dig into my browsing history and grab the links.
Here: A Shot in the Dark is a 1941 American comedy mystery film directed by William C. McGann and starring William Lundigan, Nan Wynn and Ricardo Cortez.[1] It was released by Warner Bros. on April 5, 1941.[2][3][4] The film was based on the short story "No Hard Feelings" by Frederick Nebel in the Black Mask magazine. The movie is also a remake of the Torchy Blane film Smart Blonde (1937). From Wikipedia Here are books with that tile published shortly before the early 40's: Shot in the Dark, a 1932 novel by Gerard Fairlie A Shot in the Dark, a 1952 novel by Richard P. Powell A Shot in the Dark, a 1958 novel by David Garnett From wikipedia I don't remember when the painting was done, but it could have been a paperback cover or a movie poster. Looks more like a book cover though, designed as a wrap-around, so half of it is on the back cover. Xoic sleuthing away. More detective work is needed to find what the painting was done for. This is just as far as I got yesterday.
The only one I had ever heard of was the sequel to the Pink Panther starring Peter Sellers as Inspector Clouseau
Oops. I guess the 50's aren't before the 40's, are they? I just woke up and apparently haven't completed the process yet.
The quote below reminded me of something Tolstoy wrote: If only the spectators or auditors are infected by the feelings which the author has felt, it is art. “Writing and rewriting is the attempt to communicate not just a truth but the ecstasy of a truth. It is not enough for me to convince the reader of my argument; I want them to feel that same private joy that I feel.” ~ Ta-Nehisi Coates
