![UNCUT JEM](/images/headline/6296.png) Vintage glamour magazine produces treasure trove of rare celebrity photos. ![](/images/postimg/uncut_jem_01.jpg)
Above you see the cover of Jem magazine, founded by famed bodybuilder Joe Weider as one of the first high budget competitors to Playboy. He also launched the similar imprint Monsieur. The scans above and below are from the very first issue of Jem, published this month in 1956. It came out during the heyday of the era when magazines of this type gave equal billing to Hollywood celebrities and erotic stars (something we try to emulate on Pulp Intl.), which means you'll not only see rare photos of actresses like Anita Ekberg, Jayne Mansfield, and Kim Novak, but also burlesque dancer and model Candy Barr (on the cover and in the beautiful masthead page), model Betty Brosmer (who was Weider's wife), and dancer Lili St. Cyr. Jem also poached July 1956 Playboy centerfold Alice Denham, which must have served as a shot across Hefner's bow. In addition to all those attractions, you get illustrations by Dwight Howe, Ken Wyeth, John Martin, and Jack Lyons. The magazine is so vibrant we uploaded every page that had either photos or art, making for a whopping fifty panels to enjoy below. We found this on Archive.org, but we're going to see if we can locate a few in real life. ![](/images/postimg/uncut_jem_02.jpg) ![](/images/postimg/uncut_jem_03.jpg) ![](/images/postimg/uncut_jem_48.jpg) ![](/images/postimg/uncut_jem_04.jpg) ![](/images/postimg/uncut_jem_05.jpg) ![](/images/postimg/uncut_jem_06.jpg) ![](/images/postimg/uncut_jem_07.jpg) ![](/images/postimg/uncut_jem_08.jpg) ![](/images/postimg/uncut_jem_09.jpg) ![](/images/postimg/uncut_jem_51.jpg) ![](/images/postimg/uncut_jem_10.jpg) ![](/images/postimg/uncut_jem_11.jpg) ![](/images/postimg/uncut_jem_12.jpg) ![](/images/postimg/uncut_jem_13.jpg) ![](/images/postimg/uncut_jem_14.jpg) ![](/images/postimg/uncut_jem_15.jpg) ![](/images/postimg/uncut_jem_16.jpg) ![](/images/postimg/uncut_jem_17.jpg) ![](/images/postimg/uncut_jem_18.jpg) ![](/images/postimg/uncut_jem_19.jpg) ![](/images/postimg/uncut_jem_20.jpg) ![](/images/postimg/uncut_jem_21.jpg) ![](/images/postimg/uncut_jem_22.jpg) ![](/images/postimg/uncut_jem_23.jpg) ![](/images/postimg/uncut_jem_50.jpg) ![](/images/postimg/uncut_jem_24.jpg) ![](/images/postimg/uncut_jem_25.jpg) ![](/images/postimg/uncut_jem_26.jpg) ![](/images/postimg/uncut_jem_27.jpg) ![](/images/postimg/uncut_jem_28.jpg) ![](/images/postimg/uncut_jem_29.jpg) ![](/images/postimg/uncut_jem_30.jpg) ![](/images/postimg/uncut_jem_31.jpg) ![](/images/postimg/uncut_jem_32.jpg) ![](/images/postimg/uncut_jem_49.jpg) ![](/images/postimg/uncut_jem_33.jpg) ![](/images/postimg/uncut_jem_34.jpg) ![](/images/postimg/uncut_jem_35.jpg) ![](/images/postimg/uncut_jem_36.jpg) ![](/images/postimg/uncut_jem_37.jpg) ![](/images/postimg/uncut_jem_38.jpg) ![](/images/postimg/uncut_jem_39.jpg) ![](/images/postimg/uncut_jem_40.jpg) ![](/images/postimg/uncut_jem_41.jpg) ![](/images/postimg/uncut_jem_42.jpg) ![](/images/postimg/uncut_jem_43.jpg) ![](/images/postimg/uncut_jem_44.jpg) ![](/images/postimg/uncut_jem_45.jpg) ![](/images/postimg/uncut_jem_46.jpg) ![](/images/postimg/uncut_jem_47.jpg)
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The headlines that mattered yesteryear.
2003—Hope Dies
Film legend Bob Hope dies of pneumonia two months after celebrating his 100th birthday. 1945—Churchill Given the Sack
In spite of admiring Winston Churchill as a great wartime leader, Britons elect
Clement Attlee the nation's new prime minister in a sweeping victory for the Labour Party over the Conservatives. 1952—Evita Peron Dies
Eva Duarte de Peron, aka Evita, wife of the president of the Argentine Republic, dies from cancer at age 33. Evita had brought the working classes into a position of political power never witnessed before, but was hated by the nation's powerful military class. She is lain to rest in Milan, Italy in a secret grave under a nun's name, but is eventually returned to Argentina for reburial beside her husband in 1974. 1943—Mussolini Calls It Quits
Italian dictator Benito Mussolini steps down as head of the armed forces and the government. It soon becomes clear that Il Duce did not relinquish power voluntarily, but was forced to resign after former Fascist colleagues turned against him. He is later installed by Germany as leader of the Italian Social Republic in the north of the country, but is killed by partisans in 1945.
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