Dedicated to the published work of Harrison Marks & other prominent photographers of the 1950's, 60's and early 70's. Along with popular glamour models such as June Palmer, Pamela Green, Dawn Grayson and others
As well as posing for many photographers and appearing in numerous publications during her carer, June Palmer also starred in a number of short films. The films or ‘glamour films’ as they were known were shot on 8mm or 16mm cine film and required a cine projector to view them. Most of her early films were shot by Harrison Marks, then later by her then husband Arthur Howell.
After she retired from her official career as a model, June continued to pose for amateurs and semi amateur photographers up until the late 1980’s. She also continued to star in a few never before seen films by Arthur Howell and contacts that photographed and videoed her during visits to Strobe Studio’s and at her home in South London. June also made several fleeting appearances in feature films, but most were either very small or uncredited roles.
Below is a list of June Palmer glamour films and feature film appearances, which is by no means a complete listing! The film title will link to any films that I have published or information regarding them.
Born on the 4th August 1940 in Bromley, Kent little did her parents know the impact that in later years she was to make on the male population, both at home and abroad. With June Palmer’s fabulous figure, hair and face, she was the stuff boys and men dreamt of. During the 1960’s June Palmer’s pin-up poses adorned many a wall, locker door, or workshop coffee room table in one of the many magazines she appeared in.
Although June Palmer was often associated with George Harrison Marks, there was another partnership less well known. That of June Palmer and Arthur Howell, the man who both discovered and later married her. Although they were together for about ten years, they ran Strobe Studios above a Photo Mart shop in Clapham, London from the 1950’s until the late 1980’s. June used to take a great interest in the photo’s taken of her at strobe and not only posed herself many times, but also had a string of well known models on the books at Strobe. These models are said to have included Mary Maxted (Millington) and Ava Cadell during the 1970’s.
June stopped professionally modelling for magazines in 1970 at the age of 30 (apart from a brief return in 1976). By this time she had become a successful model agent and was running Strobe Studios with Arthur, but she continued to do private modelling from Strobe and ScottLee studios for London’s various camera clubs until the early 1980’s. She also continued to do private work up until late 1987, but shortly after that gave up modelling completely when she married her second husband David Milan. June died suddenly on 6th January 2004 after a short illness, but left behind a modelling legacy that still endures today and sees images of her throughout her career as popular as ever. Her marathon career was motivated in no small measure by personal satisfaction. Anyone who photographed her will testify to her professionalism and dedication, and to the fact that June loved doing nude work.
June Palmer Posts
Real Name:June Margaret Palmer Modelling Aliases: June Power. When June wore the strawberry blonde wig, she went under the name Joanne Kent, the black short wig she became Rachel Wells and the Silver wig she was Candy. Date of Birth: August 4th, 1940 Died:6th January 2004 Measurements: 38-24-37 & 42-30-38 (1978) Height: 5′ 2¼” (1.58m) Eye Colour:Green Hair Colour (Natural): Brown Hair Colour (Dyed): Brown-Auburn Post-Modelling Occupations: Model Agent and Photo studio proprietor (with Arthur Howell) Spouses: Arthur Howell (1964-2000) & David C. Milan
Caron Gardiner from a restored print sent through by Kevin. That looks like plastic sheeting in the background and on the floor, so the mind boggles as to why that was needed, but oiled bodies spring to mind :)
A still from the 1967 glamour film ‘Casbar’ (Film No: E.15 ) by Harrison Marks featuring an unnatural looking Monique Devereux! Not only is she stood on tiptoes, but she also seems to be sucking everything in for some reason! Its a great still from the film, but she just looks odd posing like that, or is it just me being over critical of the shot? I know her stomach was flat naturally, but this is over exaggerating it a bit.
Another late 1960’s model that is one of my favourites is Lillian Parker (Adrienne Stoute). As well as having a larger than average bosom on her, she was also one of the few models that bucked the trend in the early 1970’s and remained smooth and shaven down below, as shown in this shot with a more bushy friend! She was another of the first models I posted over on Tumblr and remains a favourite today, although, new unseen images of her are hard to come by! This is a new shot for me and I love the way she is posing with her friend, as they pull the panties tight between their bits, showing the contrast between the two.
Sorry but this is a moan rather than another post of a beautiful model, but it’s come to my attention that certain members are abusing their ability to see larger images! Now I had hoped that allowing you to see much larger images, especially those from my own collection and others would be appreciated. But apparently a small minority think it’s OK to copy, take and publish on other sites without giving credit to this site. I’ve started adding a watermark on the images for the site and they didn’t even disguise the fact it was from here by removing it!
I’ll put it simply so there is no misunderstanding, I do this at no cost to you and great time and cost to me, because I enjoy it and most people here are very appreciative. Take the piss and I’ll stop! There will be no members, you’ll all get very small images and I’ll stop sharing the exclusive content, simple! New Membership disabled until further notice.
I know I can’t police the whole internet, but when I come across my own large images on Reddit and other sites, with that person taking credit, saying it annoys me is putting it mildly!
I’m not quite sure what’s going on in this front room, but I’d find it very hard to concentrate on doing anything, let alone a jigsaw puzzle with these two looking like this! The blonde is obviously Gerry Brown, and not afraid to open up for the shot. The second, more modest model looks familiar, but I can’t name her, unless anyone else can help. A beautiful front room with plenty on view indoors and out and loving the Art Deco coffee table!
Sent through by Terry, two pages from Charm No.25 (1955) starring a small breasted blonde model. As Terry explains, “I was having a bit of a clear out last weekend when I came across my old copy of “Charm” magazine no. 25, published around 1955 or 1956. It cost the princely sum of 1/6d (75p in modern currency) and the only reason I kept it all these years, is because in it are the first two nudes that I ever had published, I guess I was around 18 or 19 at the time.” Two stunning shots and worthy of sharing, just to see the first published shots from Terry that set him on a path of glamour photography. Thanks Terry and the model looks familiar, but can’t quite name her?
Sorry for the lack of posts recently, but sometimes life conspires against you and you have to focus on the important things!
