Comments on: Old L.A. Times Photos: Covering Up Celebrity Chests

By: ECTOPLASMOSIS! » Charleton Heston: Too Sexy for This Shirt

ECTOPLASMOSIS! » Charleton Heston: Too Sexy for This Shirt — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:26:30 +0000

[...] Old L.A. Times Photos: Covering Up Celebrity Chests [Sociological Images] [...]

By: Before there was Photoshop « Digital Directions

Before there was Photoshop « Digital Directions — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 22:08:41 +0000

[...] was a time when newspapers wanted to cover up celebrity skin! Sociological Images has a few old photos from the Los Angeles Times that show what they did when faced with a salacious [...]

By: Elena

Elena — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 07:23:30 +0000

This was also a staple of film magazines under the Francoist regime in Spain, see an example here of an "enhanced" décolletage.

By: The Horror Of Pre-Photoshop Editing | Defamer Australia

The Horror Of Pre-Photoshop Editing | Defamer Australia — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 22:37:42 +0000

[...] the horror of seeing Charlton Heston bare-chested. Click to enlarge it right this instant. [LAT via Sociological Images] Tagged:charlton hestonjournalismismla [...]

By: Penny

Penny — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:29:05 +0000

This 1910s newspaper photo rather obviously slimmed the waist its subject (Glenna Smith Tinnin, a suffragette and theatre professional):
http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/3120288763/

By: Sophie

Sophie — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 19:53:50 +0000

I watched “Harold and Kumar go to white castle” a while ago, and then watched the included trailer. Unsurprisingly, the “Girl stands up in car topless” scene had had a CGI bra added. But interestingly, the final “Man zips down his overalls” scene had a cgi vest added too:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmSvLOLy0gY

So things may not have changed that much :)

By: Dennis Vandal

Dennis Vandal — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 18:40:52 +0000

Hi there! FYI…the lines from the editor’s red grease pencil (that’s what those are) indicate what appeared in the paper. Most of them appear to have been used as one column wide head shots of these various actors. The left crop mark of the Charleston Heston shot has been removed for some unknown reason. I would imagine the editors thought bare chested actors in a headshot didn’t make sense, so they dressed them up….except for elimination of the top of a horse’s head. That makes all the sense in the world. Yup, I’ve worked in the newspaper biz for a long time. lol

By: Deaf Indian Muslim Anarchist

Deaf Indian Muslim Anarchist — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 18:09:06 +0000

that’s really interesting that BOTH genders were targetted. Sadly, not so much today anymore. How about that ridiculous Bruno nude cover controversy? Apparently, a naked man on the front cover of a men’s mag isn’t OK, while a naked woman posing seductively, is perfectly fine.