Playboy's Roving Eye
June, 1980
Marilyn Mystery Unraveled In the January 1980 Roving Eye, we published some shots of Marilyn Monroe that had been discovered by an acting troupe in an abandoned New York brownstone. Who had taken the pictures, and why? Artist Jon Whitcomb (pictured at right) explained their origin: "Dear playboy, Mystery Division: For The American Weekly issue of April 6,1958, Hearst needed an Easter hat feature and asked me to paint six ladies for it. As usual, overnight. A photographer named Carl Perutz o...
