Union Suiters: Here's another Trivia Question for you to decipher:

Miss Blum emailed me recently:

"Hi there. I came across your blog trying to figure out if this c. 1940s pin up illustration by Billy Devorss published under the title The Flame Girl was referencing a movie featuring a glamorous actress in a union suit.

Does it seem familiar to you? Thanks for your great resource, and wishing you all the best!

Sarahjane Blum

Grapefruit Moon Gallery"

I've emailed back to say I did not know who she might be but that I would ask the readers of Union Suit Fan. So, how about it? Give her your best shot.

Miss Blum is the owner of Grapefruit Moon Gallery. According to her web site, the New York gallery "is a premiere source for illustration art, Hollywood, and glamour photography from the 20th century. Since 1999, we have innovated vintage online art sales..."

The art is further described on Miss Blum's website as "This image, which features a fully made-up beaming blonde with glamorous hairstyle incongruously dressed in a union suit, takes inspiration from the reversal of fortune madcap comedies of Depression-era America, and is seductive, whimsical, and charming all at once."

That it is. If someone wearing a union suit was ever "seductive, whimsical and charming", this would be it. You can imagine the GI's of World War II placing this pin-up on their walls or lockers. The framed illustration is on the market for $9,500.

There have been a number of actresses appearing on screen in union suits but none of the ones I know look like her.

Let's help her out... Chris