There are many G-rated images from this photoshoot online, all with Gould and Sutherland wearing these same outfits and in front of the same white background, but this is the only one with a topless woman.
UPDATE #1: One commenter feels that it was Samantha Scott, who appeared in a small role in MASH and was sometimes a Playboy favorite. Now that I look at the pic and this image of Samantha, I’m pretty sure he is right.
In the process of looking up the info, I did find that Gould did a promo with a topless Paula Prentiss for another 1970 film, a 20th Century Fox offering called Move, a box office flop which was directed by the same guy who had directed Cool Hand Luke and would go on to helm several more noteworthy films with big-name stars. Blessings to Paula Prentiss, who was a well-known star and posed naked to sell some tickets. That’s above and beyond. Paula was a real trouper!
UPDATE #2: I have not been able to find the actual pictorial, but this must be part of the photoshoot done for the October, 1970 edition of Playboy, entitled “Solid Gould.” It was described as follows: “5 pages photographed by Lawrence Shiller. In his latest film, Hollywood’s hottest star shares bed and bath with a brace of sensational dolls. It’s Elliot Gould, Paula Prentiss and Genevieve Waite in scenes from the 1970 movie ‘Move.'”
(That specific image may not be in either the magazine or the movie, but an outtake from the same shoot.)
UPDATE #3 from my mailbox: “I managed to locate the October 1970 Playboy in my basement. (Judge Crater is still down there somewhere, I’m certain.) The photo of Prentiss and Gould you linked does not appear in the “Solid Gould” pictorial, but is clearly an outtake. The Saint Bernard appears in one photo in the pictorial, which pretty much makes the situation certain.”
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