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.”
“I tried to find out more through Google Images, but it told me there were no other copies of this image online.” . . . In my experience, Google image search will never bring up topless photos or any other kind of nudity. Wonder what you’d find using a less PG image search?
Unidentified woman looks more like JoAnn Pflug to me, one of the other co-stars of M.A.S.H.
That was my first thought as well, but it doesn’t really look like her (to me at least). I think Bob Lera is right. That looks very much like Samantha Scott.
If I remember right the bunny mag used to do a November Sex in the Movies thing and a December Sex stars thing with photos you never saw elsewhere. I’m guessing this photo was done specifically for their Nov. issue. Paula Prentiss was a honey.
I am pretty sure it was lady named Samantha Scott who had an uncredited part in M.A.S.H.
There are alot of topless photos for Paula Prentiss who played a professional dog walker opposite Gould who played a writer reduced to wrttning porn to earn a living in The film Move. They do share a scene in the bath but she shows nothing .
BrumBob
You said the Prentiss photo wasn’t for Playboy, just for a B&W promo still. But the description on the Getty Image you linked to says the photo was originally taken for Playboy. Maybe the MASH photo was also for Playboy (or another men’s magazine)? Otherwise I have no idea where, in the 1970’s, a studio would use a photo of 2 of a film’s stars posing with a naked woman to promote a film. As I recall, Time and Newsweek didn’t feature many photos of topless women. Not even in their ads. Maybe the ladies Home Journal?
You’re right. I missed that. I wonder why PB doesn’t own the copyright. I suppose they commissioned a photoshoot and this must be an outtake that they turned down.
Kinda looks like Judy Carne from Laugh-in