James Bond movies are known for racy scenes, but the sexiest part of For Your Eyes Only may very well be the advertising poster. It is standard Bondage: a cheeky shot of a woman dangling a crossbow in her hand while Roger Moore, as 007, aims a pistol between her calipered legs. While Boston did not go so far as to ban the poster, the editorial Bowdlers at the Globe and the Los Angeles Times deemed the poster suitable for their eyes only and demurely cropped out everything just above the knee. At the Pittsburgh Press, editors actually put a pair of shorts on the leggy lady. Amidst the furor, three models who had posed for the poster went out on their limbs claiming fame. Photographer Morgan Kane ended all speculation with the announcement that the legwork was the product of Joyce Bartle, 22, a native New Yorker. "I was embarrassed that I had to prove that the legs were mine," says Bartle. "You know your own legs when you see them." After all, the Wilhelmina model has filled stockings for Hanes, L'Eggs and Givenchy. Bartle scarcely minds all the controversy. Says she: "This will give me a leg up on my competitors."
When his father lived in the White House, publicity-shy Steve Ford preferred to make his home on the range and his living by rodeo riding. But the silver screen beckoned a couple of years ago, and Ford got a chance to saddle up with Rod Steiger as a U.S. deputy marshal in a western movie called Cattle Annie and Little Britches. Now Ford, 25, has signed on full time for a CBS daytime soap, The Young and the Restless. This time he plays a nightclub bartender who woos a stripper, played by comely Melody Thomas. Says Ford: "Melody and I did some pretty steamy love scenes last week. I told Mom I might not give her the air dates for those particular scenes." Not to worry. Former First Lady Betty Ford remains unruffled; last year she gave her unflagging support to Steve during a paternity case that was eventually settled out of court. CBS can count on former President Gerald Ford to up his audience.
Notes Steve: "Dad always watches me and makes sure he's not playing golf when I'm on."
It was a real cool climax to the Kool Jazz Festival at New York's Lincoln Center when none other than the reclusive Miles Davis horned in. Davis, 55, one of the all time great trumpeters, emerged from a five-year hibernation to blow a blend of rock and jazz, captivating an S.R.O. crowd that had paid $25 for orchestra seats. Some things never change. Davis was typically late, so the organizers told his fans to get a drink while they waited. No sooner were the customers out of the building than Davis bopped onstage and started to play, triggering a stampede back to the seats. Although he gave his fans a wave, Davis sometimes played with his back to the audience. After the last note, the crowd booed, but not out of anger. They simply wanted more Mileage for their money.
Astronaut Alan Bean, 49,