tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75313537758400341562024-03-18T19:22:27.818+00:00The Clint Eastwood ArchiveUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger895125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7531353775840034156.post-85049071191125665952024-03-17T21:21:00.003+00:002024-03-17T21:21:41.092+00:00MAD’s "A FISTFUL OF LASAGNA"<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcHwrMR_8Iwf4s-U2_4qM54wVviReHk0ipu5iC6ImLpJxGRd-QaB2FgvNRIVnCuuJ197BtqlnfDKi2gUa_jcdxvsMD02r1AsTDnoVwcCXWiYt2SNOOiBahuy29QBkvWUyi5LmViZTgkNQaxbil5hlzepCMmAdXcpDP9ZjI7L0i0s2ATE13Y6mJEURdN2iM/s1264/MAD%20%20header%201.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="388" data-original-width="1264" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcHwrMR_8Iwf4s-U2_4qM54wVviReHk0ipu5iC6ImLpJxGRd-QaB2FgvNRIVnCuuJ197BtqlnfDKi2gUa_jcdxvsMD02r1AsTDnoVwcCXWiYt2SNOOiBahuy29QBkvWUyi5LmViZTgkNQaxbil5hlzepCMmAdXcpDP9ZjI7L0i0s2ATE13Y6mJEURdN2iM/w640-h196/MAD%20%20header%201.png" width="640" /></a><br /></p><div><span style="color: #04ff00;"><b>MAD’s "A FISTFUL OF LASAGNA"</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">Back in December 2017 I posted Mad Magazine’s <i>Dirty Larry</i>, a parody of Dirty Harry which appeared in the September 1972 issue. MAD magazine has been America’s leading provider of movie parodies for many decades and the vast majority of their satires of well-known films have been reprinted countless times in special magazine editions and collected book editions. <i>A Fistful of Lasagna</i> was of course MAD’s take on the spaghetti western genre. It features some great art by Jack Davis, the man responsible for the Kelly’s Heroes poster artwork. The strip appeared in the MAD SPECIAL #4 of 1971. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0C4jFHJ3zIWYBH9_F7omHAy-mpPnoZ8k90jc4OYSpY8cA_d3NqQ89cu9hMv4DWqcW867-pkI9AyZYUqsi-CpLzsKKdyDRdf7tqAtn9oH1D9_zaeSWiQMO6bqdFFs17TR6697tuNQUQUNcA-1wk5hcr01keE0XUcdwxf092d8Pr97RIkeAyZVNYfaaGHCu/s1446/MAD%201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1446" data-original-width="1120" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0C4jFHJ3zIWYBH9_F7omHAy-mpPnoZ8k90jc4OYSpY8cA_d3NqQ89cu9hMv4DWqcW867-pkI9AyZYUqsi-CpLzsKKdyDRdf7tqAtn9oH1D9_zaeSWiQMO6bqdFFs17TR6697tuNQUQUNcA-1wk5hcr01keE0XUcdwxf092d8Pr97RIkeAyZVNYfaaGHCu/w496-h640/MAD%201.jpg" width="496" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHPyntAlaJAMZcPVepNIU3y7uscPZYgYIzWfcxC_uruPkufXDMl48PU1lZTYB-dCcPRgnAdB4thnjSP5RBV1M5rBz7A05y-a6794OHuQxoUrRaRry56AZcbvqLzuxQRCrf4RBjGW03mxXAckBJ6sQD_WUY0pcLbAbgwG6857fMWQ3RhcO9NQzWNDNz4pbM/s1500/Mad%202%203.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1591" data-original-width="1189" height="665" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihCmC16F5CCI04ZNJCRLAg2cKV9vTBqhkRxhpcyqBc2hWfgC_bXwg5I75st343sNaYXC3GS8oNi-NanpVTWLfVFf4TuTgZfVnd9D4NdLFbMEIxR2Ydht4PnD3e7UThrwdu-wQ4cmLzdGXqYZqb3UF2rDk8K3RVKk7dibEep48mKfjLi5VA9v9KgRlk6N7p/w497-h665/Mad%206.jpg" width="497" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7531353775840034156.post-33501618710672340062024-03-13T11:59:00.001+00:002024-03-13T11:59:21.472+00:00We all Love Ennio BBC Radio 3<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjda3LNqktI_fZmTabf8eqtuHtSVpY0xzII9E1mWi2gDRk3tUVDYxJN8x2yuftZXid8G1DXqT1yYYySv0TNirJ2V-_WwtP8j3E3GgWZxeLavD1pG59Kz_wq5n32LMxIgP0Lqgwb_39uRh_h38TMO3zTdjQFEntZvASvzofA-_USOpicyb3g9MZsElnLLknx/s1264/eNNIO%20HEADER.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="388" data-original-width="1264" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjda3LNqktI_fZmTabf8eqtuHtSVpY0xzII9E1mWi2gDRk3tUVDYxJN8x2yuftZXid8G1DXqT1yYYySv0TNirJ2V-_WwtP8j3E3GgWZxeLavD1pG59Kz_wq5n32LMxIgP0Lqgwb_39uRh_h38TMO3zTdjQFEntZvASvzofA-_USOpicyb3g9MZsElnLLknx/w640-h196/eNNIO%20HEADER.png" width="640" /></a><br /></p><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #04ff00;">We all Love Ennio</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #04ff00;">Ennio Morricone (1928-2020) Episode 5 of 5, Friday 15th March 12:00pm BBC RADIO 3</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #04ff00;">Maestro Morricone is the subject of this weeks Composer of the Week on BBC Radio 3. </span></b></div><p></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">Ennio Morricone is cited as one of the most experimental and influential composers of all time, undoubtedly recognised as one of the world’s greatest ever composers of music for film. A legendary figure who over the course of his career won numerous awards, and accolades, his innovative sound worlds helped to define what film music could be for multiple genres of cinema. Morricone’s music extended far beyond the desert landscapes of spaghetti westerns, not just to other genres on the silver screen, but also into the worlds of pop music, and into the concert hall – where his study and composition of avant-garde music gave him the techniques to experiment within his scores for film as well. Over the course of this week, following on the heels of the 2024 Academy Awards, Donald Macleod explores the incredible career of Ennio Morricone, a composer who quite astoundingly wrote over 500 scores for film and television, as well as over 100 classical works.</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlA9wlg6yOEwEQJW7QtCAy3R8IvdeiVp0M_vrK_WFn_MiHyxdSXpYigifxdG9q72Gzd4_paiW3LSZRnBj12Seb2_EFgOxGjFi7IX4qkdw9XHkLjWOFAxGITctIMNRlgEtUDBbl25vlebVmwZwrh6UxelSKUv0zOpl-h8lDJBTWU20gNCJp58ZTTE56wj3v/s4836/_methode_times_prod_web_bin_7eaacbe4-bf75-11ea-bb37-3d3cce807650.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2720" data-original-width="4836" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlA9wlg6yOEwEQJW7QtCAy3R8IvdeiVp0M_vrK_WFn_MiHyxdSXpYigifxdG9q72Gzd4_paiW3LSZRnBj12Seb2_EFgOxGjFi7IX4qkdw9XHkLjWOFAxGITctIMNRlgEtUDBbl25vlebVmwZwrh6UxelSKUv0zOpl-h8lDJBTWU20gNCJp58ZTTE56wj3v/w640-h360/_methode_times_prod_web_bin_7eaacbe4-bf75-11ea-bb37-3d3cce807650.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">In Friday’s episode, Donald finds Morricone lauded for his music, and nominated for multiple Academy Awards, but after a series of losses the composer gives up hope of ever winning one. Morricone also begins touring his music, selling out concerts across the world. Donald also explores the circumstances which led to Morricone meeting the Pope, and discovers music Morricone wrote “against racism, in memory of every massacre in human history”</span></div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="color: #04ff00;">Cinema Paradiso</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #04ff00;">Studio orchestra</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #04ff00;">Ennio Morricone, conductor</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #04ff00;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #04ff00;">Miserere & Gabriel’s Oboe from The Mission</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #04ff00;">Barnet Schools Choir, London Voices</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #04ff00;">The London Philharmonic Orchestra</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #04ff00;">Ennio Morricone, David Bedford (conductors)</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #04ff00;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #04ff00;">Theme from The Untouchables</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #04ff00;">Studio orchestra</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #04ff00;">Ennio Morricone, conductor</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #04ff00;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #04ff00;">Voci dal silenzio (Excerpt)</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #04ff00;">Studio orchestra</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #04ff00;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #04ff00;">Theme from Il Mercenario</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #04ff00;">Studio orchestra</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #04ff00;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #04ff00;">Volti e fantasmi from La Migliore Offerta</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #04ff00;">Anna De Martini, Edda Dell'Orso, Paola Ronchetti, Raffaela Siniscalchi, Roberta Frighi, vocals</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #04ff00;">Alexander Zoltan, Glass Harmonica</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #04ff00;">Czech National Symphony Orchestra</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #04ff00;">Ennio Morricone, conductor</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #04ff00;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #04ff00;">L’Ultima Diligenza di Red Rock from the Hateful Eight</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #04ff00;">Czech National Symphony Orchestra, Prague</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #04ff00;">Ennio Morricone, conductor</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #04ff00;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #04ff00;">On Earth as it is in Heaven from The Mission</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #04ff00;">Orchestra and Chorus of dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #04ff00;">Ennio Morricone, conductor</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #04ff00;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #04ff00;">Produced by Sam Phillips for BBC Audio Wales & West</span></b></div></div><div><span style="color: #04ff00;">Running Time 59 minutes</span></div><div><span style="color: #04ff00;">My thanks to Peter Coggins for the heads up!</span></div><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7531353775840034156.post-20328972024579840912024-03-12T16:22:00.003+00:002024-03-12T16:43:40.383+00:00Another Run through The Gauntlet A new book by Toby Roan and Edward Lamberti <p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5YHOYYx7BiPOV9BCNKmRdbNJDf1eNClZkeYvyYxeilF7vDhap8rE54vc4WkqQQopPH1V7_ReVYrof3nX5nOE_WXqI1r3sUxKZt_Ou3kkBFBKAJxvTxsMhqe8VfXlszMlLMR7CJcLoyGjQnZE1SNCMVrZ0OYkDVzk0z3u96Z_td8uiBx_tb2uL2u5Ppwsn/s1264/Another%20run%20through%20The%20Gauntlet%20Header.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="388" data-original-width="1264" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5YHOYYx7BiPOV9BCNKmRdbNJDf1eNClZkeYvyYxeilF7vDhap8rE54vc4WkqQQopPH1V7_ReVYrof3nX5nOE_WXqI1r3sUxKZt_Ou3kkBFBKAJxvTxsMhqe8VfXlszMlLMR7CJcLoyGjQnZE1SNCMVrZ0OYkDVzk0z3u96Z_td8uiBx_tb2uL2u5Ppwsn/w640-h196/Another%20run%20through%20The%20Gauntlet%20Header.png" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><div><span style="color: #04ff00;"><b>Another Run through The Gauntlet</b></span></div><div><div><span style="color: #04ff00;"><b>A new book by Toby Roan and Edward Lamberti </b></span></div><div><span style="color: #04ff00;"><b>Self-published, softback, 116pages, 2024, approx. 8” x 5”</b></span></div></div><div><span style="color: #04ff00;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><b>Marlon Brando, Steve McQueen and Barbra Streisand had all been offered The Gauntlet before it made its way to Clint Eastwood. It became his sixth film as director, after The Outlaw Josey Wales, and hit theaters in 1977, right before Christmas.</b></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><b>Eastwood’s The Gauntlet is a big, loud, excessive chase movie that Roger Ebert called “fast, furious and funny,” while Judith Crist labelled it “the pits.” Audiences made it a hit. Today, it feels like a prototype for the supercharged action movies that would come a decade or so later.</b></i></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></div></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">It’s a great pleasure to feature this new publication from self-confessed fan of The Gauntlet, Toby Roan. If the name is familiar, Toby was responsible for some fine cult movies released through his Laserdisc and DVD label (The Roan Collection) back in the day – and excellent they were too, a good few of which still adorn my film shelves.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">However, I first became acquainted with Toby a long time ago – when we came into contact through a shared love of Eastwood and his movies. So, when I heard from Toby again last year with his intention of putting this book together, I was happy to help wherever I could. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNIeHIrJ0n2qAK_fRmeibWu8acWnGdpj_zNYNULgRwxIxhDjfYkMMP-ssty3uxj_-_bkm-Kx0bqJzKS_mKfOuIZ8X2QgUZc2ltMgURGuef4NT9M8NSiZ-g2SKHWJmMfSFdamNbmD3pqeag_GKakqrMTaO9iqm6DxFDcsIxjcTI_5F8D_xP6occVuzDF5P-/s2387/IMG_20240312_0002.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2387" data-original-width="1549" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNIeHIrJ0n2qAK_fRmeibWu8acWnGdpj_zNYNULgRwxIxhDjfYkMMP-ssty3uxj_-_bkm-Kx0bqJzKS_mKfOuIZ8X2QgUZc2ltMgURGuef4NT9M8NSiZ-g2SKHWJmMfSFdamNbmD3pqeag_GKakqrMTaO9iqm6DxFDcsIxjcTI_5F8D_xP6occVuzDF5P-/w416-h640/IMG_20240312_0002.png" width="416" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">The genuine magnetism of The Gauntlet - Eastwood’s 1977 crash, bang, wallop of a comic book movie is a really curious one. It did some great business at the box-office, yet it was pretty much panned by the critics as a completely, unrealistic, over-the -top exercise in film making. But despite the criticism, it is a film that fans continue to love and for many, it represents the peak of Eastwood’s 70’s superstar power. Yes, it’s a wild, adventurous ride, yes, it’s completely over-the -top, but it’s meant to be! It’s just a shame that some missed that message and failed to grasp its intention?</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">Roan’s book, is a compact homage to The Gauntlet, a retrospective look at the film and is clearly written from a fan’s perspective. So you won’t find too much negative criticism or heavy analysis here, instead there’s an unashamed love for the film and Roan hits the 116 pages with a genuine sense of head-on affection. Roan’s book follows the film’s entire journey through pre-production, cast and crew, the film’s release and critical response. There is also pretty good, detailed chapter on its promotion and marketing campaign, including, paperbacks, posters and soundtrack recordings. There are of course some minor limitations when it comes to self-published books of this kind, such as the lack of colour images, all images throughout the book are b/w which is a shame, as a great deal of the film’s artwork and several other designs are just begging to be seen in their full colour versions. But self-publishing is not a cheap business, and so often sacrifices have to be made. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7_PYp1usb-yJ6VUnt5rUkL75nY3PkW62RCmE6i3SqnFiIGUskX7tcfxyGgulGIwq2mY2NqW1D8hVtF6uuMSZ-1iLMB5kOd68d9buO8Z0VZbLJP5InzdEAMtL-_97tY2e79hxNBYR3yhzdaspLszPCSeqGpri_oP-cv2GebT11UNxAWF2bYgYH-GSUbHu2/s1184/IMG_20240312_0003.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1184" data-original-width="773" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7_PYp1usb-yJ6VUnt5rUkL75nY3PkW62RCmE6i3SqnFiIGUskX7tcfxyGgulGIwq2mY2NqW1D8hVtF6uuMSZ-1iLMB5kOd68d9buO8Z0VZbLJP5InzdEAMtL-_97tY2e79hxNBYR3yhzdaspLszPCSeqGpri_oP-cv2GebT11UNxAWF2bYgYH-GSUbHu2/w418-h640/IMG_20240312_0003.png" width="418" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">However, rest assured, the real winning element of Roan’s book can be unearthed in the writing, it’s clearly a labour of love, and if you share that love, you’ll no doubt be smiling broadly as you navigate from one page to the next. At the end of the day, ‘Another run through The Gauntlet’ is without doubt an appreciation, and an excellent, practical way of collating a unique overview and presenting it all neatly under one straightforward, no fuss publication. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">A time consuming and nicely detailed read that ultimately deserves respect. The book is a fine example of what fans can actually achieve given the time and commitment - and for that, it should be applauded for its merits. You have to ask yourself, who else was ever going to take the time and make the effort to write a book on this much misunderstood slice of 70’s cinema? Higley recommended, and a fine reminder of Eastwood’s golden period.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">To order please visit Amazon <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Another-Through-Gauntlet-Toby-Roan/dp/B0CV7YM4B1/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3SUSJW59PCBQ1&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.ZvzRc6a5HSXzZ7V9PSJ8anVkENRbJ4cA0633qEbGCIxpqYlfPbN0WjWeLkwAUqHxgNkPUkeKqju4nFxPh8cgyZYA69UWrBIMX9N9TEpESIk.Wav-AOBOG5WxsQZumTk4HPCJEiGR3p5MHRn-Y9SW0WY&dib_tag=se&keywords=toby+roan&qid=1710255733&s=books&sprefix=toby+roan%2Cstripbooks%2C66&sr=1-1" target="_blank">HERE</a></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7531353775840034156.post-1918436097884360212024-03-08T14:01:00.002+00:002024-03-08T14:03:48.106+00:00Kelly’s Heroes: The story behind the Real Nazi Gold <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiCcBv5-nMeCjxmjBRsOUiOx4dLV0T9Zk1K198uLZtgbfioDP8gHS2baoVUxN_i1bIxVqroMQCDj1Hhf72hkm1eI3qWyP8v33XaUSArjIE3DSEUeQNISYtPGbWHTPkbSLctZ9wHg7lcPVSbpV-_QDcTBZDwVdQbjitWUOYiQyQt85ztHfALqiVKBVQAatA/s2560/Header.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1025" data-original-width="2560" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiCcBv5-nMeCjxmjBRsOUiOx4dLV0T9Zk1K198uLZtgbfioDP8gHS2baoVUxN_i1bIxVqroMQCDj1Hhf72hkm1eI3qWyP8v33XaUSArjIE3DSEUeQNISYtPGbWHTPkbSLctZ9wHg7lcPVSbpV-_QDcTBZDwVdQbjitWUOYiQyQt85ztHfALqiVKBVQAatA/w640-h256/Header.png" width="640" /></a><br /></p><div><b><span style="color: #04ff00;">Kelly’s Heroes: The story behind the Real Nazi Gold </span></b></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">A lot of people still regard the story of Kelly’s Heroes as simply a piece of fantasy fiction. However, the whole basis of the film began after a piece was discovered in an old edition of The Guinness Book of World Records and makes for quite an interesting story…</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">The screenplay for Kelly’s Heroes was written by British film and television writer Troy Kennedy Martin. He relied on a true story, featured as "The Greatest Robbery on Record" in the Guinness World Records from 1956 to 2000. On 4th December 1968, Elliott Morgan, MGM's Head of Research, wrote to the Guinness Book of World Records requesting information on this entry: "The greatest robbery on record was of the German National Gold Reserves in Bavaria by a combine of U.S. military personnel and German civilians in 1945". On 10th December the editor, Norris D. McWhirter, wrote back to Morgan, stating that he had very little information and that he essentially suspected that there had been a cover-up, which required that the story should be subject to a "restricted classification". He closed by suggesting that until that security classification was changed, "due to death or efflux of time, "any film made will have to be an historical romance rather than history".</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1hQnkOc3sHwtDvtPtNymHxVyHnU7pkEgo798_UqlbOUrT65WpFqGXXf7pAkPDF7j9gag29lwG17xalhiqEMWPNbaYjUu92Q5dtxJrhR3-wuoFZSqjS7PQRvArdUZeF_r4D150_HJV8Cd727YAzjMa6c0PsiXIovAC1Vwh9xiiIvX-1YH9AAhpVH8ePAWv/s7448/upscaled-4x-Elliott_Morgans_letter_to_the_Guinness_Book_of_World_Records.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="7448" data-original-width="5520" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1hQnkOc3sHwtDvtPtNymHxVyHnU7pkEgo798_UqlbOUrT65WpFqGXXf7pAkPDF7j9gag29lwG17xalhiqEMWPNbaYjUu92Q5dtxJrhR3-wuoFZSqjS7PQRvArdUZeF_r4D150_HJV8Cd727YAzjMa6c0PsiXIovAC1Vwh9xiiIvX-1YH9AAhpVH8ePAWv/w474-h640/upscaled-4x-Elliott_Morgans_letter_to_the_Guinness_Book_of_World_Records.png" width="474" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">In 1975 British researcher Ian Sayer began a nine-year investigation into the Guinness entry. The results of his investigation, which confirmed a cover up by the U.S. government together with the involvement of U.S. military and former Wehrmacht and SS officers in the theft, were published in the 1984 book Nazi Gold — The Sensational Story of the World's Greatest Robbery — and the Greatest Criminal Cover-Up. The investigation finally led to two of the missing gold bars (valued in 2019 at over $1 million) being handed over by German officials to the U.S. government in a secret ceremony at Bonn on 27th September 1996. The bullion was transported to the Bank of England where it was held to the account of the Tripartite Commission for the Restitution of Monetary Gold (TCRMG). The first disclosure that the Bank was holding the two bars (complete with Nazi markings) came from a press release issued by the bank on 8th May 1997 which confirmed that the two bars were those that had been identified as missing in the book Nazi Gold. Sayer had given information to the United States Department of State concerning the two bars (amongst other things) in July 1978.</span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">In 1983 they finally agreed to investigate using Sayer's evidence. The State Department investigation did not conclude until 1997. On 11th December 1997 Sayer was invited, by the Secretary General of the TCRMG, to view the two bars in the gold bullion vaults of the Bank of England. In addition to being accorded this rare honour, he was also photographed holding the bars, which he had been instrumental in tracking down.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjr9169zUQ_6Co3OdT6fQRT5dDSqNvlkZhL1WlZ6yn4Toyn0sfZlBNVAfFkRWFTR6MiuBAY9IdStQFeN4IfJUyc0yMxhamUnOkhWj_Z_PR7dLo_KnN8ltXQ3Jy032mVedZ1KwobTLOqxTyJIZYJ52OdBsRb3Vr469E8CfmQLmN2xmQgQHZ-JoNgta1N8Pm/s4466/Ian_Sayer_Bank_of_England_11_12_1997.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3552" data-original-width="4466" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjr9169zUQ_6Co3OdT6fQRT5dDSqNvlkZhL1WlZ6yn4Toyn0sfZlBNVAfFkRWFTR6MiuBAY9IdStQFeN4IfJUyc0yMxhamUnOkhWj_Z_PR7dLo_KnN8ltXQ3Jy032mVedZ1KwobTLOqxTyJIZYJ52OdBsRb3Vr469E8CfmQLmN2xmQgQHZ-JoNgta1N8Pm/w555-h442/Ian_Sayer_Bank_of_England_11_12_1997.png" width="555" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><u><span style="color: #04ff00;"><b>The Story Behind the True Events that Inspired 'Kelly's Heroes'</b></span></u></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">Blake Stilwell a writer and former Air Force combat photographer also wrote an interesting piece on the subject:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">“Kelly’s Heroes” is a war movie like no other. The 1970 film is set in World War II Europe and features a group of ne'er-do-wells who learn about a cache of stolen Nazi gold behind enemy lines and form a mission to get it for themselves. Not only was the gold far behind enemy lines, the Germans were in the process of making a big push against the Allies while supply problems stalled the push into Europe. The gold was also in a locked bank, guarded by a team of Tiger tanks. It’s not really a spoiler to reveal that Kelly’s makeshift platoon gets the gold in the end -- but it might be a surprise to learn the heist was based in reality.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNFh0cDD-iDouqc5VbnxekuE3OSI0ywFfRktGXTOkfjvuns_1AOsF3XkDcpKpyMk24arARGGbskVsocsYvfi0ivfV3yuFZ9K4pEZIaSn8arESOVTVYva4ehOpJbFSmcnB4mIA1zfH-kSxCPEqXWS9eLHE1SmQkqLnelRxRg1RNHaiXSPZWslQL9TUAz49B/s1237/Troy.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1237" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNFh0cDD-iDouqc5VbnxekuE3OSI0ywFfRktGXTOkfjvuns_1AOsF3XkDcpKpyMk24arARGGbskVsocsYvfi0ivfV3yuFZ9K4pEZIaSn8arESOVTVYva4ehOpJbFSmcnB4mIA1zfH-kSxCPEqXWS9eLHE1SmQkqLnelRxRg1RNHaiXSPZWslQL9TUAz49B/w324-h400/Troy.jpg" width="324" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">Screenwriter Troy Kennedy Martin (right) first learned about the real-life gold heist in an entry titled “The Greatest Robbery on Record” in the “Guinness World Records” book. In the real world, the gold wasn’t just a bunch of Nazi loot; it was the German National Gold Reserve. On Feb. 3, 1945, a massive Allied air campaign over Berlin wrecked much of the city’s important government fixtures. Among them was the Reichsbank, where Nazi Germany stored its gold reserves. Some 950 bombers flattened the German capital, exposing the bank’s vault. Its valuable contents were left intact, but would not survive another raid like the one on Feb. 3. The vault contained Germany’s gold reserves, as well as those looted from Czechoslovakia, Austria, Hungary, Albania, Belgium, Italy, Holland and the Soviet Union. In all, there was more than $21 billion (in 2021 dollars) in the German Reichsbank. Not all of it was in Berlin that day, but there was enough of it that the German government was compelled to move the gold to a potassium mine in Merkers, Germany, for safekeeping. Also in the mine were Germany’s paper currency reserves, pilfered works of art, stolen gold and silver from death-camp victims, and the captured currency from other nations.</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH2rvE0JjJHEVNCRb2vR5gRgR7XzJszKx72abIHdN_sgYxJBamdp0C6bD8g4S-_YC7CTJXeLAPhs6BBq6qRHa0mO6ImtJD2GYlMbBC_CRMMN7_bic-RjoWURcU88GI3Y7EBjEnwlLhuu-8Y_y_0qzbjl7AA-0GT-CKZoOpTmztTEViSPTq-I9U9ZaCqo7H/s2056/upscaled-4x-nazi-gold-first-edition.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2056" data-original-width="1292" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH2rvE0JjJHEVNCRb2vR5gRgR7XzJszKx72abIHdN_sgYxJBamdp0C6bD8g4S-_YC7CTJXeLAPhs6BBq6qRHa0mO6ImtJD2GYlMbBC_CRMMN7_bic-RjoWURcU88GI3Y7EBjEnwlLhuu-8Y_y_0qzbjl7AA-0GT-CKZoOpTmztTEViSPTq-I9U9ZaCqo7H/w251-h400/upscaled-4x-nazi-gold-first-edition.png" width="251" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">Then, Gen. George Patton’s Third Army launched a surprise attack that tore through the Nazi defences. Before his forces captured Merkers and the money hidden in the mines, the Germans moved some of the contents, but much of it was captured by the Americans and moved to Frankfurt. That wasn’t all of Germany’s gold bullion, however. What was left of the Reichsbank reserves were spread out in branches across Germany. The German south became the repository of the rest of the Nazi gold, hidden away in mines, houses and mountains, just to name a few places. An estimated $151 million was sent to Bavaria, specifically the Alpine resort town of Mittenwald, where it eventually was hidden away in a remote mountain lodge. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">The Americans knew the currency and gold were in the area and were looking for it. Two German officers took charge of clandestinely moving the reserves little by little and reburying it in an area adjacent to a friendly alpine lodge. The Americans soon discovered the cache through the help of captured internees and two German informants. The gold was buried in the mountains near Lake Walchen under a false tree stump and was discovered by U.S. armoured engineers -- nine tons of it, 728 bars worth $15,000 each. They took the gold to a depository at the Reichsbank building in Frankfurt.</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">But 25 crates of 100 gold bars each still were missing. They were not among the 728 dug up in the mountains. Most of the answers regarding the missing gold came from Sgt. Albert Singleton, 10th Armored Division’s provost marshal of the Mittenwald area after the war.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">Singleton’s commander, a Capt. Craig, told him that he received orders for the provost marshal to take a couple of guards and a half track into the mountains with some former German officers to find a load of gold buried there. Two American intelligence officers from the Office of Strategic Services met them on the road to the pass with two 2.5-ton trucks.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">The OSS agents led the group to a creek and a steep incline in the mountains that levelled off at a certain point. There, they found a trap door that led to a 12-square-foot bunker filled with gold bars. They removed the gold and slid it down the mountain rather than carry it (to prevent injuries). They put the gold in bags and loaded them onto the trucks provided by the OSS.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">The next day, Singleton received a telegram from divisional headquarters, saying the gold arrived in Munich. It was just another day in the life of the provost marshal. He remembers because he sent his wife a letter describing the gold, along with a photo he’d taken at the bunker. But Singleton swore his account and the account of the 728 captured bars are different caches.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">In fact, all descriptions of the two gold sites differ, from the level of inclines to the presence of a creek and the absence of a trail at the Singleton site. Singleton doesn’t even recognize anyone in the photos taken at the first cache.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">And not only does Singleton’s photo back up his memory, there’s no record of the order Capt. Craig received about picking up the gold. The only physical evidence is the telegram he received after the deed had been done, but the gold loaded onto the two OSS trucks never was registered in Munich.</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidNOEL9J161b_QklbW4OuJQyooAaJ4EvumZpNDY0IHk0h1Skq_1toSYXS1hdCDtG6H3bBwXqpF4HfVL5S-Syho3jPBCcFqFghySRwGNm2dsoAtwjePhoafo5cWZ7Xb1JMXA4J_-0iF_1LSWi3GoSu0UcGBp52CGxsDSkQYW9AZXoqa6OVcSYVHNBuo6P5H/s2880/clint%20with%20gold.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1196" data-original-width="2880" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidNOEL9J161b_QklbW4OuJQyooAaJ4EvumZpNDY0IHk0h1Skq_1toSYXS1hdCDtG6H3bBwXqpF4HfVL5S-Syho3jPBCcFqFghySRwGNm2dsoAtwjePhoafo5cWZ7Xb1JMXA4J_-0iF_1LSWi3GoSu0UcGBp52CGxsDSkQYW9AZXoqa6OVcSYVHNBuo6P5H/w640-h266/clint%20with%20gold.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">Some 25 boxes of gold bullion, 1.25 tons, disappeared into thin air. It never was recovered, and there are no leads as to where it might have vanished.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">The myth of the missing Nazi gold actually was mistaken for the original 728 bars that ended up in Frankfurt, but the 100 boxes faded from memory as fast as they were uncovered in the mountains. It wasn’t until 1957 that any missing gold entered the public consciousness, when it appeared in the “Guinness World Records” book under the heading “Robbery: Biggest Unsolved.” It read:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;"><i>“The greatest robbery on record was of the German National Gold Reserves in Bavaria by a combine of US Military personnel and German civilians in June 1945, A total of 730 gold bars valued at £3,528,000 together with six sacks of banks notes and 25 boxes of platinum bars and precious stones disappeared in transit but none of those responsible has been brought to trial.”</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZHaE8Acj51zofzG9e3GdO9tfmzJUGeNpkREsVTWOKVlXide2stL-sd9SOn8u93yPzJX299lZ41J64zTb2WlATlgWbocD8RXra3Wa0RiJrptaN7Ko8fi36bhOup_IdbKlxamsSqL1BJRufaJpdVMWILXhL7ojfKnE9di5FVKYTH4e6n_iA1nGIb5jpzT4Z/s1532/upscaled-4x-gold4.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1160" data-original-width="1532" height="485" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZHaE8Acj51zofzG9e3GdO9tfmzJUGeNpkREsVTWOKVlXide2stL-sd9SOn8u93yPzJX299lZ41J64zTb2WlATlgWbocD8RXra3Wa0RiJrptaN7Ko8fi36bhOup_IdbKlxamsSqL1BJRufaJpdVMWILXhL7ojfKnE9di5FVKYTH4e6n_iA1nGIb5jpzT4Z/w640-h485/upscaled-4x-gold4.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">It was this entry that inspired British film and television writer Troy Kennedy Martin to write the screenplay for what became the film “Kelly’s Heroes.”</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">To learn more about the details of the world’s biggest unsolved gold heist, check out “Nazi Gold: The Sensational Story of the World’s Greatest Robbery -- and the Greatest Criminal Cover-Up” by Ian Sayer and Douglas Botting.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i>Below: </i>Mark Felton’s interesting featurette on The Real Kelly's Heroes</div></div></div></div>
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8kkvDu5cJuI?si=q_2U6Ad7-LIRd4rg" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe> <div><div><b><u><span style="color: #04ff00;">A Twist in the Tale:</span></u></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">There’s one final twist. In 1984, Sayer spoke to Members of Parliament in an effort to get information about Nazi gold held by the Bank of England. Jeff Rooker, an MP who he had spoken to on the matter, asked Sayer in 1988 to check out an aid fund to ensure that the money was getting to the veterans it was supposed to serve. It turned out that that the citizen who had asked Rooker about the aid fund had been a survivor of the Wormhoudt massacre, when 90 unarmed British troops were killed by the SS in 1940. The officer responsible for the slaughter was SS General Wilhelm Mohnke, who had also guarded Hitler’s bunker and disappeared after World War II. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">Amazingly, Sayer realised that he’d met Mohnke while researching Nazi Gold without realizing the man’s identity; Sayer informed the authorities, leading to investigations into Mohnke from multiple countries. He was never charged due to insufficient evidence, and lived until 2000.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">Today, Kelly’s Heroes is regarded as a classic war film, noted for its ensemble, its humour, and its willingness to show the dark moments of war even among a more light-hearted story. But the story of the film rests atop a much more complex true story, elements of which still remain hidden from view. It’s a good reminder that even as much as we think we know about history, there are always some secrets, and maybe some gold, hidden somewhere.</span></div></div><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7531353775840034156.post-15221800072183622482024-03-01T13:33:00.000+00:002024-03-01T13:33:06.731+00:00Rare 7” Single from Any which way you can<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn37fjW1lD2wgfYgJSaWoZdKFdUCjMMC80xTO0yCpkplCF1flqxoeBT3feAkQgmDl_Cx6CSaHES5V9koG7xRl5-8es0hbPU827HCScsrrZCsRAQEc2IwdfJjm3HHaQKDmnMwGsHSor0THygYCcAg-gTMi6sTqin86y79qPgfYqS7lFPh6K8XxBZJ-IP2B-/s4000/you're%20the%20reason%20single%20header.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1494" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn37fjW1lD2wgfYgJSaWoZdKFdUCjMMC80xTO0yCpkplCF1flqxoeBT3feAkQgmDl_Cx6CSaHES5V9koG7xRl5-8es0hbPU827HCScsrrZCsRAQEc2IwdfJjm3HHaQKDmnMwGsHSor0THygYCcAg-gTMi6sTqin86y79qPgfYqS7lFPh6K8XxBZJ-IP2B-/w640-h240/you're%20the%20reason%20single%20header.png" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><div><b><span style="color: #04ff00;">Rare 7” Single from Any which way you can</span></b></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">It’s always great to find another Eastwood related 7” single for the collection. I discovered this yesterday, purely by accident, as I didn’t honestly know this had been cut as a single release.</span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNyyBk6gbVkkxa2AvCz1wX2_Ucd16TO41l3ED9jYlRMtQqEubyRh_MmIa59nNKjmAMUU2Smd5MBBhyphenhyphenIfDuycgpLykCaj0YLCuUXWSFxc4Zrkscc4yjTjckxZUTq-HfSf9K-RxDZGtIv0MHY8OPOsaZuHvGkQa7BcvSnT_oXCP1zpkI1w2MkpLb1MRUgGsZ/s2048/428512960_3869537459941774_1215373613144789542_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2020" height="437" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNyyBk6gbVkkxa2AvCz1wX2_Ucd16TO41l3ED9jYlRMtQqEubyRh_MmIa59nNKjmAMUU2Smd5MBBhyphenhyphenIfDuycgpLykCaj0YLCuUXWSFxc4Zrkscc4yjTjckxZUTq-HfSf9K-RxDZGtIv0MHY8OPOsaZuHvGkQa7BcvSnT_oXCP1zpkI1w2MkpLb1MRUgGsZ/w430-h437/428512960_3869537459941774_1215373613144789542_n.jpg" width="430" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">David Frizzell & Shelly West - You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma was of course featured on the original soundtrack album and featured in Clint’s film Any which way you can (1981). It’s recognised today as something of a country classic – but for me it brings back some great memories of a certain time and place. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkUqg4-S5afXynNJ7btwAaJGansstDZv2udTteMlzwAOCNHBNwxh3f4tMbnjHPDW63OyiTb7spEybUijElj3CYZ4Du08jtlnEVTpP1CyPTyL_7K2jTinfYzac1OadKCyk1Qcrg-8dxviL-9T2qT2lKzUoRNLg6263_UcE0l_MfjzTZt45MZuTDvN9Ce-rL/s900/upscaled-2x-s-l640.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="900" height="427" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkUqg4-S5afXynNJ7btwAaJGansstDZv2udTteMlzwAOCNHBNwxh3f4tMbnjHPDW63OyiTb7spEybUijElj3CYZ4Du08jtlnEVTpP1CyPTyL_7K2jTinfYzac1OadKCyk1Qcrg-8dxviL-9T2qT2lKzUoRNLg6263_UcE0l_MfjzTZt45MZuTDvN9Ce-rL/w427-h427/upscaled-2x-s-l640.png" width="427" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">It also represents a period where Clint worked closely with producer Snuff Garrett (1938 – 2015). Clint and Garret worked together on projects such as Every which way but loose, Bronco Billy and Honkytonk man. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">While there seems to be plenty of copies of this single available in the United States, it was rare to find one here on these shores – so didn’t hesitate in grabbing it while I could.</span></div></div><div>Below: Clint with producer Snuff Garrett</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizEMoo6jl-fy0Nmesum8ActAkv-znQrw18tPorKrZ0YtPBVfm1qwb-VJv6RPnDqPpt1q8n-HnhLYUzoBdS9WL61NbjovihHKy0fCMKnalwK5_7twu5_5MUmWbOWLeVr1iPx193etYACTbigbvQ9CjvgyKBO62XVLmVm3jbnsn8fSAG6WzicFztK7M5ROO3/s1019/s-l1600%20-%202024-02-28T203424.250.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1019" data-original-width="811" height="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizEMoo6jl-fy0Nmesum8ActAkv-znQrw18tPorKrZ0YtPBVfm1qwb-VJv6RPnDqPpt1q8n-HnhLYUzoBdS9WL61NbjovihHKy0fCMKnalwK5_7twu5_5MUmWbOWLeVr1iPx193etYACTbigbvQ9CjvgyKBO62XVLmVm3jbnsn8fSAG6WzicFztK7M5ROO3/w437-h550/s-l1600%20-%202024-02-28T203424.250.jpg" width="437" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">Below: David Frizzell & Shelly West - You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma<span style="text-align: center;"> </span></span></div>
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/24U9nbagjoU?si=S6wcR6h2fALJWlfI" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7531353775840034156.post-59132232492383551942024-03-01T12:07:00.000+00:002024-03-01T12:07:02.704+00:00Photo Opportunity #47<p><b><span style="color: #04ff00;"> Photo Opportunity #47</span></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">Golfing in Kezar stadium! For our March Photo Opportunity, I’ve chosen this great shot of Clint practising his golf swing while on location filming for Dirty Harry. Kezar stadium was where Harry finally apprehended the film’s antagonist, Scorpio – where he worked as the caretaker at the stadium and lived under the grandstand.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">1971 was quite the year, especially in terms of Kezar’s history. The San Francisco 49ers played the final NFL game at Kezar in early 1971 before their move to Candlestick Park. Months after the 49ers' departure, several scenes from Dirty Harry were filmed in and above the stadium. With pending demolition, the bleacher planks of Kezar Stadium were sold off to fans at a party in April 1989. In the June, the stadium was demolished and rebuilt with a much smaller seating capacity of 10,000.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMT4zXIvOR7R6FKuN0EgOyk7DjHUvdR0dpbiH24XvFvUR3gkmbY6i5bYrL1TWS3WNmTPDRKIaVkuWdbwQiY7Hg5Dl_YF2w1XR3a5i_pBoTkjoVRVaz7OhWv7dNxKUCsLbVLM2GNKv8cIBWerGApXG5WAe6MYDfLSqnCSgcfPl1XVpS_mag_8Xjhvu_gNls/s1488/golfing.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1191" data-original-width="1488" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMT4zXIvOR7R6FKuN0EgOyk7DjHUvdR0dpbiH24XvFvUR3gkmbY6i5bYrL1TWS3WNmTPDRKIaVkuWdbwQiY7Hg5Dl_YF2w1XR3a5i_pBoTkjoVRVaz7OhWv7dNxKUCsLbVLM2GNKv8cIBWerGApXG5WAe6MYDfLSqnCSgcfPl1XVpS_mag_8Xjhvu_gNls/w640-h512/golfing.png" width="640" /></a></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7531353775840034156.post-468768666685157062024-02-29T09:51:00.000+00:002024-02-29T09:51:45.736+00:00The Magnificent Stranger: Rare Unidis design concepts <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjPqFNdJ6Jh6VMv6X94YeHvltj0RSNOx4Kv0uLNvNGONQnVUSFhFwrkx13t92phGj1trOVBHcZqOe4oxU3mEYSR7ospBLn3j0LA4R-P5fgP6cw03cwEQKm1dM1ByaY03w0Vfw-SO7JNo0eOMygf0NDgZjI5sdZxy3go2WIqFPAdG632B1eLTOq4i4RtphG/s2000/Mag%20Stranger%20Header.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="821" data-original-width="2000" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjPqFNdJ6Jh6VMv6X94YeHvltj0RSNOx4Kv0uLNvNGONQnVUSFhFwrkx13t92phGj1trOVBHcZqOe4oxU3mEYSR7ospBLn3j0LA4R-P5fgP6cw03cwEQKm1dM1ByaY03w0Vfw-SO7JNo0eOMygf0NDgZjI5sdZxy3go2WIqFPAdG632B1eLTOq4i4RtphG/w640-h262/Mag%20Stranger%20Header.png" width="640" /></a><br /></p><div><b><span style="color: #04ff00;">The Magnificent Stranger: Rare Unidis design concepts </span></b></div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">The Magnificent Stranger, dependent upon what you read, is an oddity, a convoluted piece directed by Herschel Daugherty. The story had Rawhide’s Rowdy Yates attempts to prevent a robbery of a fort. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">The production credit under which this film was released in the Federal Republic of Germany "A production of Jolly Film, Rome” was intentionally misleading. Jolly was one of the three companies that had produced Sergio Leone's A Fistful of Dollars. Before and after this film was shot, Eastwood played one of the leads in the American television Western series - a cowboy named Rowdy Yates. Not content with the millions they earned with A Fistful of Dollars, Jolly bought two episodes of the television series and edited them together to make a feature film, and gave the product the title Il Magnifico Straniero – the original working title for A Fistful of Dollars. In the film, Eastwood’s character is of course, often referred to as "The stranger". The film was put together purely as an exploitation exercise and to cash in on the success of A Fistful of Dollars. Clint later successfully sued to prevent the distribution of this film.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">The Magnificent Stranger was compiled from the two episodes "The Backshooter" and "Incident of the Running Man". A few posters and Photobusta sets did appear, but these rare designs are original mock ups from UNIDIS, the Italian film and distribution company. </span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt2JjzCsCxUjC1K1Qw7kLOV4so0tiBud8zPjCD9kkbMZqmIPD_OouhIJERPHnoU6imYF_Fz5GvfZcOna_jJheeM_HReLx_ezxDGiPknwcevZi4F7j_WnImqphukxUWxdflm_S7ai2Y19vvdBg4ukjX3w-WC3MmSzhQTFIxp5mLS0BgJVGBrfr3wMmUT5eR/s2000/H0484-L359451556_original.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="2000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt2JjzCsCxUjC1K1Qw7kLOV4so0tiBud8zPjCD9kkbMZqmIPD_OouhIJERPHnoU6imYF_Fz5GvfZcOna_jJheeM_HReLx_ezxDGiPknwcevZi4F7j_WnImqphukxUWxdflm_S7ai2Y19vvdBg4ukjX3w-WC3MmSzhQTFIxp5mLS0BgJVGBrfr3wMmUT5eR/w640-h320/H0484-L359451556_original.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">Below: One of the rare posters from Unidis that did find a way through (and into my collection), the Italian Locandina – which are commonly around 13" x 28" </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKJfDhuXnC5-WENEy5QMY5o-4IBJf0YebWx1vCRrTOX-MDoaWP8IaB9BGZZdvjgsrrFHbuO7vqcTyBQaJ2SnGzEN8B9Ow7GxnViCY2chpQvHTSWaMHbqGwDjZ-Jf3AEXYLKJiJOSJB6ZCZ1zDR421u6m27o__K2rAP7oqkSr6ns6lLf2G4ghbnwoqAlxQq/s1280/full.ilmagnificostraniero_7780__86926.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="608" height="1035" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKJfDhuXnC5-WENEy5QMY5o-4IBJf0YebWx1vCRrTOX-MDoaWP8IaB9BGZZdvjgsrrFHbuO7vqcTyBQaJ2SnGzEN8B9Ow7GxnViCY2chpQvHTSWaMHbqGwDjZ-Jf3AEXYLKJiJOSJB6ZCZ1zDR421u6m27o__K2rAP7oqkSr6ns6lLf2G4ghbnwoqAlxQq/w491-h1035/full.ilmagnificostraniero_7780__86926.png" width="491" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7531353775840034156.post-51780391518258114082024-02-29T00:53:00.002+00:002024-02-29T00:59:32.567+00:00In the Line of Fire: Transparent vinyl LP<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8V9fI1j0jNSqXFpHx_NnPhunQ3mHmnOEox-svYMwFxU0eeiMXPtSWILCmX_u_zycPGkErbSsX1AI146McdafqCcBB-4Dde93EI6iQALlhnf7ufS3hZuuRYFwK_ULUdHmROjAtzTNQoCFtNaAN_qoo1wwDAEu9licSH_j3D1oJ4BHBpPzqEJlWwost3xDs/s1264/In%20the%20Line%20of%20Fire%20LP%20header%201.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="388" data-original-width="1264" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8V9fI1j0jNSqXFpHx_NnPhunQ3mHmnOEox-svYMwFxU0eeiMXPtSWILCmX_u_zycPGkErbSsX1AI146McdafqCcBB-4Dde93EI6iQALlhnf7ufS3hZuuRYFwK_ULUdHmROjAtzTNQoCFtNaAN_qoo1wwDAEu9licSH_j3D1oJ4BHBpPzqEJlWwost3xDs/w640-h196/In%20the%20Line%20of%20Fire%20LP%20header%201.png" width="640" /></a><br /></p><div><b><span style="color: #04ff00;">In the Line of Fire: Transparent vinyl LP</span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">I have to hold my hands up and admit, this album didn’t come to my attention until only recently. Ennio Morricone’s excellent score to Wolfgang Petersen superb 1993 thriller starring Clint Eastwood, John Malkovich and Rene Russo is a soundtrack I’ve owned on CD since it first became available – over 30 years ago. </span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSW2XpNqBkEEbaCssb18qojd-WHbdgcSJaBW-Zfm-bPCl6HcDw9UHGDHEFw0B5YIpMZLJR0eApEZVbPkOn6HA8IMtyK00IQ1btyUqfcUp6z1VYfAXFQzg_jBmaRbK0pJXXOREIGnwsVPOOPG2SKD0dGC1nFYmjIamCz2G3Ct4E_bLA5bxvVR15jFGjJmoG/s900/3164_foto1_product_xl.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="900" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSW2XpNqBkEEbaCssb18qojd-WHbdgcSJaBW-Zfm-bPCl6HcDw9UHGDHEFw0B5YIpMZLJR0eApEZVbPkOn6HA8IMtyK00IQ1btyUqfcUp6z1VYfAXFQzg_jBmaRbK0pJXXOREIGnwsVPOOPG2SKD0dGC1nFYmjIamCz2G3Ct4E_bLA5bxvVR15jFGjJmoG/w400-h400/3164_foto1_product_xl.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">The film is about a disillusioned and obsessed former CIA agent who attempts to assassinate the President of the United States and the Secret Service agent who tracks him. Eastwood's character is the sole active-duty Secret Service agent who is still remaining from the detail that had guarded John F. Kennedy in Dallas, Texas, at the time of his assassination in 1963.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-H3v1ELFVnEs8kW69bwypbu0VChxiLA57EN8_ggwMJK-W0-k8bMXuiIHcvuSch8kECieA_aLES42A3IwsoS4eJrjiwi407a10SBvBTYgvAVnflt-JRwOS7mpIqUSZo4nyvbammtjW_46DL9bPkDlslCuZyycnfxydCMhaafYIHN5AfIZmSX20h-BxXVLP/s2328/upscaled-4x-back.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2328" data-original-width="2326" height="407" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-H3v1ELFVnEs8kW69bwypbu0VChxiLA57EN8_ggwMJK-W0-k8bMXuiIHcvuSch8kECieA_aLES42A3IwsoS4eJrjiwi407a10SBvBTYgvAVnflt-JRwOS7mpIqUSZo4nyvbammtjW_46DL9bPkDlslCuZyycnfxydCMhaafYIHN5AfIZmSX20h-BxXVLP/w407-h407/upscaled-4x-back.png" width="407" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">The movie, still a firm favourite among fans, received some great reviews and was nominated for numerous Academy, ASCAP, BAFTA, Golden Globe and MTV Movie Awards.</span></div><div><span style="color: #04ff00;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">The composer, the unique Ennio Morricone also arranged the tense movie score. He composed and conducted more than 500 film and television productions, making him one of the most influential, prolific and best-selling film composers since the late 1950s. For In the Line of Fire Morricone used the Unione Musicisti Di Roma Orchestra of Rome, Italy. </span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZhxS9VApZv85W3joBc53OkIB7hrwhFbgvh67r1H4-2_2ds1x2yejyQ-ZL7yX__010YKnJFaGIhsPAhmy2yf88W8rS0Tbo9fPVqHqy6P-JQXLOoIyHqhP5nov-XN1OLuL1AvuT73DLO0azQzL-TnZ_rjco0yPVArrkfdaOwyjLhNPwMAZ8F0jCEn9Xpd7C/s974/side%20A.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" data-original-height="974" data-original-width="974" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZhxS9VApZv85W3joBc53OkIB7hrwhFbgvh67r1H4-2_2ds1x2yejyQ-ZL7yX__010YKnJFaGIhsPAhmy2yf88W8rS0Tbo9fPVqHqy6P-JQXLOoIyHqhP5nov-XN1OLuL1AvuT73DLO0azQzL-TnZ_rjco0yPVArrkfdaOwyjLhNPwMAZ8F0jCEn9Xpd7C/w296-h296/side%20A.png" width="296" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimPvsEOfEXe3qGuzKZFQ8sZhsY6N9z9AvwM8WkDOkk2rJqHnr1vHcAXeGr1RZVwsLMQnoa_FmjMvwxg0IYeYwUJ_ur_EvNIwzto0CHduSAAW5q_Gb2xP7_KT3m8KD3DWG7U7zlK6fZuZR5Uj76nd4r3jZnPO1SjzAuWi8hvHDnDeBi0ZNIF7G4EES72ygD/s974/side%20B.png" style="clear: left; display: inline; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="974" data-original-width="974" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimPvsEOfEXe3qGuzKZFQ8sZhsY6N9z9AvwM8WkDOkk2rJqHnr1vHcAXeGr1RZVwsLMQnoa_FmjMvwxg0IYeYwUJ_ur_EvNIwzto0CHduSAAW5q_Gb2xP7_KT3m8KD3DWG7U7zlK6fZuZR5Uj76nd4r3jZnPO1SjzAuWi8hvHDnDeBi0ZNIF7G4EES72ygD/w296-h296/side%20B.png" width="296" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR2FibXa6-Ja-aQclzTBdGrenX2A5wLXhG5Z8JZYu30MExkIr8v3bnCasiMGni9yFBRGs1X1jTfSfqgL08lI4BRb6vS9IEBorLsK2NEnSORu8ktZyBwG2ogrTbi8v8_5iP7nz0-YRlg7U2AES1Ls_aSIYw3wiBijlMhKsS95sX9sCvk-DIaPb70hh6BPWP/s2791/upscaled-4x-3.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1161" data-original-width="2791" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR2FibXa6-Ja-aQclzTBdGrenX2A5wLXhG5Z8JZYu30MExkIr8v3bnCasiMGni9yFBRGs1X1jTfSfqgL08lI4BRb6vS9IEBorLsK2NEnSORu8ktZyBwG2ogrTbi8v8_5iP7nz0-YRlg7U2AES1Ls_aSIYw3wiBijlMhKsS95sX9sCvk-DIaPb70hh6BPWP/w625-h259/upscaled-4x-3.png" width="625" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">This release forms part of the Ennio Morricone Classic Soundtrack Series Limited to 1000 numbered copies (number is stamped on the back cover) a non-glossy deluxe cover which is made out of special paper. The record is180-gram audiophile vinyl and comes issued within a high quality plastic sleeve with hype sticker on front and AT THE MOVIES stamped letters logo.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">Plastic sleeve backside - At the Movies - Music on Vinyl - Deluxe Limited Edition sticker and barcode sticker. Issued with 2 X 10x10 inserts - 1 x one sided with release related info & 1 x two sided (consisting of advertising). This vinyl edition was originally released in July 2017, but there are still limited copies available out there - I’m just glad I discovered it before they vanished completely. </span></div></div>
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/b7Iywg56Xms?si=HTHeuI2i5gdamyJy" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7531353775840034156.post-76724895832255106032024-02-26T15:46:00.000+00:002024-02-26T15:46:13.689+00:00Eastwood: All night Universal Show 1972<p><b><span style="color: #04ff00;">Eastwood: All night Universal Show 1972</span></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">Here’s another very rare advertisement, this time for a one night only, all Universal Eastwood show. This took place at the Northmain Drive-In located on Main Street North and Red River Boulevard, Winnipeg on May 21st 1972. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">The 700 car drive-in opened in 1950 and closed for business in 1980. The 4 films presented for this very special night were, Clint’s latest Play Misty for Me followed by The Beguiled, Coogan’s Bluff and Two Mules for Sister Sara. Not a bad night’s entertainment for your $3! </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6sdg8-pH0F1jDDq6CojJzH2VCQPklYrOIpmhc0uT64217_cWT4a76f9lIl0OZLPmcy1sWe_TMp8eMah1jcuYvF-g44l9OAjY-fof5acV39oXMtVY7064Eo1FVHUxmlpEU7iY4ceZZuWzRlga7ICUf2ffLm4bv2GWijRWBeWYWnLbkvTBTqRFY1GcQitrT/s958/upscaled-2x-may%2021st%201972.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="634" data-original-width="958" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6sdg8-pH0F1jDDq6CojJzH2VCQPklYrOIpmhc0uT64217_cWT4a76f9lIl0OZLPmcy1sWe_TMp8eMah1jcuYvF-g44l9OAjY-fof5acV39oXMtVY7064Eo1FVHUxmlpEU7iY4ceZZuWzRlga7ICUf2ffLm4bv2GWijRWBeWYWnLbkvTBTqRFY1GcQitrT/w640-h424/upscaled-2x-may%2021st%201972.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDEryObs1DSQo4uD8gA5cqcNmB2km4iv1DoEXAGSyMfRm2WiHqEFweVgcne4aqeKLCuN9zCeuFJKReHlY3DvsWuTNGtD7HEV0dV9I2TZE4aYKLk7PR5TuuJ9Dr7GUN58ZW5bvND6atiRjrJFIDkQFvjnuzHDdvjHkCoOGImGfRUzJp5iegy0kIqaI7Nk99/s3836/North-Main-DriveIn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2576" data-original-width="3836" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDEryObs1DSQo4uD8gA5cqcNmB2km4iv1DoEXAGSyMfRm2WiHqEFweVgcne4aqeKLCuN9zCeuFJKReHlY3DvsWuTNGtD7HEV0dV9I2TZE4aYKLk7PR5TuuJ9Dr7GUN58ZW5bvND6atiRjrJFIDkQFvjnuzHDdvjHkCoOGImGfRUzJp5iegy0kIqaI7Nk99/w640-h430/North-Main-DriveIn.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7531353775840034156.post-57573918237387235072024-02-21T12:20:00.000+00:002024-02-21T12:20:07.150+00:00Magnum Force Rare Academy Screening Advertisement <p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9gkqDbmWKjVNAei7hfQiGlCDLRtjyKAOYHhyphenhyphenitMSvKSLtwmsYAh7UT5LKFyZszfrSuS8uauBQVlp95HP32FNv9XF_h9c6wSIC6cbNCcb5eI9gI3WQjSHuyzVI4TIg7P2GjnKZi1VccdHsdYGQ7uIMTF4BcGDN4y4DZNOHtN-YMI9HvbfoB_dEI5g8ZM8P/s1264/mf%20AD%20HEADER.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="388" data-original-width="1264" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9gkqDbmWKjVNAei7hfQiGlCDLRtjyKAOYHhyphenhyphenitMSvKSLtwmsYAh7UT5LKFyZszfrSuS8uauBQVlp95HP32FNv9XF_h9c6wSIC6cbNCcb5eI9gI3WQjSHuyzVI4TIg7P2GjnKZi1VccdHsdYGQ7uIMTF4BcGDN4y4DZNOHtN-YMI9HvbfoB_dEI5g8ZM8P/w640-h196/mf%20AD%20HEADER.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #04ff00;">Magnum Force Rare Academy Screening Advertisement </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #04ff00;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">Here is an incredibly rare one-page advertisement which originally appeared in the trade magazine Variety in January 1974. The striking advert for Clint’s Dirty Harry sequel Magnum Force was an invite to Academy members to view the film at Warner Bros Burbank studios on Monday January 14th 1974 at 8.30pm. The advertisement appeared in Variety for one day only. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin7bITtNuOeUP6mjzH-esSv6Qhfj5e0shy0aZQA6_xVK9IyrRMDxbf-CCDkjvFqzuNl8tDuPUga0zd-gC6q8nUbhWvgkgwmHYrT3MvJluo67d46_yZOZUAYGDm1d-MWLH1APA3cc8PYNRnn0qA0lyehS9ityQGeXV1wJg0xe6juInbYlCweAjIcNPNgxAK/s2040/MF%20Ad%20WATERMARKED%20VERSION.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2040" data-original-width="1467" height="807" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin7bITtNuOeUP6mjzH-esSv6Qhfj5e0shy0aZQA6_xVK9IyrRMDxbf-CCDkjvFqzuNl8tDuPUga0zd-gC6q8nUbhWvgkgwmHYrT3MvJluo67d46_yZOZUAYGDm1d-MWLH1APA3cc8PYNRnn0qA0lyehS9ityQGeXV1wJg0xe6juInbYlCweAjIcNPNgxAK/w580-h807/MF%20Ad%20WATERMARKED%20VERSION.png" width="580" /></a></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7531353775840034156.post-47303169368690710962024-02-20T10:23:00.003+00:002024-02-20T13:11:11.181+00:00Eastwood: United Artists Australian Film Festival 1970’s <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTq2TqK-wrUQHOM7eCVD5smfnnI1Y_xrDW_wA_q7l_IYMKEv3gabEJIYkSq4SETiT7nkRmn6zLTmLpticj7qqY8aMb6s_Mq2EzdGMNq7CdSz5yBZdl3XiAV3cJfHdbB4Zip5Hz-lt6Pw0KbfFoWtTdSuivcUIn_oB-SeBIsxRC_H0p-wWl1DEPKj4yWten/s1723/Header%20Australian%20Film%20Festival.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="544" data-original-width="1723" height="202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTq2TqK-wrUQHOM7eCVD5smfnnI1Y_xrDW_wA_q7l_IYMKEv3gabEJIYkSq4SETiT7nkRmn6zLTmLpticj7qqY8aMb6s_Mq2EzdGMNq7CdSz5yBZdl3XiAV3cJfHdbB4Zip5Hz-lt6Pw0KbfFoWtTdSuivcUIn_oB-SeBIsxRC_H0p-wWl1DEPKj4yWten/w640-h202/Header%20Australian%20Film%20Festival.png" width="640" /></a><br /></p><div><b><span style="color: #04ff00;">Eastwood: United Artists Australian Film Festival 1970’s </span></b></div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">Here’s a cracking rare ad for an Australian Film Festival held in Sydney, Australia. We can’t be sure of the date of this rare ad (kindly sent in by Davy Triumph) – but looking at the line-up of his United Artists films, it must date from at least 1974. Thunderbolt and Lightfoot was entered for classification in Australia on 1st June 1974 and went on general release there in October of the same year. There is a possibility that this festival was put together to tie-in with the launch of the film – and a pretty good excuse to pull Eastwood’s previous U/A releases. It certainly made for a great line-up of movies. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">*Dates on the ad may also indicate a February 1975 release.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx74HMCyaelbiuoUZhyphenhyphen7pce_EgakIZ4RkQEMQwGyFBButfaFoqpgsZqb9_C6wE6OgwMrbDqal5uTCjeqKqmBxux7rbjiwpt7oqaYJdSvMqb49BZNr01xEjXtEnGSbJ5lb80Tm-ZdK6ErRnM299gTJOyz15f3-71uzXyL_oYZbZJjUH44gcoSU3YByV2wrk/s1080/Clint%20Eastwood%20Festival.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="968" data-original-width="1080" height="574" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx74HMCyaelbiuoUZhyphenhyphen7pce_EgakIZ4RkQEMQwGyFBButfaFoqpgsZqb9_C6wE6OgwMrbDqal5uTCjeqKqmBxux7rbjiwpt7oqaYJdSvMqb49BZNr01xEjXtEnGSbJ5lb80Tm-ZdK6ErRnM299gTJOyz15f3-71uzXyL_oYZbZJjUH44gcoSU3YByV2wrk/w640-h574/Clint%20Eastwood%20Festival.png" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">We also know this must have been before 1981. The Paris Theatre was a cinema and theatre located on the corner of Wentworth Avenue and Liverpool Street in Sydney, Australia and closed for business in 1981. I know that fans love these rare ads, they always prove popular and serve as a rare reminder of an event that might otherwise had been lost in time. </span></div></div><div><i><span style="color: #04ff00;">Below: The Paris Theatre circa 1973</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2ezRutfiH3av0yMb-Q3MZ0mgVfnIv1EUIxS7rrswsr5eMTwn5ECxwLCpm7IhzqQWFStTeUlhcmJrZH7MBGvcRyKXc5-mnuStXMsZ28gVTfFetkoefz5fwUQDu3KsR6sdvW05Ocnr0pktSOaYJ1LbokByul0Tjzl9lZrNxPPvcfLQ7XgMCK3ueAS3ZkPQJ/s1024/426285124_2119092971773842_6832628455501218749_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2ezRutfiH3av0yMb-Q3MZ0mgVfnIv1EUIxS7rrswsr5eMTwn5ECxwLCpm7IhzqQWFStTeUlhcmJrZH7MBGvcRyKXc5-mnuStXMsZ28gVTfFetkoefz5fwUQDu3KsR6sdvW05Ocnr0pktSOaYJ1LbokByul0Tjzl9lZrNxPPvcfLQ7XgMCK3ueAS3ZkPQJ/w640-h426/426285124_2119092971773842_6832628455501218749_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><b><span style="color: #04ff00;">*Footnote information received that this was in fact May 1977 - many thanks</span></b></i></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7531353775840034156.post-33717040211061722752024-02-15T15:35:00.002+00:002024-02-16T07:38:23.559+00:00Flashback: The Dirty Harry Boom of 1984<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW8CDTr4v3xtNsLkSz0KleHoH9d9QhdmWFhrKSXaTwSsdV0kOQ28eOTLA_9-yhtY7NjUzxnZRMFnMiJMkNm73xm5PIKFbfl2LSFCl1f1LTWv60blTQh0TTIyzwRH3bSZb0kUl2V_h9lRa4p-UZ6n26j43FgACYdGGUP-sPC1chkUswWrk8sz1UNg8ASoBT/s1723/Header.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="544" data-original-width="1723" height="202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW8CDTr4v3xtNsLkSz0KleHoH9d9QhdmWFhrKSXaTwSsdV0kOQ28eOTLA_9-yhtY7NjUzxnZRMFnMiJMkNm73xm5PIKFbfl2LSFCl1f1LTWv60blTQh0TTIyzwRH3bSZb0kUl2V_h9lRa4p-UZ6n26j43FgACYdGGUP-sPC1chkUswWrk8sz1UNg8ASoBT/w640-h202/Header.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p><span style="color: #04ff00;"><b>Flashback: The Dirty Harry Boom of 1984</b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">It’s hard to believe that around this time 40 years ago, we seemed to be gripped by a wealth of Eastwood publicity – due largely to the release of Sudden Impact, the fourth Dirty Harry movie. It had been some 8 years since we were treated to a Dirty Harry movie, with the previous outing being The Enforcer (1976). </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikUohm7zFonfjbIYqd0K_rUuX-B1NgriqHLrK-s1rS-pK-TbicYZdlPDfRrWLHN_XaTAjE5ZUpLNIT3K2H2iQMFvOuksZ7EERhyCcV7K6C12bs2_Y-p8gknwXrR9uI5G96VnIifBiqTOp_HkBQRdXiVRkPontgjE5PO9ZuZ9EhPBvJgi8s-8rfiVs8Nlfn/s799/s-l1600%20(4).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="799" data-original-width="596" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikUohm7zFonfjbIYqd0K_rUuX-B1NgriqHLrK-s1rS-pK-TbicYZdlPDfRrWLHN_XaTAjE5ZUpLNIT3K2H2iQMFvOuksZ7EERhyCcV7K6C12bs2_Y-p8gknwXrR9uI5G96VnIifBiqTOp_HkBQRdXiVRkPontgjE5PO9ZuZ9EhPBvJgi8s-8rfiVs8Nlfn/w477-h640/s-l1600%20(4).jpg" width="477" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidv8C05eqVpVM0g_IcjZw5qvBS-NCBPNebSFOTGaiW1JLKzuMyEhvyvaqCtMhuhASc9etlOX0KL_thAFYmeqzd2J8NeanaJQu0rFHJhxZSru87kUDvG98oC4Ou2IGwNLauEX2OQ7czSK4rxsxp1yQvK3hyfdYXjaYR54rXFSgetP8ZJhz071Z8u05elhs2/s1490/s-l1600%20(18).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1490" data-original-width="1065" height="664" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidv8C05eqVpVM0g_IcjZw5qvBS-NCBPNebSFOTGaiW1JLKzuMyEhvyvaqCtMhuhASc9etlOX0KL_thAFYmeqzd2J8NeanaJQu0rFHJhxZSru87kUDvG98oC4Ou2IGwNLauEX2OQ7czSK4rxsxp1yQvK3hyfdYXjaYR54rXFSgetP8ZJhz071Z8u05elhs2/w475-h664/s-l1600%20(18).jpg" width="475" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigL-u1ahvULIA5H1tfgLVfYuawH4QEEmH-AgpnC289ebFQ_VEykVfXmZYzlEEtWhr3ayOQa46kcE55stt-_i3dxqdmR3h9hLuoRXzqIBewuC6w5T2qWoCiOqlzW126YtmeTam7JDF6PommOpKrKOWO7DojuSGJ1fHFhmfF8lIgz2v7pEibp1B5fj6YAcxX/s1554/s-l1600%20(3).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1554" data-original-width="1163" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigL-u1ahvULIA5H1tfgLVfYuawH4QEEmH-AgpnC289ebFQ_VEykVfXmZYzlEEtWhr3ayOQa46kcE55stt-_i3dxqdmR3h9hLuoRXzqIBewuC6w5T2qWoCiOqlzW126YtmeTam7JDF6PommOpKrKOWO7DojuSGJ1fHFhmfF8lIgz2v7pEibp1B5fj6YAcxX/w478-h640/s-l1600%20(3).jpg" width="478" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfkYIl0VQbh5XE1V1xL-gi4J334XChxfZULJyTpm7x5DDLZJSN2HxrNpeonB4Q9P5SvpqxF08vUX_xiCN-jp_HBJDu6hvEso3Osvp1SuCcsr30gJg6T50F2sYCqstwMT4eOlAFrw2UH5eRzvuy2fPEOQI_pcm-rtIY5RJaEM4xiuESLAcBAB21CviGjtYQ/s1600/s-l1600%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1114" data-original-width="1600" height="446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfkYIl0VQbh5XE1V1xL-gi4J334XChxfZULJyTpm7x5DDLZJSN2HxrNpeonB4Q9P5SvpqxF08vUX_xiCN-jp_HBJDu6hvEso3Osvp1SuCcsr30gJg6T50F2sYCqstwMT4eOlAFrw2UH5eRzvuy2fPEOQI_pcm-rtIY5RJaEM4xiuESLAcBAB21CviGjtYQ/w640-h446/s-l1600%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">With hindsight, it was quite an event at the time. It was the first time Clint had directed a Harry movie – and it would turn out to be his last. Sudden Impact arrived at a time when cinema was under close scrutiny - especially for its graphic portrayal of violence. Films such as Brian De Palma’s <i>Scarface</i> was often pulled into the same argument – as well as films such as <i>Gremlins</i> – all of which seemed to attract negative criticism.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">Below: Sudden Impact promo stickers</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaGI918PYsIPvqe4PUJ16XltyUacUbHdU1yXBiwwH65sCULQ9-NqwcrfycuKYmNJyvCOhMRz7TYlelHuRvwXp2EkzkHsrn3X0cwdzksZooTQj7FcUTucTwnr6WNiX6CP4KtdJNjPbeo_5bkdPOrsOVYEnxEo51H4jctKlaPR_c7W-u1pb81sit6FjVbBJs/s800/a58ab69d-8102-4163-8b39-f5be1b3c47c7.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="215" data-original-width="800" height="172" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaGI918PYsIPvqe4PUJ16XltyUacUbHdU1yXBiwwH65sCULQ9-NqwcrfycuKYmNJyvCOhMRz7TYlelHuRvwXp2EkzkHsrn3X0cwdzksZooTQj7FcUTucTwnr6WNiX6CP4KtdJNjPbeo_5bkdPOrsOVYEnxEo51H4jctKlaPR_c7W-u1pb81sit6FjVbBJs/w640-h172/a58ab69d-8102-4163-8b39-f5be1b3c47c7.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv-DQgSFDudF3iY1MRHE9wofxiNN02fQmXmSuhcsxumFqGPiI9QAl8bSNykkCZZzWVfvpQxmiUAZMjYH5f5Ht4OL0d8jetGycV5TFXX3W0F6orZYeXjMFD9bCCVwZPyygcPYkb7OGqenfg7b4eUdEYo0tp8h3RHwcC15ynEQHg5FfT883QAX5-rdcK2_x3/s800/03b3d717-2eb9-45d6-89f0-b093559eb5e3.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="496" data-original-width="800" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv-DQgSFDudF3iY1MRHE9wofxiNN02fQmXmSuhcsxumFqGPiI9QAl8bSNykkCZZzWVfvpQxmiUAZMjYH5f5Ht4OL0d8jetGycV5TFXX3W0F6orZYeXjMFD9bCCVwZPyygcPYkb7OGqenfg7b4eUdEYo0tp8h3RHwcC15ynEQHg5FfT883QAX5-rdcK2_x3/w640-h396/03b3d717-2eb9-45d6-89f0-b093559eb5e3.png" width="640" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">Nevertheless, Sudden Impact seemed to attract a media frenzy and the publicity campaign that accompanied it was incredibly successful. The film was notable for its catchphrase "Go ahead, make my day", written by John Milius and uttered by Clint Eastwood's gun-wielding character in the beginning of the film as he stares down an armed robber who is holding a hostage. The catchphrase was something of a double-edged sword, on the hand it became incredibly popular in terms of culture and became the key focus of the film’s overall success. On the flip side of that, it would also become too popular and would haunt Clint for several years – it seemed that everywhere Clint showed up – every TV show or public event, he was required to perform the line on cue… and it was becoming obvious he was growing increasingly tired of it. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">Below: Sudden Impact and the Best of Dirty Harry LP</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh18PqnnYVqr0qrNo6ku7hSRmyTUJ8LD1zuuLQF_71jJXQYn1HvRRureRZ1x87u4e_wTX7aw8oMc3PA3YC2AWqZaV0a0ad7abg-wYLIMIOOwWHOsAVdW3M0cHg9Uel7BiGxMw7KpniMWC5hwkx8mnegr4vlxbRB_3zWik5IX3woVLk1NTb6NJ1aat7fesCQ/s576/R-1361571-1629541947-4317.jpg" style="clear: left; display: inline; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"> <img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="576" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh18PqnnYVqr0qrNo6ku7hSRmyTUJ8LD1zuuLQF_71jJXQYn1HvRRureRZ1x87u4e_wTX7aw8oMc3PA3YC2AWqZaV0a0ad7abg-wYLIMIOOwWHOsAVdW3M0cHg9Uel7BiGxMw7KpniMWC5hwkx8mnegr4vlxbRB_3zWik5IX3woVLk1NTb6NJ1aat7fesCQ/w261-h261/R-1361571-1629541947-4317.jpg" width="261" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAW-LeMTR7XIxag87anNTRZqEp2snftFXl6hW7Lk8_36usdTX0BjAsyPTwJv54P-wQpiWRmnDzUQ7biOqO6YCw245D7BnPhn5x0JpdYsLXo0jDteclQmDVgOVmYRsLxXawAJ6E4c-6NVrtjm4sthHOCSxKjh52MQIEL-GPPNWPFsgAFHWQZ1FZOWsyDGzH/s575/R-1361571-1629541948-4416.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="575" data-original-width="572" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAW-LeMTR7XIxag87anNTRZqEp2snftFXl6hW7Lk8_36usdTX0BjAsyPTwJv54P-wQpiWRmnDzUQ7biOqO6YCw245D7BnPhn5x0JpdYsLXo0jDteclQmDVgOVmYRsLxXawAJ6E4c-6NVrtjm4sthHOCSxKjh52MQIEL-GPPNWPFsgAFHWQZ1FZOWsyDGzH/w260-h261/R-1361571-1629541948-4416.jpg" width="260" /></a></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">For the fans of course, it was a really fruitful time. It was virtually impossible to open any number of magazines without finding a tie-in feature, Clint was everywhere! If you walked into any pop-up gift shop you could find several things bearing the Sudden Impact artwork, money tins, cigarette tins, storage tins – just about anything. How much of this stuff was officially produced is another question? </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-IGrANE5kjT3quhmIw6bLwUvUm-TXt1sMc5A6DMPMwdy9tCPNlG5lYoLFinfLnG2PdTmZ3SShP9GGWje6UN_gQ5vBJA_WY5KChiAJinxScGKQ1yBq96cEgYjFe10e4o4VVn4d7DuVoG2UznlGvaiPLWBu7svUQK1Hg83phAZB4naCO45VHOQ46YgDi32n/s466/f6f8a761-7bd6-4fa4-95b0-26812b66ae9d.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="393" data-original-width="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-IGrANE5kjT3quhmIw6bLwUvUm-TXt1sMc5A6DMPMwdy9tCPNlG5lYoLFinfLnG2PdTmZ3SShP9GGWje6UN_gQ5vBJA_WY5KChiAJinxScGKQ1yBq96cEgYjFe10e4o4VVn4d7DuVoG2UznlGvaiPLWBu7svUQK1Hg83phAZB4naCO45VHOQ46YgDi32n/s16000/f6f8a761-7bd6-4fa4-95b0-26812b66ae9d.png" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">Officially, the merchandise was also generous, we had bumper stickers, window stickers, badges of all varieties, posters, a soundtrack LP, a paperback tie-in and even a novelty record, "Go ahead, make my day". The novelty song was recorded by American country music artist T. G. Sheppard and featured Clint delivering his immortal catchphrase "Go ahead, make my day". It was released in February 1984. The catchphrase became so popular that United States President Ronald Reagan used the "make my day" line in a March 1985 speech threatening to veto legislation raising taxes. And when campaigning for office as mayor of Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, in 1986, Eastwood used bumper stickers entitled "Go Ahead — Make Me Mayor"</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">To celebrate the 40 years of that very special time, I thought it would be good to revisit some of those great memories. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXJZFPpmG3xBi7ecp3uIHGxQm08qCLDIwL14O9doRwceq-QLxMWn79cJ2Q173hx-gdLN_5XSd46hZzPh8NiEYqjFdhqiNLlvSrSIs-Om8opjUca6UOc9ijwc9w2O0dld1u9F6dtIjs0Emt58riHHGvU7jGffPdLA7EjOuAiRrH0qmYCuxmRzznfSwEkr1e/s2115/T.G.%20Sheppard%20With%20Clint%20Eastwood%20%E2%80%93%20Make%20My%20Day,%20Warner%20Bros.%20Records%20%E2%80%93%20W%209343,%20UK%201984.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2106" data-original-width="2115" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXJZFPpmG3xBi7ecp3uIHGxQm08qCLDIwL14O9doRwceq-QLxMWn79cJ2Q173hx-gdLN_5XSd46hZzPh8NiEYqjFdhqiNLlvSrSIs-Om8opjUca6UOc9ijwc9w2O0dld1u9F6dtIjs0Emt58riHHGvU7jGffPdLA7EjOuAiRrH0qmYCuxmRzznfSwEkr1e/w477-h476/T.G.%20Sheppard%20With%20Clint%20Eastwood%20%E2%80%93%20Make%20My%20Day,%20Warner%20Bros.%20Records%20%E2%80%93%20W%209343,%20UK%201984.jpg" width="477" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1752" data-original-width="1201" height="655" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcR6xiThHZ3InpxAPpqL-akdtKhkOPMjDtOpoGCtZ361ywF9VqxSEbfAoSIFTLaL59OxbO-t-9UJIOYD7EgTvAk-8cQeuf1bUxrXJoINLCCXYSV3eMUKMyQRzOqjHZbx-FGmcc_D-UWIm1D3E4AtuyW9tD1myIpdGaC8-_-LU4iflA_AQQK9oVlNEHT7XW/w448-h655/IMG_20240215_0002.jpg" width="448" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC2klfy_8Lg7xo8RJD86kluzFyaG1EXDnEmmACNADsFpN6xvRcuyAhKQB_dFKcv2snyC7zEh8oKfCdeOy845nhr_Im1lpQrkOM9RWTVM_D_tSPXYHeJHgd_F5OpQp6Hifw0OiyiwVCcg-gKTbLrOoWW5ERlzaz5P_uFLCf84u6YPyAsFWHlo_p1wY35Ycv/s1752/IMG_20240215_0003.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1752" data-original-width="1225" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC2klfy_8Lg7xo8RJD86kluzFyaG1EXDnEmmACNADsFpN6xvRcuyAhKQB_dFKcv2snyC7zEh8oKfCdeOy845nhr_Im1lpQrkOM9RWTVM_D_tSPXYHeJHgd_F5OpQp6Hifw0OiyiwVCcg-gKTbLrOoWW5ERlzaz5P_uFLCf84u6YPyAsFWHlo_p1wY35Ycv/w448-h640/IMG_20240215_0003.jpg" width="448" /></a></div><span style="color: #04ff00;">Below: Sudden Impact 1984 Three rare pin badges issued by Warner Brothers (Sudden Impact, Go ahead Make my day and Dirty Harry is at it again) Approx 1" </span><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNbr4qcGMVTkzn94k46E_5mWOrQvrV5AN0tQZjIBlKOoeXPHuSUa1ZVKOo8q6bkZScBDWeiASnHON8Bo3lnnhDjqtv9_WH4EI9V5lUbbmLDcxAf8EKBO4XThj_If2TFx5DBnhtIGDX0qqqEHBU9R-Gfqg4J_ucba_SlvOeA5ddK0KPK9DCd6H80tWcSog8/s800/e82fd52f-2116-404e-b099-68e239f7fd6c.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="422" data-original-width="800" height="338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNbr4qcGMVTkzn94k46E_5mWOrQvrV5AN0tQZjIBlKOoeXPHuSUa1ZVKOo8q6bkZScBDWeiASnHON8Bo3lnnhDjqtv9_WH4EI9V5lUbbmLDcxAf8EKBO4XThj_If2TFx5DBnhtIGDX0qqqEHBU9R-Gfqg4J_ucba_SlvOeA5ddK0KPK9DCd6H80tWcSog8/w640-h338/e82fd52f-2116-404e-b099-68e239f7fd6c.png" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">Below: Sudden Impact 1984 Large promotional badge from Warner Brothers with its changing face when badge is angled (Clint Eastwood Sudden Impact - Make My Day)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH3oWSJ33Y6AHrYfkgcRKE_LIOQf8_Vj9SmCcW1ZvRQY-BFEqjWIlVbkFx1mVfYZq4oJMB29I29pEtr_4eHD5VgzIFmlItC4frf8_xWAWd_SYVzuayutaUlwzQ-SMj85bj0feGLTWRxDyUKwxKhnJ8POSz1Q2-b_v8ABT2F67IWxu6RUNa7_C846tgOzOv/s800/5f0ea425-6d74-4171-b45b-8ca4b728d276.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="422" data-original-width="800" height="338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH3oWSJ33Y6AHrYfkgcRKE_LIOQf8_Vj9SmCcW1ZvRQY-BFEqjWIlVbkFx1mVfYZq4oJMB29I29pEtr_4eHD5VgzIFmlItC4frf8_xWAWd_SYVzuayutaUlwzQ-SMj85bj0feGLTWRxDyUKwxKhnJ8POSz1Q2-b_v8ABT2F67IWxu6RUNa7_C846tgOzOv/w640-h338/5f0ea425-6d74-4171-b45b-8ca4b728d276.png" width="640" /></a></div><span style="color: #04ff00;">Below: Sudden Impact 1984 very rare transparent promotional window sticker, size 14x11</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglfga5O0Hopc0bcefY1_NNMe-Ud9Gx_cEoAVYXo_DnVLKbjbLmCsGX3UuD6Pkedvu6Nu9SRm6pk3zWUgaUST7DeD_uehIKGamy-dn9KIynXZzUGtdkQVWiJ5EwVIGW_1hBMMOvixrIM2JbEtQVWHXDRiHk6_2tb5bWEHyNoaJtYWs9dofRvtd1ehd-Q0yY/s787/dfa69ddc-e390-47ed-8b7e-1cc3f44aa68c.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="618" data-original-width="787" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglfga5O0Hopc0bcefY1_NNMe-Ud9Gx_cEoAVYXo_DnVLKbjbLmCsGX3UuD6Pkedvu6Nu9SRm6pk3zWUgaUST7DeD_uehIKGamy-dn9KIynXZzUGtdkQVWiJ5EwVIGW_1hBMMOvixrIM2JbEtQVWHXDRiHk6_2tb5bWEHyNoaJtYWs9dofRvtd1ehd-Q0yY/w640-h502/dfa69ddc-e390-47ed-8b7e-1cc3f44aa68c.png" width="640" /></a></div><span style="color: #04ff00;">Below: A couple of examples of the Sudden Impact tie-in paperback novel </span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXbvQPYrEtIwagc5ySRIngBvbmSWp44r44gSN9-iQH55LpLc5sEFS8QTL2cK1y6tBlS8VIoqBHe9KTgOBmgXHyK4GDCTny4zUlaanswK2cVnndRjpwKUKROV_RLtHyj6R29JeeMXoS7HABmuJjWgNNjwCUMWBhTrrviBSxrEbGHKWbzp9IVJOv5NGHgiJm/s951/s-l1600%20(16).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="951" data-original-width="623" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXbvQPYrEtIwagc5ySRIngBvbmSWp44r44gSN9-iQH55LpLc5sEFS8QTL2cK1y6tBlS8VIoqBHe9KTgOBmgXHyK4GDCTny4zUlaanswK2cVnndRjpwKUKROV_RLtHyj6R29JeeMXoS7HABmuJjWgNNjwCUMWBhTrrviBSxrEbGHKWbzp9IVJOv5NGHgiJm/w419-h640/s-l1600%20(16).jpg" width="419" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="398" data-original-width="1014" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqLw9ZomqneTLuBWY5WV4hWmwmGx6d-drpVftEKgVWWLcJyPiBIy2SqtadyD461CjJfiX0HICOFgcD4O1Me6T3Gfy3jJiDdUMOaUeh5S9_-lq-SDtMsIFKLL4Qt5XEkmFh49sGNZUIkSypJfoJOXDrEorA3JGKpPHJXMFNzpJCJ1uqGFARSlewiRay0z5p/w640-h252/Toby%20Keith%20header.png" width="640" /></a><br /></p><div><b><span style="color: #04ff00;">Toby Keith: Country music singer dies aged 62</span></b></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">Toby Keith, the country music star who sold tens of millions of records, has died at the age of 62.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">He passed away peacefully in his sleep on February 5th surrounded by his family, a statement on his social media channels said. Keith rose to fame in the 1990s with songs such as Should've Been a Cowboy which topped the country music chart.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">Keith wrote and recorded the song, Don't Let the Old Man In for Clint’s film The Mule (2018).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW2NHdhzYUnlRB9240DmCjAKn-IpV0zNRVkOswzOQa_UDxYLcCJYtv0u2wkiaEYHQsxVYfshPpKKZSox1IJa4LqY_sJSj_xBMKbwPK7xLFtC9bKMcbkhiGTTlk2L8Wt60KRi3woT7sPka2Usx77wSBk61lpM09LoKjoUHIKkxeqbvdAYt16O68Jge_rAtF/s3000/25am4mgk.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2408" data-original-width="3000" height="514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW2NHdhzYUnlRB9240DmCjAKn-IpV0zNRVkOswzOQa_UDxYLcCJYtv0u2wkiaEYHQsxVYfshPpKKZSox1IJa4LqY_sJSj_xBMKbwPK7xLFtC9bKMcbkhiGTTlk2L8Wt60KRi3woT7sPka2Usx77wSBk61lpM09LoKjoUHIKkxeqbvdAYt16O68Jge_rAtF/w640-h514/25am4mgk.png" width="640" /></a> </div></div><div><span style="color: #04ff00;">“<i>We were playing golf</i>,” Keith recalls, <i>“and he was telling me about how he was getting ready to shoot this movie about an old man that ran drugs for the cartel, tried to help his family, and tried to help his community. And I told him, somebody said you have a birthday coming up Monday. And Clint said, “Yeah, on Monday I turn 88.”</i></span></div><div><span style="color: #04ff00;">Keith asked him how he planned to celebrate and Eastwood said he was going to shoot his movie.</span></div><div><i><span style="color: #04ff00;">“Oh, you’re going to start shooting it on your birthday?”</span></i></div><div><span style="color: #04ff00;"><i>“Yep,”</i> Eastwood replied.</span></div><div><span style="color: #04ff00;">So, Keith asked the filmmaker what keeps him going.</span></div><div><span style="color: #04ff00;"><i>“He said, I just get up every day and don’t let the old man in,”</i> Keith remembers. <i>“And instantly, I wanted to write a song about that. So, I came home, wrote it, sent it to him, and now it’s in the movie.”</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis-EOzGRy6DbJo-Zt1aHoBpAl0-lncUdccneMCPkSh4sBGn9DOX4nv__4qweVyG8AnC1B04089zwKUzGAycj6jlNGdPRx8dPekovkrgziglgr3egEnMHo5GDL0nzXaqvLfeRE5qZApikY-axtIVrluuNDiasp63fE_f-SaQzbSwFOKycUiSUw53iPTJhJb/s1600/attachment-clint-eastwood-comment-toby-keith-death.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis-EOzGRy6DbJo-Zt1aHoBpAl0-lncUdccneMCPkSh4sBGn9DOX4nv__4qweVyG8AnC1B04089zwKUzGAycj6jlNGdPRx8dPekovkrgziglgr3egEnMHo5GDL0nzXaqvLfeRE5qZApikY-axtIVrluuNDiasp63fE_f-SaQzbSwFOKycUiSUw53iPTJhJb/w640-h426/attachment-clint-eastwood-comment-toby-keith-death.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">Keith announced in June 2022 that he had been diagnosed with stomach cancer, an illness the star said was <i>"debilitating"</i>. The statement said he <i>"fought his fight with grace and dignity"</i>.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">Over a more than 30-year career, hits including Who's Your Daddy and Made in America were enjoyed by millions. He is survived by his wife, Tricia Lucus, and three children.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">Our thoughts and condolences go out to his friends and family. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">RIP Sir </span></div></div> <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yc5AWImplfE?si=M8Kxs_mL4uf2CzEg" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7531353775840034156.post-7643853651717296502024-02-07T16:36:00.002+00:002024-02-07T16:37:27.223+00:00The Passing of William O'Connell<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDbsMcvFzrcIlTzQu31DfNGK8pmbzM97WCFcGyTmSKqA-QWkBuF6scKtorcOlmmY2EVhpZP3i5Sa3jA3-q3bcnPoygCULJr6gHV4km4MXNxVNqjwaUlkL_fCOMxzqsD94-jevrRzkqqqKVLj5qqBGZC63rFm6FExEDXBbHxAUQNx5KT0UV_uFx5eM96ioS/s1106/William%20Header.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="398" data-original-width="1106" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDbsMcvFzrcIlTzQu31DfNGK8pmbzM97WCFcGyTmSKqA-QWkBuF6scKtorcOlmmY2EVhpZP3i5Sa3jA3-q3bcnPoygCULJr6gHV4km4MXNxVNqjwaUlkL_fCOMxzqsD94-jevrRzkqqqKVLj5qqBGZC63rFm6FExEDXBbHxAUQNx5KT0UV_uFx5eM96ioS/w640-h230/William%20Header.png" width="640" /></a><br /></p><div><b><span style="color: #04ff00;">The Passing of William O'Connell</span></b></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">It came to our attention just recently that the wonderful Character actor William O'Connell died last month at the age of 94. William O'Connell was born in Los Angeles on May 12, 1929. He served in the Korean War in the 45th Infantry Division. </span></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqvHhd0v6-QINtRK2BRt7kIZNIrwzrB1aXs2lrA9FSXP7w3olBX6TNnBByF2al77dKiBJGHYymo4EJm4DS0WXDdXLUtW2vfzhe2hNCfpZFzQMcOHRDcXaBVZtSb8CF63iGnAjAHwZ1SFJz2j7n453NAXsGF4ZpbYfPwuTebd2bcrCRuLLWhyphenhyphen5uxqK1ILji/s1296/pyw.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="805" data-original-width="1296" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqvHhd0v6-QINtRK2BRt7kIZNIrwzrB1aXs2lrA9FSXP7w3olBX6TNnBByF2al77dKiBJGHYymo4EJm4DS0WXDdXLUtW2vfzhe2hNCfpZFzQMcOHRDcXaBVZtSb8CF63iGnAjAHwZ1SFJz2j7n453NAXsGF4ZpbYfPwuTebd2bcrCRuLLWhyphenhyphen5uxqK1ILji/s320/pyw.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Above: with John Mitchum in Paint Your Wagon</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">O'Connell often worked with Clint, and first appeared in the 1969 musical <i>Paint Your Wagon</i>. In 1972, O'Connell was cast as a nervous barber in Eastwood's second directorial film, <i>High Plains Drifter</i>, released the following year. In 1976, O'Connell appeared as ferryman Sim Carstairs in <i>The Outlaw Josey Wales</i>, also directed by Eastwood. O'Connell's also had memorable starring roles in <i>Every Which Way But Loose</i> and its sequel <i>Any Which Way You Can</i>, where he played Elmo from the comically inept biker gang the Black Widows - constantly being outmatched by Eastwood.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh7ScFNZz6uHgNvxLlyRHfzf757kV_dJWGep3pU9psADYCOlgAzC405AK-ppz0dKt3uWVo8yI-EoQ9YrqlQEBzPK-KpCsfIGqYVpaTwvEaZaE9JNKOF0INKMnt5f6Q3ao7aDURIkiKSsSiwS0BCus5lFvssg9-tzDwSLB-kxthF2yMExiUaLK3WnQKje_4/s1600/s-l1600%20(1)%20(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1315" data-original-width="1600" height="526" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh7ScFNZz6uHgNvxLlyRHfzf757kV_dJWGep3pU9psADYCOlgAzC405AK-ppz0dKt3uWVo8yI-EoQ9YrqlQEBzPK-KpCsfIGqYVpaTwvEaZaE9JNKOF0INKMnt5f6Q3ao7aDURIkiKSsSiwS0BCus5lFvssg9-tzDwSLB-kxthF2yMExiUaLK3WnQKje_4/w640-h526/s-l1600%20(1)%20(1).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1eNsSCMiIwy8q86yc_8FSbnqrzy0RrLp8E90tJX-WrSetf0HLmirFMDOoYo8TUTzcDxBiT9ykCWtAIkOQpwGASvxdfyV-v6PRcA1vvRSf0WXtSAwpdH99wFknY2i8fQaaClldMk9TLXLZWB0o59_7EtnYCESKe-6nhd_W220HMTjOKlnFi_HE7mULLRcp/s720/GFWYZTAXQAAlMqh.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="720" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1eNsSCMiIwy8q86yc_8FSbnqrzy0RrLp8E90tJX-WrSetf0HLmirFMDOoYo8TUTzcDxBiT9ykCWtAIkOQpwGASvxdfyV-v6PRcA1vvRSf0WXtSAwpdH99wFknY2i8fQaaClldMk9TLXLZWB0o59_7EtnYCESKe-6nhd_W220HMTjOKlnFi_HE7mULLRcp/w640-h356/GFWYZTAXQAAlMqh.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">In addition to his film career, O'Connell was very active on TV throughout the 1960s and '70s, appearing in about 50 different roles on such series such as <i>Star Trek, Rawhide, Petticoat Junction,</i> and <i>Quincy, M.E.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">O'Connell died at his home in Sherman Oaks, California, on January 15th.</span></div><div><span style="color: #04ff00;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #04ff00;">Our thoughts and condolences go out to his friends and family. </span></div><div><span style="color: #04ff00;">RIP Sir</span> </div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQkr6IzMWbnjcrYMLvU_mJ0Qg35NFdPHU33w2x3Ord5PYIrDFTDjfO-8RRFB3zLdO4O6ixARtYVRp8526-TWOfNoQbrKreIM0HbKHUlXYt1fhZuIm5X_7NelPxCFqW7Fj9GR-8l8lKU6XqgCrGu-veEn1EfaZtDJYldHz4hw8EVuT7cKk1SHooC8VJvKlu/s1440/406598_v9_ba.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQkr6IzMWbnjcrYMLvU_mJ0Qg35NFdPHU33w2x3Ord5PYIrDFTDjfO-8RRFB3zLdO4O6ixARtYVRp8526-TWOfNoQbrKreIM0HbKHUlXYt1fhZuIm5X_7NelPxCFqW7Fj9GR-8l8lKU6XqgCrGu-veEn1EfaZtDJYldHz4hw8EVuT7cKk1SHooC8VJvKlu/w480-h640/406598_v9_ba.jpg" width="480" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7531353775840034156.post-13892340892791800282024-02-03T17:43:00.001+00:002024-02-03T17:43:37.704+00:00Escape From Alcatraz: The German Super 8mm Release<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBp-4imV7Nx0gigxl0bzjZgk36feCVu2qDVjz5JrFZ6W6KeHYDebGyKuVMo97R0ssz0OxXMD0hgfruZHlSvHLYaw12fBrvVPQqN9oVRb2eg47S2zJU4v51uCtrAkfzHxk4BRyIbIUGhsGUdbFEU7GcduYGQVMubn3AhknUffTho4Vo3DGSaAzX9xvdiIg8/s1554/Alcatraz%20super%208mm%20header.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="492" data-original-width="1554" height="202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBp-4imV7Nx0gigxl0bzjZgk36feCVu2qDVjz5JrFZ6W6KeHYDebGyKuVMo97R0ssz0OxXMD0hgfruZHlSvHLYaw12fBrvVPQqN9oVRb2eg47S2zJU4v51uCtrAkfzHxk4BRyIbIUGhsGUdbFEU7GcduYGQVMubn3AhknUffTho4Vo3DGSaAzX9xvdiIg8/w640-h202/Alcatraz%20super%208mm%20header.png" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><div><b><span style="color: #04ff00;">Escape From Alcatraz: The German Super 8mm Release</span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">Although we have featured a couple of Universal’s Super 8mm releases here on the archive, this is the first time we have featured Clint’s 1979 film Escape from Alcatraz. It was of course his last collaboration with director Don Siegel and the pairs last film of the golden 1970’s. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">This 3 x 400ft set is the German release from Paramount’s Marketing Film Club. Reel One was titled <i>Die Stunde Null</i> (The Zero Hour), Reel Two was <i>Mut Der Verzweiflung</i> (Courage of despair) and Reel Three <i>Die Todeszone</i> (The Death Zone). Their Catalogue Nos were NR 1086. 1087 and 1088. Each reel would run for approximately 18 minutes, providing just under an hour of home entertainment. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">What’s particularly interesting is the box art for Reel One – which features Frank (Eastwood) and his fight with Wolf (Bruce M. Fischer) in the exercise yard. In the film Frank removes his coat to use on his arm for protection – the box art clearly shows Frank wearing his coat, indicating that this was either taken during a rehearsal or simply as a publicity shot. I don’t believe I’ve ever seen this photo used to tie-in with any other Alcatraz publicity. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">These reels are pretty hard to find these days. As the home cinema format which preceded the videocassette tape, not many survive and can demand between £20 -£40 per reel.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSnVGFDCJ4CMP_MOLs50raNbM8nMwCsq5gXorJO8BzJsQAbDtAp2cgAC_HJon4VFCuglZkIu_vruGwaJvU06a3YhikYk9SLHcMwRxNq-FVrve_3UtRboBbEdg3YRddMoA-KCWeDH_6pUeMf8n-gtz8Sn51Xke2rzO8etfnmvuGzihi0yL8utJn2dOw8owB/s1554/1086A.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="1554" height="632" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSnVGFDCJ4CMP_MOLs50raNbM8nMwCsq5gXorJO8BzJsQAbDtAp2cgAC_HJon4VFCuglZkIu_vruGwaJvU06a3YhikYk9SLHcMwRxNq-FVrve_3UtRboBbEdg3YRddMoA-KCWeDH_6pUeMf8n-gtz8Sn51Xke2rzO8etfnmvuGzihi0yL8utJn2dOw8owB/w640-h632/1086A.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiP9257jJrGfiM2Id732yxaDgjfF0vagJQBHsTqKyQN6oBq-0wd4Eh6M_m8210h8J38-f1k_ndOSkE53ycNqcvHlf_IT7Xb04QuHdk9Kqa2ZVlms5NPNva_NBQSAqRyzn6iDp4aycN-1mTb2QaakSw6oTZsY-gNFcuEwziBS_RwHMCYOAmAO34oeoXDjFR/s1560/1086B.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="388" data-original-width="1264" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibjtl86lYxFkWoq2a5zQxO_kWheMBTkyi5m70N2yJeBnfNmmAdRaT3cVNZJqHYAtiOTk-ojIzU2P1IbxOLRGZSCWu-wYrKVdn4SYnP_-Vo0s0K-G9qG79IAoq3XW8sBMOcQIQsX_aahD1yXog85qnd7wk3FqWFt3-OXBROsWKsEbEwZcd2fHCbFZKRKubx/w640-h196/Eastwood%20Pieces%20from%20the%20pastr%20%20header%201.png" width="640" /></a><br /></p><div><b><span style="color: #04ff00;">Eastwood: Pieces from the past No 8</span></b></div><div><span style="color: #04ff00;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">Here’s a little something for our European readers to enjoy. Veronica magazine, May 30th, 1987. Issue Number 22 of this Dutch magazine was obviously tied in to celebrate with Clint’s 57th Birthday. The 4-page feature was also the magazine’s cover story and featured a shot of Clint from Firefox. This article was also tied in to an Eastwood TV season that featured a number of Clint’s movies - which are all listed.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">Veronica covered film, TV, music and general popular culture. Today, as well as a Television network, Veronica is owned by the DPG Media Group, a Belgian media company also active in the Netherlands and Denmark. The exact ownership structure is not clear; it is believed that the group is mainly owned by the Belgian Van Thillo family. It is no longer the magazine it once was, and tends to be more web based today. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">I thought it was still worth scanning these pages from the magazine, if only for reasons of nostalgia. </span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-fHez_FDl3jhw1ybGUY7i9BoMTG4IglXfgbffRwsYtlT0u-BWntighmUcwUG_mpNS7HlsNlTQUckDga-T9dRM_bqqNoVapLoPHAw9uVq-6BrxWCrQb0xzxVgS4caZQxVw8gdt9aJ2NRs25F-H8RieE9UDZ7PjWxlPUlhfq9bJeZKfdniNwByTcFNJjXnm/s2102/Veronica%20cover.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2102" data-original-width="1470" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-fHez_FDl3jhw1ybGUY7i9BoMTG4IglXfgbffRwsYtlT0u-BWntighmUcwUG_mpNS7HlsNlTQUckDga-T9dRM_bqqNoVapLoPHAw9uVq-6BrxWCrQb0xzxVgS4caZQxVw8gdt9aJ2NRs25F-H8RieE9UDZ7PjWxlPUlhfq9bJeZKfdniNwByTcFNJjXnm/w448-h640/Veronica%20cover.png" width="448" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQiUHy7PD_totCMO6Lp_Qc_VaizUUy7rmswVEhD65huOGZeS8lTA_kBmQ-uEek36ArrEljtPGPD6hEiOv6H-DveWke-SKRjDrDpC4a5_fY315liwoGth4k0ysZKGUrt_wXloQjplKBkyDMhZTuuXXHOyQB_qvjLTeIPgdvd0_MVp3kPj2aeu57__pQKtAb/s1569/IMG_20240203_0001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1569" data-original-width="1115" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQiUHy7PD_totCMO6Lp_Qc_VaizUUy7rmswVEhD65huOGZeS8lTA_kBmQ-uEek36ArrEljtPGPD6hEiOv6H-DveWke-SKRjDrDpC4a5_fY315liwoGth4k0ysZKGUrt_wXloQjplKBkyDMhZTuuXXHOyQB_qvjLTeIPgdvd0_MVp3kPj2aeu57__pQKtAb/w454-h640/IMG_20240203_0001.jpg" width="454" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbdJIroao7R1D90Ap8GfTQTkwo33Os93_AvOBdawCdbRNSyPS-8EzHytkHNJGPnD0aQk-wk296iRo5_tDKqqFect39sm5Kf3ypS_K0RKEkPXqzacDyHiFrDYtNnfHGdCKVXcCRKzwKWKiiT3fDjLqOCEsNHgs5rDMb4D4769Fhyphenhyphen0SuzDXRUakA7HsCtYHc/s1587/IMG_20240203_0002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1587" data-original-width="1112" height="648" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbdJIroao7R1D90Ap8GfTQTkwo33Os93_AvOBdawCdbRNSyPS-8EzHytkHNJGPnD0aQk-wk296iRo5_tDKqqFect39sm5Kf3ypS_K0RKEkPXqzacDyHiFrDYtNnfHGdCKVXcCRKzwKWKiiT3fDjLqOCEsNHgs5rDMb4D4769Fhyphenhyphen0SuzDXRUakA7HsCtYHc/w454-h648/IMG_20240203_0002.jpg" width="454" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY83UzYMMi5Q7LDxE94J96ip40NNM340pD2__gte8X2hy06eTF6wi99LbYqyHdWZ34mMB1K-Hy1weRdlwxQmQsIOsyX83Fm9i3eIxEEW0KZSnDzLP1sVt5z1t3Adjs9gORenELJRMJe5x86HRWJkIryhMRfvXQkapfZbL9XJxlH8RVwLaFnToq_YtkoiyW/s1576/IMG_20240203_0003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1576" data-original-width="1099" height="649" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY83UzYMMi5Q7LDxE94J96ip40NNM340pD2__gte8X2hy06eTF6wi99LbYqyHdWZ34mMB1K-Hy1weRdlwxQmQsIOsyX83Fm9i3eIxEEW0KZSnDzLP1sVt5z1t3Adjs9gORenELJRMJe5x86HRWJkIryhMRfvXQkapfZbL9XJxlH8RVwLaFnToq_YtkoiyW/w452-h649/IMG_20240203_0003.jpg" width="452" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiodZNoCtXPVv89jQzLCVGVrCufG0VNxxQ36DoZUoM6BSp3yCAbwiDoFdtY7J0zaxWKPOSbs3BTKEOAZt0vheDiNiv_NfMq2KttYwNw5GRQyNYtzGt3LwVFvq35PxELTGzPozl5DP3DcW-F_cNgb7r1CzOp_F4mehdcE5UKC59DhpfJpFmss2nxCjv92zPZ/s1588/IMG_20240203_0004.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1588" data-original-width="1107" height="647" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiodZNoCtXPVv89jQzLCVGVrCufG0VNxxQ36DoZUoM6BSp3yCAbwiDoFdtY7J0zaxWKPOSbs3BTKEOAZt0vheDiNiv_NfMq2KttYwNw5GRQyNYtzGt3LwVFvq35PxELTGzPozl5DP3DcW-F_cNgb7r1CzOp_F4mehdcE5UKC59DhpfJpFmss2nxCjv92zPZ/w451-h647/IMG_20240203_0004.jpg" width="451" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7531353775840034156.post-46759179930104439802024-02-01T04:28:00.003+00:002024-02-01T04:28:49.003+00:00Photo Opportunity #46<p><span style="color: #04ff00;"><b>Photo Opportunity #46</b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">Here’s a recently discovered photo that was new to us here at the Archive – which made it an ideal candidate for our regular Photo Opportunity. This rare photo was taken on the set of Don Siegel’s Escape from Alcatraz (1979). Clint shows here that everyone is equal on the set, and made sure every co-star had his own chair - including this furry friend who was sidekick to fellow prisoner ‘Litmus’ played by actor Frank Ronzio. Unfortunately, Litmus didn’t make it to the end of his sentence after suffering a provoked heart attack by the Warden. Eastwood’s Frank Morris took over the parental duties, and much like Morris we never really learn of the mouse’s fate. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">A great photo nevertheless, thanks to Davy Triumph for discovering this one. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Q1_xVOf0WreVeuA-03Oyw94KUi_qjP8SYhVLLjJnuddusULOmS_VizDu66fQizGenA8D5vClGWPgKMH5LJbtw6ER6TXOw7WSpjCEVt9YPpZWeyHrHoTuAdp3mwLYkqmg-upY7rNKGd_2MCwpJy5Xyasl9KXeFkCj6NQtXtB0XZ27S_hchBTkFpIr9Geu/s1000/Alcatraz%20mouse.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="768" height="733" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Q1_xVOf0WreVeuA-03Oyw94KUi_qjP8SYhVLLjJnuddusULOmS_VizDu66fQizGenA8D5vClGWPgKMH5LJbtw6ER6TXOw7WSpjCEVt9YPpZWeyHrHoTuAdp3mwLYkqmg-upY7rNKGd_2MCwpJy5Xyasl9KXeFkCj6NQtXtB0XZ27S_hchBTkFpIr9Geu/w564-h733/Alcatraz%20mouse.png" width="564" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7531353775840034156.post-36843272126502483642024-01-27T15:46:00.003+00:002024-01-27T15:46:37.750+00:00Unforgiven 1992 Hand Painted Billboard <p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheG-FBj7zonb7CVqjRLuYiQpXr0h35qrcaTEtp9w8Z5Ajhc5TD8yX8LqIx6y2miUAcYv3gUhEiwQDs06UtujCitJrjbhNHny3Wka_F1tOo1HZjiNLYtjz8QRuHcdIM6HUBnReuZY6GKF0guJIvirY8jvsxKCwR5lJR6lJQta4xIAuDMKTCHXomEQjAkX7K/s1170/unforgiven%20sign%201992%20header.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="410" data-original-width="1170" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheG-FBj7zonb7CVqjRLuYiQpXr0h35qrcaTEtp9w8Z5Ajhc5TD8yX8LqIx6y2miUAcYv3gUhEiwQDs06UtujCitJrjbhNHny3Wka_F1tOo1HZjiNLYtjz8QRuHcdIM6HUBnReuZY6GKF0guJIvirY8jvsxKCwR5lJR6lJQta4xIAuDMKTCHXomEQjAkX7K/w640-h224/unforgiven%20sign%201992%20header.png" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;"><b>Unforgiven 1992 Hand Painted Billboard </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">Here’s one you don’t see every day. This is the hand painted outdoor sign that appeared across the street from Warner Bros Burbank Studios in California. Our friend Richard DuVal sent this one in who added, ‘that they still paint these signs to this day with the studio’s new releases.’ This particular photo dates back 1992 and the release of Clint’s Oscar winning western Unforgiven. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">An impressive sight, and one that’s a little too big for my wall…</span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC_g68SrfDnNBwHBJvPzAFhFZ97v4WKLjg8Xrb7DnTIRzPQHsew6Sm4By_ecORA_Jic2S_AAW9nXKhtsq3cg6TCZz5SUtbKY1RpTHOUrRYh-xZvUu_viHonPJxWU_YdHII5IQzthJ0ns0boyQvlh496ni3Zn9FPF2eFkHO_475n4FnlV3LNczsDPbRDrC8/s1784/421251882_737455585000194_2548793841048980095_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1784" data-original-width="1169" height="848" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC_g68SrfDnNBwHBJvPzAFhFZ97v4WKLjg8Xrb7DnTIRzPQHsew6Sm4By_ecORA_Jic2S_AAW9nXKhtsq3cg6TCZz5SUtbKY1RpTHOUrRYh-xZvUu_viHonPJxWU_YdHII5IQzthJ0ns0boyQvlh496ni3Zn9FPF2eFkHO_475n4FnlV3LNczsDPbRDrC8/w556-h848/421251882_737455585000194_2548793841048980095_n.jpg" width="556" /></a> </div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7531353775840034156.post-15283228801768024592024-01-25T15:52:00.005+00:002024-01-25T16:31:20.647+00:00Bronco Billy – Incredibly RARE 7” single<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWwDOdtt-7BJRxX5kF8N_mIHo6R4RjNoeINl20NwxkQbdoPcbYg6XsqQjdoDRKV2DmUAB5vPzcfLZgbzBhi_8ik1wh4ONy1LTGwMmRlw5F_k10SQI2Qrg0Y7I4VwLAPFXeBker-PxC9pWxX5ljJTqnmOlPaMaDEZ0cCocadHPBpuxqx5ykenbb2jQmNvwL/s1174/jw%20poster%20%20header.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="378" data-original-width="1174" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWwDOdtt-7BJRxX5kF8N_mIHo6R4RjNoeINl20NwxkQbdoPcbYg6XsqQjdoDRKV2DmUAB5vPzcfLZgbzBhi_8ik1wh4ONy1LTGwMmRlw5F_k10SQI2Qrg0Y7I4VwLAPFXeBker-PxC9pWxX5ljJTqnmOlPaMaDEZ0cCocadHPBpuxqx5ykenbb2jQmNvwL/w640-h206/jw%20poster%20%20header.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #04ff00;">Bronco Billy – Incredibly RARE 7” single</span></b></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">I’ve been meaning to post this since Christmas as it’s an incredibly rare piece of vinyl. As a collector of Eastwood related vinyl, I thought I had a pretty good ‘finger on the pulse’ when it came to 7” singles. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">Then, totally out of the blue I had this package arrive at Christmas, I never had a clue? I hadn’t ordered anything of the 7” square packaging variety? Then discovered this wonderful Ronnie Milsap – Cowboys and Clowns Japanese vinyl. This was totally new to me. The song was of course from Bronco Billy and released in Japan in 1980 under the Cat No (RCA RPS-4) (PB-12006). </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">After a bit of detective work, I eventually found it this was a surprise Christmas gift from my longtime friend (and trusted No 2 here on the Archive), Mr Davy Triumph. So thank you Sir, you’re an absolute gentleman. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">I have also now added this beautiful piece to the <i>Guide to collecting Eastwood related 7” Vinyl </i>page</span> <a href="https://theclinteastwoodarchive.blogspot.com/2023/08/a-guide-to-collecting-eastwood-related.html" target="_blank">here</a> </div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNb_2zA5rHjsFrOHuK-l5b1a_6Hmv8t-hRbwU8UlE_3xUm6ApI7Xk2mv41wtNRNFyIN2OOS1XAyoStB9T6NK0sLcX3bButFczWduYdMMPTgISosxMPzsSqnBkx0tZPDUnO4y4uYC6GtPkLAu2geRxGhF1nhB4r7n8Za8Dn51SjpZUiF3RgWlIReQ3NabeN/s1033/IMG_20240109_0002.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1026" data-original-width="1033" height="636" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNb_2zA5rHjsFrOHuK-l5b1a_6Hmv8t-hRbwU8UlE_3xUm6ApI7Xk2mv41wtNRNFyIN2OOS1XAyoStB9T6NK0sLcX3bButFczWduYdMMPTgISosxMPzsSqnBkx0tZPDUnO4y4uYC6GtPkLAu2geRxGhF1nhB4r7n8Za8Dn51SjpZUiF3RgWlIReQ3NabeN/w640-h636/IMG_20240109_0002.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/EYmHDRRFp9w?si=vcfIiqrjgLwIaKkT" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7531353775840034156.post-90177389225559624232024-01-25T11:32:00.002+00:002024-01-25T11:33:28.923+00:00Vintage Collectables: The 1987 Clint Eastwood Calendar <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn7n0BM2j3_rBIjHAJwaRaNEy0nmkYh9h4inMzaI7shE6EcUdZN9j1uIUGrspnYLSmfjJsCOYVhcHIimsdcIXSRlK93yLcsbWolZi662jJTKPiIfi3u3RP_oCeWj-_hmcBm6eFzSbaNwZge12qBRAkITeSbpxA1R0tIPLSMED9KErcVT60_-mvz_B66fOn/s1600/calendar%20header.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="460" data-original-width="1600" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn7n0BM2j3_rBIjHAJwaRaNEy0nmkYh9h4inMzaI7shE6EcUdZN9j1uIUGrspnYLSmfjJsCOYVhcHIimsdcIXSRlK93yLcsbWolZi662jJTKPiIfi3u3RP_oCeWj-_hmcBm6eFzSbaNwZge12qBRAkITeSbpxA1R0tIPLSMED9KErcVT60_-mvz_B66fOn/w640-h184/calendar%20header.png" width="640" /></a><br /></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;"><b>Vintage Collectables: The 1987 Clint Eastwood Calendar </b></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">Once upon a time, it was great to go down to your Athena store or even the local Woolworths department and pick up ‘Superstar’ calendars! These days it seems that the majority of these are now limited to the current short-lived, pop idol or a premiership football team. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">To be fair, here in the UK I can only remember a couple of Calendars to feature Clint as its subject, and I still have both of them. This one, produced by Landmark Calendars of California was available to buy here in the UK, and was a rather nice one. Being 12” x 12” in size, each month contained a full size, good quality picture on thick gloss paper, and came in a plain white envelope. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">Out of the 2 calendars I own, this was by far the better. And if you should have one of these still tucked away, just remember – come 2026 you can dig it out once again, as the dates and days will all be perfectly aligned! </span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNlaTf_vGSKlIHoUSDZm6ybBDL8CI1SAA94Dw66fLV3mHa7Jt2-D6LQSWdfx6PM_SxapsWTKWvIkzgBc6_r9CdmK5tzFd2APZqMWkgr_ymQyMkbTKMxA48slN_NGCaNu111S8ed19tISeVV9-tWiVQDd5fD5deLeEc-rNhIMdkha2YLdKoTl6RNf1dio0B/s1254/calendAr%201.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1228" data-original-width="1254" height="594" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNlaTf_vGSKlIHoUSDZm6ybBDL8CI1SAA94Dw66fLV3mHa7Jt2-D6LQSWdfx6PM_SxapsWTKWvIkzgBc6_r9CdmK5tzFd2APZqMWkgr_ymQyMkbTKMxA48slN_NGCaNu111S8ed19tISeVV9-tWiVQDd5fD5deLeEc-rNhIMdkha2YLdKoTl6RNf1dio0B/w608-h594/calendAr%201.png" width="608" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Select was a monthly publication and primarily a music magazine, so it was easy to miss this one if you restricted the reading to film. It’s quite a detailed interview really, spread over 5 pages and was by Jeff Hayward, Clint’s latest film at the time was White Hunter, Black Heart. Select was a United Kingdom music magazine of the 1990s. It was known for covering indie rock, but featured a wide array of music. Launched in July 1990, its final issue was published in January 2001. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdeefh9P4Es32p2w1DP6Ph4Rln_4JTfLF6FXv_GpTX2Hksd8zUnlNr6Nu0p4yq2p6CHoRc7AcFcG4Ajtzo8i8ZRTpeh8mQWDMquwHKo8NV78tGu_eNSikdLzgFTG_KqIeYOTZsmKqzlnQf-JlRh16Uh8aUmUOakPWx6uTj7BNoqu2mBqSuaHXMXgJDcnWr/s1577/Select%20Oct%201990.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1577" data-original-width="1226" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdeefh9P4Es32p2w1DP6Ph4Rln_4JTfLF6FXv_GpTX2Hksd8zUnlNr6Nu0p4yq2p6CHoRc7AcFcG4Ajtzo8i8ZRTpeh8mQWDMquwHKo8NV78tGu_eNSikdLzgFTG_KqIeYOTZsmKqzlnQf-JlRh16Uh8aUmUOakPWx6uTj7BNoqu2mBqSuaHXMXgJDcnWr/w498-h640/Select%20Oct%201990.jpg" width="498" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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For anyone who has made the pilgrimage to Universal studios in Hollywood, they’ve no doubt taken the tram tour guide of the studio and backlots. 1964 saw the introduction of pink and white GlamorTrams. During the early years of the tram tour (1964 – 1977) all of the attractions at Universal were reached via the tram. With the introduction of the Screen Test Comedy Theatre and the Animal Actors stage in 1977, the Upper Lot became an attraction in itself. The tour originally departed from the Upper Lot. In 1991, it was moved to the Lower Lot following the construction of the Starway escalator system. In 1996 it moved back to the Upper Lot to make room for Jurassic Park River Adventure on the Lower Lot.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">If you were lucky enough to visit the studios at the right time, you may have seen the latest productions being advertised via the large billboards on the side of studio buildings. This great shot was captured in 1973 and produced on an official Universal postcard in order to publicise the tram tour. A closer look at the billboards in the background not only shows the production of Fred Zinnemann’s <i>The Day of the Jackal</i>, but also the beautiful poster art for Clint’s <i>High Plains Drifter</i>. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">A nice snapshot of Universal’s past.</span> </div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXA39uU3MmcZkhrtTkf7BGv_jP2VDvZrMgh7OGi0gqLRRB1ELFg7V9v9mQE-DlklaZ8y6T4fMd-ajyW73FrA9AAVC-GRGaodxCKeg6im-XI3a1RQr9zXX9t4RFmIFIswi8EHcldgVXWyE3rhf07MrSrLJ3E3lTBewHHSe2ir_W3uBMQaj8OcQJwZkAiKfG/s3148/Universal%20Studios%201973%20final.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2072" data-original-width="3148" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXA39uU3MmcZkhrtTkf7BGv_jP2VDvZrMgh7OGi0gqLRRB1ELFg7V9v9mQE-DlklaZ8y6T4fMd-ajyW73FrA9AAVC-GRGaodxCKeg6im-XI3a1RQr9zXX9t4RFmIFIswi8EHcldgVXWyE3rhf07MrSrLJ3E3lTBewHHSe2ir_W3uBMQaj8OcQJwZkAiKfG/w640-h422/Universal%20Studios%201973%20final.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">Below: A very rare shot of Clint being filmed in Coogan’s Bluff at Universal studios while the tourist tram passes.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRVc17P7wyp6J1pDakM78g-TqjSEawCml-LosBFwIc1ZtC_fErMIUhEpAsp6p8tsQ_4a5sZKfli9HNPFOqAKE0XB4VVQMN2GmsHsI1X2CL8dMZsnv8HrFPj3j51Jwxm0_t9PRg356-w0ZaGF2qpHsM3UtjvY0v6dOegu73RmIgOsTfFaoF-BVTwrYafuHq/s1025/001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="757" data-original-width="1025" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRVc17P7wyp6J1pDakM78g-TqjSEawCml-LosBFwIc1ZtC_fErMIUhEpAsp6p8tsQ_4a5sZKfli9HNPFOqAKE0XB4VVQMN2GmsHsI1X2CL8dMZsnv8HrFPj3j51Jwxm0_t9PRg356-w0ZaGF2qpHsM3UtjvY0v6dOegu73RmIgOsTfFaoF-BVTwrYafuHq/w640-h472/001.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7531353775840034156.post-14551083264758829572024-01-20T22:02:00.002+00:002024-01-20T22:02:56.025+00:00Eastwood: Pieces from the past No 6<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvXDCBPE1971JMYkzzObj-m_Z50-lo_J5koa4t3rATvOQRovfySHqmFc7Zo6_7D9EPnYNRfF1wpHG9UJTKvn0PyapoV8LmdNGi7qfLxJiY2FGU5GdZ3fWpAjWl2YhfThU9xu-6RopE4pw253IY7uFxE5VmW4y3Q1ODNMguvxqgVt-faJJdPiY_O40gyKAb/s1264/Eastwood%20Pieces%20from%20the%20pastr%20%20header%201.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="388" data-original-width="1264" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvXDCBPE1971JMYkzzObj-m_Z50-lo_J5koa4t3rATvOQRovfySHqmFc7Zo6_7D9EPnYNRfF1wpHG9UJTKvn0PyapoV8LmdNGi7qfLxJiY2FGU5GdZ3fWpAjWl2YhfThU9xu-6RopE4pw253IY7uFxE5VmW4y3Q1ODNMguvxqgVt-faJJdPiY_O40gyKAb/w640-h196/Eastwood%20Pieces%20from%20the%20pastr%20%20header%201.png" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;"><b>Eastwood: Pieces from the past No 6 </b></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;"><b>3 Snippets of interest from Jan 1962 – Jan 1966</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">I pulled these 3 small cuttings from a stack of research material which was sent to me by our friend Lee Pfeiffer many years ago whilst he was compiling material for a book. Each one is interesting as it illustrates where Clint’s career was heading between Jan 1962 (the Rawhide tour of Japan), up through A Fistful of Dollars (known here as <i>The Magnificent Stranger</i>) and finally Jan 1966 – and an early mention of The Good, the bad and the ugly - known at this early stage as <i>The Magnificent Rouges</i>. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">These pieces came from the trade magazines, </span><i style="color: #04ff00;">The Hollywood Reporter</i><span style="color: #04ff00;"> and </span><i style="color: #04ff00;">Film Daily</i><span style="color: #04ff00;">.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTD7y5RS3SKOr-ByeDjz88S5hyphenhyphenttulSLcYs9Zjp1ES592swm97ppDqb51rlvorsUWze0MoXglisGjpxqIyJtrGOC-2k0zt2BUjuI_wh1RhU5ti3SZOiw1zf18fEosMq_j-mbikECDvtL8kmOiNwyKbgdmgJ3r-5wOQfcqSbw_ae012ecPuePX-pQDhWrg2/s1509/research%20snippits%20jan%2062%20-%20jan%2066.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1509" data-original-width="1136" height="738" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTD7y5RS3SKOr-ByeDjz88S5hyphenhyphenttulSLcYs9Zjp1ES592swm97ppDqb51rlvorsUWze0MoXglisGjpxqIyJtrGOC-2k0zt2BUjuI_wh1RhU5ti3SZOiw1zf18fEosMq_j-mbikECDvtL8kmOiNwyKbgdmgJ3r-5wOQfcqSbw_ae012ecPuePX-pQDhWrg2/w556-h738/research%20snippits%20jan%2062%20-%20jan%2066.png" width="556" /></a></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7531353775840034156.post-55992747916796596962024-01-20T17:19:00.001+00:002024-01-25T07:37:43.443+00:00Eastwood: Pieces from the past No 5<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ5LiqAyHf8gIrsa2f8w-1cBsIGsfEf5MhY8IiB3xqWWGFjWZLnKGaymk0jbX7bqXZNkEptWcxukoiGwZj0bxb9sgkw_7nmwFx392xHGcbm3oOoaFLow1nm-00Vw7l0JH3T7TDrFiw3gkzzu_prqMo0IuEyRG2_0-q7uR9Y1t9b7NOJonoUTnCNa52_x_J/s1264/Eastwood%20Pieces%20from%20the%20pastr%20%20header%201.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="388" data-original-width="1264" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ5LiqAyHf8gIrsa2f8w-1cBsIGsfEf5MhY8IiB3xqWWGFjWZLnKGaymk0jbX7bqXZNkEptWcxukoiGwZj0bxb9sgkw_7nmwFx392xHGcbm3oOoaFLow1nm-00Vw7l0JH3T7TDrFiw3gkzzu_prqMo0IuEyRG2_0-q7uR9Y1t9b7NOJonoUTnCNa52_x_J/w640-h196/Eastwood%20Pieces%20from%20the%20pastr%20%20header%201.png" width="640" /></a><br /></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #04ff00;">Eastwood: Pieces from the past No 5</span></b></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">Here’s another 2-page piece which appeared in one of the UK TV listing magazines, TVTimes. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">This article dates from 22-28 April 1978 and again is one that has survived a past scrap book life. This article was written by Tom Bedford and tied in with the showing of Kelly’s Heroes which was ITV’s Big Saturday Night movie. Although it still shows a bit of tape residue and wear, I’ve given it a small re-touch for the Archive. </span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizRZ_dXAvz-wIIzIqYNTTMT2JMreqg3DcPCYboD2ZfrSRpYQL3TfzXMVVKuh0BdZn4MhiBjYQOrYWhu9w0qB6BQhqfPTdeLKAu4lWyx6QRf2_3nWygoS2JJpGzoNzeQNR0nkKgcmdZK7e3QzRIOd59W7ZVJtwn5JCTY6rs4ttAaScRg50RDFosmk5pyWzb/s1591/s-l1600%20(21).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1591" data-original-width="1289" height="708" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizRZ_dXAvz-wIIzIqYNTTMT2JMreqg3DcPCYboD2ZfrSRpYQL3TfzXMVVKuh0BdZn4MhiBjYQOrYWhu9w0qB6BQhqfPTdeLKAu4lWyx6QRf2_3nWygoS2JJpGzoNzeQNR0nkKgcmdZK7e3QzRIOd59W7ZVJtwn5JCTY6rs4ttAaScRg50RDFosmk5pyWzb/w573-h708/s-l1600%20(21).jpg" width="573" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinXgzZY1DC5HMjd4pq1ySbpyH0vBFVw_W-UEtwZxxFrHW0oWhJNfCX3HjsjydpLVYOqMS8CJSq-Hovzj2f9SOLiB23ai2CST1FbfKKG1z4__L2RO38fU6Eu9E9xWmTe3VmTgNlIqU8C7p3BQq8LpY9K5tziVQZPpStmXixG-ZMUJjV6z8uB_ycxrTHpKnH/s1646/z.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1646" data-original-width="1276" height="739" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinXgzZY1DC5HMjd4pq1ySbpyH0vBFVw_W-UEtwZxxFrHW0oWhJNfCX3HjsjydpLVYOqMS8CJSq-Hovzj2f9SOLiB23ai2CST1FbfKKG1z4__L2RO38fU6Eu9E9xWmTe3VmTgNlIqU8C7p3BQq8LpY9K5tziVQZPpStmXixG-ZMUJjV6z8uB_ycxrTHpKnH/w574-h739/z.png" width="574" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL2apGLd9_Gsv40iDjPjCRWX0jKfxiv8hQoHuJfyx3AVOqyWsNkUIx5RLeIjz1H2R4UeTfqNzVADmg6bImKZ19Z2L4Be0LscrC1zsIqkS6yJ-jHyzfZqnc3oxtf9og-sBg-288MKaDp_zMJbFXF0GYCAofQoZn-3mD3blGJykzZnd_jp-Ynr0OV3YlVlok/s1596/zz.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1596" data-original-width="1256" height="729" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL2apGLd9_Gsv40iDjPjCRWX0jKfxiv8hQoHuJfyx3AVOqyWsNkUIx5RLeIjz1H2R4UeTfqNzVADmg6bImKZ19Z2L4Be0LscrC1zsIqkS6yJ-jHyzfZqnc3oxtf9og-sBg-288MKaDp_zMJbFXF0GYCAofQoZn-3mD3blGJykzZnd_jp-Ynr0OV3YlVlok/w574-h729/zz.png" width="574" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7531353775840034156.post-51746249731951505562024-01-20T16:09:00.000+00:002024-01-20T16:09:26.180+00:00Eastwood: Pieces from the past No 4<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn1irpdm8rpPiBvBxzCGm4EJZco_oNpzkup_S_hxU4Nrhy0aheufcrhBUQmxTR7PNR7rHYWxdxlYni2Mld74AokweCojay7N2BoUyGmuS45A5DmAErsUtuJuFWjcFzWE1URrMdaurCGTHi8yhVBv80zfdy6t0-p5Zdoj8uehnXJ2BUbgFSf2qMGbxPUes8/s1264/Eastwood%20Pieces%20from%20the%20pastr%20%20header%201.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="388" data-original-width="1264" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn1irpdm8rpPiBvBxzCGm4EJZco_oNpzkup_S_hxU4Nrhy0aheufcrhBUQmxTR7PNR7rHYWxdxlYni2Mld74AokweCojay7N2BoUyGmuS45A5DmAErsUtuJuFWjcFzWE1URrMdaurCGTHi8yhVBv80zfdy6t0-p5Zdoj8uehnXJ2BUbgFSf2qMGbxPUes8/w640-h196/Eastwood%20Pieces%20from%20the%20pastr%20%20header%201.png" width="640" /></a><br /></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #04ff00;">Hollywood Superstars: BBC Film Season</span></b></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">Many decades ago, it was quite a novelty to have a film season on terrestrial TV, and the BBC was pretty good at them. The most famous of these was arguably Moviedrome, a season of cult films which often had a slot on BBC 2 on a Sunday night. But there were others which featured perhaps a couple of movies throughout the week, often scheduled to come on after the news around 9.25pm.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">Today, most films are available at the press of a button with numerous streaming services and dedicated movie channels. But back in the day there were just the 3 channels here in the UK, so you pretty much got what you were given. So, when these seasons arrived, it provided a genuine sense of joy. This full page appeared in a Radio Times when the BBC launched their Hollywood Superstar season. The date escapes me now, but I’m sure I have it somewhere, it was probably the early 1980’s. This overview features the stars and the films shown in bold for this particular season. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #04ff00;">A great line-up of stars, half of which are no longer with us. </span> </div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF_M0FuPpsCdbx1-9oVFvh7amjsFtQ_Yps99mTPh1rmOePTTSdTrJyj_ehJ9d-UL-mA_wxeq_684HS6e0ih-ORmf4_TCVNcL5aBl5AFSyThiYRhIXAyXA_cegSFTPRmpvcHPdBFf0DZQ37lmyCqYoQPA-i5kUdEgr0XLFdChVEhyphenhyphenj8xxq10aAZn_5iBfEr/s1600/IMG_20240120_0001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1251" height="701" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF_M0FuPpsCdbx1-9oVFvh7amjsFtQ_Yps99mTPh1rmOePTTSdTrJyj_ehJ9d-UL-mA_wxeq_684HS6e0ih-ORmf4_TCVNcL5aBl5AFSyThiYRhIXAyXA_cegSFTPRmpvcHPdBFf0DZQ37lmyCqYoQPA-i5kUdEgr0XLFdChVEhyphenhyphenj8xxq10aAZn_5iBfEr/w548-h701/IMG_20240120_0001.jpg" width="548" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0