After a brief conversation about this rare French
publication last night, I thought it was about time to cover the publications
and books on Clint. It’s not a new idea. I planned on originally creating one
long section on the books to tie in with our 10th Anniversary last
year. However, time got the better of me and I just didn’t get around to
finishing it in time. So I thought it would be better to approach them on a
one-to-one basis. It also means I can do it as time allows and they make for
good little posts in between other stories and news pieces. Some publications
are now very rare, such as this first book. It was impossible to find a picture
of it on the web; therefore I have had to take a scan of the book.
Clint Eastwood Film Portraits No5 (French) was a series of
books from France. The series also covered stars such as Chalton Heston,
Charles Bronson and Paul Newman. It was approx. A4 (8.3 x 11.7) in size and
consisted of 50 pages. The Eastwood edition has a date inside as November –
December 1978. There was a good spread of full page and half page bw photos
with a centrefold of Eastwood as Josey Wales. It’s a very hard publication to
find these days, I don’t recall ever seeing one on Ebay, and imagine it would command
quite a high price on today’s market.
Below: Front and back covers
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