Magnum Force 50th Anniversary Press Still Archive

It was last year that this enormous collection of original Magnum Force press stills came up for auction. In all, there was somewhere in the region of 120 10 x 8 photos, there were a couple of dupes and even one which wasn’t from Magnum Force at all, but from the John Wayne cop drama McQ (1974). Nevertheless, this was without doubt one of the largest collections I have ever seen from Magnum Force. I have probably spent close to a year in preserving a great deal of these (111) photos. On a closer inspection, there are many which are incredibly rare. They feature some wonderful publicity shots, a bit of artwork and perhaps best of all, a nice selection from the infamous deleted scenes. I have also included (at the top) a typical example of a 1973 Warner Brothers press folder, which would have probably housed a collection such as these back in the day. In 1973 Warner’s were also celebrating their 50^th Anniversary. – Other big films from the studio that year included The Exorcist and Enter the Dragon. Because of this, a lot of the WB publicity material carried the 50^th Anniversary logo. This logo appears on all of the stills in this collection.