Clint Eastwood Photo Opportunity #25

Clint Eastwood Photo Opportunity #25

Here’s a wonderful new photo that recently surfaced. I say ‘new’, as it was certainly new to me and 2 of our admin team Davy Triumph and Kevin Wilkinson who actually discovered it on exactly the same evening. It’s a photo that had us deliberating for a while too. Yes, it is obviously ‘the man with no name’ character, but from where? It was Kevin’s detective work which finally came through and settled the argument. We could be forgiven though, as initially it was a bit of a tough one. It was actually taken on the set of For a Few Dollars More (1965) and taken on the set of the old prophet’s home, which violently (and memorably) shook as ‘the damn trains’ passed by. You may remember the scene begins with a reverse shot, Manco is seated with his hat balanced on his foot. So we don’t get much of a front shot of Manco seated. So it’s nice to see this photo which someone had the good sense to take at the time. It was the background which really provides the evidence, the prophet’s wash bowl can clearly be seen in the photo, and the partial screen capture (I’ve posted below) is from the same scene, and generally confirms the source.

It never fails to amaze us that over 55 years later, previously unseen photos continuously seem to surface - which is fantastic of course! I just wonder what other gems are out there and just waiting to see the light of day!