The Gauntlet unseen

The Gauntlet unseen

Every once in a while, fans often send in some photos or images that really take my breath away. They might not often be of the greatest quality, but the content occasionally delivers the ‘wow’ factor - such as these shots from The Gauntlet proved. As mentioned, sometimes these images are in pretty poor shape, some of these candid shots were in fact in colour, however, the colour was so badly faded and contained a terribly heavy blue tint, I had to strip them right back in  order to show them at their best and in the clearest detail. Infact, converting them to monochrome produced far better results in terms of clarity and for their preservation. 

What can’t be denied is their content, some incredible on location shots, in Arizona which feature Clint with cast and crew group shots, and a cracking shot of Clint and Sondra during the biker gang scene. But perhaps strangest of all, there are two very unusual shots which appear to show Clint engraving (or etching) his autograph or perhaps something else, into the hood of a vehicle! We can only guess what was going on here? Perhaps it was by request from one of the locals or one of the extras who turned up on that particular day? I suppose we can only guess. But they are certainly fascinating. I will of course be adding these to the dedicated The Gauntlet page, but I could not pass up the opportunity of presenting them without a new post of their own. Just fabulous stuff.  

Below: Would you mind signing here Mr Eastwood?