Clint and Joanne – All American Screen Favourites for 1971

Clint and Joanne – named All American Screen Favourites for 1971

I came across this trade Magazine, today, ‘Boxoffice’ dated February 7th, 1972. It was good to see both Clint and the lovely Joanne Woodward gracing the front cover after being announced as the top male and female stars of 1971. It was a great year for Clint of course with smash hits like Dirty Harry, and shortly thereafter Clint was making his directorial debut with Play Misty for Me. 

For Woodward, who is just a few months older than Clint (and pleased to say is still with us) - she had starred alongside George C. Scott in the film They Might Be Giants and with her husband Paul Newman in the drama, WUSA (released across the United States in the June of 1971). This was Woodward’s third year as Top Female star and Clint’s very first. 

He would go on to do rather well throughout the rest of the decade!