Eastwood / Universal mystery promo leaflet

Eastwood / Universal mystery promo leaflet

Here’s something that we had never seen before – and we’re not quite sure of its origins. It’s obviously a promotional leaflet of sorts, and clearly publicising some of Clints major Universal titles. We have no idea of the date it was published, but can guestimate it from around 1972/73 as there is no sign or mention of High Plains Drifter, Breezy or The Eiger Sanction. Our initial thoughts led us to think it was some sort of Cinema hand-out or leaflet. Then we looked at the wording (or partial wording) as we could not secure a picture of it fully opened. But it suggests either, ‘These Top 5 films’ or ‘These Top 5 features’ ‘are now available’. 

The word ‘Available’ didn’t really seem to make much sense in the context of a cinema showing. So, we wondered if this was perhaps an early 16mm rental promotion from Universal – which seem to make more sense to me. But we really have no idea, and that is about the extent of our detective work. 

Perhaps you can help and confirm? Feel free to comment and we can perhaps hopefully put this mystery to rest. 

It apparently sold last month for $36! I guess someone wanted it bad enough.