PONDEROSA RANCH - CLINT EASTWOOD - 1981 - WESTERN THEMED PHOTO - 8/50

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FOR  YOUR  CONSIDERATION:
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CLINT EASTWOOD
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at the Ponderosa Ranch
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This Auction is for a: Western
themed
photograph of Clint Eastwood
.  Photograph is in a Ponderosa Jacket, and: Clint Eastwood
Aug. 14th. 81 --
8/50 is written on the inside of the front cover-top/left. Bottom/Right corner of the Photo has: Aug. 14th. 81 8/50, in pen, as well.
A very nice photo of a young Mr. Eastwood.
Some info. about the Ponderosa Ranch:
The
Ponderosa Ranch
was a theme park based on the popular 1960s
television
western
Bonanza
, which housed the land, timber and livestock-rich Cartwright family. The
amusement park
operated in
Incline Village
,
Nevada
, near
Lake Tahoe
, from 1967 until 2004. Portions of the last five seasons of the TV series and three TV movies were also filmed at that location.
The Ponderosa was the fictional setting for
Bonanza
. According to the 9th episode ("Mr. Henry Comstock") in the first season, it was a thousand-square mile (640,000 acre or 2,600 km
2
)
ranch
on the shores of
Lake Tahoe
, nestled high in the
Sierra Nevada
, with a large
ranch house
in the center of it.
Ben Cartwright
was said to have built the original, smaller homestead after moving from New Orleans with his pregnant third wife Marie and his two sons,
Adam
and
Hoss
. The grown Adam, an architect/engineer, designed the later sprawling ranch house as depicted on TV ("Bonanza, The Philip Diedesheimer Story", Oct. 31, 1959, NBC-TV;
Bonanza: The Return
, April 1993, NBC-TV). The fictional ranch was roughly a two-hour horse ride from
Virginia City
, Nevada. (Note: There are slight variations as to the origin of the Ponderosa Ranch, from the original
Bonanza
series, Lorne Greene's 1964 song "Saga of the Ponderosa", the 1988–95 TV movies, and the 2001 PAX prequel series
Ponderosa
). The ranch house was a single-level structure that had a facade second storey. Inside, a staircase seemingly led to the second-floor corridor, but it was a dead end. The bedroom scenes were filmed at
Burbank
Studios. David Dortort, the show's producer, said that the inspiration for the name was the large number of
Ponderosa pines
, which grow above 5,000 foot altitude, in the fictional ranch's location. A
Latin
derivation would be
large
(root of the
English
word
ponderous
). The exteriors for the television show were occasionally shot in Nevada, usually out of sequence. Crews were sometimes able to complete an entire season's work in just a few days.
The ranch and park remained a popular seasonal attraction for decades after the network run of
Bonanza
ended, having outlived most of the series' original cast. Business remained strong into the late 1990s. The land was purchased by billionaire software entrepreneur
David Duffield
in 2004.
In September of that year he closed the Ponderosa "indefinitely".
Just a bit about:Clint Eastwood:
Clinton Eastwood Jr.
(born May 31, 1930) is an American actor, film director, composer, and producer. After achieving success in the
Western
TV series
Rawhide
, he rose to international fame with his role as the "
Man with No Name
" in Italian filmmaker
Sergio Leone
's
Dollars
Trilogy
of
Spaghetti Westerns
during the mid-1960s, and as
antihero
cop
Harry Callahan
in the five
Dirty Harry
films throughout the 1970s and 1980s. These roles, among others, have made Eastwood an enduring
cultural icon
of
masculinity
.
His accolades include
four
Academy Awards
, four
Golden Globe Awards
, three
César Awards
, and an
AFI Life Achievement Award
.
An Academy Award nominee for
Best Actor
, Eastwood won
Best Director
and
Best Picture
for his Western film
Unforgiven
(1992) and his sports drama
Million Dollar Baby
(2004). His greatest commercial successes are the adventure comedy
Every Which Way but Loose
(1978) and its action comedy sequel
Any Which Way You Can
(1980).  Other popular Eastwood films include the Westerns
Hang 'Em High
(1968) and
Pale Rider
(1985), the prison film
Escape from Alcatraz
(1979), the war film
Heartbreak Ridge
(1986), the action film
In the Line of Fire
(1993), and the romantic drama
The Bridges of Madison County
(1995). More recent works are
Gran Torino
(2008),
The Mule
(2018), and the upcoming film
Cry Macho
(2021). Since 1967, Eastwood's company
Malpaso Productions
has produced all but four of his American films.
Condition is as follows: Photograph is in nice condition. There is just a bit of rubbing/staining (possible to contact with moisture) to the jacket front (outside and inside), and a few lightly touched corners. Inside front cover, top/left corner
appears
some writing, it is as follows: Clint Eastwood  Aug.14
th.
81  8/50.  The photograph of Mr. Eastwood, appears to have incurred just a small
amount
of influence from the moisture. Please see the seventh
provided
picture and judge for yourself, as you will see, when holding the picture out of bright light, it
doesn't
seem as bad.  Looks as if only the first page, in and out,
received
the slight damage.
It still remains a rare example of a young Mr. Eastwood at the Ponderosa.
Approximate dimensions are as follows:
6
5/8
" x 8
1/2
", Opened: 13
1/4
" x 8
1/2
"
Please take a look at the provided photographs, for a better view of the description.
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