What Cigar(s) Is Clint Eastwood Smoking in Western

I was flipping channels and came across "For a Few Dollars More" and naturally I've seen pretty much all those Westerns but although I'd seen this a million times I never thought to think about what cigars Clint Eastwood is smoking in them?

Yeah, they are iconic as far as the "look" goes and I have no clue if Clint Eastwood even smoked or smokes cigars or if it was just for the films.

So the question is, does anyone know what brand of cigars he's smoking in those films?

Cheers,
Rob

[Prospector]

I don't actually know, but I always thought they looked like Parodi's.

[Da Klugs]

Originally Posted by Prospector

I don't actually know, but I always thought they looked like Parodi's.

yup.. Cheroot kind of thing.

[DocLogic77]

I don't know...but I wish I looked as bad ass smoking one as Clint.

[alley00p]

Originally Posted by DocLogic77

I don't know...but I wish I looked as bad ass smoking one as Clint.

[smokeyandthebandit05]

I was thinkin backwoods

[Hot Stuff x]

Originally Posted by smokeyandthebandit05

I was thinkin backwoods

They didn't start making backwoods until mid-to-late 70's, IIRC.

Actually I just checked wikipedia, they say 1973.

Hmmm, well gang, it looks like we have a mystery on our hands.

Cheers,
Rob

Ok, according to WikiAnswers:

Clint Eastwood said in a recent interview that he brought the cigars from the US & they were called "Virginians" & described them as a strong smoke that put him in a foul mood. He liked them cause the were long & skinny & he would chop them into thirds to fit in his pocket.

Traditional Toscani dry cured cigars (in the vein of DeNobili's) were my guess for a long time due to it being shot in Italy, but alas, this is not the case.

It has long been speculated that what he was smoking was the nub of a Marsh Wheeling cigar ( http://www.broadleafcigars.com/wheeling.htm ) which is probably the most period accurate smoke that you can still buy. They are a 7" x 34 ring smoke & can be considered hearty in comparison to other smokes of it's ilk.

I believe that Clint's "Virginian" brand smoke was any one of the million different Marsh Wheeling style knock off brands that was available in the 1960's. I can't find a google reference for it, so I am sure the brand is long dead & gone, but Wheeling's still exist if you want the experience.

Is anyone familiar with these at all?

[acarr]

You must have been watching AMC. I caught a couple of these today also.

Originally Posted by acarr

You must have been watching AMC. I caught a couple of these today also.

Yup, you guessed correctly. I dunno about you but whenever I come across one of these on tv I just end up watching.

Still, if anyone has any info on those cigars that I posted above I'd love to know more.

Cheers,
Rob

[bobarian]

There was a scene(Josie Wales, I think) where he bought a bunch while resupplying. I remember him grabbing a handful and they looked like they were about 6" which would be the size of the Wheeling Virginian. But the ones he always pulled from his pocket were much shorter.

Originally Posted by No1der

Ok, according to WikiAnswers:



Is anyone familiar with these at all?

I looked at the packaging of the ones you speak of and it is very similar to parodi cigars.
these cigars could have been sourced out to anyone. I think the original manufacturer OEMed them out to various outlets but the original is parodi.

I am smoking one right now. they are very distinctive and not like any non hand rolled cigar.

any comments on this?

[Gargoyle]

I wonder how much Clint's rep would fall if we found out that he smoked cremosas.

Originally Posted by Gargoyle

I wonder how much Clint's rep would fall if we found out that he smoked cremosas.

None,You gotta be a real Bad A$$ to smoke those.

in joise whale it was plug chewing tobacco and here is a site for small cigars named after him www.clintscigars.com i dont think its the kind he smoked in the movie but they look cool

I too thought that he smoked De Nobili Toscani, which are also produced in the US:

This is from the Clint Eastwood forum:

http://www.clinteastwood.org/forums/...13733#msg13733

The sixth post asserts Toscani's by quoting a book:

"Cheroot" is another style of cigar. It's possible he smokes them in some Westerns. However, in the Leone films he was definitely smoking toscani.

See Christopher Frayling's Sergio Leone: Something to Do With Death (2000), p. 182-183."

I have no idea whether this is true, but it probably is, because the internet is a very reliable source of information.

Speaking of Marsh Wheelings, there was mention of them on the Old Toby Podcast this past weekend. They were saying that at the store, Just For Him in Springfield MO, that they sell a bunch of MW when the Civil War re-enactors come to town. It is a period smoke, that is the only one allowed. Interesting that I saw mention of them, here.

Well first, thanks to this thread for helping decide my username.
Now down to business. According to Wikipedia, Clint Eastwood article:
"Eastwood was instrumental in creating the Man With No Name character's distinctive visual style that would appear in throughout the Dollars trilogy. He bought the black jeans from a shop on Hollywood Boulevard, the hat from a Santa Monica wardrobe firm, and the trademark black cigars came from a Beverly Hills shop, though Eastwood himself is a non-smoker."
And from the "Man with no name" Wikipedia page:
"He habitually smokes a cigarillo while working... The Man's trademark cigars were also from California; their harshness put Eastwood in what he called a "scratchy mood," which aided in his characterization."
Now they don't list the brand, which is too bad, and Wikipedia's not always perfect, but based on the size they could have been cigarillos. Either way, great thread.