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110 C A R M E L M A G A Z I N E • S U M M E R 2 0 2 6 for his 1971 directorial debut, “Play Misty for Me,” Eastwood used Moran’s Carmel cottage on San Antonio for the home of Eastwood’s character, KRML DJ Dave Garver, and Garver’s girlfriend, Tobie Williams (played by Donna Mills), worked in Moran’s Carmel Gallery on San Carlos between Fifth and Sixth. In real life, BELM Company opened the Hog’s Breath Inn in late 1971 in the courtyard below Moran’s studio. The corporate initials were for partners Walter Becker, Clint Eastwood, Paul Lippman, and Malcolm Moran. Becker (owner of the high-end Marquis restaurant at San Carlos and Fourth) and Moran played in the tourna- ment and Lippman, a former sportswriter, served as the tournament’s announcer and ref- eree. Eastwood’s local support system also included Beach Club tennis champions Ken Green and Yvan Nopert. Held annually over the 4th of July weekend, the EastwoodTennis Tournament flourished over the next few years, attracting a diverse array of celebrities, with crowds exceeding 3,500 to watch the action. Exhibition matches were largely offered for fun and entertainment, but the prize matches were very competitive. “Lefty” Brown, who was runner-up in 1966, won the 1968 and 1969 events, defeating club champion Ken Green in 1969. Actor Dabney Coleman, was a repeat winner in 1970 and 1971, defeating Don Bering, in 1970 and Green in 1971. Bering founded the annual Don Bering Cup tennis championship in 1964, an interclub championship between San Francisco’s Olympic Club and the Pebble Beach Tennis Club, now in its seventh decade. In 1971, actor Jack Ging won in mixed dou- bles with his tennis coach Sally Moore. Ging also played a doctor in Eastwood’s “Play Misty for Me” that year. He and Moore won again in 1973. Moore gave her trophy that year to her friend Jennings Lang, who withdrew with an injury. Lang was a producer on several of Eastwood’s films, including “Play Misty for Me.” Child star Tommy Cook, all grown up, defeat- ed Green in 1972 and Green defeated Cook in 1973. While he appeared in several movies, (Above) Sculptor Malcolm Moran with his trophy design and Eastwood in 1970. (Center) Paul Lippman watches as Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. holds Sachie Shaw for good luck in 1969. (Below) Don Hamilton, Jabby Hess and Clint Eastwood in 1969. Photos: William C. Brooks photo /Pebble Beach Company Lagorio