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1940: Gloria Paul is born--London, England.
1960: Ian Fleming's series of "Thrilling Cities" articles in The Sunday Times ends by covering Chicago and New York.
1962: Dr. No films OO7 in his flat.
1963: The Daily Express story "Wanted - A Girl for OO7" prompts 200 to try out for the role of Tatiana Romanova at Pinewood.
1965: Τζέημς Μποντ, πράκτωρ 007: Εναντίων Χρυσοδάκτυλου (James Bond, praktor 007 enantion Hrysodaktylou, or James Bond Agent 007 Ancient Chrysodactylos, or Goldfinger) released in Greece.
1973: James Bond comic strip The League of Vampires ends its run in The Daily Express.
(Started 25 October 1972. 2066–2172) Yaroslav Horak, artist. Jim Lawrence, writer.
https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/comics/tlov.php3
Swedish Semic Comic 1982 https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/comics/semic_1982.php3
https://www.popoptiq.com/the-league-of-vampires/
Danish 1975 http://www.bond-o-rama.dk/en/jb007-dk-no32-1975/
1987: Stephanie Sigman is born--Obregon, Sonora, Mexico.
2003: La morte può attendere (Death Can Wait) released in Italy.
2010: Martin Benson dies at age 91-- Markyate, Hetfordshire, England.
(Born 10 August 1918--London, England.)
Martin Benson in the 1985 TV wartime drama Arch of Triumph
Photograph: ITV / Rex Features
2020: Schiffer Publishing Ltd releases Real James Bond: A True Story of Identity Theft, Avian Intrigue and Ian Fleming by Jim Wright.
https://www.mi6community.com/discussion/19372/my-new-book-the-real-james-bond#latest
2020: Monopoly re-issues the game as a No Time To Die tie-in.
2022: The Music Of James Bond & More - All The Songs – All The Hits LIVE! at Großes Haus Halberstadt, Germany.
Photo: Retratos do Brasil
1910: David Niven is born--Belgravia, London, England.
(He dies 29 July 1983 at age 73--Château-d'Œx, Switzerland.)
Cary Grant, Loretta Young and David Niven in "The Bishop's Wife." (File photo)
David Niven, left, and Kim Hunter in "Stairway to Heaven. (File photo)
Shirley MacLaine, David Niven and Cantinflas in "Around the World in 80 Days." (File photo)
On the set of The Sea Wolves.
1946: Lana Wood is born--Santa Monica, California.
1960: This month Playboy Magazine prints the Ian Fleming story "The Hildebrand Rarity".
1960: Ian Fleming receives notice by cable that Kevin McClory is arriving that night in Jamaica, there to discuss the film project.
1969: Javier Bardem is born--Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain.
1971: Sean Connery is announced to return in Diamonds Are Forever.
1973: Bond comic strip Die with My Boots On begins its run in The Daily Express.
(Finishes 18 June 1973. 2173–2256) Yaroslav Horak, artist. Jim Lawrence, writer.
https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/comics/dwmbo.php3
Swedish Semic Comic 1982 https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/comics/semic_covers/x1982_2.jpg.pagespeed.ic.SOnYIp3wvf.webp
(Die With My Boots On)
Danish 1974 http://www.bond-o-rama.dk/en/jb007-dk-no-30-1974/
“Die With My Boots On” (1974)
["Narkohandlerne" [The Drug Dealers]]
1992: Marvel Comics publishes James Bond Jr #3 "Earth-Cracker!", representing episode 2 of the cartoon series.
Mario Capaldi, artist. Cal Hamilton, writer.
James Bond Jr Issue 3 Earth-Cracker!
http://readallcomics.com/james-bond-jr-003/
John M. Burns, artist. Simon Jowett, writer.
John Watkiss, artist. Das Petrou, writer.
2003: Hodder & Stoughton releases the novelization for Die Another Day by Raymond Benson in hardcover.
Danish https://www.bond-o-rama.dk/en/dad-benson-dk-2003/
2010: Bright Lights Film Journal publishes Robert von Dassanowsk's "Casino Royale at 33: The Postmodern Epic in Spite of Itself".
2017: Dynamite Entertainment publishes James Bond #1 Black Box Part One, combining influences from the films and Bond's inner psychology from the novels. Rapha Lobosco, artist. Benjamin Percy, writer.
2022: The Music of James Bond & More - All The Songs - All The Hits Live! at Theater am Aegi, Hanover, Germany.
1945: Trumpeter Derek Roy Watkins is born--Reading, England.
(He dies 22 March 2013 at age 68--Surrey, England.)
Bell in 2004: his playing echoed Jelly Roll Morton ( PA )
1964: The Daily Express serializes You Only Live Twice starting this date.
https://illustrated007.blogspot.com/2016/12/daily-express-artwork-for-you-only-live.html
1968: Daniel Wroughton Craig is born--Chester, Cheshire, England.
1973: Live and Let Die films the final scenes for OO7.
1999: Dusty Springfield dies at age 59--Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England.
(Born 16 April 1939--Hampstead, London, England.)
Photo: GETTY IMAGES
Dusty (True Stereo) I Only Want To Be With You HD
The Windmills of Your Mind (Single)
Dusty Springfield -Look of Love-live and rare!
The Six Million Dollar Man Dusty Springfield Closing
2011: The Daily Telegraph prints the Jeremy Duns piece "Casino Royale: discovering the lost script".
2020: Britain's Royal Mint reveals a seven-kilogram gold coin celebrating the new James Bond film.
At 185 millimetres in diameter, it is the largest coin ever made by the Royal Mint, Britain's official coin-maker.
The mint did not release the price tag for the seven-kilo gold piece,
but the recommended retail price of the two-kilo coin is an eye-watering £129,990.
2022: David Perrico Pop Strings Orchestra - The Music of James Bond 007 at Las Vegas, Nevada.
1942: William Cartlidge is born--England.
(He dies at age 78--Hamble-le-Rice, Hampshire, England.)
1963: Ian Fleming writes editor Michael Howard with a brilliant notion.
2005: Puffin publishes Charlie Higson's first novel in the Young Bond series--SilverFin--in the UK.
2016: Dynamite Entertainment releases James Bond #5 Vargr comic, in print and digital.
2020: Concerns arise for the coronavirus as related to the release of No Time To Die.
No Time To Die marks Daniel Craig's swansong as James Bond
2022: 007 James Bond's London Private Half Day Tour at London, England.
2022: The Music of James Bond & More - All The Songs - All The Hits Live! concertat Stadthalle Korbach, Germany.
2022: The Science Museum screens No Time To Die at South Kensington, London, England.
2008: Quantum of Solace films Camille going after General Medrano.
2015: A statement issued by MGM and the Broccolis declares a James Bond musical is not being pursued--contradicting Merry Saltzman, daughter of Harry.
2019: Announced date for Cary Joji Fukunaga to begin filming BOND 25 at Pinewood Studios.
2020: Announced delay of No Time To Die to November 2020.
[Later moved to April 2021. Then September 2021.]
Vita Ayala & Danny Lore, writers. Eric Gapstur, artist. Limited Virgin cover by Afua Richardson.
2022: FLIC screen No Time To Die at Launceston, Cornwall, England.
1962: Films the first scene with OO7 and the "Bond--James Bond” line.
1962: Simon Abkarian is born--Gonesse, Val-d'Oise, France.
1966: BOAC Boeing 707 Flight 911 from Tokyo crashes into Mount Fuji 25 minutes after takeoff. No survivors.
Eyewitnesses said they saw pieces of the
aircraft coming away before it crashed
BOAC 911 Tragedy on Mt. Fuji | BOEING 707 Crash Tokyo Haneda - Hong Kong Kai Tak
1982: La espía que me amó (Catalan: L'espia que em va estimar, The Spy That Loved Me) re-released in Spain.
1990: The Secret Life of Ian Fleming (later Spymaker: ...) starring Jason Connery airs on TNT.
2002: BOND 20 films Gustav Graves directing the fury of Icarus at OO7.
2011: Daniel Craig appears in a film short celebrating International Women's Day.
( Image: Instagram/India Grace)
2020: Swatch releases the original James Bond Swatch Q watch, designed by Suttirat Anne Larlarb. It's to appear in the film No Time To Die as worn by Q himself. Stocks quickly sell out.
2022: A Movie Night with Fusion Pops Orchestra at Norwood Concert Hall, Adelaide, Australia.
1920: Lewis Gilbert is born--London, England. (He dies 23 February 2018 at age 97--Monaco.)
Julie Walters and Michael Caine in a scene from
Educating Rita, 1983, directed by Lewis Gilbert.
Photograph: Ronald Grant Archive
Lewis Gilbert described himself as an unfashionable director.
Photograph: Frank Baron for the Guardian
Michael Caine in a scene from Alfie, 1966;
Gilbert resisted the studio’s idea of casting Tony Curtis in the role.
Photograph: Allstar/Cinetext/Paramount
1963: Variety reports on Sean Connery beginning a two-week promotion of Dr. No in the US.
1984: Sir Richard Joseph Hughes CBE is born 5 March 1906--Prahran, Melbourne, Australia.
(He dies at age 77--Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong.)
Richard Hughes worked directly to Ian Fleming, his boss at the Sunday Times.
Hughes and Fleming during a tour of Southern Japan in 1959. They became good friends, and Fleming drew on Hughes’ character, writing him into his last James Bond book, as Dikko Henderson, head of Australian security in Japan. (Pictured in Japan in 1962.)
Richard Hughes in Laos in 1959 when he had his curious meeting with the Blind Bonze of Luang Prabang.
1979: Moonraker films space station exteriors.
1988: During Operation Flavius, British SAS kill three members of the Irish Republican Army in Gibraltar.
1998: Tomorrow Never Dies released in Thailand.
2020: GQ proposes the best dressed Bond actors.
(Born 27 April 1935--Berlin, Germany.)
Van der Zyl in 2013
2022: TVG Cinemas screen No Time To Die in Malaysia.
Free. Includes question and answer session with effects supervisors on the film.
RSVP required for registration, first come first served.
2022: Southwestern Ohio Symphonic Band presents a free performance of Bond, James Bond Meets the Pink Panther at Middletown, Ohio.
1952: William Boyd CBE FRSL is born--Accra, Gold Coast, Ghana.
1962: Dr No films Miss Taro's apartment and the death of Professor Dent.
1970: Rachel Hannah Weisz is born--London, England.
1974: Tobias Menzies is born--London, England.
2000: Charles Gray dies at age 71--Brompton, London, England.
(Born 29 August 1920--Bournemouth, Dorset, England.)
2020: Daniel Craig spoofs James Bond on Saturday Night Live.
2022: WE Cinemas screen Spectre in Singapore.
2022: Symphony NH presents: The Music of James Bond! at Nashua, New Hampshire.
1947: Carole Bayer Sager is born--New York City, New York.
2003: ダイ・アナザー・デイ (Dai anazā Dei, Die Another Day) released in Japan.
2011: International Women's Day recognized by a short film with Judi Dench, Daniel Craig.
2016: Sir George Henry Martin, CBE, dies at age 90--Colesshill, Oxordshire, England.
(Born 3 January 1926--Holloway, London.)
George Martin with the Beatles at Abbey Road. Photograph: BBC/ Apple Corps Ltd/BBC
Barry: The beyondness of things
(Born 10 April 1929--Lund, Sweden.)
Max von Sydow in The Seventh Seal, 1957, directed by Ingmar Bergman.
Photograph: Moviestore/Rex/Shutterstock
Max von Sydow and Linda Blair in The Exorcist, 1973.
Photograph: Sportsphoto/Allstar/Cinetext Collection
Max von Sydow, left, and Mathieu Amalric in The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, 2007
Max von Sydow in Flash Gordon, 1980.
Photograph: Everett Collection/Rex
Max von Sydow and Julie Andrews in Hawai, 1966. Photograph: Ronald Grant
2022: OUFS x French Connection OBU James Bond Night at the Oxford French Varsity Club, Oxford, England.
Black tie.
2022: The Music of James Bond & More - All The Songs - All The Hits Live! at Stadthalle Vennehof Borken, Germany.
2022: Schemel Forum Evening Course “James Bond and the Cold War” at the University of Scranton, Pennsylvania.
1915: Ruth Kempf is born.
(She dies 9 September 2012 at age 97--Opelousas, Lousiana.)
1929: Jean Rougerie is born--Neuilly-sur-Seine, France.
(He dies 25 January 1998 at age 68--Ivry-sur-Seine, France.)
1964: Goldfinger films Sean Connery's first scene--the pre-credit sequence.
1999: Roger Moore receives appointment as Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE).
With Tom Jones receiving the OBE for Services to Music and Entertainment.
2015: Spectre announces Stephanie Sigman's casting.
2020: Billie Eilish and and brother Finneas kick off their Where Do We Go? World Arena Tour in Miami, Florida.
2020: Ultimate Classic Rock gathers information on a rumoured Eric Clapton track.
2022: The Music of James Bond at E-Werk & Palladium Köln, Odenthal, Germany.
1921: Cec Linder is born--Timmins, Ontario, Canada.
(He dies 10 April 1992 at age 71--Toronto, Canada.)
Cec Linder as paleontologist Doctor Matthew Roney in the BBC Television serial
Quatermass and the Pit (1958–59)
The Saint, "The Persistent Parasites" (Roger Moore, Jan Holden, Cec Linder)
1953: Paul Haggis is born--London, Ontario, Canada.
1995: GoldenEye films Onatopp’s death.
2016: Klaus Hugo (Ken) Adam dies at age 95--London, England.
(Born 5 February 1921--Berlin, Germany.)
Ken Adam, left, on the set of “Diamonds Are Forever,” with the actor Sean Connery. Credit United Artists, via Photofest
Mr. Adam worked on seven films in the James Bond series, the last of which was Moonraker in 1979. Credit Eon Productions
Mr. Adam won an Oscar in 1976 for his work on the film “Barry Lyndon.” Credit Hawk Films
2022: The Music Of James Bond & More - All The Songs – All The Hits LIVE! at Theater Itzehoe, Germany.
Photo: Nightflyer
Theater Itzehoe
2022: C-Fylm screens No Time To Die at Calstock, Cornwall, England.
2022: Prince Charles Cinema screens Casino Royale (1967).
1925: Peter Roger Hunt is born--London, England.
(He dies 14 August 2002 at age 77--Santa Monica, California.)
1963: Fernando Guillén Cuervo is born--Barcelona, Spain.
1965: 鐵金剛大戰 金手指 (Tiě jīngāng dàz hàn jīn shǒuzhǐ, or Iron King versus Golden Finger) released in Hong Kong.
2002: Die Another Day films the love scene with Bond and Miranda at the Ice Palace.
2022: The Long Beach Public Library screens No Time To Die at Long Beach, California.
1923: Vladek Sheybal is born--Zgierz, Lódzkie, Poland.
(He dies 16 October 1992 at age 69--London, England.)
2002: The producers announce the name of BOND 20 to be Die Another Day.
2012: Local residents of Hankley Common near Elstead in Surrey, England, report a huge (Scottish?) manor-type structure being built there.
2015: National Assembly for Wales rejects a request to film BOND 24 scenes in Senedd Chamber, Cardiff Bay, Wales.
James Bond actor Daniel Craig filming in Rome in February
The debating chamber inside the Welsh assembly
The Welsh assembly said it had offered filmmakers buildings other than
the Senedd as possible locations
2022: Free James Bond & The History of Espionage at London, England.
2022: The Music of James Bond & More - All The Songs - All The Hits Live! at Stadttheater Peiner Festsäle, Peine, Germany.
Photo: losch
2022: Dollar Cinema screens No Time To Die at Montreal, Canada.
2023: The Music Of James Bond & More!
1931: Toby Robins is born--Toronto, Canada.
1960: Ian Fleming dines with US Senator John F. Kennedy, shares advice to oust Cuban President Fidel Castro.
1979: The Man With the Golden Gun re-released in the Philippines.
1997: Date of Dan Petrie Jr's shooting script for Tomorrow Never Dies.
https://images.propstore.com/135270.jpg
2015: Sir Roger Moore, Daniel Craig, Michael G. Wilson, Sam Mendes, Ben Whishaw, Naomie Harris(!), Rory Kinnear appear in a skit for Comic Relief.
2017: Scientific Games announces its exclusive licensing agreement for James Bond .
Ibrahim Moustafa, artist. Jeff Parker, writer.
Cover A - Panosian
Ibrahim Moustafa cover
Christian Ward cover
2022: The Music of James Bond & More - All The Songs - All The Hits Live! at Theater an der Ilmenau, Uelzen, Germany.
Photo: Lars Wendlandt
2022: Dame Shirley Bassey performs at the 75th BAFTA Film Awards, Albert Hall, London.
Dame Shirley Bassey, 2019. CREDIT: Getty
Winners:
Take a look at the list of nominees.
Best Film
Belfast
Don’t Look Up
Dune
Licorice Pizza
The Power of the Dog
Leading Actress
Lady Gaga, House of Gucci
Alana Haim, Licorice Pizza
Emilia Jones, CODA
Renata Reinsve, The Worst Person in the World
Joanna Scanlan, After Love
Tessa Thompson, Passing
Leading Actor
Adeel Akhtar, Ali & Ava
Mahershala Ali, Swansong
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog
Leonardo DiCaprio, Don’t Look Up
Stephen Graham, Boiling Point
Will Smith, King Richard
Supporting Actress
Caitríona Balfe, Belfast
Jessie Buckley, The Lost Daughter
Ariana DeBose, West Side Story
Ruth Negga, Passing
Aunjanue Ellis, King Richard
Ann Dowd, Mass
Supporting Actor
Mike Faist, West Side Story
Ciarán Hinds, Belfast
Troy Kotsur, CODA
Woody Norman, C’mon C’mon
Jesse Plemons, The Power of the Dog
Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Power of the Dog
Director
Aleem Khan, After Love
Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Drive My Car
Audrey Diwan, Happening
Paul Thomas Anderson, Licorice Pizza
Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog
Julia Ducournau, Titane
Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer
After Love
Boiling Point
The Harder They Fall
Keyboard Fantasies
Passing
Adapted Screenplay
CODA
Drive My Car
Dune
The Lost Daughter
The Power of the Dog
Original Screenplay
Being the Ricardos
Belfast
Don’t Look Up
King Richard
Licorice Pizza
Animated Film
Encanto
Flee
Luca
The Mitchells vs The Machines
Documentary
Becoming Cousteau
Cow
Flee
The Rescue
Summer of Soul (Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Film Not in the English Language
Drive My Car
The Hand of God
Parallel Mothers
Petite Maman
The Worst Person in the World
Costume Design
Cruella
Cyrano
Dune
The French Dispatch
Nightmare Alley
Make Up & Hair
Cruella
Cyrano
Dune
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
House of Gucci
Original Score
Being The Ricardos
Don’t Look Up
Dune
The French Dispatch
The Power of the Dog Production Design
Cyrano
Dune
The French Dispatch
Nightmare Alley
West Side Story
Sound
Special Visual Effects
British Short Animation
Casting
Boiling Point
Dune
The Hand of God
King Richard
West Side Story
1953: Ian and Anne Fleming depart Jamaica for London via Montego Bay, Nassau, then New York City. They leave behind Mr. and Mrs. Guy Charteris, plus Lucian Freud who establishes his moment of "Goldeneye folklore".
1962: Dr. No films Bond and Honey meeting the villain at his lair.
1995: GoldenEye films the first scenes featuring 006.
1998: トゥモロー・ネバー・ダイ (To~umorō nebā dai; Tomorrow Never Die) released in Japan.
(Born 9 January 1926.)
2018: Manchester University Press interviews author Claire Hines on her book The Playboy and James Bond.
https://d2ujvcq4vw00sj.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/20120851/The-playboy-and-James-Bond.pdf
2020: BBC airs radio drama The Man with the Golden Gun, Stephens' ninth time as OO7.
The trio filmed their links in a west London courtyard, with residents watching from their windows
The James Bond episode: Flintoff as Jaws, McGuinness as Bond, and Harris as Oddjob
The trio take part in several more death-defying stunts this series
McGuinness reckons Bond producers will want him to replace Daniel Craig
We're looking forward to finding out what on earth is going on here From 2020:
Driving the best Bond cars ever! | Top Gear
2021: Billie Eilish and brother Finneas win the Best Song Written for Visual Media 2021 Grammy Award for title song “No Time to Die” released 13 February 2020. (The latest film release plan is October 2021.)
2022: Hollywood Theatre screens No Time To Die at Vancouver, British Columbia.
1924: Walter Gotell is born--Bonn, Germany.
(He dies 5 May 1997 at age 73--London, England.)
1942: Molly Peters is born--Walsham-le-Willows, Suffolk, England.
(She dies 30 May 2017 at age 75--Taunton, Somerset, England.)
1944: Fleming associate Maud Russell writes about him in her diary entry.
1964: The Observer publishes Maurice Richardson's piece "Bondo-san and Tiger Tanaka".
1997: Tomorrow Never Dies films ahead of principal photography. Actors on hand include Gerard Butler.
2002: A BOND 20 press release from the producers announces: "We are thrilled that Madonna, who is recognized as the world's most exciting songwriter and performer, has agreed to compose and sing the song for the first James Bond movie of the new millennium."
2015: The BOND 24 film crew remains past this scheduled date to continue filming the car chase in Rome.
2017: A competition to design the 27th letter of the English language, inspired by Ian Fleming, starts this date and runs through 25 April.
2018: Danny Boyle is confirmed to direct BOND 25. (These plans later change.)
2018: The Japan Meteorological Agency issue a Level 3 warning for Mount Shinmoedake, Japan.
PHOTO: Shinmoedake peak spews molten lava as it erupts between Miyazaki and
Kagoshima prefectures, southwestern Japan, in a photo taken by a remote camera
and released by Kyodo News, April 5, 2018.
Kyodo News via ReutersKyodo News via Reuters
PHOTO: Lightning lights up the ash cloud above Shinmoedake peak as the volcano erupts
between Miyazaki and Kagoshima prefectures, southwestern Japan, in a photo
taken by a remote camera and released by Kyodo News, April 5, 2018.
Kyodo News via ReutersKyodo News via Reuters https://dehayf5mhw1h7.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/726/2018/04/05191741/021819_Thinkstock_Volcano-630x348.jpg
2020: Kitzbühel Austria hosts its tenth James Bond Themed ‘Fireball’ event, ending today.
(Born 15 November 1939--New York City, New York.)
Yaphet Kotto with Sigourney Weaver in the 1979 film “Alien,” in which he played a member
of a spaceship crew doing battle with an extraterrestrial creature.
Credit 20th Century Fox, via Associated Press
Mr. Kotto as a police lieutenant on the long-running TV series “Homicide: Life on the Street.”
Credit...James Sorensen/NBC Universal, via Getty Images
Mr. Kotto with Roger Moore in the 1973 James Bond film “Live and Let Die.”
It was Mr. Moore’s first film as Bond, and one of Mr. Kotto’s best-known movie roles.
Credit...MGM/UA Entertainment
2022: The Music of James Bond & More - All The Songs - All The Hits Live! concert at Brunnentheater Helmstedt, Germany.
2022: Bond, James Bond Trivia at Funck's Leola, Pennsylvania.
2022: Kinepolis Metropolis Antwerpen and UGC Cinema's Mechelen (ex Utopolis Mechelen) screen No Time To Die in Belgium.
1959: Ludger Pistor is born--Recklinghausen, Germany.
1961: A Thunderball serialisation begins in The Daily Express. Raymond Hawkey, illustrator. Robert Hawkey later designs the 1963 Pan paperback edition of Ian Fleming's Thunderball, setting a photographic style.
2018: BBC News reports and speculates on BOND 25.
Boyle and Craig previously worked together on Bond short Happy and Glorious
The mini James Bond film Boyle made for the London 2012 Olympics opening ceremony
was capped off by a double parachute jump
Michael G Wilson and Barbara Broccoli with Daniel Craig in 2011
Daniel Craig was last seen as Bond in 2015's Spectre
2022: The Music of James Bond & more concert at Kulturhaus Salzwedel, Germany.
2022: Skyfall - Film with Live Orchestra presented by the San Francisco Symphony at Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, California. Plus Thursday.
1925: Gabriele Ferzetti is born--Rome, Lazio, Italy.
(He dies 2 December 2015 at age 90--Rome, Lazio, Italy.)
Gabriele Ferzetti (right) with Lea Massari in Antonioni’s classic L’Avventura (1960),
in which he played Sandro, a wealthy playboy searching for his missing lover.
Photograph: Snap Stills/Rex Shutterstock
(She dies 8 June 2018--London, England.)
Eunice Gayson as Sylvia Trench in Dr No, 1962.
Photograph: Danjaq/Eon/UA/Kobal/Rex/Shutterstock
Eunice Gayson and Sean Connery in Dr No, 1962.
Photograph: Danjaq/Eon/UA/Kobal/Rex/Shutterstock
1961: Life Magazine presents US President John F. Kennedy's list of his ten favorite books.
From Russia With Love places 9 out of 10.
1975: El hombre con el revolver de oro released in Uruguay.
2015: Spectre teaser poster(s) take inspiration from Live and Let Die.
2020: Royal Mail releases ten new stamps celebrating James Bond films each decade, including No Time To Die.
2022: Skyfall - Film with Live Orchestra presented by the San Francisco Symphony at Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, California.
1941: Frank McRae is born--Memphis, Tennessee.
(He dies 29 April 2021 at age 77--Santa Monica, California.)
Courtesy of Universal/Everett Collection
1952: Ian Fleming completes his Casino Royale manuscript. He shows it to ex-girlfriend Clare Blanchard.
1963: On Her Majesty's Secret Service starts as a serial in the Daily Express. Robb, illustrator.
1965: Thunderball films OO7 beating Largo at the card table.
1963: Richard Maibaum completes the From Russia With Love screenplay.
1968: Colonel Sun by Robert Markham (Kingsley Amis) starts as a serial in the Daily Express. Robb, illustrator.
1985: Aston Martin Lagonda chairman Victor Gauntlett registers number plate B549 WUU.
2012: Ian Fleming Publications confirms there will be no novelization of Skyfall.
Notional covers.
2014: The London Film Museum, Covent Garden, launches The Bond In Motion exhibition. In attendance: Barbara Broccoli, Michael G. Wilson, Ken Adam, Naomie Harris, Caterina Murino, Maryam d'Abo.
2020: Nokia announces its new 5G device, to be featured in the now delayed No Time To Die.
NO TIME TO DIE | Lashana Lynch features in Nokia phones’ campaign
2022: The Music Of James Bond & More! at Köln, Germany.
Photo: Doppelbauer
2022: The Music from James Bond at Koninklijk Theater Carré, Amsterdam.
2022: UGC Cinema's Mechelen (ex Utopolis Mechelen) screens No Time To Die at Antwerp, Belgium.
1935: Burt Metcalfe is born--Saskatchewan, Canada.
1936: Ursula Andress is born--Ostermundigen, Switzerland.
1958: Dr. No begins as a serial in the Daily Express, with an illustration by Robb. (Ends 1 April 1958.)
1962: Sports Illustrated prints Ian Fleming's article "The Guns of James Bond".
1994: James Duncan (Jim) Lawrence dies at age 75--Summit, New Jersey.
(Born 22 October 1918--Detroit, Michigan.)
https://www.markcarlson-ghost.com/index.php/2019/09/12/friday-foster/
2001: The BBC reports a High Court jury awards Monty Norman £30,000 libel damages for a Sunday Times article stating he didn't write the James Bond theme.
Monty Norman: Libel case victory
Sean Connery began his
Bond career with Dr No
The Sunday Times
alleged Barry composed
Bond tune
2015: BOND 24 films the helicopter sequence at Zócalo main city square, Mexico City, Mexico.
2021: Daniel Craig returns to the Bond role.
BBC/Comic Relief 2021/Mickey Bishop
@Comic Relief: Red Nose Day 2021 - BBC
Daniel Craig and Elaine Figgis | Comic Relief (2009)
2022: Free James Bond Walking Tour by London with a Local at London.
2022: The Music of James Bond & More - All The Songs - All The Hits Live! concert at Stadthaus Lutherstadt, Wittenberg, Germany.
2022: The Prince Charles Cinema screens Diamonds Are Forever in London.
1911: Milo Sperber is born in Poland.
(He dies 22 December 1992 at age 81--London Borough of Camden, London, England.)
1942: Signed "F", Ian Fleming presents a paper to Admiral John Henry Godfrey recognizing successful efforts by Germans to send advance Commando forces that seized "documents, equipment, and ciphers" before they could be destroyed. He suggests a similar effort by the Allies. And later in civilian life collects important manuscripts for posterity.
1964: Daily Variety reports Goldfinger principal photography began 16 March with interiors at Pinewood. And location filming of Fort Knox (replica) in the London borough of Middlesex.
1965: The Goldfinger soundtrack reaches #1 on the Billboard 200 charts, remaining at the top through 3 April. The LP was released in October 1964.
1976: Lawrence Michael Andrew Goodliffe dies at age 61--Wimbledon, London, England.
(Born 1 October 1914--Bebington, Merseyside, England.)
Goodliffe
Painted by Aubrey Davidson-Houston in the role of Hamlet,
performed while a POW in Germany.
1981: Bill Conti flies to London starting a two month focus on the For Your Eyes Only musical score.
2002: BOND 20 films Jinx threatened by lasers.
2013: Danny Boyle declares to the press he won't direct the next Bond film based on concerns for creative control--and since he's already done a mini-Bond film for the 2012 Summer Olympics.
The fake trailer for Bond 24 was quickly taken from YouTube
(PIcture: YouTube/Sony Pictures)
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2018: Daniel Craig's 2014 Aston Martin Centenary Edition Vanquish, numbered 007, goes to auction for charity at Christie’s in New York.
Marc Laming, artist. Greg Pak, writer.
2022: James Bond Bus Tour of London at London, England.
2022: The Music Of James Bond & More - All The Songs All The Hits Live! at Citizens' home in Neuenhagen near Berlin, Germany.
1946: Timothy Peter Dalton is born--Colwyn Bay, Denbighshire, Wales. [Or maybe 1944.]
1963: The Sydney Morning Herald publishes an interview with Sean Connery.
"Nobody knew anything about him." Sean Connery and Ursula Andress in a scene from Doctor No (1963).
Credit: Publicity
"He's a man who makes his own rules..." Sean Connery as Bond Credit:United Artists Corporation
Sean Connery and his Australian-born wife, actress Diane Cilento. Credit: William Mottram
1995: GoldeneEye films OO7 in peril by the thighs of Xenia.
2001: The Guardian (quoting The Sun) says Whitney Houston could be the next Bond Girl for Pierce Brosnan.
Entertainer Whitney Houston and her husband, singer Bobby Brown (R),
converse with Roger Moore (L) and Lauren Bacall, as they arrive October 11 for the
4th annual International Achievement in Arts Awards in Beverly Hills.
REUTERS/Fred Prouser
2014: The London Film Museum welcomes Bond In Motion.
Skyfall's Honda CRF250R
Quantum of Solace's Montesa Cota 4RT
2018: Dynamite Entertainment publishes James Bond: The Body #3 (Part Three: The Gut).
Rapha Lobosco, illustrator. Ales Kot, writer. Luca Casalanguida, cover illustrator.
1945: Ian Fleming returns to England from Jamaica and finds Ann Charteris in better health.
1959: Maurice Richardson reviews Ian Fleming's latest Bond novel Goldfinger.
Ian Fleming: ‘continues to get away with much more than murder’.
Photograph: Ray Warhurst/Daily Mail /Rex
1962: Dr. No films OO7 receiving a Geiger counter from London.
1963: Illustrator Robb's work for the Daily Express serialization of On Her Majesty's Secret Service reportedly using Roger Moore as a photo reference.
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1971: Will Yun Lee is born--Arlington, Virginia.
2002: The Irish Examiner reports on producer Michael G. Wilson acknowledging the possibility of an actress in the James Bond role.
2013: Trumpeter Derek Roy Watkins dies--Surrey, England.
(Born 2 March 1945--Reading, England.)
Bell in 2004: his playing echoed Jelly Roll Morton ( PA )
(Born 9 January 1943--Hamilton, Ohio.)
Scott Walker with the Scottish pop singer Lulu during an awards ceremony in the late 1960s. Evoking the blue-eyed soul of the Righteous Brothers, his group, the Walker Brothers, had several hits, two of which rose to No. 1 on the British charts.
Credit Ballard/Hulton Archive
Mr. Walker performing on television in an undated photo. After leaving the Walker Brothers in 1967, he began a solo career that became a rejection of his rock-star phase, eventually retreating into the studio to create avant-garde music that was hard to categorize.
Credit David Redfern/Redferns
Scott Walker, "The Experience of Love", GoldenEye Soundtrack version
Scott Walker, "The Experience of Love", GoldenEye end titles
Scott Walker cover, "The Look of Love"
2022: The Johnson Hall Theater free-screens No Time To Die at Gardiner, Maine.
1911: Charles Joseph Russhon is born--New York City, New York.
(He dies 26 June 1982 at age 71--Manhattan, New York City, New York.)
(U.S. Air Force graphic/Robin Meredith/courtesy photo)
Sean Connery feigns shoving a vanilla ice cream cone in Retired Lieutenant Colonel Charles Russhon’s face during the production of “Thunderball.” Russhon was the military advisor to the James Bond films in the ‘60s and ‘70s. Russhon and Connery became friends on set. The vanilla ice cream cone had special significance to Russhon, who inspired the “Charlie Vanilla” character, an ice cream loving mister fix-it, in friend and esteemed American cartoonist Milton Caniff’s comic strip “Steve Canyon.” (Photo courtesy of Christian Russhon)
Retired Lieutenant Colonel Charles Russhon, military advisor to the James Bond films in the ‘60s and ‘70s, feigns shoving a vanilla ice cream cone in Sean Connery’s face during the production of “Thunderball.” Russhon and Connery became friends on set. The vanilla ice cream cone had special significance to Russhon, who inspired the “Charlie Vanilla” character, an ice cream loving mister fix-it, in friend and esteemed American cartoonist Milton Caniff’s comic strip “Steve Canyon.” (Photo courtesy of Christian Russhon)
Retired Lieutenant Colonel Charles Russhon, one of the original Air Commandos and military advisor to the James Bond films in the ‘60s and ‘70s, hugs Claudine Auger, a Bond girl in “Thunderball” and former Miss France Monde, during the production of “Thunderball.” (Photo courtesy of Christian Russhon)
Claire Russhon, wife of Retired Lieutenant Colonel Charles Russhon, military advisor to the James Bond films in the ‘60s and ‘70s, poses in the Aston Martin DB5 made famous in the films. (Photo courtesy of Christian Russhon)
Retired Lieutenant Colonel Charles Russhon, military advisor to the James Bond films in the ‘60s and ‘70s, hugs Martine Beswick, an English actress cast as a Bond girl in “Thunderball” and “From Russia With Love,” during the production of “Thunderball.” Sean Connery sits in the foreground. (Photo courtesy of Christian Russhon)
Sean Connery is welcomed to the TWA Ambassadors Club during the production of “Thunderball.” Retired Lieutenant Colonel Charles Russhon, military advisor to the James Bond films in the ‘60s and ‘70s and friend of Sean Connery’s, is to his right. (Photo courtesy of Christian Russhon)
This photograph from a 1945 article published in the “San Francisco Examiner” features Retired Lieutenant Colonel Charles Russhon as a captain (center) after his return from Japan in the wake of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Russhon was one of the first Americans on the ground in both locations within 24 hours of the bombs being dropped on both. One of the original Air Commandos, Russhon worked as a military advisor to the James Bond films in the ‘60s and ‘70s. (Photo by the "San Francisco Examiner" courtesy of Christian Russhon)
American cartoonist Milton Caniff poses with his “Steve Canyon” comic strip featuring “Charlie Vanilla,” a character inspired by his friend Retired Lieutenant Colonel Charles Russhon, one of the original Air Commandos and military advisor to the James Bond films in the ‘60s and ‘70s. The signed photograph features a circled “Charlie Vanilla,” aka Russhon, and says “this guy keeps turning up!” (Photo courtesy of Christian Russhon)
Retired Lieutenant Colonel Charles Russhon (left), military advisor to the James Bond films in the ‘60s and ‘70s and one of the original Air Commandos, chats with Major General (ret) Johnny Alison, one of the fathers of Air Force special operations, and Brigadier General J. Jackson. (Photo courtesy of Christian Russhon)
Retired Lieutenant Colonel Charles Russhon, military advisor to the James Bond films in the ‘60s and ‘70s, poses with Sean Connery during the production of “Thunderball.” Russhon took Connery in tow when he arrived in New York, and they remained friends until Russhon passed away in 1982, Russhon’s wife, Claire Russhon, said. (Photo courtesy of Christian Russhon)
1950: Corinne Piccolo (Corinne Cléry) is born--Paris, France.
1954: US publisher Macmillan releases 4,000 copies of Casino Royale to poor sales.
1964: Peter Lorre dies at age 59--Los Angeles, California.
(Born 26 June 1904--Ružomberok, Slovakia.)
2020: Guns from a collection connected to Ian Fleming and James Bond are stolen.
The Magnum is the only gun in the world entirely finished in chrome
The Walther PPK was used by Roger Moore in A View to a Kill \
The Beretta Tomcat pistol was used in Die Another Day
1939: Harry Saltzman pledges his Oath of Allegiance to the United States, later working with U.S. intelligence.
1952: Ian Lancaster Fleming and Anne Geraldine Charteris are married--Port Smith, Jamaica.
1961: In a court hearing, Kevin McClory and Jack Whittingham pursue action to halt publication of Thunderball due to Ian Fleming's use of screenplay material they contributed to.
2008: Quantum of Solace films at the European Southern Observatory 'Residencia', Atacama Desert, Chile.
2013: The Jameson Empire awards honor Skyfall Director Sam Mendes for Best Director, Best Film, plus the Empire Inspiration award. (Danny Boyle is recognized for Outstanding Contribution.)
Sam Mendes won Best Film and Best Director for Skyfall and the Empire Inspiration award in London.
Photo: Ian West/PA Wire/Press Association Images
Skyfall wins Best Film at the Empire Film Awards, picked up by Michael Wilson, Rob Wade, Barbara Broccoli, Sam Mendes and Neal Purvis. Credit: Ian West/PA Wire/Press Association Images
Danny Boyle won an Outstanding Contribution award. Credit: Ian West/PA Wire/Press Association Images
Daniel Radcliffe picked up the Empire Hero gong. Credit: Ian West/PA Wire/Press Association Images Here's some of the winners with their awards:
Samantha Barks with her award. Credit: Ian West/PA Wire/Press Association Images
Martin Freeman who won the Best Actor award. Credit: Ian West/PA Wire/Press Association Images
Jane Goldman won Best Horror Movie award, for Women in Black. Credit: Ian West/PA Wire/Press Association Images
Sir Ian Mckellen with the Best Science Fiction Fantasy award. Credit: Ian West/PA Wire/Press Association Images
Nira Park, Steve Oram and Ben Wheatley who won the Best British Film award. Credit: Ian West/PA Wire/Press Association Images
Tom Holland with his award. Credit: Ian West/PA Wire/Press Association Images
Presenter Jonny Vegas with Ted. Credit: Ian West/PA Wire/Press Association Images
Dame Helen Mirren wins the Empire Legend award. Credit: Ian West/PA Wire/Press Association Images
2022: The Music of James Bond & More - All The Songs - All The Hits Live! concert at Stadttheater Herford, Germany.
2022: Jim Wright via Zoom presents Thursday - My talk at Hawk Mountain including its Real James Bond connection.
2022: Prince Charles Cinema screens Diamonds Are Forever in London, England.
1956: Raymond Chandler reviews the fourth Bond novel Diamonds Are Forever in The Sunday Times.
1964: Reuters circulates a feature on the upcoming Bond film Goldfinger.
Honor Blackman (Pussy Galore) meets Sean Connery (James Bond) during a press conference
at Pinewood Studios for the third Bond film, Goldfinger - UK - 25 March 1964[/img]
2002: BOND 20 films Gustav Graves chasing Bond with the wrath of Icarus.
2008: An auction of typist Jean Frampton's letters and notes draws comparisons to the fictional Miss Moneypenny.
Jean Frampton
2012: Skyfall filming at Surrey, England (as "Scotland"), comes to an explosive end.
2022: Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra performs Casino Royale - Celebrating the 60th Anniversary of James Bond at St. John's, New Zealand.
1956: Jonathan Cape publishes Ian's Fleming's fourth Bond novel Diamonds Are Forever.
Pat Marriott, cover design.
1959: Raymond Thornton Chandler dies at age 70--La Jolla, California.
(Born 23 July 1888--Chicago, Illinois.)
1962: Dr. No films OO7 and Honey with Dr. No in the reactor room.
1964: Jonathan Cape publishes Ian Fleming's eleventh Bond novel You Only Live Twice.
The last published in his life. Richard Chopping cover.
1973: Sir Noël Peirce Coward dies at age 73--Blue Harbour, Jamaica.
(Born 16 December 1899--Middlesex, England.)
Noel Coward in 1914
Statue of Noel Coward on the grounds of Firefly, his former home, Jamaica
Arnie Weissmann, photographer
2020: Photographer Terry O'Neill's display of Bond - Photographed would have run from today through 30 March. Cancelled due to the gale of the world.
2022: The Music of James Bond...and Beyond! BBC Big Band - Storyhouse Theatre, Chester, England.
2022: Movie Night at Metfield Village Hall screens No Time To Die at Harleton, Norfolk, England.