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  November 23 Posts: 13,850

  November 24th
  
  1959: Jack Whittingham meets Ian Fleming and Ivor Bryce in New York.
  
  1965: Variety reports Tom Jones signed up for the Thunderball title song, plus (not entirely correctly) that Shirley Bassey recorded a John Barry-Leslie Bricusse tune for the end titles.
  1966: You Only Live Twice films the throwing star and Blofeld. Actor Donald Pleasance is photographed on set.

  

  
  1981: Altin Tabancali Adam (The Golden Gun Man) released in Turkey.

  
  
  But not this one from 1970

  

  1983: Octopussy released in Australia.

  Australian Daybill
  

  1983: Τζέημς Μποντ, πράκτωρ 007: Επιχείρηση Οκτάπουσι (James Bond, Agent 007: Enterprise Octopus) released in Greece.

  

  
  1995: GoldenEye released in the UK, Ireland, and Poland.

  
  
  
  

  
  2006: Casino Royale released in Austria, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Romania, and Sweden.
  2006: 007: Casino Royale released in Spain.
  2006: Казино Pоял released in Bulgaria.

  
  
  

  
  2014: The Sony Corp. entertainment computer network is hacked, releasing sensitive information including details of the Spectre script. The biggest cyberattack to that date in the US. North Korea denies involvement. The FBI investigates.
  
  2018: Ricky Jay (Richard Jay Potash) dies at age 70--Los Angeles, California.
  (Born 26 June 1948--Brooklyn, New York City, New York.)

  

  Ricky Jay, Master Magician and
  Actor in ‘Deadwood,’ ‘Boogie
  Nights,’ Dies at 72

  https://variety.com/2018/film/news/ricky-jay-dead-dies-magician-boogie-nights-1203035879/
  https://twitter.com/Variety_PatS

  
  Ricky Jay 'Life of Pi' film premiere at the 50th Annual New York Film Festival, America - 28 Sep 2012
  CREDIT: Dave Allocca/Starpix/REX/Shutter

  Ricky Jay, a master magician who also acted in films and TV shows such as “Boogie Nights,” “House of Games” and “Deadwood,” died Saturday in Los Angeles. He was 72.
  
  Jay’s manager, Winston Simone, said he died of natural causes, adding, “He was one of a kind. We will never see the likes of him again.”
  
  His attorney Stan Coleman confirmed his death. His partner in the Deceptive Practices company, Michael Weber, tweeted, “I am sorry to share that my remarkable friend, teacher, collaborator and co-conspirator is gone.”
  
  A New Yorker profile called him “the most gifted sleight of hand artist alive,” and Jay was also known for his card tricks and memory feats.
  
  He appeared in several David Mamet movies, including “House of Games,” “The Spanish Prisoner,” “Things Change,” “Redbelt” and “State and Main.”
  
  Steve Martin, with whom he appeared in “The Spanish Prisoner,” described Jay in the New Yorker profile, “I sort of think of Ricky as the intellectual élite of magicians. He’s expertly able to perform and yet he knows the theory, history, literature of the field.”
  
  In “Deadwood,” he played card sharp Eddie Sawyer during the first season, and also wrote for the show.

  In the 1997 James Bond film “Tomorrow Never Dies,” Jay played a cyber-terrorist to Pierce Brosnan’s Bond.

  He also provided the narration for movies such as Paul Thomas Anderson’s “Magnolia.” His one-man Broadway show directed by Mamet, “Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants,” was recorded for an HBO special in 1996.
  
  With Weber, he created the Deceptive Practices company, which provided solutions to movies and TV productions such as the wheelchair that hid Gary Sinise’s legs in “Forrest Gump.” They also worked on films including “The Prestige,” “The Illusionist” and “Oceans Thirteen.”
  
  Jay, who was born Richard Jay Potash in Brooklyn, was introduced to magic by his grandfather. He began performing in New York, opening for rock bands. Jay first worked in film with on Caleb Deschanel’s “The Escape Artist.”
  
  A documentary about his life, “Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay,” was released in 2012.
  
  A student of all facets of magic, prestidigitation and trickery, he maintained a large library of historic works and wrote two books, as well as numerous articles for the New Yorker; he also frequently lectured at museums and universities.

  

  Ricky Jay (1946–2018)

  https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0419633/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
  
  Trivia
  Ricky Jay (Henry Gupta) is also an acclaimed magician, who holds a world record for the fastest throwing playing cards. The producers initially wanted a scene where he threw playing cards at Bond. They set up the scene to block, Ricky was fifty or seventy-five feet away, and was asked to hit Pierce Brosnan in the face. Ricky warned them it wasn't a good idea, safety wise. After they convinced him to do it, he agreed, and hit Pierce right above the eyes. To his disappointment, for some reason, they never asked him to repeat it on film. Gupta is shown throwing cards in the DVD deleted scenes.
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Cofb-jJiFk
  
  Filmography

  Actor (41 credits)
  
  2019 Sneaky Pete (TV Series) - T.H. Vignetti
  - The Sunshine Switcheroo (2019) ... T.H. Vignetti
  - The Little Sister (2019) ... T.H. Vignetti
  - The California Split (2019) ... T.H. Vignetti
  - The Invisible Man (2019) ... T.H. Vignetti
  - The Brooklyn Potash (2019) ... T.H. Vignetti (voice, uncredited)
  - The Vermont Victim & The Bakersfield Hustle (2019) ... T.H. Vignetti
  - The Stamford Trust Fall (2019) ... T.H. Vignetti
  - The Huckleberry Jones (2019) ... T.H. Vignetti
  2015 The Automatic Hate - Josh / Howard's son
  2014 Getting On (TV Series) - Thoracic Surgeon
  - Turnips... North Day... Yes, yes. (2014) ... Thoracic Surgeon
  2013 Breathe Life Radio TV (TV Series)
  2013 Teen Titans Go! (TV Series short) - Narrator
  - Double Trouble (2013) ... Narrator (voice)
  2011 The End of 'Sluggers' (Short)
  2010 Lost Masterpieces of Pornography (Video short) - Narrator
  2009-2010 Flashforward (TV Series) - Ted Flosso / Man in Warehouse
  - Revelation Zero: Part 2 (2010) ... Ted Flosso
  - Revelation Zero: Part 1 (2010) ... Ted Flosso
  - Playing Cards with Coyote (2009) ... Man in Warehouse
  2009 Lie to Me (TV Series) - Mason Brock
  - Fold Equity (2009) - .. Mason Brock
  
  2009 Intense - John
  2007-2009 The Unit (TV Series) - Agent Kern
  - Bad Beat (2009) ... Agent Kern
  - Pandemonium: Part Two (2007) ... Agent Kern
  - Paradise Lost (2007) ... Agent Kern
  - Bedfellows (2007) ... Agent Kern
  2008 The Brothers Bloom - Narrator (voice)
  2008 Redbelt - Marty Brown
  2008 The Great Buck Howard - Gil Bellamy
  2006-2007 Kidnapped (TV Series) - Roger Prince
  - Mutiny (2007) ... Roger Prince
  - Gone Fishing (2007) ... Roger Prince
  - Number One with a Bullet (2006) ... Roger Prince
  - Pilot (2006) ... Roger Prince
  2006 The Prestige - Milton
  2005 Last Days - Detective
  2004 Deadwood (TV Series) - Eddie Sawyer
  - Sold Under Sin (2004) ... Eddie Sawyer
  - Jewel's Boot Is Made for Walking (2004) ... Eddie Sawyer
  - Mister Wu (2004) ... Eddie Sawyer
  - No Other Sons or Daughters (2004) ... Eddie Sawyer
  - Suffer the Little Children (2004) ... Eddie Sawyer
  - Bullock Returns to the Camp (2004) ... Eddie Sawyer
  - Plague (2004) ... Eddie Sawyer
  - The Trial of Jack McCall (2004) ... Eddie Sawyer
  - Here Was a Man (2004) ... Eddie Sawyer
  - Reconnoitering the Rim (2004) ... Eddie Sawyer
  2004 Incident at Loch Ness - Party Guest
  2001 Heist - Don 'Pinky' Pincus
  2001 Heartbreakers - Dawson's Auctioneer
  2000 State and Main - Jack
  2000 The X-Files (TV Series) - The Amazing Maleeni / Herman Pinchbeck / Albert Pinchbeck
  - The Amazing Maleeni (2000) ... The Amazing Maleeni / Herman Pinchbeck / Albert Pinchbeck
  
  1999 Magnolia - Burt Ramsey / Narrator
  1999 Mystery Men - Vic Weems
  1997 Tomorrow Never Dies - Henry Gupta
  1997/I Hacks - The Hat
  1997 Boogie Nights - Kurt Longjohn
  1997 The Spanish Prisoner - George Lang
  1995 The Ranger, the Cook and a Hole in the Sky (TV Movie) - Hawkes
  1993 Magiskt (TV Series) - Magic film clip
  - Special guest: John Houdi (1993) ... Magic film clip
  - Special guest: John Houdi (1993) ... Magic film clip
  - Special guest: Lars-Peter Loeld (1993) ... Magic film clip
  1990-1992 The Secret Cabaret (TV Series) - Special appearance
  1992 Ring of the Musketeers (TV Movie) - Kerns (as Rickey Jay)
  1992 The Water Engine (TV Movie) - Ratty Inventor
  1991 Civil Wars (TV Series) - Lenny NiCastro
  - Pilot (1991) ... Lenny NiCastro
  1991 The Thrill Is Gone (TV Movie) - Dealer
  1991 Homicide - Aaron
  
  1988 Things Change - Mr. Silver
  1987 House of Games - George / Vegas Man
  1985/II A Midsummer Night's Dream (TV Movie) - Philostrate
  1983 Simon & Simon (TV Series) - Bird
  - Red Dog Blues (1983) ... Bird
  
  Miscellaneous Crew (21 credits)
  
  2008 The Great Buck Howard (technical consultant: magic)
  2007 Ocean's Thirteen (consultant)
  2006 The Prestige (technical advisor: magic)
  2006 The Illusionist (technical advisor: magic)
  2001 The Affair of the Necklace (technical consultant)
  2001 Heist (technical consultant)
  2001 Heartbreakers (technical consultant: con games)
  
  1998 The Parent Trap (technical consultant)
  1997 The Spanish Prisoner (technical consultant)
  1995 Congo (illusion creator) / (technical consultant)
  1994 Forrest Gump (illusion wheelchair designer)
  1994 Wolf (technical consultant)
  1994 I Love Trouble (technical consultant)
  1992 Leap of Faith (consultant: cons and frauds)
  1992 Sneakers (sleight of hand consultant)
  1990 The Magic Balloon (Short) (technical consultant)
  
  1987 House of Games (consultant: confidence games)
  1987 The Believers (technical consultant)
  1984 The Natural (technical consultant)
  1983 New Magic (Documentary short) (magic advisor)
  1982 The Escape Artist (technical advisor)
  Hide Hide Writer (5 credits)
  2007 The Unit (TV Series) (story - 1 episode)
  - Bedfellows (2007) ... (story)
  2004 Deadwood (TV Series) (written by - 1 episode)
  - Jewel's Boot Is Made for Walking (2004) ... (written by)
  1996 Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants (TV Movie)
  1990-1992 The Secret Cabaret (TV Series) (12 episodes)
  
  1989 Learned Pigs and Fireproof Women (TV Special)
  
  Music department (1 credit)
  
  1985/II A Midsummer Night's Dream (TV Movie) (music effects)

  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  2020: Sotheby's auctions Lot 160 Italian James Bond film festival poster Tutti Contro James Bond (All Against James Bond) from 1975.

  

  Tutti Contro James Bond / All
  Against James Bond (1975)
  Poster, Italian, James Bond film
  festival

  https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2020/original-film-posters/tutti-contro-james-bond-all-against-james-bond
  Estimate: 1,000 - 1,600 GBP
  

  
  
  
  

  
  2020: Yaroslav Horak dies at age 94--Sydney, Australia.
  (Born 12 June 1927--Harbin, China.)

  

  In Memoriam: James Bond comic artist Yaroslav
  Horak

  See the complete article here:
  

  https://downthetubes.net/?p=123513&fbclid=IwAR2OztK1Hj9eCj16H9EVQrZag8EkYebdcpRSqcU9hC89hhm5JsT_La3IpR4

  By John Freeman on December 5, 2020
  
  We’re sorry to report the passing of James Bond newspaper strip artist Yaroslav Horak, who passed late last month, aged 93. He passed away peacefully at his rest home in Australia, after a decade-long battle with Alzheimer’s Disease.
  
  Born in Manchuria to the son of a Russian mother and Czech father in 1927, Yaroslav was renowned for his dynamic black and white art for James Bond 007, which he drew for the Daily Express from 1966 to 1977, taking over from John McLusky.

  
  James Bond – The Man with the Golden Gun

  Horak and his family migrated to Sydney, Australia before World War Two, first working as an artist as a portrait painter but switching to illustration for the larger Australian magazine publishers. His appreciation for storytelling, art and adventure led him into writing and illustrating comic strips, and became one of Australian’s most prolific cartoonists, producing thousands of pages of comics in Australia before moving to England in 1962.
  
  In his detailed biography on Comics Down Under Kevin Patrick notes Horak’s first published comics work, “Grey Thorne, Counter Espionage Agent”, appeared in Frank Johnson Publications’ Gem Comics in 1947.
  
  He created his first recurring character, “Rick Davis, Special Correspondent”, as a supporting feature in H.J. Edwards’ top-selling Action Comic. This was followed by “The Skyman”, which ran in both Action Comic and John Dixon’s Tim Valour Comic. This aviation-themed series was the first comic to carry the artist’s Anglicised by-line, “Larry Horak”.
  
  (Documenting the holdings of Horak’s held by the National Library of Australia, Liesl Mitchell notes it was publisher John Edwards who gave Horak the name “Larry” by which he is also known. This was not to the artist’s liking and he only managed to shed this imposed name when he moved to Europe).

  
  Art from Jet Fury #17 via Pikitia Press

  Horak’s first solo comic book, Mr Combat, for Elmsdale Publications, was published in 1950, but his “globetrotting crime-buster” was cancelled after just three issues. But “Jet Fury”, a series which began as a supporting feature in Michael Chance Comic, about a masked aviator who flew to global trouble-spots aboard the Comet, an “anti-gravity” jet, firmly established his reputation as a comics artist. Its popularity led to the title being re-named as Jet Fury Comic with its 16th issue in 1951.
  
  Other early credits include The Mask – The Man of Many Faces for Atlas Publications – but Comics Down Under notes the ran foul of Queensland’s Literature Board of Review, which objected to the character’s full-face mask, and imposed a state-wide sales ban on the comic, forcing Atlas Publications to reluctantly cancel the title with its third issue in 1954.
  
  Disillusioned, Horak turned to newspaper strips, creating “Captain Fortune“, running in Sydney’s Sun-Herald from December 1957 until July 1962; and drawing “Mike Steel – Desert Rider“, for Woman’s Day magazine, written by editor Keith Findlay (under the pseudonym “Roger Rowe”), running from August 1962 until January 1969.

  

  Moving to England in 1963, he secured work from DC Thomson his known credits including “Johny Hop” for The Victor, telling the adventures of Constable Bill Lennox and his Aboriginal tracker companion, Wally Omes, in Outback Australia in 1964, followed by “The Bent Copper” for The Hornet, about ex-Scotland Yard detective John Bright, who sought revenge against the criminal who framed him for a crime he did not commit, published in 1965.

  Between 1963 and 1966, he also drew stories for Fleetway’s War Picture Library and Battle Picture Library, before replacing John McLusky on the James Bond newspaper strip, at the suggestion of writer Peter O’Donnell, drawing some 33 adventures starring the secret agent between 1966 and 1984.
  
  Horak’s take on the secret agent resembled Timothy Dalton and Pierce Brosnan, long before either actor took up the role on the big screen.
  
  He first drew adaptations of The Spy Who Loved Me, The Man with the Golden Gun, Octopussy, The Hildebrand Rarity, and The Living Daylights, followed by an adaptation of Colonel Sun (the Bond novel written by Kingsley Amis).
  
  It was Horak’s acclaimed adaptation of The Man with the Golden Gun, published between January 1966 and September 1966, that led to writer Jim Lawrence being given permission by the Fleming Trust to write original Bond stories for Horak to draw, including River of Death, Trouble Spot and The Girl Machine.

  Horak returned to Australia in 1975, drawing a newspaper strip adaptation of the Australian TV show Cop Shop for Sydney’s Sun-Herald, which ran from 1980 to 1983, collected in a tie-in magazine.
  
  His final comics project was his own – the SF series, “Andea”, published by Australia’s Daily Mirror, centring on a glamorous female extra-terrestrial who travelled to Australia from the distant planet Xavax.
  
  “‘Andea’ showcased Horak’s storytelling skills to brilliant effect,” notes Kevin Patrick, “with his intricate plots, fantastic characters, and exquisite artwork demonstrating his complete mastery of the medium throughout the series’ seven-year run. It was a fitting end to Yaroslav Horak’s incomparable career as one of Australia’s great comic artists.”
  
  Refocusing on painting in later life, Horak was awarded the Ledger of Honour in recognition of his contributions to Australian comics, as part of the Ledger Awards for 2018.
  
  Our sympathies to his family at this time, who requested that donations in his memory be made to Dementia Australia.
  
  Yaroslav Horak, artist, born 12th June 1927, died 24th November 2020. Survived by his wife, Jacqueline and children Anton, Natasha and Damon

  Comics Down Under

  Yaroslav Horak: Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

  See the complete article here:
  

  http://comicsdownunder.blogspot.com/2015/06/yaroslav-horak-portrait-of-artist-as.html

  While recently browsing through a box of old magazines and newspapers in an antiques shop, I came across a tattered and torn copy of The News, a tabloid newspaper produced by the Australian Journalists Association and the Printing Industry Employees' Union during a wartime industrial dispute with Sydney Newspaper Proprietors' Association. This copy of The News, dated Tuesday, 17 October 1944, caught my eye because it contained a brief profile of a talented young high-school student from Sydney, Yaroslav Horak (See image). The text of the article reads as follows:

  Sixteen-year-old Russian, Yaroslav Horak, of Centennial Park, pupil of St Mary's Cathedral High School, displays a poster he has entered in the Australia-wide Second Victory Loan School contests. Born in Manchuria, Yaroslav came to Australia four years ago. He has since learnt to speak English fluently.

  

  

  Yaroslav Horak, of course, went on to become a talented and highly sought-after comic book artist in Australia following World War Two, creating such popular characters as Jet Fury (originally a back-up feature in Michael Chance Comics), along with The Mask, which was controversially banned by Queensland's Literature Board of Review in 1954, at the height of anti-comics hysteria in Australia (A comprehensive interview with Yaroslav Horak was published in the Australian Cartoonists' Association's Inkspot magazine in 2009).

  Emigrating to Great Britain in the 1960s, Horak worked for British comics publishers, such as IPC's popular Battle Picture Library series, and went on to succeed John McLusky as the illustrator of the James Bond comic strip appearing in The Daily Express newspaper (An informative profile of Horak's work on James Bond appears on the Dave Karlen Original Art Blog).

  Posted 25th June 2015 by Kevin Patrick

  A blog for original comic art collectors! Please visit my other blog, TARZAN FOREVER!, and my original art web site at... Dave Karlen Original Art
  Dave Karlen Original Art Blog

  Yaroslav Horak on James Bond

  See the complete article here:
  

  http://davekarlenoriginalartblog.blogspot.com/2008/08/yaroslav-horak-on-james-bond.html

  Tuesday, August 19, 2008
  
  Russian born Yaroslav Horak began his early career as a portrait sketch artist, but soon switched to illustration for the larger Australian magazine publishers after migrating to Sydney. His successful comic series The Mask, ran afoul with Victoria's State censors, but was soon followed by his daily outback adventure strip Mike Steel for Sydney's, The Woman's Day. A quick talent for animation and storyboards also kept Horak busy on many different projects. When given the James Bond strip in 1965, Horak's adaptation of The Man with the Golden Gun was highly praised in the new direction he approached the series. The syndicate was so pleased with their creative team that Jim Lawrence was given permission by the Fleming Trust to produce original stories for Horak to draw. Overall they worked on thirty-three thrilling Bond tales for the Daily Express and other various newspaper syndicates in Europe.
  
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  In the UK recently he presented Pierce Brosnan with a portrait of the "Brosnan Bond", at a UK fan club occasion, in Horak's new rough style. I have a full size copy of it and he also did one of Ursulla Andress, which he didn't get to present to her for some reason, the large original ink on paper is of her in a bikini depicted from Dr. No. with two diving knives.

  

  Yaroslav Horak

  See the complete article here:
  

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaroslav_Horak

  
  
  War Picture Library

  WPL 214 Rough Justice 1963
  WPL 303 Death Or Dishonour 1965
  WPL 304 Battle Drill 1965
  WPL 315 Cross For Courage 1965
  WPL 323 Passage Of Arms 1966
  WPL 648 The Curse 1971
  BPL 156 The Savage Sands 1964
  BPL 173 The Stronghold 1964
  BPL 190 Killers Code 1965
  BPL 197 Gun Crazy 1965
  BPL 231 Victory Cry 1965

  
  James Bond strips

  Title | Writer | Published date | Serial no.
  The Man with the Golden Gun | Jim Lawrence 10 January 1966 – 9 September 1966 1-209
  The Living Daylights | Jim Lawrence 12 September 1966 – 12 November 1966 210-263
  Octopussy | Jim Lawrence 14 November 1966 – 27 May 1967 264-428
  The Hildebrand Rarity | Jim Lawrence 29 May 1967 – 16 December 1967 429-602
  The Spy Who Loved Me | Jim Lawrence 18 December 1967 – 3 October 1968 603-815
  The Harpies | Jim Lawrence 10 October 1968 – 23 June 1969 816-1037
  River Of Death | Jim Lawrence 24 June 1969 – 29 November 1969 1038–1174
  Colonel Sun | Jim Lawrence 1 December 1969 – 28 August 1970 1175–1393
  The Golden Ghost | Jim Lawrence 21 August 1970 – 16 January 1971 1394–1519
  Fear Face | Jim Lawrence 18 January 1971 – 20 April 1971 1520–1596
  Double Jeopardy | Jim Lawrence 21 April 1971 – 28 August 1971 1597–1708
  Starfire | Jim Lawrence 30 August 1971 – 24 December 1971 1709–1809
  Trouble Spot | Jim Lawrence 28 December 1971 – 10 June 1972 1810–1951
  Isle Of Condors | Jim Lawrence 12 June 1972 – 21 October 1972 1952–2065
  The League Of Vampires | Jim Lawrence 25 October 1972 – 28 February 1973 2066–2172
  Die With My Boots On | Jim Lawrence 1 March 1973 – 18 June 1973 2173–2256
  The Girl Machine | Jim Lawrence 19 June 1973 – 3 December 1973 2257–2407
  Beware Of Butterflies | Jim Lawrence 4 December 1973 – 11 May 1974 2408–2541
  The Nevsky Nude | Jim Lawrence 13 May 1974 – 21 September 1974 2542–2655
  The Phoenix Project | Jim Lawrence 23 September 1974 – 18 February 1975 2656–2780
  The Black Ruby Caper | Jim Lawrence 19 February 1975 – 15 July 1975 2781–2897
  Till Death Do Us Apart | Jim Lawrence 7 July 1975 – 14 October 1975 2989-2983
  The Torch-Time Affair | Jim Lawrence 15 October 1975 – 15 January 1976 2984-3060
  Hot-Shot | Jim Lawrence 16 January 1976 – 1 June 1976 3061-3178
  Nightbird | Jim Lawrence 2 June 1976 – 4 November 1976 3179-3312
  Ape Of Diamonds | Jim Lawrence 5 November 1976 – 22 January 1977 3313-3437
  When The Wizard Awakes | Jim Lawrence 30 January 1977 – 22 May 1977 1-54
  Sea Dragon | Jim Lawrence 1977 55-192
  Death Wing | Jim Lawrence 1977-1978 193-354
  The Xanadu Connection | Jim Lawrence 1978 355-468
  Shark Bait | Jim Lawrence 1978-1979 469-636
  Snake Goddess | Jim Lawrence 1983-1984 822-893
  Double Eagle | Jim Lawrence 1984 894-965

  
  
  

  
  2022: The ice Q restaurant re-opens at Sölden, Tyrol, Austria.

  

  

  Gourmet restaurant ice Q in Sölden, Tyrol
  SOPHISTICATED GOURMET DELIGHTS & GREAT MOMENTS

  See the complete article here:
  

  https://www.iceq.at/en/

  Welcome at Austria’s highest located toque-rated gourmet restaurant ice Q in Sölden, 3,048 metres above sea level. Surrounded by over 250 superb three-thousand metre mountains. Where freedom reaches for the stars. Where the skies are so close that you want to touch them. At the spectacular shooting location for the James Bond SPECTRE movie.
  
  Where sophisticated gourmet delights combine with fine wines and dreamy panoramas to create one exceptional symbiosis. In the ice Q gourmet restaurant and in the ice Q Lounge, which has a panorama terrace, you get to re-experience what is unique.
  
  In the mountain restaurant ice Q in Sölden – belonging to the 5-star hotel Das Central and awarded 2022 by Gault Millau with 2 toques – you get to feel life with all your senses. Right at the Gaislachkoglbahn in Sölden. For the most exclusive break in the Austrian Alps.

  
  

  Opening hours - Winter 2022/2023
  Unique ice Q restaurant in Solden in Austria
  Highest located gourmet restaurant in Austria
  
  ICE Q IS OPEN AGAIN ON NOVEMBER 24 2022!
  Open daily from 9 am to 4 pm
  Warm meals served from 11.30 am to 3 pm
  Reservation time: from 12 noon to 1.45 pm & from 2 to 4 pm
  
  CONTACT & RESERVATIONS
  Phone: 0043 664 96 09 368
  E-Mail: [email protected]
  
  GOOD TO KNOW
  Reservations are recommended at anytime!
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  We ask for understanding, that a table by the window cannot be guaranteed. Except in combination with a Chef’s Table booking.
  
  LOCATION & GETTING HERE
  Car parking available at the valley station of the Gaislachkogl cable car.
  

  Cuisine. Panorama. Experience.
  FINE DINING & HEARTY TAPAS IN OUR MOUNTAIN RESTAURANT ice Q

  

  ice Q Restaurant
  Treat yourself to some exquisite food & wine at the ice Q gourmet restaurant at an altitude of 3,048m. In addition to our special history, ice Q is also defined by a fascination for sophisticated gourmet cuisine. From exquisite wines from the best winegrowers to the finest cuisine, exquisite snacks and the breath-taking backdrop of the Ötztal Alps.

  

  Wine & Tapas Lounge
  The ice Q Tapas Lounge is one of the best-kept insider tips of the winter. Snazzy snacks, exquisite tapas and sophisticated refreshments for the fastidious gourmet means gourmet time at the summit of alpine lifestyle. Enjoy some time out at the peak of the Alpine lifestyle while soaking up the unique panoramic views.

  

  Summit Dinner
  Every Wednesday at sunset – from the end of December until the end of March – the ice Q restaurant is transformed into a beaming paradise. Up at 3000m sea level we serve you a toque-awarded menu as part of our Summit Dinner. Please make your reservation in advance!

  

  PINO 3000
  3 COUNTRIES - 3 WINEMAKER'S = 1 WINE

  
  Wine PINO 3000 on the Gaislachkogl
  Bringing together the mountains & vines
  Our exceptional Pinot Noir
  A great idea of the 5-star hotel Das Central in Sölden meets the passion of three renowned winegrowers from Austria, Germany and Italy here. The result – one outstanding Pinot Noir, which matures on the summit of the Gaislachkogl at 3,048 metres in precious ‘barrique’ oak barrels, portraying the unique altitude climate and the spirit of the Ötztal Alps.

  
  

  5-star hotel DAS CENTRAL in Sölden, Tyrol
  Das Central - Alpine. Luxury. Life.
  Sölden’s 5-star hotel Das Central impresses with its combination of Tyrolean cosiness and Alpine lifestyle. Fastidious Alpinists and gourmet aficionados alike from across the globe cherish what is offered. Especially the culinary fare in the à la carte gourmet restaurant Ötztaler Stube which is devoted to Alpine cuisine and knows just how to forge a link between the traditional and the luxurious in a manner which is unique, and has been rightly awarded with 3 toques by Gault Millau. Accompanied by over 30,000 bottles of fine wines from the superb range available in the hotel. With the ice Q restaurant, Das Central now carries on with this great passion up above 3,000 m altitude.

  
  
  

  CINEMATIC INSTALLATION '007 ELEMENTS'
  On a secret mission
  James Bond in ice Q in Sölden
  Fast. Adrenaline-charged. Explosive – the coolest agent of all time in Sölden. The ice Q restaurant is the most spectacular shooting location in the Austrian Alps. Find out everything about the James Bond’s SPECTRE here with us.

  

  James Bond cinematic installation 007 ELEMENTS in Sölden, Austria
  In the footsteps of James Bond
  007 ELEMENTS
  Discover the cinematic installation ’007 ELEMENTS’ on the summit of the Gaislachkogl in Sölden in Tyrol! State-of-the-art technology, puristic architecture and a concomitant sound backdrop make the new James Bond adventure realm the ‘place-to-be’ in the Tyrol Alps. 007 ELEMENTS puts the focus primarily on SPECTRE and the scenes shot in Sölden, but also touches upon other chapters of the 24 James Bond movies. Our recommendation: Combine your visit in our ice Q restaurant with a visit at 007 ELEMENTS!

  Action Hall with the original aircraft from James Bond SPECTRE
  
  
  
  Tech Lab - a unique place in 007 ELEMENTS
  

  
  
  
• RichardTheBruce I'm motivated by my Duty.

  November 25 Posts: 13,850

  November 25th
  
  1976: The Spy Who Loved Me films Jaws exiting the train, his final scene filmed.

  
  
  

  1977: 007 - La spia che mi amava released in Italy.

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  1991: James Bond Jr. in syndication releases episode 51 of 65 - "Ol' Man River" in New Orleans, Louisiana.

  

  

  James Bond Jr - Ol' Man River

  Season 1 - Episode 51
  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0807112/?ref_=ttep_ep51
  

  Captain Walker D. Plank plans to flood New Orleans by destroying the levee with a large amount of explosives placed in a fake River Queen. During evacuation, Plank attempts to use this to his advantage to gain access to the U.S. Mint and steal the printing press.

  Directed by Bill Hutten, Tony Love
  Writing Credits (in alphabetical order)
  Andy Heyward ... (developer)
  Robby London ... (developer) (as Robbie London)
  Michael G. Wilson ... (developer)
  
  Cast (in credits order)
  Jeff Bennett ... Horace 'IQ' Boothroyd / Nick Nack (voice)
  Corey Burton ... James Bond Jr. (voice)
  Ed Gilbert ... Captain Walker D.Plank (voice)
  Julian Holloway ... Mr.Bradford Milbanks (voice)
  Mona Marshall ... Tracy Milbanks (voice)
  Brian Stokes Mitchell ... Coach Mitchell (voice) (as Brian Mitchell)
  Jan Rabson ... Gordon 'Gordo' Leiter / Jaws (voice)
  Susan Silo ... Phoebe Farragut (voice)
  Simon Templeman ... Trevor Noseworthy IV (voice)
  Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
  Mari Devon ... (voice)
  Produced by
  Bill Hutten ... producer
  Walt Kubiak ... supervising producer
  Tony Love ... producer
  Fred Wolf ... executive producer
  Music by
  Dennis C. Brown
  Larry Brown
  

  James Bond Jr Episode 51 - Ol' Man River
  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  1997: Filmtracks.com publishes Christian Clemmensen's review of the Tomorrow Never Dies score.
  (Revised 3 March 2008.)

  
  EDITORIAL REVIEW

  FILMTRACKS TRAFFIC RANK: #47

  See the complete article here:
  

  https://www.filmtracks.com/titles/tomorrow_nevter.html

  WRITTEN 11/25/97, REVISED 3/3/08
  
  Tomorrow Never Dies: (David Arnold) If one thing is certain about Pierce Brosnan's tenure as British agent James Bond, it's the superiority of Tomorrow Never Dies. Everything clicked in this, the second of his films as 007. His performance reached back to the confidence of Sean Connery, the love interest came packaged as Michelle Yeoh (who is more Bond's equal than just another conquest), a previous flame's death provokes a malice in Bond loyal to the books' original intent, the villain is charmingly enthusiastic and has a cool new stealth weapon as a toy, and David Arnold's score combined the best of the John Barry years with the younger composer's techno-saavy sensibilities. While Goldeneye had revived the series by becoming the first $100 million grossing Bond film, Tomorrow Never Dies was far better packaged and drew greater interest from hardcore fans of the franchise's classics. With John Barry now out of the picture (despite his seeming renewed interest in scoring another Bond film during the Brosnan years), Arnold was a perfect successor. His love of the franchise and knack for imitating the expansive style of Barry in his early scores, not to mention his British heritage, made him the logical choice. And fans weren't disappointed. The score than Arnold assembled for Tomorrow Never Dies is a sophisticated and intelligent tribute to the classic Barry scores while pushing the envelope with synthetic rhythms and drum pads to aide the traditional orchestra in joining Bond in a rapidly evolving technological age. The trademark action style that Arnold established in Stargate and Independence Day is combined with a distinct return to the flamboyant style of the jazzy Bond scores of the 1960's, and with the presence of the synthetic elements native to Arnold's roots in the rock genre, every variety of Arnold fan had something to look forward. Arnold would become the franchise's regular voice, allowing the subsequent films to really define his career (with very few notable scores for non-Bond films mixed in between). He would continue pushing the synthetic side of his music for the franchise until a somewhat dissatisfying score for Die Another Day would pull Arnold back to the combo style of Tomorrow Never Dies in the outstanding Casino Royale.
  
  Arnold was obviously keenly aware that the Bond frachise's scores had their own unique formula while Barry was in charge, and that formula would continue here. The franchise theme by Monty Norman is quoted liberally in Tomorrow Never Dies, with its incorporation ranging from full-blown three-minute tributes to clever counterpoint against the new themes for the film. Arnold's full expressions of the Norman theme are extremely astute in an instrumental sense. Even the opening fifteen seconds of the score offers brass and cymbal accents true to Barry's introductions. The muted trumpets, solo flute, and electric guitar performances in "Company Car" provide the most true and entertaining modern performance of the Norman concept available. This three-minute cue establishes a standard by which fans and students of the franchise can worship and study. Acoustically, the recording is flawless. Aside from the statements of Norman's theme throughout the score, Arnold wrote one of the franchise's best title songs and integrated its theme extremely well throughout the entire score. With all the wailing brass flair of Goldfinger, his title theme is both seductively alluring and strikingly defiant, an easily memorable aspect of the film. In the opening action sequence before the credits ("White Knight"), Arnold introduces the theme with nobility at the 7:10 mark (in between ample development of Norman's theme). This theme punctuates many of the action sequences and is given an Eastern personality in "Kowloon Bay" before a last monumental statement for strings and bold brass counterpoint at the resolution of the film. A theme for Teri Hatcher's role as the villain's wife and former Bond lover is provided twice in Tomorrow Never Dies. As they reunite, Arnold allows the Barry-like idea to flourish with the full ensemble (once again in layered strings under brass counterpoint) before a solo woodwind echos accompany her demise. A deliberate, pounding motif for the villain Elliot Carver and his stealth ship is sparsely utilized throughout the score (its fullest appearance is at 3:55 into "The Sinking of the Devonshire"), though it receives some intriguing, less obvious exploration in "Underwater Discovery." If the score for Tomorrow Never Dies has a weakness, it's in the largely understated musical representation for Carver, as well as other "badguy" elements such as in "Doctor Kaufman."
  
  To counter the theme for Carver's wife earlier in the film, Arnold writes a theme for Michelle Yeoh's agent and the Eastern locations of the story. It's only receives brief treatment, but it is quite gorgeous on solo guitar and piano in the early portions of "Bike Shop Fight" and "Kowloon Bay." A full rendition in the latter cue, merging with the title theme, is a highlight of the score. Faint hints of this theme come through in the very last minute of the score, though this progression seems to be a nod to Barry's You Only Live Twice. And that brings up another important point about Tomorrow Never Dies: the many references to previous scores in the franchise. In the opening battle, Arnold states a fragment of From Russia With Love. The following cue offers brass wails identical to later action sequences in Goldfinger. In both "White Knight" and more obviously at 0:45 into "Hamburg Break In," Arnold quotes the five-note bass sequence that preceded Tina Turner's song for Goldeneye, arguably the most memorable element from the soundtrack of that film. He would not make the same number of references in his scores for the subsequent Brosnan/Bond films, though he does make a clever reference to the title theme for Tomorrow Never Dies during a conversational cue after Bond's early rescue in Die Another Day. In retrospect, Tomorrow Never Dies is a much better score than many gave it credit for being at the time. Some listeners were turned off by the extensive synthetic percussion used in "Back Seat Driver" and "Hamburg Break Out," among a few others, and these cues are indeed less effective outside the context of the film (where they come in conflict with the better balance of the surrounding material). But the varied, slapping percussion of "Bike Chase" is a perfect combination of both worlds, and its highly effective sound would set the stage for cues like the one for the opening chase sequence in Casino Royale. For the most part, the balance in mixing in Tomorrow Never Dies is outstanding, and the gorgeous piano solos in several cues are testimony to this clarity. Subsequent Arnold scores tended to get muddy in their rowdy action cues, especially in Die Another Day, though a total lack of theme in that later score is the greater problem.
  
  As anyone can expect, not everything with Tomorrow Never Dies went well. First and foremost, the song situation would be very dissatisfying for both Arnold and Bond fans alike. While the recording of the title song by k.d. lang would match the style and theme of Arnold's score with incredible cohesion and effectiveness, the producers of the film saw fit to hire a bigger name to provide a replacement song for the traditional opening credits sequence. This move was unfortunate not only because of Arnold's song was superior and in spirit of the franchise, but also because of lang's sulty voice and spirited performance. The replacement song is performed by Sheryl Crow, whose popularity at the time was seen as an asset, but whose beach-bum voice and lazy performance was a disgrace to the film. The video game score for Tomorrow Never Dies would heavily favor the use of Arnold's song theme, retitled "Surrender," over the presence of Crow's song. With critics, fans, and producers all easily recognizing the superiority of the lang song, Arnold was rewarded with the opportunity to write his own song for The World is Not Enough two years later (before suffering from extraordinary frustration trying to adapt Madonna's non-thematic song into the score for Die Another Day). A more minor criticism of Tomorrow Never Dies responds to the fact that Arnold only used his trademark, beautiful choir for a short snippet of "The Sinking of the Devonshire," though given that this cue sounds awkward in its sudden shift to Stargate during the slow-motion sinking and death sequence, that's not necessarily a negative. A truly major problem with Tomorrow Never Dies, however, was its album release. Much to the angst of Arnold, a hectic and disorganized post-production schedule for the film caused the music to be recorded chronologically in small portions over a matter of many months. As a result, the original 1997 album release by A&M Records could only feature the score material that had been mixed and mastered from the first half of the film. The entire last third of the score was missing from this product, including all of the Eastern-flavored cues and the pivotal "Bike Chase" and "All in a Day's Work" music of over ten minutes. This omission, which didn't make sense to consumers at the time, combined with the replacement of lang's song from the title credits, caused Bond fans to go stir crazy immediately.
  
  After much fuss and delay, controversy and discussion, most of the remaining music from the film was finally made available on a commercial release from Chapter III Records in 2000 (along with a concurrent release of Tommy Tallarico's score for the Tomorrow Never Dies video game). At the time, The World is Not Enough was failing to muster the same approval as its predecessor, and the latter film's release date forced Chapter III to hold back the expanded version of Tomorrow Never Dies by several weeks. Despite providing 26 minutes of score not available on the previous album, the Chapter III product does have its share of flaws. Although the packaging and press information advertised it as being "complete," it's actually missing several important pieces of music from the film. One major omission is the track "Station Break," the four-minute cue that plays as Bond takes Elliot Carver off the air and Arnold provides a darkly dramatic performance of the love theme that foreshadows an uncertain future for the Paris character. Ironically, this cue appeared in full on the 1997 album. Additionally, several very short snippets of music remain missing on album, including the film's ending to "White Knight." The second major drawback to the expanded album is the lack of the k.d. lang song. None of the songs on the original album appears on the expanded volume, likely due to financial reasons. The eleven-minute interview with Arnold at the end of the 2000 album is interesting; the questions are intelligent and the interview is mixed nicely with some of Arnold's cues. But it's not something you'll find yourself listening to a second time. A perfect album could have resulted if the interview were dumped in favor of "Station Break" and "Surrender," but failing that, fans of the film and franchise are forced to own both products. The sound quality on both albums is equally vibrant. For the most hardcore of fans, there do exist 2-CD bootlegs that are indeed complete, featuring the isolated DVD score, the two songs, and bonus material totalling over 140 minutes in length. Overall, Tomorrow Never Dies remains ahead of Casino Royale as the definitive David Arnold entry in the James Bond franchise. Perhaps it is no coincidence that the best film of the Brosnan era featured the best score during that period.

  
  

  
  1999: The World Is Not Enough preview screening in the UK.

  
  

  1999: The World Is Not Enough released in Australia.
  1999: A világ nem elég (The World Not Enough) released in Hungary.

  
  

  1999: Ha-Olam E'ino Maspik released in Israel.

  
  

  
  2008: Media recognize Quantum of Solace topping box office for a full month in the United Kingdom.

  

  

  Bond makes it a month at top of box office

  See the complete article here:
  

  https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-boxoffice/bond-makes-it-a-month-at-top-of-box-office-idUKTRE4AO4II20081125

  By Reuters Staff
  
  File picture shows Daniel Craig at the the Italian premiere of the latest James Bond movie 'Quantum of Solace' in Rome, November 5, 2008. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - The latest James Bond film “Quantum of Solace” has notched up a month at the top of the box office, blowing away the competition for a fourth straight weekend according to Screen International.
  
  The 22nd official Bond film, with Daniel Craig in his second outing as 007, earned another 2.8 million pounds for a total of 45.1 million pounds so far.
  
  Its nearest rival, director Ridley Scott’s espionage drama “Body of Lies” which came in at No. 2, could only manage 991,979 pounds, despite boasting stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe.
  
  New at three was “My Best Friend’s Girl,” with Kate Hudson, Jason Biggs and Dane Cook in a sex-and-swearing, love-triangle comedy.
  
  “High School Musical 3: Senior Year,” with Zac Efron, Vanessa Anne Hudgens and Ashley Tisdale was down one place at four while “Zack and Miri Make a Porno” slipped a place to five with its tale of two friends going triple-XXX to pay their rent.
  
  Down four places at six was “Max Payne,” a video game spin-off with Mark Wahlberg as a lone avenger in New York.
  
  Ricky Gervais was down two at seven as the cantankerous dentist in “Ghost Town.”
  
  Horror thriller “Quarantine” made its debut at No. 8 with a documentary-style tale of madness, death and zombies in a locked tenement building.
  
  The animated evil scientists of “Igor” were unchanged at nine while Bollywood movie “Dostana” was down from six to 10.

  

  
  2011: English actor Ben Whishaw is revealed as "Q" for BOND 23.

  

  New Q cast for next Bond -
  report
  Ben Whishaw is to play Q in the new James Bond film.

  See the complete article here:
  

  https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/arid-30529762.html

  Fri, 25 Nov, 2011 - 09:44
  
  The 31-year-old actor has been cast as the MI6 gadget master in 'Skyfall' and for the first time in the franchise's history Q will be younger than 007, who will be played again by 43-year-old Daniel Craig.
  
  A source told The Sun newspaper: "Female fans will now have more than Daniel to gush over now Ben's been cast as Q. He'll be a big draw. It's a bold decision as it means Q will be younger than Bond for the first time.
  
  "His role will be very different from previous Qs. He'll be far more serious, as is the trend with the new films."
  
  Q last appeared in 2002's 'Die Another Day', with John Cleese in the role, after he took over from the late Desmond Llewelyn, who played the inventor for 36 years.
  
  This is not the first time Ben has starred in a movie alongside Daniel Craig. In 2004, they appeared together in gangster movie 'Layer Cake'.
  
  'Skyfall' – which will be directed by Sam Mendes and is the 23rd Bond movie – is due for release next October.

  

  
  2020: One-time scheduled release date for No Time To Die in the US.

  

  
  2022: The Times suggests what makes James Bond and Daniel Craig tick.

  

  The Times Diary: What makes
  James Bond tick?

  See the complete article here:
  

  https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-times-diary-what-makes-james-bond-tick-6pqpxrlfm

  Patrick Kidd | Friday November 25 2022
  
  He may have handed in his Walther PPK but Daniel Craig can’t quite escape James Bond. The actor was the star guest at a 60 Years of Bond party hosted by Omega on Wednesday night and suggested that every 007 is defined by their watch. While his predecessor Piers [sic] Brosnan’s were elegant and came with a built-in laser beam, Craig said he insisted on something chunkier, telling the producers:

  “I want to wrap it round my fist and punch someone in the nose with it.”

  This was a change from Roger Moore, who used the magnet in his watch to unzip dresses. Strangely, Bonds seldom just want a watch that keeps good time. That must explain why they do so much running.
  
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  2022: Bond actor Daniel Craig proposes (the United States' own) Thanksgiving is his favorite holiday.

  

  Daniel Craig reveals Thanksgiving is his
  ‘favourite holiday’ now

  See the complete article here:
  

  https://www.nation.com.pk/25-Nov-2022/daniel-craig-reveals-thanksgiving-is-his-favourite-holiday-now

  News Desk | November 25, 2022
  
  LOS ANGELES - Daniel Craig has shared that Thanksgiving Day is now his favourite holiday since he became a U.S. citizen in 2019. The James Bond famed actor also revealed that enjoy and celebrate the holiday every year. In a latest appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Thursday, the Spectre actor, 54, talked about his love of the fall holiday.

  “I do understand Thanksgiving. It’s about giving thanks as I understand it,” Craig said.

  Craig, who is a British-born actor, announced in 2019 that he had been granted US citizenship, eight years after his wife, Rachel Weisz, became an American citizen in 2011. The No Time to Die star, who lives in New York City with his family – said he had been celebrating Thanksgiving for several years now. “I’ve been celebrating it for quite a long time, I think it’s probably my favourite holiday,” he said. “Good things are hard to do. I’m incredibly proud to be part of this, to have an American passport and call myself an immigrant in this country,” he added. Craig also admitted he’s “not so good” with the trimmings, such as stuffing. “I think it’s an abomination.” “You stuff it up the chicken-turkey!,” Craig said of the classic Thanksgiving festive dish. “I think it should be cooked separately. It’s good, but I don’t think you should bring it anywhere near the bird.” Craig’s latest film Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery is currently streaming on Netflix.

  
  

  
  
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  1939: Anna Mae Bullock (Tina Turner) is born--Nutbush, Tennessee.
  (She dies at 24 May 2023 at age 83--Küsnacht, Switzerland.)

  

  Tina Turner, Magnetic Singer of
  Explosive Power, Is Dead at 83

  https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/24/arts/music/tina-turner-dead.html
  By William Grimes Published May 24, 2023
  
  Hailed in the 1960s for her dynamic performances with her first husband, Ike, she became a sensation as a recording artist, often echoing her personal struggles in her songs.

  
  Tina Turner in concert in Los Angeles in 1984. Her album “Private Dancer,” released that year, returned her to the spotlight after a long absence and lifted her into the pop stratosphere.Credit...Phil Ramey/Associated Press

  Tina Turner, the earthshaking singer whose rasping vocals, sexual magnetism and explosive energy made her an unforgettable live performer and one of the most successful recording artists of all time, died on Wednesday at her home in Küsnacht, Switzerland, near Zurich. She was 83.
  
  Her publicist Bernard Doherty announced the death in a statement but did not provide the cause. She had a stroke in recent years and was known to be struggling with a kidney disease and other illnesses.
  
  Ms. Turner embarked on her half-century career in the late 1950s, while still attending high school, when she began singing with Ike Turner and his band, the Kings of Rhythm. At first she was only an occasional performer, but she soon became the group’s star attraction — and Mr. Turner’s wife. With her potent, bluesy voice and her frenetic dancing style, she made an instant impression.
  
  Their ensemble, soon renamed the Ike and Tina Turner Revue, became one of the premier touring soul acts in Black venues on the so-called chitlin’ circuit. After the Rolling Stones invited the group to open for them, first on a British tour in 1966 and then on an American tour in 1969, white listeners in both countries began paying attention.
  
  Ms. Turner, who insisted on adding rock songs by the Beatles and the Stones to her repertoire, reached an enormous new audience, giving the Ike and Tina Turner Revue its first Top 10 hit with her version of the Creedence Clearwater Revival song “Proud Mary” in 1971 and a Grammy Award for best R&B vocal performance by a group.

  
  Ike and Tina Turner in performance in Texas in 1964. Their ensemble became one of the premier touring soul acts on the Black circuit; after the Rolling Stones invited the group to open for them, white listeners began paying attention.Credit...Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images

  “In the context of today’s show business, Tina Turner must be the most sensational professional onstage,” Ralph J. Gleason, the influential jazz and pop critic for The San Francisco Chronicle, wrote in a review of a Rolling Stones concert in Oakland in November 1969. “She comes on like a hurricane. She dances and twists and shakes and sings and the impact is instant and total.”
  
  But if the Ike and Tina Turner Revue was a success, the Ike and Tina Turner marriage was not. Mr. Turner was abusive. After she escaped the marriage in her 30s, her career faltered. But her solo album “Private Dancer,” released in 1984, returned her to the spotlight — and lifted her into the pop stratosphere.
  
  Working with younger songwriters, and backed by a smooth, synthesized sound that provided a lustrous wrapping for her raw, urgent vocals, she delivered three mammoth hits: the title song, written by Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits; “Better Be Good to Me”; and “What’s Love Got to Do With It.”
  
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  How Tina Turner reclaimed her voice, her image and her spirituality.

  
  Ms. Turner in 1969. “In the context of today’s show business,” one critic wrote that year, “Tina Turner must be the most sensational professional onstage.”Credit...Jack Robinson/Hulton Archive, via Getty Images

  Referring to its “innovative fusion of old-fashioned soul singing and new wave synth-pop,” Stephen Holden, in a review for The New York Times, called the album “a landmark not only in the career of the 45-year-old singer, who has been recording since the late 1950s, but in the evolution of pop-soul music itself.”
  
  At the 1985 Grammy Awards, “What’s Love Got to Do With It” won three awards, for record of the year, song of the year and best female pop vocal performance, and “Better Be Good To Me” won for best female rock vocal performance.
  
  How The Times decides who gets an obituary. There is no formula, scoring system or checklist in determining the news value of a life. We investigate, research and ask around before settling on our subjects. If you know of someone who might be a candidate for a Times obituary, please suggest it here.
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  The album went on to sell five million copies and ignite a touring career that established Ms. Turner as a worldwide phenomenon. In 1988 she appeared before about 180,000 people at the Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, breaking a record for the largest paying audience for a solo artist. After her “Twenty Four Seven” tour in 2000 sold more than $100 million in tickets, Guinness World Records announced that she had sold more concert tickets than any other solo performer in history.
  
  Tina Turner was born Anna Mae Bullock on Nov. 26, 1939, in Brownsville, Tenn., northeast of Memphis, and spent her earliest years on the Poindexter farm in Nutbush, an unincorporated area nearby, where she sang in the choir of the Spring Hill Baptist Church.
  
  Her father, Floyd, known by his middle name, Richard, worked as the farm’s overseer — “We were well-to-do farmers,” Ms. Turner told Rolling Stone in 1986 — and had a difficult relationship with his wife, Zelma (Currie) Bullock.

  
  Ms. Turner in the studio in an undated photo.Credit...Michael Ochs Archives/Getty

  Her parents left Anna and her older sister, Alline, with relatives when they went to work at a military installation in Knoxville during World War II. The family reunited after the war, but Zelma left her husband a few years later and Anna lived with her grandmother in Brownsville.
  
  After rejoining her mother in St. Louis, she attended Sumner High School there. She and Alline began frequenting the Manhattan Club in East St. Louis, Ill., to hear Ike Turner and the Kings of Rhythm.
  
  “I wanted to get up there and sing sooooo bad,” Ms. Turner recalled in “I, Tina: My Life Story” (1986), written with Kurt Loder. “But that took an entire year.”
  
  One night, during one of the band’s breaks, the drummer, Eugene Washington, handed her the microphone and she began singing the B.B. King song “You Know I Love You,” which Mr. Turner had produced. “When Ike heard me, he said, ‘My God!’” she told People magazine in 1981. “He couldn’t believe that voice coming out of this frail little body.”
  
  In his book “Takin’ Back My Name: The Confessions of Ike Turner” (1999), written with Nigel Cawthorne, Mr. Turner wrote: “I’d be writing songs with Little Richard in mind, but I didn’t have no Little Richard to sing them, so Tina was my Little Richard. Listen closely to Tina and who do you hear? Little Richard singing in the female voice.”
  
  Mr. Turner used her as a backup singer, billed as Little Ann, on his 1958 record “Boxtop.” When Art Lassiter, the group’s lead singer, failed to show up for the recording of “A Fool in Love,” she stepped in. The record was a hit, reaching No. 2 on the Billboard R&B chart and No. 27 on the pop chart.
  
  Mr. Turner gave his protégée — who by now was also his romantic partner — a new name, Tina, inspired by the television character Sheena, Queen of the Jungle. And he renamed the group the Ike and Tina Turner Revue.

  
  Ms. Turner performing with the Ike and Tina Turner Revue in 1975. After a turbulent 14-year marriage, she would leave Mr. Turner the next year.Credit...Dezo Hoffman

  It was a dynamic, disciplined ensemble second only to the James Brown Revue, but until “Proud Mary,” it never achieved significant crossover success. Up to that point it had only one single in the pop Top 20 in the United States, “It’s Gonna Work Out Fine” in 1961. The group did generate several hits on the R&B charts, notably “I Idolize You,” “It’s Gonna Work Out Fine” and “Tra La La La La,” but most of its income came from a relentless touring schedule.
  
  Ms. Turner’s relationship with Mr. Turner, whom she married in 1962 on a quick trip to Tijuana, Mexico, was turbulent. He was dictatorial, violent at times and, in the 1970s, hopelessly addicted to cocaine. She left him in 1976, with 36 cents and a Mobil gasoline card in her pocket, and divorced him two years later. He died of a cocaine overdose in 2007.
  
  “When I left, I was living a life of death,” she told People in 1981. “I didn’t exist. I didn’t fear him killing me when I left, because I was already dead. When I walked out, I didn’t look back.”
  
  Her marriage provided much of the material for the 1993 film “What’s Love Got to Do With It,” with Angela Bassett and Laurence Fishburne in the lead roles. Ms. Turner rerecorded some of her hits, and a new song, “I Don’t Wanna Fight,” for the film, but otherwise declined to participate. “Why would I want to see Ike Turner beat me up again?” she said at the time.
  
  A Second Career
  In 1966, the record producer Phil Spector, after hearing the Ike and Tina Turner Revue at the Galaxy Club in Los Angeles, offered $20,000 to produce their next song, on condition that Mr. Turner stay away from the studio. The result, “River Deep, Mountain High,” is often regarded as the high-water mark of Mr. Spector’s patented “wall of sound.” It failed in the United States, barely reaching the Top 100, but it was a big hit in Britain, where it marked the beginning of a second career for Ms. Turner.
  
  “I loved that song,” she wrote in her 1986 memoir. “Because for the first time in my life, it wasn’t just R&B — it had structure, it had a melody.” She added: “I was a singer, and I knew I could do other things; I just never got the opportunity. ‘River Deep’ showed people what I had in me.”

  
  Ms. Turner in concert at Madison Square Garden in 2000. Her “Twenty Four Seven” tour that year sold more than $100 million in tickets.Credit...Ruth Fremson/The New York Times

  After she walked out on her marriage, encumbered with debt, Ms. Turner struggled to build a solo career, appearing in ill-conceived cabaret acts, before signing with Roger Davies, the manager of Olivia Newton-John, in 1979. Guided by Mr. Davies, she returned to the gritty, hard-rocking style that had made her a crossover star and would propel her through the coming decades as one of the most durable performers on the concert stage.
  
  Her fellow artists took notice. In 1982, Martyn Ware and Ian Craig Marsh, of the band and production company known as the British Electric Foundation, recruited her to record the Temptations’ 1970 hit “Ball of Confusion” for an album of soul and rock covers backed by synthesizers. Its success led to a second collaboration, a remake of Al Green’s “Let’s Stay Together.” A surprise hit in the United States and Britain, it was the turning point that led to “Private Dancer.”
  
  Ms. Turner followed the runaway success of “Private Dancer” with two more hit albums: “Break Every Rule” (1986) and “Foreign Affair” (1989), which contained the hit single “The Best.”

  
  Ms. Turner performed with Beyoncé on the 2008 Grammy Awards telecast.Credit...Mike Blake/Reuters

  She made an impact onscreen as well. Ten years after she solidified her persona as a rock ’n’ roller with a riveting performance as the Acid Queen in Ken Russell’s film version of “Tommy,” the Who’s rock opera, she drew praise for her performance as Aunty Entity, the iron-fisted ruler of postapocalyptic Bartertown, in “Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome” in 1985.
  
  That film also provided her with two more hit singles, “We Don’t Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)” and “One of the Living,” which was named the best female rock vocal performance at the Grammys in 1986.
  
  In 1991 she and Mr. Turner, in prison at the time for cocaine possession, were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. (She was inducted again as a solo artist in 2021.) She received a Kennedy Center Honor in 2005 and a Grammy lifetime achievement award in 2018.
  
  In 1985 she began a relationship with the German music executive Erwin Bach, whom she married in 2013 after moving with him to Küsnacht and becoming a Swiss citizen. He survives her. Ron, her only child with Mr. Turner, died of colon cancer complications in 2022. Another son, Craig, from her relationship with Raymond Hill, the saxophone player for the Kings of Rhythm, died by suicide in 2018. Her sister, Alline Bullock, died in 2010. Ms. Turner raised two children of Mr. Turner’s, Ike Jr. and Michael.
  
  Complete information on her survivors was not immediately available.
  
  After releasing the album “Twenty Four Seven” in 1999, at 60 and touring to promote it, Ms. Turner announced her retirement. It did not last. In 2008, after performing with Beyoncé at the Grammy Awards, she embarked on an international tour marking her 50th year in the music business.

  
  Ms. Turner at her home in Switzerland in 2019.Credit...Charlie Gates for The New York Times

  She announced her retirement again a few years later, but she remained active in other ways. In 2018, she published her second memoir, “My Love Story.”
  
  She and Mr. Bach were executive producers of “Tina: The Tina Turner Musical,” a stage show based on her life and incorporating many of her hits, which opened in London in 2018 and in Hamburg and on Broadway in 2019; Ms. Turner worked with the show’s choreographer and shared memories with its writers.
  
  While reviews were mixed, the musical earned 12 Tony Award nominations; Adrienne Warren, who starred as Ms. Turner, won the award for best actress in a leading role. “In a performance that is part possession, part workout and part wig,” Jesse Green wrote in a review for The Times, “Adrienne Warren rocks the rafters and dissolves your doubts about anyone daring to step into the diva’s high heels.”
  
  The show closed after four months because of the pandemic lockdown, reopening in October 2021 before closing again a year later and going on the road. There is currently a production touring the U.S., as well as productions in Stuttgart, Germany; Sydney, Australia; and London.
  
  Through it all, Ms. Turner’s music endured.
  
  “My music doesn’t sound dated; it’s still standing strong,” she told The Daily Mail in 2008. “Like me.”
  
  A correction was made on May 24, 2023
  An earlier version of this obituary misstated at one point where Ms. Turner attended high school. As correctly noted elsewhere, it was St. Louis — not East St. Louis, Ill.
  A correction was made on May 25, 2023
  :
  Because of an editing error, an earlier version of this obituary misstated the current number of productions of “Tina: The Tina Turner Musical.” In addition to the one touring the United States and the one in London, there are productions in Stuttgart, Germany, and Sydney, Australia.
  
  When we learn of a mistake, we acknowledge it with a correction. If you spot an error, please let us know at [email protected] more
  A version of this article appears in print on May 25, 2023, Section A, Page 1 of the New York edition with the headline: Tina Turner, 83, Rock Queen Whose Voice and Legs Wouldn’t Quit, Dies. Order Reprints | Today’s Paper | Subscribe

  
  
  

  
  1959: During a meeting in the Bahamas, Jack Whittingham signs a £5,000 contract that gives Kevin McClory rights to Thunderball.
  
  1963: An out-of-court settlement between Ian Fleming and Kevin McClory and Jack Whittingham gives McClory credit on all reprints of Thunderball--plus the film rights.
  1964: Jonathan Cape publishes Ian Fleming's Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang Volume 2 (of 3).

  
  

  1965: NBC television airs David Wolper's documentary The Incredible World of James Bond (replacing The Man from U.N.C.L.E. for that Friday night schedule).

  

  The Incredible World of James Bond

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Incredible_World_of_James_Bond

  
  Original television advertisement designed prior to Sean Connery quitting the project

  Directed by Jack Haley Jr.
  Produced by David L. Wolper
  Written by Jack Haley Jr. & Al Ramrus
  Narrated by Alexander Scourby
  Production company - Wolper Productions
  Distributed by United Artists Television
  Release date November 26, 1965 (U.S.)
  Running time 51 min.
  Country - United States

  The Incredible World of James Bond was a 1965 television special produced by David L. Wolper for United Artists Television to showcase the James Bond film series and promote the upcoming December 1965 release of the film Thunderball.
  
  In the United States, the show replaced The Man From U.N.C.L.E. on NBC on Friday, 26 November 1965; the day after American Thanksgiving that unofficially begins the shopping frenzy for Christmas. It was the highest rated American television show for the week.
  
  Plot and production
  The show featured film scenes of the worldwide popularity of James Bond novels, films, and tie-in merchandise, black and white scenes of Ian Fleming at his home Goldeneye in Jamaica giving comments on his writing, a biography of James Bond with footage of Glencoe, Eton, Fettes College, and Royal Marine Commandos on exercise, home movie footage shot by production designer Ken Adam in the Bahamas during the production of Thunderball, and scenes from four Bond films.
  
  Behind the scenes footage from the making of Thunderball included scenes of the preparation and filming of a scene of a rocket firing motorcycle destroying Count Lippe's car, a choreographed fist fight in a studio mock up of the cabin of the Disco Volante, a photo shoot of the Bond girls on a beach in the Bahamas, and a scene of the Aston Martin DB5 driving away from the Château d'Anet that was not seen in the finished film.
  
  Director Terence Young, producers Albert R. Broccoli, Harry Saltzman, Kevin McClory, editor Peter R. Hunt and action director and stuntman Bob Simmons are shown during sequences. The "James Bond Theme" and other music from the Bond film soundtracks are heard with the gun barrel titles and 007 logo from the Goldfinger film trailer appearing in the opening titles.
  
  The narration was to have been originally given by Sean Connery. However, when Connery read the script and found out they were referring to James Bond as an actual person he refused to do the show. Telephone calls from Joan Crawford who was a major shareholder in Pepsi Cola, the sponsor of the show, failed to sway Connery and his narrating chores were taken by Alexander Scourby.
  
  Pepsi Cola used the special to unveil commercials for its latest products.
  
  The special is available as a featurette on the "James Bond Ultimate Edition" DVD of Thunderball.
  
  Pepsi Cola and Frito Lay also sold promotional James Bond tie-in toys and a record album titled The Incredible World of James Bond. The album featured the original soundtrack music and cover versions of four of the themes from the first three Bond films played by United Artists Records house band The Leroy Holmes Orchestra. The back of the album cover was full of photographic stills from the Bond films. The record was later reissued with an attractive Frank Gauna designed album cover on Unart Records in 1967 with two music tracks deleted to fit on the budget album.

  

  
  
  

  
  1982: Octopussy films the assault on Kamal Khan’s fortress.
  1985: Variety reports Roger Moore giving notice to producer Cubby Broccoli he will not return.
  
  1991: James Bond Jr. in syndication releases episode 52 of 65 - "Between a Rock and a Hard Place" in Australia

  

  

  James Bond Jr - Between a Rock and a Hard Place

  Season 1 - Episode 52
  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2382320/fullcredits?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm
  

  James and his friends race against time to get to an advanced prototype fighter jet which has crashed somewhere in wild country of Australia before Dr. Derange and his henchmen get there first.

  Directed by Bill Hutten, Tony Love
  Writing Credits (in alphabetical order)
  Andy Heyward ... (developer)
  Robby London ... (developer) (as Robbie London)
  Jeffrey Scott ... (story)
  Michael G. Wilson ... (developer)
  
  Cast (in credits order)
  Jeff Bennett ... Horace 'IQ' Boothroyd / Oddjob (voice)
  Corey Burton ... James Bond Jr. (voice)
  Julian Holloway ... Dr.Derange (voice)
  Mona Marshall ... Tracy Milbanks (voice)
  Brian Stokes Mitchell ... Coach Mitchell (voice) (as Brian Mitchell)
  Jan Rabson ... Gordon 'Gordo' Leiter / Jaws (voice)
  Susan Silo ... Phoebe Farragut (voice)
  Simon Templeman ... Trevor Noseworthy IV (voice)
  Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
  Mari Devon ... (voice)
  Produced by
  Bill Hutten ... producer
  Walt Kubiak ... supervising producer
  Tony Love ... producer
  Fred Wolf ... executive producer
  Music by
  Dennis C. Brown
  Larry Brown

  James Bond Jr Episode 52 - Between a Rock and a Hard Place
  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  1999: Boxtree publishes The James Bond Girls by Graham Rye.

  
  
  
  

  
  1999: The World Is Not Enough released in the UK, Ireland, Iceland, and South Africa.

  
  
  
  
  

  
  2002: Die Another Day released in the Republic of Macedonia.
  
  2011: Skyfall filming at the Ascot Racecourse (doubling for the Shanghai airport terminal).
  2012: The South China Morning Post posts Jason Y Ng's review of Skyfall.

  

  Movie Review: Skyfall

  See the complete article here:
  

  https://www.scmp.com/comment/blogs/article/1091054/movie-review-skyfall
  25 Nov

  As I see it by Jason Y Ng
  Movie Review: Skyfall
  Published: 12:11pm, 26 Nov, 2012

  
  What Daniel Craig lacks in good looks and hair, he more than makes up for in quiet confidence and depth.

  English author Ian Fleming wrote his first James Bond novel, Casino Royale, in 1952. It became an instant hit. Other bestsellers like From Russia, with Love, Dr. No and Goldfinger soon followed. In all, Fleming published 14 full length novels and nine short stories under the series. If the British Empire has lost much of its former glory, then Fleming’s flamboyant spy character promises to restore some of it with his snazzy handguns, tailored suits and wry sense of humor.
  
  In 1961, Fleming sold the film rights to Eon Productions, owned by filmmakers Harry Saltzman and Albert Broccoli. Since then, every Bond film has been made by the same studio. In the past 50 years, the film series has grossed nearly US$13 billion in total box office earnings (inflation adjusted), second only to the Harry Potter franchise. That the Broccolis have kept the film rights within the family and overseen the production of every installment has contributed to the series’ enduring success and lasting relevance.
  
  That brings us to Skyfall, the latest Bond film that opened a month ago. With the memories of the universally scorned Quantum of Solace still fresh in our minds, Eon Productions this time went with a director with more weight: Oscar-winning Sam Mendes (American Beauty, Road to Perdition). And it worked. Skyfall is every bit as compelling as Casino Royale and comes close to Goldfinger, the gold standard of Bond films.
  
  The movie opens with an elaborate chase scene in Istanbul, culminating in a hand-to-hand combat on top of a speeding train and ending in 007 being shot by another MI6 agent. Bond then falls – presumably to his death – into a raging river, which reminds me of the cathartic bridge jump in Ernest Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms. But that’s not the end of our spy hero. Bond soon resurrects to tackle villain Raoul Silva, an ex-MI6 spy who has stolen the names of undercover agents as part of an elaborate scheme to exact revenge on his ex-boss M. The movie is a cross between Mission Impossible (remember the stolen “NOC list”?) and the Batman franchise. Indeed, Mendes borrows heavily from Christopher Nolan who has reinvented the superhero genre by making his villains more contemplative, self-righteous and apocalyptic.
  
  Back in 2005 when Daniel Craig was tapped to be the fifth generation James Bond, many questioned whether he could fill the role. But Craig has proven his critics wrong and is now hailed as the best Bond ever. What he lacks in good looks and hair, he more than makes up for in quiet confidence and depth. In Skyfall, his character shoots with poise, cuts himself up without a wince, and heck, he even walks into a girl’s shower without looking like a fool or a pervert! That alone makes him every man’s hero and every woman’s dream. Craig, now 44, can make at least two or even three more Bond films before he is too old is to do a chin-up. After all, Roger Moore was 57 when he made his last Bond film A View to Kill.
  
  Other than Craig, Skyfall owes much of its success to a star-studded supporting cast. Spanish actor Javier Bardem (No Country for Old Men, Vicky Cristina Barcelona), one of the most talented character actors of our time, plays the diabolical and sexually ambiguous villain. His presence is large enough to maintain the tension throughout the movie but not too large to upstage Craig. Shakespearean actor Ben Wishaw (Perfume, Bright Star) plays quartermaster Q brilliantly. He lights up the screen and leaves the audience craving for more. French actress Bérénice Marlohe makes a dark femme fatale, although she isn’t as dynamic as Eva Green and her character dies too early in the movie. Last but not least, there is Dame Judi Dench, who portrays M with equal grit and vulnerability. Dench is one of the handful of actresses who can rival Meryl Streep in versatility and the number of Oscar nominations.
  
  Skyfall is about an aging spy who goes back to the basics. It is about being old-fashioned without being old. It will go down in film history as one of the strongest entries in the Bond canon. My only gripe is that, even in this day and age, Asia is still portrayed by Hollywood with stereotypical exoticism. In Skyfall, Bond arrives in Macau and is taken by a bamboo raft to a floating casino in the middle of a lantern-lit lake before he tackles a pair of sumo wrestler-like hit men in a pit filled with man-eating lizards. That must have given Stanley Ho a few chuckles.
  

  Born in Hong Kong, Jason is a globe-trotter who spent his entire adult life in Europe, the United States and Canada before settling back in his birthplace to rediscover his roots. He is a full-time lawyer and a freelance writer who raves and rants about Hong Kong and its people. Jason is the bestselling author of HONG KONG State of Mind and No City for Slow Men.

  
  2015: Spectre special screening hosted by the UK Embassy at Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

  

  Bond is GREAT: British Embassy hosts
  private screening of SPECTRE in
  Honduras

  See the complete article here:
  

  https://www.gov.uk/government/news/bond-is-great-british-embassy-hosts-private-screening-of-spectre-in-honduras

  The British Embassy hosted a 'Bond is GREAT' private
  screening of SPECTRE in Tegucigalpa.
  Published 27 November 2015
  From: British Embassy Guatemala City (for Honduras)

  
  Ambassador Carolyn Davidson

  On Thursday 26 November the British Embassy together with Sony Pictures Entertainment, hosted a private screening to celebrate the release of Bond’s latest movie, SPECTRE, premiered in November around the world, including Honduras.
  
  Her Excellency Carolyn Davidson, British Ambassador to Honduras, welcomed authorities, political figures, prominent business leaders and members of Honduran society to an elegant cocktail reception at City Mall, a luxury shopping mall in the heart of Tegucigalpa.
  
  To mark the event, the British Ambassador to Honduras said:

  James Bond is one of the greatest film franchises of all times, and the UK is a world leader in movie production and the creative industries. $2.4bn were spent on UK film production last year, as many directors and producers recognised the talent and expertise of British filmmakers. SPECTRE has been the most popular film in the world for the last two weeks and I hope it will encourage many people in Honduras, and elsewhere, to go and visit some of the stunning locations in the UK featured in the film I would also like to thank the sponsors of tonight’s gala: Heineken, Belvedere Vodka, Land Rover and Sony Entertainment.

  As the reception drew to a close, guests made their way up to a special private screening of SPECTRE at Cinemark VIP, following the film’s official release in Honduras at the beginning of the month.

  2019: The Hong Kong Watch Auction moves some Bond-related items.

  

  The Hong Kong Watch Auction: NINE
  Hong Kong Auction 25-26 November 2019

  https://www.phillips.com/auctions/auction/HK080319/filter/makers=Corum!Omega
  

  Auctions
  25 November at 6:30pm HKT
  Session 1 (Lot 801-853)
  26 November at 12:00pm HKT
  Session 2 (Lot 854-1121)

  JW Marriott Hotel Hong Kong
  88 Queensway, Admiralty, Hong Kong (map)

  22 November 10am-6pm
  23 November 10am-7pm
  24 November 10am-6pm
  25 November 10am-6pm
  Contact [email protected]

  1046
  Omega
  Ref. 2537.80
  Model: Seamaster “40 Years of James Bond”
  A fine and attractive limited edition stainless steel diver’s wristwatch with date, gas escape valve, bracelet guarantee and presentation box, numbered 06317 out of a limited edition of 10007
  Estimate HK$16,000 - 30,000
  Sold for HK$30,000
  Omega - A fine and attractive limited edition stainless steel diver’s wristwatch with date, gas escape valve, bracelet guarantee and presentation box, numbered 03689 out of a limited edition of 11007 pieces

  https://www.phillips.com/detail/omega/HK080319/1046/
  

  1047
  Omega
  Ref. 212.30.41.20.01.005
  Model: Seamaster “50 Years of James Bond”
  A fine and attractive limited edition stainless steel diver’s wristwatch with date, gas escape valve, bracelet guarantee and presentation box, numbered 03689 out of a limited edition of 11007 pieces
  Estimate HK$24,000 - 40,000

  
  https://www.phillips.com/detail/omega/HK080319/1047/
  

  1048
  Omega
  Ref. 233.32.41.21.01.001
  A very fine limited edition stainless steel “Spectre 007” diver’s wristwatch with international warranty card and presentation box, numbered 5731 out of a limited edition of 7007 pieces
  
  歐米茄，型號233.32.41.21.01.001，限量版精鋼自動上弦腕錶，特別為電影007鬼影帝國，限量發行7007枚，編號第5731 號，約2015年製。附錶盒、國際保證卡和配件
  
  Circa 2015
  41mm Diameter
  Case, dial, movement and clasp signed
  
  Estimate
  HK$63,000 - 100,000
  €7,200-11,400
  $8,100-12,800
  
  Sold for HK$68,750
  
  Manufacturer: Omega
  Year: Circa 2015
  Reference No: 233.32.41.21.01.001
  Movement No: 87’624’420
  Case No: 5731/7007
  Model Name: Seamaster 300, “Spectre”
  Material: Stainless steel
  Calibre: Automatic, cal. 8400, 38 jewels
  Bracelet/Strap: Omega Nato strap
  Clasp/Buckle: Stainless steel Omega buckle
  Dimensions: 41mm Diameter
  Signed: Case, dial, movement and clasp signed
  Accessories: Further accompanied by International Warranty card dated 18 November, 2015 and stamped Watches of Switzerland, Cardiff, Certificate of Authenticity numbered 5731/7007, Pictograms card with limited edition number 5731, stainless steel Omega link bracelet with 007 deployant clasp, Omega lug tool, operating instruction manual, polish cloth, Omega cloth pouch, Spectre 007 presentation box and outer packaging.
  Catalogue Essay
  
  In 2015, the 24th James Bond film “Spectre” premiered pitting Bond against the global crime syndicate “Spectre”. The “Spectre 007” Seamaster replicated the watch worn by the British spy and was released in a limited edition of 7007 examples. The stainless steel wristwatch had several unique characteristics including a black ceramic bi-directional bezel with 12-hour scale in Liquidmetal™. The dial was given a vintage feel with aged hour markers, Broad Arrow hands and a lollipop center seconds hand. The sapphire crystal display back was engraved “Spectre” along with the timepieces edition number, while the Nato strap holder was engraved 007.
  
  The present Omega “Spectre” 007 wristwatch is in near new condition and has probably only been worn a handful of times. Complete with guarantee and presentation box, this model is a modern reinterpretation of a classic mid-20th century timepiece and embodies not only the ethos of Omega but of that of James Bond.

  
  https://www.phillips.com/detail/omega/HK080319/1048/
  

  
  
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  November 27th
  
  1928: Ronald William "Josh" Kirby is born--Waterloo, England.
  (He dies 23 October 2001 at age 72--Shelfanger, England.)

  
  https://www.joshkirbyart.com/bio
  
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  1961: Samantha Bond is born--Kensington, London, England.
  
  1981: Lotte Lenya (Karoline Wilhelmine Charlotte Blaumauer) dies at age 83--New York City, New York.
  (Born 18 October 1898--Vienna-Penzing Austria, Hungary.)

  

  Lotte Lenya

  https://masterworksbroadway.com/artist/lotte-lenya/

  

  Award-winning Austrian actress and singer Lotte Lenya (b. Vienna-Penzing, Austria-Hungary, October 18, 1898; d. New York City, November 27, 1981), transplanted to the United States for the latter part of her career, is best remembered by music-lovers for her interpretations of songs by her husband Kurt Weill (1900–1950), and by moviegoers for her performances in The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961) and From Russia With Love (1963). She was nominated for an Academy Award® for the former film; from her Broadway performances, which spanned over three decades, she had one Tony Award® (The Threepenny Opera 1957) and was nominated for another (Cabaret 1967).
  
  Karoline Wilhelmine Charlotte Blamauer was born into a working class family in an outlying district of Vienna. At the age of sixteen she moved to Zurich in Switzerland, where she studied classical ballet, singing, and acting, and made a stage debut under the name of Lotte Lenja. In 1921, against the cosmopolitan but precarious backdrop of the Weimar Republic, she moved to Berlin and began rounds of theatrical auditions. In 1924, through playwright Georg Kaiser, she met composer Kurt Weill – actually he had played the piano for her at an audition two years earlier but she had taken no notice of him – and they married early in 1926.
  
  In collaboration with Bertholt Brecht, Weill wrote the leading part of Jenny in Die Dreigroschenoper (The Threepenny Opera) as a vehicle specifically for Lenya, and the first performance in 1928 was a big breakthrough for both of them. Soon she was very busy in the theatre, especially in works created by the Weill-Brecht team: Happy End (1929), Der Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny (The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny 1930), and Die sieben Todsünden (The Seven Deadly Sins 1933), produced in exile in Paris.
  
  In 1933, with the rise of Nazism and the banning of Weill’s works in Germany, both Lenya and Weill fled to France – although they were now estranged and going through a divorce (Weill was a workaholic and not especially communicative). Weill began work on an unprecedentedly ambitious spectacle-opera with text by Franz Werfel entitled Der Weg der Verheißung (The Promised Road), in the midst of which, in 1935, Lenya and Weill came to be reconciled. They emigrated together to the United States and were married again in 1937.
  
  Lenya sang the roles of Miriam and the Witch of Endor in Weill’s new opus, now called The Eternal Road, for 153 performances at the Manhattan Opera House in early 1937. The cast included 245 actors and singers, wearing a total of 1,772 costumes, and the show – a frightening depiction of Jews hiding from a pogrom in a synagogue that included several generous slices of Biblical history – lasted over six hours. It has not been staged since.
  
  Two successful musicals, Knickerbocker Holiday (1938), with book and lyrics by Maxwell Anderson and introducing the immortal “September Song,” and Lady in the Dark (with Ira Gershwin, 1941) established Kurt Weill’s reputation on Broadway, and the couple was able to move upstate to New City in Rockland County. Their marriage would last until Weill’s death in 1950.
  
  Lenya meanwhile appeared in Anderson’s Candle in the Wind (1941). Her next role was in a Weill “operetta,” The Firebrand of Florence (1945), that was such a box-office disaster that Lenya decided to quit the stage. But in 1951, a little more than a year after her husband’s death, she returned as Xantippe in Maxwell Anderson’s short-lived Barefoot in Athens.She starred again as Jenny in the English-language revival of The Threepenny Opera (1954, 1955), winning the 1956 Tony® for Best Featured Actress in a Musical.

  Lotte Lenya’s American film career began when she was sixty-three, with The Roman Spring of Mrs Stone (1961), and hit a high point in 1963 when she played Rosa Klebb, the Spectre agent with poisoned blades in the toes of her boots, in From Russia with Love. She played the title role in Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder on German television in 1965, and the Gypsy in Tennessee Williams’s sleeper Ten Blocks on the Camino Real on National Education Television in 1966. The same year on Broadway she originated the role of Fräulein Schneider in Kander and Ebb’s musical Cabaret.

  Lenya was married three more times in the thirty-one years between Weill’s death and her own. She established the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music, which is still active in the promotion of Weill music and theatre, in 1962. Cancer was the cause of her death in 1981; she is entombed alongside Weill in a mausoleum in Mount Repose Cemetery in Haverstraw, New York. A musical play, Lovemusik, a meditation on the relationship of these two musical and theatrical greats, was produced on Broadway in 2007.
  
  – LEC

  

  Lotte Lenya (1898–1981)

  https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0502322/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1
  
  Filmography

  Actress (10 credits)
  1980 Mahagonny (voice)
  
  1977 Semi-Tough - Clara Pelf
  1974 CBS Daytime 90 (TV Series) - Rosa Harcourt
  - Trio for Lovers (1974) ... Rosa Harcourt
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  1969 The Appointment - Emma Valadier
  1966 Ten Blocks on the Camino Real (TV Movie) - The Gypsy
  1965 Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder - Eine Chronik aus dem Dreißigjährigen Krieg (TV Movie) - Mutter Courage
  1964 Bertolt Brecht: Übungstücke für Schauspieler (Short)
  1963 From Russia with Love - Rosa Klebb
  1961 The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone - Contessa Magda Terribili-Gonzales
  
  1931 The 3 Penny Opera - Jenny (as Lotte Lenja)
  
  Soundtrack (6 credits)
  
  2017 Popular Voices at the BBC (TV Mini-Series) (performer - 1 episode)
  - Truth Tellers at the BBC (2017) ... (performer: "Alabama Song")
  2016 Uncle Howard (Documentary) (performer: "September Song")
  2007 The Savages (performer: "Salomon-Song")
  2001 Guileless Guile (Short) (performer: "Denn wie Man sich bettet")
  
  1997 Seven Years in Tibet (performer: "Die Moritat von Mackie Messer/The Ballad of Mack the Knife")
  
  1952 Because of My Hot Youth (performer: "Die Seeräuber-Jenny. Ur Die Dreigroschenoper")

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  1982: 유 아 이 즈 온 리 (Yoo ah-ee-jeu own-lee) released in the Republic of Korea.

  
  
  

  1987: Lashana Lynch is born--London, England.
  
  1991: James Bond Jr. in syndication releases episode 53 of 65 - "Sherlock I.Q." in London, England.

  

  

  James Bond Jr - Sherlock I.Q.

  Season 1 - Episode 53
  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0807119/?ref_=ttep_ep53
  

  In London, James and IQ come from a Sherlock Holmes convention, but Baron von Skarin, with his henchmen Jaws and Nick Nack, use a prototype super tank they stole and attack the city, but then a knock on the head causes IQ to think he is Sherlock Holmes.

  Directed by Bill Hutten, Tony Love.
  Writing Credits (in alphabetical order)
  Andy Heyward ... (developer)
  Robby London ... (developer) (as Robbie London)
  Michael G. Wilson ... (developer)
  
  Cast (in credits order)
  Jeff Bennett ... Horace 'IQ' Boothroyd / Nick Nack (voice)
  Corey Burton ... James Bond Jr. (voice)
  Julian Holloway ... Mr.Bradford Milbanks / Baron Von Skarin (voice)
  Mona Marshall ... Tracy Milbanks (voice)
  Jan Rabson ... Gordon 'Gordo' Leiter / Jaws / John Q.Law (voice)
  Susan Silo ... Phoebe Farragut (voice)
  Simon Templeman ... Trevor Noseworthy IV (voice)
  Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
  Mari Devon ... (voice)
  
  Produced by
  Bill Hutten ... producer
  Walt Kubiak ... supervising producer
  Tony Love ... producer
  Fred Wolf ... executive producer
  Music by
  Dennis C. Brown
  Larry Brown

  James Bond Jr Episode 53 - Sherlock IQ
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  Part 2
  
  Part 3
  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  1995: Documentary 007: The Return presenting the new film and the Royal Premiere airs on British television.

  

  007: The Return (1995)

  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0934770/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast
  1h | Documentary | TV Movie 27 November 1995

  Promotional documentary television special celebrating the release of the then new James Bond film GoldenEye (1995) including cast interviews, clips from the movie and a cross to the Royal Premiere of the film.

  Director: Bob Cousins
  Star: Mariella Frostrup
  

  1997: A&M releases David Arnold's Tomorrow Never Dies soundtrack.

  
  

  
  2002: Die Another Day released in Belgium and the Philippines.
  2006: Daniel Craig in The Irish Examiner proposes "I wouldn't dye for Bond".

  

  Craig: 'I wouldn’t dye for Bond'

  See the complete article here:
  

  New James Bond Daniel Craig refused to dye his blond locks
  dark brown for his role in new 007 smash Casino Royale.
  Mon, 27 Nov, 2006 - 07:26
  
  The actor faced a barrage of criticism when he was chosen to play the world's most famous secret agent, with opponents saying he was too short, too ordinary-looking and too blond to play Bond.
  
  But while the 38-year-old actor agreed to undertake a punishing gym regime to build up a 007 body, he drew the line when directors asked him to change his hair colour for the movie.

  He admits: "I was asked to dye my hair brown to play this role but it was out of the question. I suggested instead that I could cut my hair really short to create a more brutal appearance."

  2008: Quantum of Solace released in New Zealand.
  
  2010: Irvin Kershner dies at age 87--Los Angeles, California.
  (Born 29 April 1923--Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.)

  

  Irvin Kershner obituary

  See the complete article here:
  

  https://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/nov/29/irvin-kershner-obituary

  Chosen to direct The Empire Strikes Back, he turned in one of the best sequels – and highest box-office earners – of all time
  The Empire Strikes Back - Irvin Kershner

  
  Irvin Kershner's The Empire Strikes Back (1980). Photograph: Allstar/Cinetext/ Lucasfilm

  Ronald Bergan | Mon 29 Nov 2010

  The film director Irvin Kershner, who has died aged 87, was known in the trade as a hired gun. His most famous film, The Empire Strikes Back (1980), the fifth episode in the Star Wars saga, is most commonly linked to its executive producer, George Lucas. Never Say Never Again (1983) is celebrated as the film in which Sean Connery made his comeback as James Bond after 12 years away from the role, the director merely providing the vehicle. Kershner's first feature, Stakeout On Dope Street (1958), was made under the aegis of Roger Corman, who usually gained the main credit for the films he produced. Yet, eclectic as Kershner seemed, his best films reveal a visual flair, with an eye for the telling detail and a sympathy for the rebel.

  The Philadelphia-born Kershner's background was in painting, photography and design. He took a degree at Temple University's Tyler School of Art in his home town. He studied painting under Hans Hoffman in Provincetown, Massachusetts, and photography at the Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles. During the second world war, he served in the US air force as a flight engineer on B-24 bombers.
  
  After the war, Kershner began his film career at the University of Southern California School of Cinema-Television, teaching photography and taking film courses under Slavko Vorkapich, the great montage artist. Kershner next accepted a job as still photographer for the US state department in the Middle East, which eventually led to an assignment as a director and cinematographer of documentaries in Iran, Greece and Turkey with the United States Information Agency, including titles such as Malaria, Locust Plague and Childbirth. When he returned to the US, he worked as writer, director, cinematographer and editor on Confidential File (1953-55), a documentary television series that recreated the events behind contemporary news headlines.

  

  Kershner on the set of RoboCop 2. Photograph: Deana Newcomb/AP

  Kershner and his cameraman Haskell Wexler experimented with a mixture of cinéma vérité and narrative conventions in Stakeout On Dope Street, about a trio of youths who discover a cache of uncut heroin and try to sell it. Despite the heavy warning against the evils of drug peddling, the film, shot on location using handheld cameras and a cast of unknowns, was a lively feature debut.
  
  Kershner followed it with another taut low-budget crime story, The Young Captives (1959), whose publicity shrieked "Teenage elopers' love turns to terror as they battle crazed killer!" The plot concerned a couple who pick up a psychopathic hitchhiker. The Hoodlum Priest (1961) was, despite its mildly provocative title, a mostly routine crime melodrama based on a true story about a Jesuit priest known for his work among ex-cons. Well photographed by Wexler, Kershner's restrained documentary approach counteracted Don Murray's movie-star good looks and the dollops of do-good philosophy.
  
  Kershner's use of locations, such as a wintry Montreal in The Luck of Ginger Coffey (1964), which starred Robert Shaw and Mary Ure as an Irish immigrant couple coping with unemployment and separation, and New York in A Fine Madness (1966), was particularly effective. In the latter, a sour screwball comedy, Sean Connery rants and raves as a radical poet, telling a group of women: "Open your corsets and bloom, let the metaphors creep above your knees."
  
  Kershner continued to get fine performances from stars such as George C Scott, turning on the charm in The Flim-Flam Man (1967), and George Segal in Loving (1970), a touching and sharp drama of a commercial artist rebelling against the routine of marriage and career. In Up the Sandbox (1972), Barbra Streisand rebels against her domesticity by having garish fantasies, one involving seduction by Fidel Castro.
  
  In 1970, Kershner was to have directed A Man Called Horse, about an Englishman captured and ultimately converted by the Sioux, but he was taken off the project, without even receiving credit for his work on the screenplay. However, he got to direct the sequel, The Return of a Man Called Horse (1976), which, while subtly avoiding the exploitative aspects of the original film, still has Richard Harris, in the title role, suspended by clamps to his pectoral muscles, in a 20-minute sequence. The film, which gets closer to the Native American experience than most previous attempts, also has one of the longest pre-credit sequences, lasting 17 minutes.
  
  Subsequently, Kershner's films got flashier and more expensive. Eyes of Laura Mars (1978) was glossy gore, with Faye Dunaway as a chic New York photographer who is psychically linked to a murderer. When Lucas decided not to direct a sequel to Star Wars (1977) himself, he chose Kershner out of a possible 100 directors. He felt that Kershner, who had remained apart from the Hollywood system and was a student of Zen Buddhism, would appreciate the film's philosophical implications, and would be able to explore mythology and the subconscious fantasy life of children. Besides, Lucas thought The Return of a Man Called Horse was one of those rare sequels that was actually better than the first movie.
  
  Kershner's contribution to The Empire Strikes Back was considerable. He spent several hours a day for a year storyboarding the action himself, getting his perspective on each scene. "According to the books, I didn't even exist," Kershner said. "Of course, I couldn't have made the movie without George; on the other hand, they couldn't have made that movie without me." The Empire Strikes Back, much darker and more realistic than the first Star Wars film, became one of the highest box-office earners ever, as well as being considered one of the best sequels. The same could not be said of the violent, humourless RoboCop 2 (1990).
  
  "Kersh", as the tall, bald and goateed Kershner was known to his intimates, appeared in a number of his friends' films: as Zebedee in Martin Scorsese's The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) and in a small role in Steven Seagal's On Deadly Ground (1994). In 1997, he produced an interesting independent film for a first-time British director, Paul Chart, called American Perfekt.

  In his last years, Kershner lectured at universities across the US, and plannned a number of projects, few of which saw the light of day. "My career is a disaster," he remarked. "After The Empire Strikes Back, I got to make big films that I didn't care about, Never Say Never Again and RoboCop 2, and then I got too old. I love my early movies, but naturalism is an artist's early style. Now I want to deal with feelings, dreams, an acceptance of irrationality. I want films to haunt an audience, to give them something to remember and be able to talk about."

  He is survived by his sons, Dana and David.
  
  Irvin Kershner, film director; born 29 April 1923; died 29 November 2010

  

  Irvin Kershner (1923–2010)

  https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0449984/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1
  Director | Cinematographer | Actor
  
  Filmography

  Director (32 credits)
  2011 Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back: Deleted Scenes (Video short)
  1993 SeaQuest 2032 (TV Series) (1 episode)
  - To Be or Not to Be (1993)
  1990 RoboCop 2
  
  1989 Traveling Man (TV Movie)
  1986 Amazing Stories (TV Series) (1 episode)
  - Hell Toupee (1986)
  1983 Never Say Never Again
  1980 Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (directed by)
  
  1978 Eyes of Laura Mars
  1976 Raid on Entebbe (TV Movie)
  1976 The Return of a Man Called Horse
  1974 S*P*Y*S
  1972 Up the Sandbox
  1970 Loving
  1967 The Flim-Flam Man
  1966 A Fine Madness
  1964 The Luck of Ginger Coffey
  1963 Face in the Rain
  1963 Kraft Suspense Theatre (TV Series) (1 episode)
  - The End of the World, Baby (1963)
  1962-1963 Naked City (TV Series) (2 episodes)
  1961 Ben Casey (TV Series) (1 episode)
  1961 Cain's Hundred (TV Series) (1 episode)
  
  1959-1961 The Rebel (TV Series) (35 episodes)
  1961 The Hoodlum Priest
  1960 The Yank (TV Movie)
  1959 Philip Marlowe (TV Series) (1 episode)
  - The Hunger (1959)
  1959 The Young Captives
  1958 Now Is Tomorrow (TV Movie)
  1958 Stakeout on Dope Street
  1953-1958 Confidential File (TV Series) (12 episodes)
  1950 Childbirth (Documentary short)
  1950 Locust Plague (Documentary short)
  1950 Malaria (Documentary short)
  
  Cinematographer (5 credits)
  Actor (6 credits)
  Editor (3 credits)
  Producer (3 credits)
  Writer (1 credit)
  Editorial department (1 credit)
  Additional Crew (1 credit)
  Thanks (9 credits)
  Self (38 credits)

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  2015: 007 スペクター (007 Supekutā) limited release in Japan.

  
  
  
  

  2015: Spectre released in South Africa.

  

  South Africas' Role in the New Bond
  Movie 'Spectre'

  See the complete article here:
  

  https://www.sapeople.com/2015/11/04/south-africas-role-in-the-new-bond-movie-spectre/

  South Africa plays a feature role – and it’s a good one – in the new James Bond movie, ‘Spectre’, even though South Africa will be one of the last countries in the world that actually sees a major launch of the spy extravaganza.
  
  While the movie itself – which is brilliant – flits from Mexico to Italy to Austria to Morocco, among other places, as Bond tries to track down a mysterious organisation, things aren’t going so well for him back at headquarters in London.
  
  A new major character in MI6 is trying to launch a spy agency called Nine Eyes that will combine all the major spy networks of the world, but South Africa is the only one to vote against it. Later in the movie, Cape Town features not as a location but in TV footage crucial to the story.

  
  Ralph Fiennes as M, Naomi Harris as Moneypenny and a new character behind Nine Eyes, C (played by Andrew Scott).

  But South Africans will have to wait longer than most audiences to see the movie. While ‘Spectre’ is already showing in London and will be launched on Friday in the United States, it will only be released in South Africa on 27 November, the world’s last major launch before Japan.
  
  ‘Spectre’ (named after the shady evil organisation that has featured in six Bond movies already) is believed to be Daniel Craig’s last movie as Bond, and gossip is rife about who will take over from him.
  

  
  2020: Mark Edlitz publishes his own book The Lost Adventures of James Bond.

  
  
  
  

  
  
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  1694: Matsuo Bashō (born Matsuo Kinsaku, later Matsuo Chūemon Munefusa) dies at age 50.
  Known as the master of haiku.

  Matsuo Bashō

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matsuo_Bashō
  

  

  
  

  You Only Live Twice, Ian Fleming, 1964.
  Chapter 11 - Anatomy Class

  The Murasaki Maru was a very modern 3,000-ton ship with all the luxuries of an ocean liner. Crowds waved her goodbye as if the ship was setting off across the Atlantic instead of doing a day trip down the equivalent of a long lake. There was much throwing of paper streamers by groups bearing placards to show whom they represented - business outings, schools, clubs-part of the vast travelling population of Japan, for ever on the move, making an outing, visiting relatives or shrines, or just seeing the sights of the country. The ship throbbed grandly through the endless horned islands. Tiger said that there were fine whirlpools 'like great lavatory pans, specially designed for suicides' between some of these. Meanwhile, Tiger and Bond sat in the first class dining-room and consumed 'Hamlets' - ham omelets - and sake. Tiger was in a lecturing mood. He was determined to correct Bond's boorish ignorance of Japanese culture. 'Bondo-san, I wonder if I will ever get you to appreciate the nuances of the Japanese tanka, or of the haiku, which are the classical forms of Japanese verse. Have you ever heard of Basho, for instance?'
  
  'No,' said Bond with polite interest. 'Who's he?'
  
  'Just so,' said Tiger bitterly. 'And yet you would think me grossly uneducated if I had never heard of Shakespeare, Homer, Dante, Cervantes, Goethe. And yet Basho, who lived in the seventeenth century, is the equal of any of them.'
  
  'What did he write?'
  
  'He was an itinerant poet. He was particularly at home with the haiku, the verse of seventeen syllables.' Tiger assumed a contemplative expression. He intoned:

  'In the bitter radish
  that bites into me, I feel
  the autumn wind.

  'Does that not say anything to you? Or this:

  'The butterfly is perfuming
  its wings, in the scent
  of the orchid.

  'You do not grasp the beauty of that image?'
  
  'Rather elusive compared to Shakespeare.'
  

  'In the fisherman's hut
  mingled with dried shrimps
  crickets are chirping.'

  
  Tiger looked at him hopefully.
  
  'Can't get the hang of that one,' said Bond apologetically.
  
  'You do not catch the still-life quality of these verses? The flash of insight into humanity, into nature? Now, do me a favour, Bondo-san. Write a haiku for me yourself. I am sure you could get the hang of it. After all you must have had some education?'
  
  Bond laughed. 'Mostly in Latin and Greek. All about Caesar and Balbus and so on. Absolutely no help in ordering a cup of coffee in Rome or Athens after I'd left school. And things like trigonometry, which I've totally forgotten. But give me a pen and a piece of paper and I'll have a bash, if you'll forgive the bad joke.' Tiger handed them over and Bond put his head in his hands. Finally, after much crossing out and rewriting he said, 'Tiger, how's this? It makes just as much sense as old Basho and it's much more pithy.' He read out:

  'You only live twice:
  Once when you are born
  And once when you look death in the face.'

  Tiger clapped his hands softly. He said with real delight, 'But that is excellent, Bondo-san. Most sincere.' He took the pen and paper and jotted some ideograms up the page. He shook his head. 'No, it won't do in Japanese. You have the wrong number of syllables. But it is a most honourable attempt.' He looked keenly at Bond. 'You were perhaps thinking of your mission?'

  
  

  
  1966: You Only Live Twice films the ninja assault.

  

  
  1991: James Bond Jr. in syndication releases episode 54 of 65 "Killer Asteroid" in Iceland. And Outer Space.

  

  

  James Bond Jr - Killer Asteroid

  Season 1 - Episode 54
  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0807105/?ref_=tt_ep_nx
  

  Goldfinger hijacks a space shuttle in midair so that he can use it to bring an asteroid made up solid gold on a collision course with Earth. With the tracing software being designed by IQ, James and the gang head to Iceland where the signal of the space shuttle is coming from.

  Directed by Bill Hutten, Tony Love
  Writing Credits (in alphabetical order)
  Mary Crawford ... (written by)
  Andy Heyward ... (developer)
  Robby London ... (developer) (as Robbie London)
  Alan Templeton ... (written by)
  Michael G. Wilson ... (developer)
  
  Cast (in credits order)
  Jeff Bennett ... Horace 'IQ' Boothroyd / Oddjob (voice)
  Corey Burton ... James Bond Jr. (voice)
  Julian Holloway ... Mr.Bradford Milbanks (voice)
  Mona Marshall ... Tracy Milbanks (voice)
  Brian Stokes Mitchell ... Coach Mitchell (voice) (as Brian Mitchell)
  Jan Rabson ... Gordon 'Gordo' Leiter / Auric Goldfinger (voice)
  Susan Silo ... Phoebe Farragut (voice)
  Simon Templeman ... Trevor Noseworthy IV (voice)
  Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
  Mari Devon Mari Devon ... (voice)
  
  Produced by
  Bill Hutten ... producer
  Walt Kubiak ... supervising producer
  Tony Love ... producer
  Fred Wolf ... executive producer
  Music by
  Dennis C. Brown
  Larry Brown

  James Bond Jr Episode 54 - Killer Asteroid
  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  1999: And the Word Was Bond documentary promoting The World Is Not Enough airs in the UK.

  

  And the Word Was Bond (1999)

  
  25min | Documentary, Short | TV Short 28 November 1999
  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0918490/
  Promotional documentary released to promote The World Is Not Enough (1999).
  
  Director: Rob Done
  Writer: David Castell
  

  And The Word Was Bond - James Bond Documentary (24:48)
  
  

  
  2002: Die Another Day released in Sweden.

  

  2002: James Bond 007 - Stirb an einem anderen Tag (James Bond 007 - Die of One Other Day) released in Austria, Germany, and the German-speaking region of Switzerland.

  
  
  

  2002: Umri drugi dan (Die the Other Day) released in Croatia.

  

  2002: Lamut B'Yom A'her (To die with more invincible values) released in Israel.
  
  2005: Marc Lawrence dies at age 95--Palm Springs, California.
  (Born 17 February 1910--New York City, New York.)

  

  Marc Lawrence

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Lawrence
  
  Marc Lawrence (born Max Goldsmith, February 17, 1910 – November 28, 2005) was an American character actor who specialized in underworld types. He has also been credited as F. A. Foss, Marc Laurence and Marc C. Lawrence.
  
  Early years
  Lawrence was born in New York City, the son of a Polish Jewish mother, Minerva Norma (née Sugarman), and a Russian Jewish father, Israel Simon Goldsmith. He participated in plays in school, then attended the City College of New York. In 1930, he received a two-year scholarship to the repertory theater operated by Eva Le Gallienne.
  Career
  
  In 1930, Lawrence befriended another young actor, John Garfield. The two appeared in a number of plays before Lawrence was given a film contract with Columbia Pictures. Lawrence's film debut came in 1933.
  
  Lawrence's pock-marked complexion, brooding appearance and New York street-guy accent made him a natural for heavies, and he played scores of gangsters and mob bosses over the next six decades. Later, Lawrence found himself under scrutiny for his political leanings. When called before the House Un-American Activities Committee, he admitted he had once been a member of the Communist Party. He named Sterling Hayden, Lionel Stander, Anne Revere, Larry Parks, Karen Morley and Jeff Corey as Communists. He was blacklisted[citation needed] and departed for Europe, where he continued to make films.

  Following the demise of the blacklist, he returned to America and resumed his position as a familiar and talented purveyor of gangland types. He played gangsters in two James Bond movies: 1971's Diamonds Are Forever opposite Sean Connery, and 1974's The Man with the Golden Gun opposite Roger Moore. He also portrayed a henchman opposite Laurence Olivier in Marathon Man (1976) and a stereotypical Miami mob boss alongside Jerry Reed and Dom DeLuise in the comedy Hot Stuff (1979).

  One of his last roles was as Mr. Zeemo in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Badda-Bing Badda-Bang", which aired in February 1999. Previously he played the elderly Gatherer Volnoth in the 1989 Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Vengeance Factor".
  
  His final film role was in Looney Tunes Back in Action (2003), appearing as an Acme Corporation vice president.
  
  Lawrence directed Nightmare in the Sun (1965).
  
  Books
  In 1991 Lawrence's autobiography was published entitled Long Time No See: Confessions of a Hollywood Gangster (ISBN 0-9636700-0-X). Lawrence was also the subject of a novel, The Beautiful and the Profane (ISBN 978-1-4107-0292-0) (published in 2002).
  
  Personal life
  For much of his adult life Lawrence lived in Palm Springs, California (1971–2006).[7] Lawrence married Odessa-born novelist and screenwriter Fanya Foss; she died on December 12, 1995. They had two children, Michael and Toni.
  
  Death
  Lawrence died of heart failure on November 28, 2005 at the age of 95. He was buried at Westwood Memorial Park in Westwood, California.

  

  Marc Lawrence (I) (1910–2005)

  https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0492908/?ref_=fn_al_nm_2
  
  Filmography

  Actor (221 credits)
  
  2003 Looney Tunes: Back in Action - Acme VP, Stating the Obvious
  2001 The Shipping News - Cousin Nolan
  
  1999 End of Days - Old Man
  1999 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (TV Series) - Mr. Zeemo
  - Badda-Bing, Badda-Bang (1999) ... Mr. Zeemo
  1998 ER (TV Series) - Mr. Newton
  - Shades of Gray (1998) ... Mr. Newton
  1996 Gotti (TV Movie) - Carlo Gambino
  1996 From Dusk Till Dawn - Old Timer Motel Owner
  1995 Four Rooms - Sam the Bellhop
  1994 Metaltech: Earthsiege (Video Game) - Pilot #5 (as Marc C. Lawrence)
  1992 Newsies - Kloppman
  1992 Ruby - Santos Alicante
  1990 Donor (TV Movie) - Ben Beloit
  1990 Shannon's Deal (TV Series) - Abe the Just
  - Art (1990) ... Abe the Just
  
  1989 Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV Series) - Volnath
  - The Vengeance Factor (1989) ... Volnath
  1989 Blood Red - Michael Fazio
  1986 The Big Easy - Vinnie 'The Cannon' DiMotti
  1986 The A-Team (TV Series) - Sam Marlini
  - The Little Town with an Accent (1986) ... Sam Marlini (as Mark Lawrence)
  1985 Night Train to Terror - Mr. Weiss / Dieter (segment "The Case of Claire Hansen")
  1983 Savage Journey (TV Movie) - Chief Walker (uncredited)
  1983 Thieves and Robbers - Don Salvatore Licuti
  1982 Terror at Alcatraz (TV Movie) - Daniel Ginelli
  1981 Border Pals (TV Short) - Joe Cincinnati
  1980 Cataclysm - Abraham Weiss / Dieter
  1980 Super Fuzz - Torpedo
  
  1979 The Dukes of Hazzard (TV Series) - Rostosky
  - The Meeting (1979) ... Rostosky
  1979 Swap Meet - Mr. Booth
  1979 Hot Stuff - Carmine
  1979 Wonder Woman (TV Series) - Mr. Jones
  - Going, Going, Gone (1979) ... Mr. Jones
  1978 Goin' Coconuts - Webster
  1978 Foul Play - Stiltskin
  1978 CHiPs (TV Series) - Co-Driver
  - Crack-Up (1978) ... Co-Driver
  1977 A Piece of the Action - Louie
  1976 Baretta (TV Series) - Linsky
  - Street Edition (1976) ... Linsky
  1976 Marathon Man - Erhard
  1976 The Rookies (TV Series) - Roger Marsten
  - Journey to Oblivion (1976) ... Roger Marsten
  1975 Switch (TV Series) - Don Vincenzo / Franks
  - Kiss of Death (1975) ... Don Vincenzo
  - Las Vegas Roundabout (1975) ... Franks
  1974 The Man with the Golden Gun - Rodney
  1974 McCloud (TV Series) - Vito Gilardi
  - The Gang That Stole Manhattan (1974) ... Vito Gilardi
  1969-1974 Mannix (TV Series) - Al Stanik / Ty Webber / Angelo Palerma
  - A Fine Day for Dying (1974) ... Al Stanik
  - Overkill (1971) ... Ty Webber
  - The Nowhere Victim (1969) ... Angelo Palerma
  1973 Frasier, the Sensuous Lion - Chiarelli (as Mark Lawrence)
  1973 Pigs - Zambrini
  1973 Honor Thy Father (TV Movie) - Stefano Magaddino
  1972 In Pursuit of Treasure
  1972 Nichols (TV Series) - Prouty
  - Zachariah (1972) ... Prouty
  1971 The Doris Day Show (TV Series) - Frankie Fury
  - The Wings of an Angel (1971) ... Frankie Fury
  1971 Diamonds Are Forever - Slumber Inc. Attendant
  1970-1971 Here's Lucy (TV Series) - Ruby / Joe Grapefruit
  - Lucy and Mannix Are Held Hostage (1971) ... Ruby
  - Lucy and Ma Parker (1970) ... Joe Grapefruit
  1971 The Partners (TV Series) - Kelso
  - The Prisoner of Fender (1971) ... Kelso
  1970 Dream No Evil - Undertaker
  1970 Bonanza (TV Series) - Red Gaskell
  - Caution, Easter Bunny Crossing (1970) ... Red Gaskell
  1970 The Kremlin Letter - The Priest
  
  1969 Il killer (TV Mini-Series)
  1968 Krakatoa: East of Java - Jacobs
  1968 King of Kong Island - Albert Muller
  1967 Custer of the West- Gold Miner
  1967 Du mou dans la gâchette - Magnum
  1966 7 monaci d'oro - Lucky Marciano, Capo da banda
  1966 Savage Pampas - Sgt. Barril
  1966 The Rat Patrol (TV Series) - Abu Hassan
  - The Moment of Truce Raid (1966) ... Abu Hassan
  1966 Johnny Tiger - William Billie
  1966 2 mafiosi contro Al Capone - Joe Minasi
  1965 Mister Ed (TV Series) - Spike the Bank Robber
  - The Bank Robbery (1965) ... Spike the Bank Robber
  1965 Petticoat Junction (TV Series) - Barney Dawson
  - Hooterville Crime Wave (1965) ... Barney Dawson
  1964 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (TV Series) - Plato Atutle
  - The Timothy Heist (1964) ... Plato Atutle
  1964 Arrest and Trial (TV Series) - Leo Tucci
  - Tigers Are for Jungles (1964) ... Leo Tucci
  1963 Johnny Cool - Johnny Colini
  1960-1963 The Untouchables (TV Series) - Lou Cagan / Mike Genna / Luigi Renaldo
  - Blues for a Gone Goose (1963) ... Lou Cagan
  - The Genna Brothers (1961) ... Mike Genna
  - Star Witness (1960) ... Luigi Renaldo
  1960-1962 The Detectives (TV Series) - Marcus Maroon / Ed Watkins / Rocco Silvano
  - Three Blind Mice: Part II (1962) ... Marcus Maroon
  - Three Blind Mice: Part 1 (1962) ... Marcus Maroon
  - The Other Side (1960) ... Ed Watkins
  - Life in the Balance (1960) ... Rocco Silvano
  1961 Whispering Smith (TV Series) - Frankie Wisdom
  - Death at Even Money (1961) ... Frankie Wisdom
  1961 Lawman (TV Series) - Frank Walker
  - Homecoming (1961) ... Frank Walker
  1961 The Deputy (TV Series) - Alvy Burke
  - The Hard Decision (1961) ... Alvy Burke
  1960 Thriller (TV Series) - Dr. Emil Berland
  - The Mark of the Hand (1960) ... Dr. Emil Berland (uncredited)
  1958-1960 The Rifleman (TV Series) - Cougar / Gavin
  - Trail of Hate (1960) ... Cougar
  - The Safe Guard (1958) ... Gavin
  1960 Richard Diamond, Private Detective (TV Series) - Vito Doria
  - Running Scared (1960) ... Vito Doria
  1960 Bronco (TV Series) - Joe Russo
  - Tangled Trail (1960) ... Joe Russo
  1960 Zane Grey Theater (TV Series) - Wade Migill
  - Killer Instinct (1960) ... Wade Migill
  
  1959 Shotgun Slade (TV Series) - Gideon Finch
  - Mesa of Missing Men (1959) ... Gideon Finch
  1959 Johnny Staccato (TV Series) - Vic Raffe
  - The Unwise Men (1959) ... Vic Raffe
  1959 Tightrope (TV Series) - Frankie Farrell
  - Man in the Middle (1959) ... Frankie Farrell
  1959 M Squad (TV Series) - Vince Cronin
  - Jeopardy by Fire (1959) ... Vince Cronin
  1959 Peter Gunn (TV Series) - Max Grayco
  - Vendetta (1959) ... Max Grayco
  1958-1959 Playhouse 90 (TV Series) - El Sordo / The Cajun / Scarface
  - For Whom the Bell Tolls: Part 2 (1959) ... El Sordo
  - For Whom the Bell Tolls: Part 1 (1959) ... El Sordo
  - Child of Our Time (1959)
  - Old Man (1958) ... The Cajun
  - Days of Wine and Roses (1958) ... Scarface
  1958 Wagon Train (TV Series) - First Mate Ferris
  - Around the Horn (1958) ... First Mate Ferris
  1957 Kill Her Gently - Connors
  1956 Helen of Troy - Diomedes
  1955 Ballata tragica - Felipe Alvaro
  1955 La catena dell'odio - Braschi
  1955 Suor Maria - Don Mario, proprietario del night club
  1955 Studio One in Hollywood (TV Series) - Cow Nelson
  - A Terrible Day (1955) ... Cow Nelson
  1955 New Moon - Pierre
  1954 Vacation with a Gangster - Jack Mariotti
  1953 Funniest Show on Earth - Il proprietario del circo
  1953 Trouble for the Legion - Serg. Schwartz
  1953 Noi peccatori - Camillo
  1953 Jolanda, the Daughter of the Black Corsair - Van Gould
  1952 Brothers of Italy - Il capitano March - un ufficiale austriarco
  1952 The Three Pirates - Van Gould
  1952 La tratta delle bianche - Machedi
  1952 Torment of the Past - Andrea Rossi (alias Piero)
  1951 My Favorite Spy - Ben Ali
  1951 Hurricane Island - Angus Macready (uncredited)
  
  1950 Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion - Frankie--Loan Shark
  1950 The Desert Hawk - Samad
  1950 The Asphalt Jungle - Cobby
  1950 Black Hand - Caesar Xavier Serpi
  
  1949 Tough Assignment - Vince
  1949 Calamity Jane and Sam Bass - Harry Dean
  1949 Jigsaw - Angelo Agostini
  1948 Out of the Storm - Red Stubbins
  1948 Key Largo - Ziggy
  1947 I Walk Alone - Nick Palestro
  1947 Captain from Castile - Corio
  1947 Unconquered - Sioto - Medicine Man
  1947 Joe Palooka in the Knockout - John Mitchell
  1947 Yankee Fakir - Duke
  1946 Cloak and Dagger - Luigi
  1946 Inside Job - Donovan
  1946 The Virginian - Pete
  1946 Blonde Alibi - Joe DeRita
  1945 Life with Blondie - Pete, Blackie's Henchman
  1945 Club Havana - Joe Reed
  1945 Don't Fence Me In - Clifford Anson
  1945 Flame of Barbary Coast - Joe Disko
  1945 Dillinger - Doc Madison
  1944 The Princess and the Pirate - Pedro
  1944 Rainbow Island - Alcoa
  1944 Tampico - Valdez
  1943 Hit the Ice - Phil
  1943 Submarine Alert - Vincent Bela
  1943 Calaboose - Sluggsy Baker
  1942 The Ox-Bow Incident - Jeff Farnley
  1942 'Neath Brooklyn Bridge - McGaffey
  1942 Eyes of the Underworld - Gordon Finch
  1942 Call of the Canyon - Horace Dunston
  1942 This Gun for Hire - Tommy
  1942 Yokel Boy - Henchman Trigger
  1942 Nazi Agent - Joe Aiello
  1941 Public Enemies - Mike
  1941 Sundown - Abdi Hammud
  1941 A Dangerous Game - Joe
  1941 Hold That Ghost - Charlie Smith
  1941 Lady Scarface - Lefty Landers
  1941 The Shepherd of the Hills - Pete Matthews
  1941 Blossoms in the Dust - La Verne
  1941 The Man Who Lost Himself - Frank DeSoto
  1941 The Monster and the Girl - Sleeper
  1941 Tall, Dark and Handsome - Louie
  1940 Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum - Steve McBirney
  1940 The Great Profile - Tony
  1940 Brigham Young - Prosecutor
  1940 The Golden Fleecing - 'Happy' Dugan
  1940 The Man Who Talked Too Much - Lefty Kyler
  1940 Love, Honor and Oh-Baby! - Tony Luffo
  1940 Johnny Apollo - Bates
  
  1939 Invisible Stripes - Lefty
  1939 The Housekeeper's Daughter - Floyd
  1939 Beware Spooks! - Slick Eastman
  1939 Dust Be My Destiny - Venetti
  1939 Think First (Short) - Joe
  1939 S.O.S. Tidal Wave - Melvin Sutter
  1939 Ex-Champ - Bill Crosle - Olsen's Manager
  1939 Blind Alley - Buck
  1939 Code of the Streets - Henchman Halstead, aka Denver Collins
  1939 Romance of the Redwoods - Joe
  1939 Sergeant Madden - 'Piggy' Ceders
  1939 The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt - Henchman in Trenchcoat (uncredited)
  1939 Homicide Bureau - Chuck Brown
  1938 Charlie Chan in Honolulu - Johnny McCoy
  1938 There's That Woman Again - Stevens (uncredited)
  1938 While New York Sleeps - Happy Nelson
  1938 Adventure in Sahara - Poule
  1938 The Spider's Web - Steve Harmon
  1938 I Am the Law - Eddie Girard
  1938 Convicted - Milton Militis
  1938 Squadron of Honor - Lawlor
  1938 Who Killed Gail Preston? - Frank Daniels
  1938 Penitentiary - Jack Hawkins (uncredited)
  1937 The Shadow - Kid Crow
  1937 Murder in Greenwich Village - Rusty Morgan
  1937 Counsel for Crime - Edwin Mitchell
  1937 Life Begins with Love - Pearson (uncredited)
  1937 Charlie Chan on Broadway - Thomas Mitchell
  1937 A Dangerous Adventure - Calkins
  1937 It Can't Last Forever - Hoodlum (uncredited)
  1937 What Price Vengeance - Pete Brower
  1937 San Quentin - Venetti
  1937 Criminals of the Air - 'Blast' Reardon
  1937 I Promise to Pay - Henchman Whitehat
  1937 Motor Madness - Gus Slater
  1937 Racketeers in Exile - 'Blackie' White
  1936 Night Waitress - Dorn (as Marc Laurence)
  1936 Charlie Chan at the Opera - Undetermined Minor Role (unconfirmed, uncredited)
  1936 The Cowboy Star - Johnny Sampson
  1936 Blackmailer - Pinky (uncredited)
  1936 The Final Hour - Mike Magellon
  1936 Trapped by Television - Frank Griffin (uncredited)
  1936 Counterfeit - Dint Coleman
  1936 Under Two Flags - Grivon (uncredited)
  1936 Robin Hood of El Dorado - Manuel (uncredited)
  1936 Love on a Bet - County Fair Barker (uncredited)
  1936 Desire - Charles - the Valet (uncredited)
  1936 Don't Gamble with Love - Gambler (uncredited)
  1936 Road Gang - Pete
  1935 3 Kids and a Queen - Gangster (uncredited)
  1935 Dr. Socrates - Lefty Croger - a Gangster (uncredited)
  1935 Little Big Shot - Doré's Henchman
  1935 After the Dance - Tom - a Prisoner (uncredited)
  1935 Don't Bet on Blondes - Gangster #6 (uncredited)
  1935 The Arizonian - Henchman Who Pistol-Whipped Clay (uncredited)
  1935 Men of the Hour - Joe
  1935 Strangers All - Communist Meeting Chairman (uncredited)
  1935 Go Into Your Dance - Eddie Logan (uncredited)
  1935 'G' Men - Gangster Killed at Lodge (uncredited)
  1934 Million Dollar Baby - Gangster
  1934 Death on the Diamond - Bookies' Doorman (uncredited)
  1934 Straight Is the Way - Monk's Henchmen (uncredited)
  1933 White Woman - Connors
  1933 Lady for a Day - Nick - Mug at Reception (uncredited)
  1933 Her First Mate - Orderly with Message (uncredited)
  1933 Gambling Ship - Hood (uncredited)
  1932 If I Had a Million - Henchman of Mike the Gangster (uncredited)
  
  Director (8 credits)
  
  1973 Pigs
  1965 Nightmare in the Sun
  1961-1962 Maverick (TV Series) (2 episodes)
  - Mr. Muldoon's Partner (1962)
  - A Technical Error (1961)
  1962 77 Sunset Strip (TV Series) (1 episode)
  - Jennifer (1962)
  1960-1962 The Roaring 20's (TV Series) (2 episodes)
  - Footlights (1962)
  - Vendetta on Bleecker Street (1960)
  1961 Bronco (TV Series) (2 episodes)
  - The Equalizer (1961)
  - Prince of Darkness (1961)
  1960-1961 Lawman (TV Series) (16 episodes)
  - The Juror (1961)
  - Conditional Surrender (1961)
  - Blind Hate (1961)
  - The Trial (1961)
  - Whiphand (1961)
  - Fugitive (1961)
  - Mark of Cain (1961)
  - The Inheritance (1961)
  - Detweiler's Kid (1961)
  - Hassayampa (1961)
  - The Squatters (1961)
  - The Marked Man (1961)
  - The Frame-Up (1961)
  - Cornered (1960)
  - The Catcher (1960)
  - The Post (1960)
  1960 M Squad (TV Series) (2 episodes)
  - Man with the Ice (1960)
  - The Twisted Way (1960)
  
  Writer (2 credits)
  
  1973 Pigs (as F.A. Foss)
  1965 Nightmare in the Sun
  
  Producer (2 credits)
  
  1973 Pigs (producer)
  1965 Nightmare in the Sun (producer)
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  2022: An international auction offers artwork by Pierre Auguste-Renoir, Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Fernand Léger. And not least Salvador Dali's tarot card deck created for a Bond film. All at New Delhi, India, and online.

  
  

  Iconic works by Renoir, Picasso to go
  under hammer at AstaGuru's online
  auction

  See the complete article here:
  

  https://newsdrum.in/business/iconic-works-by-renoir-picasso-to-go-under-hammer-at-astagurus-online-auction

  NewsDrum Desk | 24 Nov 2022
  
  New Delhi, Nov 24 (PTI) Artworks by iconic global artists, including Pierre Auguste-Renoir, Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Fernand Léger and Salvador Dali, will go under the hammer at India's "first exclusive international auction", starting November 28.
  
  Organised by online auction house AstaGuru, the two-day auction, showcasing a medley of works by revered artists, will present experimentative artworks by leading contemporary artists as well, including the likes of Damien Hirst, Jeff Koons, Yayoi Kusama, Robert Indiana and Marc Sijan.
  
  Leading the auction line-up is a beautiful work by French impressionist master Pierre Auguste–Renoir, who created an extraordinary artistic legacy with his fascinating canvases bearing sublime female nudes.
  
  Titled "Baigneuse Assise" or the "Seated Bather", the 1915 work was once in the collection of seminal novelist Somerset Maugham. It was also featured on the cover of his book "Purely For My Pleasure" (1962). It will be offered at an estimate of Rs 4.34 – 5.53 crore.
  
  "We are extremely happy to curate a collection which brings together works of several historic and big names from the history of modern and contemporary art and does complete justice to the auction titled 'International Iconic'...We are certain that the auction is highly anticipated and will definitely witness enthusiastic bidding," said Siddanth Shetty, vice- president, business strategy and operations, AstaGuru.

  Spanish surrealist Salvador Dali's limited series of 78 custom decks of tarot cards known as Dali's 'Universal Tarot' will also be showcased at the auction. The work, first commissioned to him by a Hollywood producer Albert Broccoli, was meant to be used as a prop in the James Bond film Live and Let Die.
  
  Each of the cards are estimated at Rs 19.75-27.65 Lakh.

  Other highlights of the auction are works by Pablo Picasso, widely celebrated as one of the foremost figures of modern art. His 1969 work, executed with coloured wax crayon on paper, will be offered at an estimate of Rs 2.37-3.95 crore.
  
  French master visual artist Henri Matisse's 1940 work 'Femme et Bouquets' (estimated at 1.97-2.76 crore) and Russian-French artist Marc Chagall 'Violoniste Au Village Enneigé' (estimated at Rs 3–3.79 crore) are also up for grabs in the auction.
  
  Featuring flowers, fruits, objects, musical instruments, and scenes of everyday moments, the still life works by Colombian artist Fernando Botero paying homage to the Dutch masters of the 16th and 17th centuries are part of the auction as well.
  
  A still work by the artist will be offered at an estimate of Rs 1.18-1.58 crore.
  
  English artist Damien Hirst's 'Beautiful Hours Spin Painting IX' (estimated at Rs 2.37-3.95 crore), first unveiled as the cover for the album 'See the Light' by British rock band 'The Hours', and famous 'Love Sculptures' by American artist Robert Indiana are also among the highlights in the auction.
  
  "First executed as a painting in 1965 and being displayed at a solo exhibition at the Stable Gallery, it became a career-defining piece for Indiana. It will be offered with an estimate of Rs 3.16-4.74 crore," said the online auction house in a statement.
  
  Making it to the auction is also a unique work by iconic artist Andy Warhol. The presented work, marking a departure from the artist's popular body of work focusing on the culture of consumerism, was created in 1983 and gifted to his friend Christopher Mako.
  
  It is offered at an estimate of Rs 1.10-1.89 crore. PTI MG MAH MAH
  

  

  See Surreal Tarot Cards Designed by Salvador Dalí
  for a James Bond Movie
  The spooky deck features images of classic art and Christian symbolism with a signature Dalí twist

  See the complete article here:
  

  https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/see-surreal-tarot-cards-designed-salvador-dali-james-bond-movie-180973506/

  Nina Kravinsky, Freelance Writer | November 7, 2019

  
  Salvador Dali tarot card magician
  The 78-card deck didn't actually make it into the James Bond film Live and Let Die. Cartamundi, Turnhout Belgium/Salvador Dalí, Fundació Gala- Salvador Dalí, VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2019

  In 1973, producer Albert R. Broccoli commissioned Salvador Dalí to create a set of tarot cards for the upcoming James Bond film Live and Let Die. The Catalan artist indulged his mystical side when designing the very surreal deck of cards, but his prop deck failed to make the movie’s final cut: As Hakim Bishara explains for Hyperallergic, Dalí reportedly asked for an enormous fee beyond even the Bond film’s $7 million budget.
  
  The famed surrealist continued working on the spooky set after Broccoli rescinded his offer, and in 1984, he released a limited edition of the deck. Now, for the first time in more than 30 years, the 78-card set is back on the market. (The deck and a companion book are available from Taschen Books for $60.)

  
  Salvador Dali tarot card empress
  Gala Dali as the "Empress" Cartamundi, Turnhout Belgium/Salvador Dalí, Fundació Gala- Salvador Dalí, VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2019

  Dalí’s deck blends elements of his bombastic personality with typical surrealist motifs—think ants and disembodied heads—and traditional tarot symbolism. In one card, the artist himself poses as the Magician, and in another, his wife, Gala Dalí, assumes the role of the Empress. The deck’s “Lovers” card, according to Architectural Digest’s Stephanie Strasnick, mirrors Jan Gossaert’s 16th-century painting Neptune and Amphitrite but replaces the mythical scene’s classical setting with a giant butterfly and flower.

  The surrealist pioneer’s interest in mysticism extended beyond his encounter with Hollywood. Gala, Dalí’s muse, business partner and agent, had a penchant for the esoteric. She used to read tarot cards in an attempt to predict her husband’s career path and may have even encouraged him to accept the Bond producer’s commission.

  “This mysterious, cultured woman, a gifted creator, colleague and peer of poets and painters, lived her art and her life in an intensely literary manner,” said Dalí Museums director Montse Aguer in a statement on the 2018 exhibition “Gala Salvador Dalí: A Room of One’s Own in Púbol.”

  
  Salvador Dali tarot card lovers
  The "Lovers" card is inspired by Jan Gossaert's Neptune and Amphitrite. Cartamundi, Turnhout Belgium/Salvador Dalí, Fundació Gala- Salvador Dalí, VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2019

  Just as Gala’s mystical leanings likely influenced the deck, Dalí’s surrealist background is evident in full force. The “Magician” card features the artist standing above one of his iconic melting clocks, while the “Death” card shows a cypress tree emblazoned with a skull beside a single blooming rose.
  
  As Lindsay Rainwater writes for GALO magazine, “Dalí’s deck is a pastiche of old-world art, surrealism, kitsch, Christian iconography and Greek and Roman sculpture.”
  
  Many of the tarot cards feature classic works of art juxtaposed with collage elements. Per Strasnick, Dalí reimagines Vincenzo Camuccini’s 19th-century painting The Death of Julius Caesar as the “Ten of Swords,” topping a cut-out of the brutal attack with 10 painted blades. In the “Empress” card, meanwhile, the artist superimposes Gala’s face on the statue of a goddess seen in Eugène Delacroix’s 1826 painting Greece on the Ruins of Missolonghi.

  Dalí even pokes fun at Roger Moore, the then-new actor portraying James Bond, by including original 007 Sean Connery’s face on the “Emperor” card.

  And while Dalí’s deck doesn’t appear in Live or Let Die, Bond girl Solitaire, played by Jane Seymour, does flip through a custom-made tarot deck in the film. Artist Fergus Hall designed the set of cards—likely for much less money—following the better-known surrealist’s split from the project.
  
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  November 29th
  
  1901: Varley Thomas is born--Wandsworth, Surrey, England.
  (She dies 29 January 1983 at age 81--Ewell, Surrey, England.)

  

  Varley Thomas

  https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0859620/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm
  
  Biography

  Born November 29, 1901 in Wandsworth, Surrey, England, UK
  Died January 29, 1983 in Ewell, Surrey, England, UK
  Birth Name Margaret Ada Thomas
  Height 5' (1.52 m)

  Varley Thomas was born on November 29, 1901 in Wandsworth, Surrey, England as Margaret Ada Thomas. She was an actress, known for Goldfinger (1964), Jack the Ripper (1973) and Home Tonight (1961). She died on January 29, 1983 in Ewell, Surrey.

  Filmography

  Actress (10 credits)
  
  1973 Jack the Ripper (TV Mini-Series) - Emily Holland
  - The First Two (1973) ... Emily Holland
  
  1969 Public Eye (TV Series) - Janet
  - The Comedian's Graveyard (1969) ... Janet
  1967 Emergency-Ward 10 (TV Series) - Mrs. Neehan
  - A Family Likeness (1967) ... Mrs. Neehan
  1966 Love Story (TV Series) - Minnie Fry
  - Two's Company (1966) ... Minnie Fry
  1965 Television Club (TV Series) - Mrs. Bostock
  - The Brent Family: Its None of Your Business (1965) ... Mrs. Bostock
  1965 ITV Play of the Week (TV Series) - Neighbour
  - The Rules of the Game (1965) ... Neighbour
  1964 Crossroads (TV Series) - Madame Durand
  1964 Goldfinger - Swiss Gatekeeper
  1962 No Hiding Place (TV Series) - Mrs. Coggins
  - Accessories After the Fact (1962) ... Mrs. Coggins
  1961 Home Tonight (TV Series) - Mrs. Jackson
  - Episode #1.40 (1961) ... Mrs. Jackson
  - Episode #1.39 (1961) ... Mrs. Jackson
  - Episode #1.38 (1961) ... Mrs. Jackson
  - Episode #1.37 (1961) ... Mrs. Jackson
  - Episode #1.36 (1961) ... Mrs. Jackson
  
  Archive footage (2 credits)
  
  1995 Behind the Scenes with 'Goldfinger' (Video documentary short) - Old Lady with Gun
  1964 Goldfinger: The World Premiere (Documentary short)

  
  

  
  1961: Variety reports their estimation Eon bought rights to Fleming's novels for $500,000.
  1963: Kevin McClory receives Thunderball film rights and £50,000 damages. Any additional Bond films would necessarily be remakes.
  
  1964: The San Francisco Examiner publishes the Donald Stanley short story "Holmes Meets 007". Later published by Beaune Press in 1967 in a very limited run.

  

  "Holmes Meets 007"
  http://www.wikiwand.com/en/James_Bond_uncollected_and_other_miscellaneous_short_stories
  
  Then I noticed the crestfallen figure standing near the window. "What should we do with Bond?" I asked. "Bond? Oh, send him back to his little bureaucratic niche, I expect. Really, I couldn't be less concerned."
  
  Donald Stanley wrote this short story - under two-thousand words - first published in The San Francisco Examiner on 29 November 1964. The Beaune Press (San Francisco) subsequently published 247 copies of this seven page story in December 1967. There is no copy 222: this is instead numbered 221B. Copies 223 through to 247 are numbered I to XXV and were printed especially for the author's friends.
  
  Dr. John Watson, Sherlock Holmes's amanuensis, narrates the story. M and Bond visit Holmes and Watson at Holmes's Baker Street address. Holmes's deductive abilities impress M who wishes Bond had the same ability. Bond questions if such intuitive talents could hold up against a Smersh assassin. Bond confronts Holmes about the latter's drug addiction and accuses Watson of being the source of Holmes's narcotics supplier. Once Holmes admits it, Bond aims his Walther PPF [sic] at Watson and announces that Watson is an imposter and none other than Bond's arch-enemy Ernst Stavro Blofeld - the man who killed Bond's bride. Holmes throughout the meeting has been fiddling his Stradivarius - much to everyone's annoyance - and brings it crashing down, knocking Bond's gun away. Holmes plunges a needle containing morphine into M's arm, quickly rendering him unconscious. Holmes reveals that M is none other than Professor Moriarty; Bond is nothing more than a "fairly ignorant tool" who had been unaware of his boss's treachery all this time.

  https://spyguysandgals.com/sgLookupParodies.aspx?id=12
  
  
  https://colinatthemovies.wordpress.com/2017/01/04/james-bond-will-not-return-the-device-of-the-ignominious-end-in-007-parodies/
  [some detail of the seven-page story given here]
  
  https://www.abebooks.com/book-search/title/holmes-meets-007/
  (San Francisco: The Beaune Press 1967, Donald Stanley)
  
  
  
  
  

  1969: Bond comic strip River of Death ends its run in The Daily Express.
  (Started 24 June 1969. 1038–1174) Yaroslav Horak, artist. Jim Lawrence, writer.

  http://legacy.aintitcool.com/node/54698
  
  
  http://spyguysandgals.com/sgLookupComicStrip.aspx?id=1000
  
  
  Spanish publishing house Buru Lan Ediciones, James Bond (vol. 1, #13)
  https://www.comicsroyale.com/foreign-reprints#/buru-lan-reprints/
  Reprints The River of Death, written by Jim Lawrence and illustrated by Yaroslav Horak.
  
  
  Swedish Semic https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/comics/semic_1970_1971.php3

  Dödens Flod
  (The Dead River - River Of Death)
  

  
  Swedish Semic https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/comics/semic_1979.php3

  Dödens Flod
  (The Dead River - River Of Death)
  

  
  Danish https://www.bond-o-rama.dk/en/jb007-dk-no-21-1971/

  James Bond Agent 007 no. 21:
  “River of Death” (1971)
  "Dødens flod"
  

  
  1972: The Live and Let Die production moves to Jamaica, doubling for San Monique.
  1973: 007: Vivir y dejar morir released in Argentina.

  
  
  

  
  1991: James Bond Jr. in syndication releases episode 55 of 65 - "Danger Train" in San Francisco, California.

  

  

  James Bond Jr - Danger Train

  Season 1 - Episode 55
  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0807284/?ref_=ttep_ep55
  

  James Bond Jr. and IQ get caught in a S.C.U.M. feud between Ms. Fortune and Walker D. Plank over stealing a super powerful engine from the 'Cold Fusion' Train.

  Directed by Bill Hutten, Tony Love
  Writing Credits (in alphabetical order)
  Steve Hayes
  Andy Heyward ... (developer)
  Robby London ... (developer) (as Robbie London)
  Michael G. Wilson ... (developer)
  
  Cast (in credits order)
  Jeff Bennett ... Horace 'IQ' Boothroyd / Scumlord (voice)
  Corey Burton ... James Bond Jr. (voice)
  Ed Gilbert ... Captain Walker D.Plank (voice)
  Julian Holloway ... Mr.Bradford Milbanks (voice)
  Mona Marshall ... Tracy Milbanks (voice)
  Brian Stokes Mitchell ... Coach Mitchell (voice) (as Brian Mitchell)
  Jan Rabson ... Gordon 'Gordo' Leiter / Snuffer (voice)
  Susan Silo ... Phoebe Farragut / Miss Fortune / Pirate Parrot (voice)
  Simon Templeman ... Trevor Noseworthy IV (voice)
  Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
  Mari Devon ... (voice)
  
  Produced by
  Bill Hutten ... producer
  Walt Kubiak ... supervising producer
  Tony Love ... producer
  Fred Wolf ... executive producer
  Music by
  Dennis C. Brown
  Larry Brown

  James Bond Jr Episode 55 - Danger Train
  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  2002: Die Another Day released in Iceland.
  2002: 007: Surra veel üks päev released in Estonia.

  

  2002: 007 - Döden får vänta (007: Death Has to Wait; also 007 - Kuolema saa odottaa, 007: Death Must Wait) released in Finland.

  
  
  

  2002: Mirsti Citu Dienu (To Die Another Day) released in Latvia.
  2002: Pasveikink mirti kitą dieną (Happy to Die the Next Day) released in Lithuania.
  
  2003: Norman Burton dies at age 79--California.
  (Born 5 December 1923--New York City, New York.)

  

  Norman Burton

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Burton

  Norman Burton
  Born December 5, 1923
  New York City, New York, U.S.
  Died November 29, 2003 (aged 79)
  Imperial, California, U.S.
  Occupation Film, television actor
  Years active 1957–1993

  Norman Burton (December 5, 1923 – November 29, 2003), occasionally credited as Normann Burton, was an American stage film and television actor.
  
  Early life
  Born in New York City, Burton was a student of The Actor's Studio. After early work on stage, he broke into films with a minor role in Fright (1956).
  
  Career

  His career in film and television was long and relatively successful, but he never achieved major recognition. He played the Hunt Leader, a gorilla, in the science fiction film Planet of the Apes, notable as being the first ape to be seen by both Taylor and the audience, and also appeared as a (human) army officer in the second sequel Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971). In film, he is perhaps best known for his unconventional (and frequently disparaged) performance as Felix Leiter in the James Bond film Diamonds Are Forever (1971). He played Will Giddings, an ill fated engineer, in the action film The Towering Inferno (1974), and his later films included The Gumball Rally (1976), Crimes of Passion (1984) and Deep Space (1988). He played Dennis Christopher's mean and ill fated boss in the slasher Fade To Black (1980).

  On television, he is best known for his performance as Inter-Agency Defense Command's supervisor Joe Atkinson during the second season of the DC Comics-based fantasy adventure drama series The New Adventures of Wonder Woman starring Lynda Carter. He also played Burt Dennis in the situation comedy The Ted Knight Show in the spring of 1978, and appeared as General George Marshall in the 1988 television miniseries War and Remembrance. Throughout his life, Burton was a devotee of the method school of acting, and taught method acting in Lakeside, California.
  
  Death
  Burton was just six days short of his 80th birthday when he died as a result of an auto accident while returning from Ajijic, Mexico near the California-Arizona state line.

  

  Norman Burton (1923–2003) Actor

  https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0123680/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
  
  Filmography

  Actor (89 credits)
  
  1993 American Ninja 5 - Ambassador Halden
  1992 Live Wire - Senator Victor
  1991 The New Adam-12 (TV Series) - Eric Monroe
  - 211 Pizza (1991) ... Eric Monroe
  1990 Dragnet (TV Series) - Safe Job (1990)
  1990 Thirtysomething (TV Series) - Charley Sayers
  - Arizona (1990) ... Charley Sayers
  
  1988-1989 War and Remembrance (TV Mini-Series) - Gen. George C. Marshall
  - Part XII (1989) ... Gen. George C. Marshall
  - Part III (1988) ... Gen. George C. Marshall
  - Part I (1988) ... Gen. George C. Marshall
  1988 Shakedown on the Sunset Strip (TV Movie) - Ward Sullivan
  1988 Deep Space - General Randolph
  1988 Bloodsport - Helmer
  1988 Highway to Heaven (TV Series) - Captain Friend
  - Back to Oakland (1988) ... Captain Friend
  1986 Bad Guys - Captain Watkins
  1986 St. Elsewhere (TV Series) - Monsignor Senti
  - Time Heals: Part 1 (1986) ... Monsignor Senti
  1983-1986 Knight Rider (TV Series) - Damon Leland / Barnswell
  - Redemption of a Champion (1986) ... Damon Leland
  - A Nice, Indecent Little Town (1983) ... Barnswell
  1986 Murder, She Wrote (TV Series) - Drew Narramore
  - Trial by Error (1986) ... Drew Narramore
  1985 Pray for Death - Lt. Anderson
  1984 Crimes of Passion - Lou Bateman
  1983 Mausoleum - Dr. Simon Andrews
  1982 Simon & Simon (TV Series) - Carl Emory
  - Fowl Play (1982) ... Carl Emory
  1982 The Facts of Life (TV Series) - Dr. Green
  - The Affair (1982) ... Dr. Green
  1982 CHiPs (TV Series) - Kessler
  - Tiger in the Streets (1982) ... Kessler
  1981 Amy - Caruthers
  1980 Fade to Black - Marty Berger (as Normann Burton)
  1980 To Race the Wind (TV Movie) - Mr. Krents (as Normann Burton)
  1980 Bogie (TV Movie) - Hopkins
  1977-1980 Quincy M.E. (TV Series) - Dr. George Danner / Max
  - Cover-Up (1980) ... Dr. George Danner (as Normann Burton)
  - No Deadly Secret (1977) ... Max (as Normann Burton)
  
  1979 The Ultimate Impostor (TV Movie) - Papich
  1978 Lou Grant (TV Series) - Franklin Nash
  - Conflict (1978) ... Franklin Nash (as Normann Burton)
  1978 Project U.F.O. (TV Series) - Dr. Phil Greiner
  - Sighting 4022: The Camouflage Incident (1978) ... Dr. Phil Greiner (as Normann Burton)
  1978 The Eddie Capra Mysteries (TV Series)
  - Murder, Murder (1978) ... (as Normann Burton)
  1978 Insight (TV Series) - Sam
  - The Flawed Magi (1978) ... Sam (as Normann Burton)
  1978 The Ted Knight Show (TV Mini-Series) - Burt Dennis
  - The Honeymoon Game (1978) ... Burt Dennis
  - Sweet Sixteen (1978) ... Burt Dennis
  - The Wedding (1978) ... Burt Dennis
  - Hop to It (1978) ... Burt Dennis
  - My Hero (1978) ... Burt Dennis
  - Strike (1978) ... Burt Dennis
  1977 Wonder Woman (TV Series) - Joe Atkinson
  - The Man Who Made Volcanoes (1977) ... Joe Atkinson (as Normann Burton)
  - I Do, I Do (1977) ... Joe Atkinson (as Normann Burton)
  - The Queen and the Thief (1977) ... Joe Atkinson (as Normann Burton)
  - The Pied Piper (1977) ... Joe Atkinson (as Normann Burton)
  - Knockout (1977) ... Joe Atkinson (as Normann Burton)
  - The Bermuda Triangle Crisis (1977) ... Joe Atkinson (as Normann Burton)
  - The Man Who Could Move the World (1977) ... Joe Atkinson (as Normann Burton)
  - Anschluss '77 (1977) ... Joe Atkinson (as Normann Burton)
  - The Return of Wonder Woman (1977) ... Joe Atkinson (as Normann Burton)
  1977 Murder in Peyton Place (TV Movie) - Jay Kamens (as Normann Burton)
  1977 Dog and Cat (TV Series) - Tedesco
  - Dead Skunk (1977) ... Tedesco
  1974-1976 The Rockford Files (TV Series) - Markell / Melvyn Moss
  - Return to the 38th Parallel (1976) ... Markell (as Normann Burton)
  - The Big Ripoff (1974) ... Melvyn Moss (as Normann Burton)
  1976 Rhoda (TV Series) - Ben Levy
  - Meet the Levys (1976) ... Ben Levy (as Normann Burton)
  1976 Black Sheep Squadron (TV Series) - General Carl Gant
  - Presumed Dead (1976) ... General Carl Gant (as Normann Burton)
  1976 Scorchy - Chief Frank O'Brien (as Normann Burton)
  1976 The Gumball Rally - Lieutenant Roscoe (as Normann Burton)
  1976 Harry O (TV Series) - Dr. Lusk
  - Death Certificate (1976) ... Dr. Lusk (as Normann Burton)
  1975-1976 Lincoln (TV Mini-Series) - General Ulysses S. Grant
  - The Last Days (1976) ... General Ulysses S. Grant (as Normann Burton)
  - The Unwilling Warrior (1975) ... General Ulysses S. Grant (as Normann Burton)
  - Sad Figure, Laughing (1975) ... General Ulysses S. Grant (as Normann Burton)
  1975 Conspiracy of Terror (TV Movie) - Lt. Rossos (as Normann Burton)
  1975 Baretta (TV Series) - Councilman
  - The Goodbye Orphan Annie Blues (1975) ... Councilman (as Normann Burton)
  1975 The Reincarnation of Peter Proud - Dr. Frederick Spear (as Normann Burton)
  1975 Force Five (TV Movie) - Arthur Haberman
  1974 Let's Call It Quits (Short) - Bill
  1974 The Towering Inferno - Giddings (as Normann Burton)
  1974 Kojak (TV Series) - 'Fish' Fisher
  - The Best War in Town (1974) ... 'Fish' Fisher (as Normann Burton)
  1974 Planet of the Apes (TV Series) - Yalu
  - The Interrogation (1974) ... Yalu (as Normann Burton)
  1974 The Terminal Man - Det. Capt. Anders
  1974 The Magician (TV Series) - Malloy
  - The Illusion of Black Gold (1974) ... Malloy (as Normann Burton)
  1974 The F.B.I. (TV Series) - Bren
  - Selkirk's War (1974) ... Bren
  1973 Hit! - The Director
  1973 Save the Tiger - Fred Mirrell
  1972 A Great American Tragedy (TV Movie)
  1972 The Partners (TV Series) - Romero
  - The 217 in 402 (1972) ... Romero
  1972 Fuzz - Police Commissioner Nelson
  1971 They Call It Murder (TV Movie) - Movie Director
  1971 Diamonds Are Forever - Leiter
  1971 Escape from the Planet of the Apes - Army Officer
  1971 Simon, King of the Witches - Willard Rackum
  1971 Jud - Uncle Hornkel
  1970 R.P.M. - Coach McCurdy
  
  1969 Land of the Giants (TV Series) - Sergeant
  - The Chase (1969) ... Sergeant
  1968 The Felony Squad (TV Series) - Solly Hirt
  - Matched for Murder (1968) ... Solly Hirt
  1968 Judd for the Defense (TV Series) - Roger Helmsman
  - Transplant (1968) ... Roger Helmsman
  1968 Planet of the Apes - Hunt Leader
  1968 I Spy (TV Series) - Brandon
  - Tag, You're It (1968) ... Brandon
  1967 Valley of the Dolls - Neely O'Hara's Director (uncredited)
  1967 Days of Our Lives (TV Series) - Cab Driver
  - Episode #1.391 (1967) ... Cab Driver
  1966 The Hero (TV Series)
  - The Day They Shot Sam Garrett (1966)
  1966 Get Smart (TV Series) - Control Agent
  - The Decoy (1966) ... Control Agent (uncredited)
  1966 I Dream of Jeannie (TV Series) - Mr. Asher
  - What's New, Poodle Dog? (1966) ... Mr. Asher
  1966 Love on a Rooftop (TV Series)
  - 117 Ways to Cook Hamburger (1966)
  1965 Gunsmoke (TV Series) - Ed
  - The Reward (1965) ... Ed
  1965 Wild Seed - Policeman
  1965 The Farmer's Daughter (TV Series) - Mr. Hilmer
  - Never Listen to Rumors (1965) ... Mr. Hilmer
  1965 Bewitched (TV Series) - Moving Man
  - Pleasure O'Riley (1965) ... Moving Man
  1963 The Fugitive (TV Series) - Car Salesman
  - See Hollywood and Die (1963) ... Car Salesman (uncredited)
  1963 The Twilight Zone (TV Series) - Office Worker
  - Miniature (1963) ... Office Worker (uncredited)
  1963 Sam Benedict (TV Series) - Lt. Warren Jones
  - Some Fires Die Slowly (1963) ... Lt. Warren Jones
  1961-1962 The Untouchables (TV Series) - Solly / Wally Dagan
  - The Floyd Gibbons Story (1962) ... Solly
  - 90-Proof Dame (1961) ... Wally Dagan
  1962 Hand of Death - Chief Homicide Investigator
  1962 Shannon (TV Series) - John Herman
  - Dolphin and the Mermaid (1962) ... John Herman
  1962 Womanhunt
  1961 Checkmate (TV Series) - Lou Lewis
  - Kill the Sound (1961) ... Lou Lewis
  1961 The New Breed (TV Series) - Poulos
  - Death of a Ghost (1961) ... Poulos
  1960 Pretty Boy Floyd - Bill Courtney
  
  1956 Fright - Thompkins - Reporter
  
  Archive footage (2 credits)
  
  2000 Inside 'Diamonds Are Forever' (Video documentary short) - Felix Leiter
  1980 Life, Liberty and Pursuit on the Planet of the Apes (TV Movie) - Yalu

  Planet of the Apes
  
  Escape from the Planet of the Apes
  
  Diamonds Are Forever
  
  
  

  2005: Joseph Fürst dies at age 89--Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
  (Born 13 February 1916--Vienna, Austria.)

  

  Joseph Fürst

  Joseph Fürst (13 February 1916 – 29 November 2005) was an Austrian-born international film and television actor known for his English language roles in Britain and Australia, after first appearing on the Canadian stage.
  
  Career
  Fürst was regularly featured in UK television drama series of the 1960s and early 1970s with appearances in The Saint, The Champions, Doomwatch, The Persuaders!, and as the mad (and well remembered) Professor Zaroff in the Doctor Who story The Underwater Menace. Many people believe his accent in this role to have been put on; this is incorrect, it is in fact his real accent. He also played the role of Schneider in the Armchair Theatre play "A Magnum for Schneider", which launched Edward Woodward as the character of Callan. (The play led to the highly regarded Callan TV series.)

  Fürst's notable film appearances included 55 Days at Peking (1963), The Brides of Fu Manchu (1966), the James Bond movie Diamonds Are Forever (1971) as Dr Metz, and Inn of the Damned (1975).

  He emigrated to Australia and starting in the mid-1970s acted in several guest roles on Australian television drama series. His roles included several appearances in the top-rated police drama Division 4 produced by Crawford Productions in the 1970s. He played an ongoing role in soap opera Number 96 in 1976 as deli owner Carlo Lenzi, who was introduced to the series as a new Italian family alongside Arianthe Galani and Harry Michaels, his character romanced wine bar proprietor Norma Whittaker (Sheila Kennelly). He also played Heinrik Smeaton in The Young Doctors in 1979, and was a guest on situation comedy Kingswood Country, again opposite Kennelly. He guest starred in four episodes of A Country Practice in the early 1980s. In 1984, he starred in the ABC TV film The Schippan Mystery.
  
  Fürst was interviewed by Dwayne Bunney and Dallas Jones for "Loose Cannon" and spoke about his career in an interview to be an extra feature for the reconstruction of the missing Doctor Who story "The Underwater Menace". This interview took place shortly before his death.

  032 The Underwater Menace Interview with Joseph Furst
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUv2arY95lc

  

  Joseph Fürst (1916–2005) Actor

  https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0299822/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
  
  Filmography

  Actor (80 credits)
  
  1986 Tusitala (TV Mini-Series) - Von Pilsarch
  - Teller of Tales: Part Three (1986) ... Von Pilsarch
  - Teller of Tales: Part Two (1986) ... Von Pilsarch
  - The Teller of Tales: Part One (1986) ... Von Pilsarch
  1985 The Dunera Boys (TV Mini-Series) - The Baron
  - Episode #1.2 (1985) ... The Baron (as Joseph Furst)
  - Episode #1.1 (1985) ... The Baron (as Joseph Furst)
  1984 Special Squad (TV Series) - Raddich
  - The Würzburg Link (1984) ... Raddich
  1984 The Schippan Mystery (TV Movie) - Mathias Schippan
  1982 Jonah (TV Mini-Series) - Hans Paach
  - Episode #1.4 (1982) ... Hans Paach
  - Episode #1.3 (1982) ... Hans Paach
  - Episode #1.2 (1982) ... Hans Paach
  - Episode #1.1 (1982) ... Hans Paach
  1982 A Country Practice (TV Series) - Alex Popovich
  - Mates: Part 2 (1982) ... Alex Popovich
  - Mates: Part 1 (1982) ... Alex Popovich
  - Suffer Little Children: Part 2 (1982) ... Alex Popovich
  - Suffer Little Children: Part 1 (1982) ... Alex Popovich
  1980 Kingswood Country (TV Series) - Enzo Bertoluci
  - There's No Place Like Rome (1980) ... Enzo Bertoluci
  1980 Spy! (TV Series) - Colonel Malini
  - The Venlo Incident (1980) ... Colonel Malini
  1979-1980 Skyways (TV Series) - Poppa Fanelli / Pappa Fanelli
  - Pili (1980) ... Poppa Fanelli
  - Homecoming (1979) ... Pappa Fanelli
  
  1976 The Young Doctors (TV Series) - Heinrik Smeaton (1978)
  1976 Number 96 (TV Series) - Carlo Lenzi - 5 episodes
  1976 Luke's Kingdom (TV Series) - Storekeeper,
  - The Prisoner (1976) ... Storekeeper
  - An Enemy Too Many (1976) ... Storekeeper
  - Devil's Man (1976) ... Storekeeper
  - The Dam and the Damned (1976) ... Storekeeper
  - The Hypocrites (1976) ... Storekeeper
  - The King's Gentleman (1976) ... Storekeeper
  - The Surveyor (1976) ... Storekeeper
  - A Woman Waiting (1976) ... Storekeeper
  - A Man Worse Than Cormac (1976) ... Storekeeper
  - The Man From Home (1976) ... Storekeeper
  - The Bait (1976) ... Storekeeper
  - The Land Lovers (1976) ... Storekeeper
  - A Sort of Gentleman (1976) ... Storekeeper
  1975 Plugg - Judge, Fraudenheist
  1975 Inn of the Damned - Lazar Straulle
  1973-1975 Division 4 (TV Series) - Ernst Kaufmann / Emmanuel Czoski / Stefan Gronowski
  - Check, Check, Check (1975) ... Ernst Kaufmann
  - The Fanatic (1975) ... Emmanuel Czoski
  - Today Is Eagle Day (1973) ... Stefan Gronowski
  1974-1975 Behind the Legend (TV Series) - Ferdinand von Mueller
  - Tom Roberts (1975)
  - Ferdinand von Mueller (1974) ... Ferdinand von Mueller
  1974 Mother's Day (TV Movie)
  1974 The Evil Touch (TV Series) - Dr. Gornak
  - Gornak's Prism (1974) ... Dr. Gornak
  1973 ...And Millions Die! (TV Movie) - Franz Kessler
  1973 Ryan (TV Series) - Eric Stahl
  - Liz (1973) ... Eric Stahl
  1972 The Money Game (TV Movie)
  The Foreigner (voice)
  1972 The Far Country (TV Series) - 5 episodes
  - Episode #1.6 (1972)
  - Episode #1.5 (1972)
  - Episode #1.4 (1972)
  - Episode #1.3 (1972)
  - Episode #1.2 (1972)
  1971 The Persuaders! (TV Series) - Yelker
  - The Ozerov Inheritance (1971) ... Yelker (as Joseph Furst)
  1971 Diamonds Are Forever - Dr Metz (as Joseph Furst)
  1971 Take Three Girls (TV Series) - Leon Mailer
  - The Company of Madmen (1971) ... Leon Mailer
  1971 Paul Temple (TV Series) - Josef Walczak
  - Cue Murder! (1971) ... Josef Walczak
  1970 Goodbye Gemini - Georgiu
  1970 Sudden Terror - Local Police Sgt (as Joseph Furst)
  1970 Callan (TV Series) - Sabovski
  - A Village Called 'G' (1970) ... Sabovski (as Joseph Furst)
  1970 Doomwatch (TV Series) - Dr. Charles Goldsworthy
  - Re-Entry Forbidden (1970) ... Dr. Charles Goldsworthy
  
  1968-1969 The Champions (TV Series) - Dr. Rudolf Mueller / Chislenkan
  - The Search (1969) ... Dr. Rudolf Mueller
  - The Beginning (1968) ... Chislenkan
  1968 Thirty-Minute Theatre (TV Series) - President Obotnik
  - The Flag (1968) ... President Obotnik
  1968 Vendetta (TV Series) - Paul Bonner
  - The Anniversary Man (1968) ... Paul Bonner
  1968 Hammerhead - Count Ortega
  1968 Mogul (TV Series) - Zaluchin
  - Stop It, You're Breaking My Heart (1968) ... Zaluchin
  1967 Boy Meets Girl (TV Series) - Mr. Swyvoski
  - Lucinda (1967) ... Mr. Swyvoski
  1967 Theatre of Death - Karl Schiller (as Joseph Furst)
  1960-1967 Armchair Theatre (TV Series) - Schneider / Ekhart / Ex-King Gustavus III
  - A Magnum for Schneider (1967) ... Schneider
  - Till the Day I Die (1961) ... Ekhart
  - A Heart and a Diamond (1960) ... Ex-King Gustavus III
  1967 Doctor Who (TV Series) - Professor Zaroff
  - The Underwater Menace: Episode 4 (1967) ... Professor Zaroff
  - The Underwater Menace: Episode 3 (1967) ... Professor Zaroff (as Joseph Furst)
  - The Underwater Menace: Episode 2 (1967) ... Professor Zaroff
  - The Underwater Menace: Episode 1 (1967) ... Professor Zaroff
  1966 Harry Worth (TV Series) - Carl Mildenhoff
  - An Epic in the Sand (1966) ... Carl Mildenhoff
  1966 Arrivederci, Baby! - German Brasshat
  1966 BBC Play of the Month (TV Series) - Professor Brodzinski
  - Corridors of Power (1966) ... Professor Brodzinski
  1966 Out of Town Theatre (TV Mini-Series) - Koplaski
  - The Great Kopalski (1966) ... Koplaski
  1963-1966 The Saint (TV Series)
  Karel Jorovitch / Kane Luker / Dr. Ernst Zellerman
  - The Russian Prisoner (1966) ... Karel Jorovitch (as Joseph Furst)
  - The Saint Plays with Fire (1963) ... Kane Luker
  - The Saint Sees It Through (1963) ... Dr. Ernst Zellerman (as Joseph Furst)
  1966 The Brides of Fu Manchu - Otto Lentz (as Joseph Furst)
  1966 The Baron (TV Series) - Colonel Bucholz
  - Enemy of the State (1966) ... Colonel Bucholz
  1961-1965 ITV Play of the Week (TV Series)
  Bertheimer / Dr. Heller / Lecherenko / ...
  - Finesse in Diamonds (1965) ... Bertheimer
  - The Finambulists (1963) ... Dr. Heller
  - Freedom in September (1962) ... Lecherenko
  - I Remember Mama (1961) ... Lars Papa Hanson
  - The Poisoned Earth (1961) ... Dr. Brockmeyer
  1965 McGuire, Go Home! - Dr. Andros
  1964 The Wednesday Play (TV Series) -General Fitz Fromm
  - The July Plot (1964) ... General Fitz Fromm
  1964 The Midnight Men (TV Series) - King Alexander
  - Promise to Kill (1964) ... King Alexander
  - The King's Business (1964) ... King Alexander
  - Time of Danger (1964) ... King Alexander
  - The King Shall Die (1964) ... King Alexander
  - The Man from Miditz (1964) ... King Alexander
  1964 Espionage (TV Series) - Von Elm
  - Medal for a Turned Coat (1964) ... Von Elm
  1963 Sergeant Cork (TV Series) - Ernst Lukas
  - The Case of the Girl Upstairs (1963) ... Ernst Lukas
  1963 55 Days at Peking - Capt. Hanselman (as Joseph Furst)
  1963 Anna Christie (TV Movie) - Chris Christopherson
  1962 Freud - Herr Jacob Koertner (as Joseph Furst)
  1962 Zero One (TV Series) - Glidepath (1962) ... (as Joseph Furst)
  1962 Studio 4 (TV Series) - Doctor Korczak
  - Doctor Korczak and the Children (1962) ... Doctor Korczak
  1962 Man of the World (TV Series) - Wilhelm
  - Shadow of the Wall (1962) ... Wilhelm
  1961 Maigret (TV Series) - Gastin
  - The Liars (1961) ... Gastin
  1960-1961 BBC Sunday-Night Play (TV Series) - Hauptmann Denker / Colonel von Kohl / Dr. Görtler
  - Cross of Iron (1961) ... Hauptmann Denker
  - Twentieth Century Theatre: The Assassin (1960) ... Colonel von Kohl
  - Twentieth Century Theatre: I Have Been Here Before (1960) ... Dr. Görtler
  1961 Ghost Squad (TV Series) - Koster
  - Assassin (1961) ... Koster
  1961 The Devil Inside - Paul Varna (as Joseph Furst)
  1961 One Step Beyond (TV Series) - Judge
  - The Sorcerer (1961) ... Judge (as Joseph Furst)
  1961 A Coming-Out Party - Luftwaffe Interrogator (as Joseph Furst)
  1960 Exodus - Avidan (as Joseph Furst)
  1960 Saturday Playhouse (TV Series) - Descius Heiss
  - The Shop at Sly Corner (1960) ... Descius Heiss
  1960 R.C.M.P. (TV Series) - Vasyl
  - Violence at the Wedding (1960) ... Vasyl
  1960 Inside Story (TV Series) - Jacob Leibmann
  - The Protege (1960) ... Jacob Leibmann
  1960 Skyport (TV Series) - Dr. Haltrecht
  - Episode #1.44 (1960) ... Dr. Haltrecht
  1960 Counter-Attack! (TV Series) - Major Heinrich Wolf
  - Last Chance (1960) ... Major Heinrich Wolf
  - Guard Duty (1960) ... Major Heinrich Wolf
  - Traitor's Mark (1960) ... Major Heinrich Wolf
  - Secret Agent (1960) ... Major Heinrich Wolf
  - Sealed Orders (1960) ... Major Heinrich Wolf
  - Escape (1960) ... Major Heinrich Wolf
  - White Flag (1960) ... Major Heinrich Wolf
  
  1959 BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (TV Series) - Doctor
  - Echo from Afar (1959) ... Doctor
  1953-1959 Encounter (TV Series) - Voller / ex-King Gustavus / Emil Thibodeau / ...
  - A Leap in the Dark (1959)
  - The Delicate Deal (1958) ... Voller
  - A Heart and a Diamond (1958) ... ex-King Gustavus
  - Chain Reaction (1958) ... Emil Thibodeau
  - A Question of Discipline (1958) ... Joe Greenwood
  - The Acrobats (1957)
  - It's Murder in Algiers (1955) ... Kadis
  - The Duke in Darkness (1954)
  - Deadlier Than the Male (1954)
  - A Look in the Mirror (1954)
  - Flight Into Egypt (1954)
  - Captain Carvallo (1953)
  - Operation North Star (1953)
  - Fortune My Foe (1953)
  - Guilt (1953) ... Inspector
  - The Vigil (1953) ... Prosecutor
  - Othello (1953) ... Iago
  1958-1959 The Unforeseen (TV Series)
  - Mademoiselle Fifi (1959)
  - The Ikon of Elijah (1958)
  1957-1958 Folio (TV Series)
  Doc Schwartz
  - The Strong Are Lonely (1958)
  - The Ottawa Man (1958) ... Doc Schwartz
  - The Secret Agent (1957)
  1958 The Telltale Heart (TV Movie) - Policeman
  1954-1958 On Camera (TV Series) - Henry Barron / Mr. Klotsy
  - The Absentee Murderer (1958) ... Henry Barron
  - They Shot an Arrow (1956) ... Mr. Klotsy
  - A Handful of Salt (1955)
  - The Waltz (1955)
  - Miracle at the Windsor (1954)
  - The Bottle Imp (1954)
  1955 First Performance (TV Series)
  - The Colonel and the Lady (1955)
  1955 CBC Summer Theatre (TV Series) - Baron
  - Captain Carvallo (1955) ... Baron
  1955 Scope (TV Series)
  - The Colonel and the Lady (1955)
  1953-1955 Playbill (TV Series) - Vanluven
  - The Mayerling Riddle (1955)
  - Death Pulls No Strings (1955)
  - Tobacco Farm (1954) ... Vanluven
  - Greek Street (1953)
  - Confession (1953)
  
  Self (1 credit)
  
  Citizen Varek (Short documentary) 1953

  
  
  
  
  

  2008: "Another Way to Die" charts at #81 on the US Billboard Hot 100 (spends one week on the chart).

  

  
  2012: Skyfall released in Bangladesh.
  2013: The Guardian reports on a tribute to Lewis Collins and his greatest disappointment.

  

  Unthinkable? 007, working-class hero
  Editorial

  See the complete article here:
  

  https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/nov/29/unthinkable-james-bond-working-class-hero

  Lewis Collins's greatest disappointment was his failure to get
  the James Bond role after Roger Moore
  Fri 29 Nov 2013 18.03 EST
  
  A tribute to Lewis Collins, the Mojo musician who became famous in the late 1970s as hit man Bodie in The Professionals, reveals that his greatest disappointment was not his decision to be a hairdresser rather than join the Beatles as a drummer but his failure to get the James Bond role after Roger Moore. Too aggressive, it was said, but really – since they chose cleft-chinned toff Timothy Dalton instead – they probably meant he wasn't smooth enough. Yet, as Ian Fleming said when he wrote to the Guardian in 1958 to defend his creation against encouraging a cult of luxury (eg choosing a brand of cigarette for its exclusivity rather than its taste), his James Bond was meant to be a blank sheet, an unobtrusive figure to whom exotic things happened. The personal style – the martini cocktail and the Walther PPK – were added as mere dabs of colour, at least as understood by an old Etonian living in Jamaica. It was Hollywood, not Fleming, that fleshed out the empire's last superhero, building up his suave style and the one-liners and making him a maverick rather than Fleming's classic Englishman. But Fleming enjoyed suggesting that Bond's sadistic violence was actually a rejection of the post-war world of teeth and specs on the state, while what one critic called his satyriasis was, according to Fleming, merely blatant heterosexuality in a world of gender confusion. It's harder to know the face of the enemy now, and Daniel Craig's Bond has become less upper-crust and more complex. But not yet a man of the people.

  
  
  
  

  
  2021: Tommy Lane dies at age 83--Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
  (Born Tommy Lee Jones 1936--Tipton, Atoka, Tennessee.)

  

  Tommy Lane, Actor and Stuntman in ‘Live
  and Let Die,’ ‘Shaft,’ Dies at 83

  See the complete article here:
  

  https://variety.com/2021/film/news/tommy-lane-dead-live-and-let-die-shaft-1235122222/

  
  Tommy Lane
  Courtesy of Kamala Lane

  Stuntman and actor Tommy Lane, who appeared in films including “Live and Let Die” and “Shaft,” died Monday in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. He was 83.
  
  His daughter Kamala reported that he died after a long bout of COPD.
  
  In Richard Roundtree’s “Shaft,” his character Leroy could be seen crashing through Richard Roundtree’s Times Square office window. “That’s some cold shit, throwing my man Leroy out the window. Just picked my man up and threw him out the goddamn window,” says Willy in the 1971 blaxploitation classic.

  
  Roger Moore with Tommy Lane during the shooting of “Live and Let Die”
  Courtesy of Kamala Lane

  In the 1973 James Bond film “Live and Let Die,” he played Adam, one of Kananga’s henchmen who chases Roger Moore in a speedboat off the coast of the fictional island of San Monique. His character threatens, “You made one mistake back on that island, Bond. You took something that didn’t belong to you. And you took it from a friend of Mr. Big’s. That kind of mistake is tough to bounce back from.”
  
  Before the speedboat scene, he can be heard to say “Bond ripped off one of our boats. He’s headed for the Irish Bayou. The man that gets him stays alive! Now, move you mothers!”

  He also appeared in “Cotton Comes to Harlem,” “Ganja & Hess,” Burt Reynolds-starrer “Shamus” and TV shows including “Simon & Simon” and “Flipper.”
  
  Born Tommy Lee Jones in Miami, Lane was also a jazz musician, and played trumpet and flugelhorn at New York City’s Blue Note throughout the 1980s.
  
  He is survived by wife Raquel Bastias-Lane, seven children; a stepson and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

  

  
  2020: La-La Land Records a 2-CD set with an expanded and remastered original score for Tomorrow Never Dies.

  

  

  ‘Tomorrow Never Dies’ 25th Anniversary
  Expanded Edition Soundtrack Album
  Announced

  See the complete article here:
  

  https://filmmusicreporter.com/2022/11/24/tomorrow-never-dies-25th-anniversary-expanded-edition-soundtrack-album-announced/

  Posted: November 24, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music Albums
  
  La-La Land Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1997 James Bond movie Tomorrow Never Dies directed by Roger Spottiswoode and starring Pierce Brosnan, Jonathan Pryce, Michelle Yeoh, Teri Hatcher and Judi Dench. The 2-CD set features the expanded and remastered original score from the MGM production composed by David Arnold (Independence Day, Casino Royale, Die Another Day, Stargate, Sherlock, Quantum of Solace), including previously unreleased music, as well as the opening and closing titles songs, Tomorrow Never Dies performed by Sheryl Crow and Surrender performed by k.d. lang, and alternate score and source cues. The 25th Anniversary Edition soundtrack is limited to 5,000 copies and will be available to order on La-La Land’s official website at 12:00pm PST on November 29.
  https://lalalandrecords.com/
  
  Here’s the track list of the album:

  Score Presentation:
  Disc 1:
  1. White Knight (8:28)
  2. Backseat Pilot*† (1:41)
  3. Tomorrow Never Dies – Sheryl Crow (4:50)
  4. The Sinking Of The Devonshire (Extended Version) (7:22)
  5. MI6 / Launch The Fleet (1:34)
  6. Company Car (Extended Version) (3:35)
  7. You Have A Phone Call, Mr. Bond (1:02)
  8. Station Break (3:29)
  9. Carver And Paris (1:06)
  10. Paris And Bond (Film Version) (1:56)
  11. The Last Goodbye (1:34)
  12. Hamburg Break In (2:52)
  13. Hamburg Break Out (1:24)
  14. Printing Press Fight (1:22)
  15. Escape To Hotel (2:28)
  16. Doctor Kaufman (2:27)
  17. *-3-Send (1:15)
  18. Backseat Driver (Film Version) (4:35)
  19. Okinawa / HALO Jump (2:25)
  20. Underwater Discovery (3:37)
  21. Vietnam (1:36)
  22. Banner Escape (1:10)
  23. Bike Chase (6:43)
  24. Bike Shop Fight (Film Version) (2:32)

  Disc 2:
  1. Ha Long Bay (2:32)
  2. Boarding The Stealth (4:57)
  3. Grenade (1:39)
  4. A Tricky Spot For 007 (3:49)
  5. Stealth Shoot Out (3:33)
  6. Carver Gets It (2:53)
  7. All In A Day’s Work (5:08)
  8. Surrender – k.d. lang (3:56)
  Additional Music:
  9. White Knight (Original Version) (8:37)
  10. Backseat Pilot (Original Version) (2:20)
  11. The Sinking Of The Devonshire (Original Version) (5:37)
  12. Company Car† (3:06)
  13. Shaken But Not Stirred – Simon Greenaway / Sacha Collisson (3:27)
  14. It Had To Be You – Simon Greenaway (2:03)
  15. Adrift – Simon Greenaway / Sacha Collisson (3:58)
  16. Paris And Bond (1:56)
  17. The Last Goodbye (Alternate Version) (1:30)
  18. Printing Press Fight (Film Opening) (1:10)
  19. Backseat Driver† (4:35)
  20. Banner Escape (Film Mix) (1:10)
  21. Bike Shop Fight (2:42)
  22. Surrender (Alternate Version) – k.d. lang (3:53)

  

  
  
  
  
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  November 30
  
  1917: Ilse Steppat is born--Barmen, Germany.
  (She dies 21 December 1969 at age 52--West Berlin, Germany.)

  

  Ilse Paula Steppat

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilse_Steppat

  Born Ilse Paula Steppat
  30 November 1917
  Wuppertal, Germany
  Died 21 December 1969 (aged 52)
  West Berlin, Germany
  Nationality German
  Occupation Actress
  Years active 1932–1969

  Ilse Paula Steppat (30 November 1917 in Barmen – 21 December 1969 in West Berlin) was a German actress. Her husband was noted actor and director Max Nosseck.
  
  Biography
  She began her cinematic career at the age of 15 playing Joan of Arc. Steppat appeared regularly on the German stage, and starred in more than forty movies. In the 1960s, she appeared frequently in crime movies based on the work of author Edgar Wallace, such as Die Gruft mit dem Rätselschloss, Der unheimliche Mönch and Die blaue Hand, which brought her great fame in Germany.

  In her only English language role, Steppat played Blofeld's assistant and henchwoman Irma Bunt in the James Bond movie On Her Majesty's Secret Service.
  
  In the first English language conversation between Steppat and the movie's producer, Albert R. Broccoli, she confused the word verlobt (engaged) with engagiert (dedicated).[citation needed]
  
  Despite this, however, she was awarded the role of Irma Bunt. Steppat was unable to capitalise on her new fame outside Germany, as she died of a heart attack only four days after the movie's international release. She was buried in the Waldfriedhof Dahlem in Berlin. Steppat was supposed to reprise her role as Irma Bunt in Diamonds Are Forever. However her character was withdrawn after the actress's death.

  

  Ilse Steppat (1917–1969)

  https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0827375/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
  
  Filmography

  Actress (60 credits)
  
  1969 On Her Majesty's Secret Service - Irma Bunt
  1969 Alle Hunde lieben Theobald (TV Series) - Lily Landraf
  - Diana und die Landgräfin (1969) ... Lily Landraf
  1968 Berliner Antigone (TV Movie) - Wärterin
  1968 Altaich (TV Movie) - Charlotte Schnaase
  1968 Liliomfi (TV Movie) - Camilla
  1968 Death in a Red Jaguar - Mrs. Cunnings
  1968 Hauptstraße Glück (TV Series) - Grete Lehkamp
  - Heirate sich, wer kann (1968) ... Grete Lehkamp
  - Der liebe Nachbar (1968) ... Grete Lehkamp
  - Dachschaden ausgeschlossen (1968) ... Grete Lehkamp
  - Auf, auf ins Grüne (1968) ... Grete Lehkamp
  - Romanze in Mull (1968) ... Grete Lehkamp
  - Die Verlobung findet nicht statt (1968) ... Grete Lehkamp
  - Mütter denken - Töchter lenken (1968) ... Grete Lehkamp
  - Rote Georginen (1968) ... Grete Lehkamp
  1968 Eine etwas sonderbare Dame (TV Movie) - Mrs. Paddy
  1967 Creature with the Blue Hand - Lady Emerson
  1966 Hinter diesen Mauern (TV Movie) - Miss Burgess
  1966 Living it Up - Carol Stevens
  1965 The Sinister Monk - Lady Patricia
  1965 Niemandsland (TV Movie) - Rachel Verney
  1965 Der Krake (TV Movie) - Sophie Krebs
  1964 Hafenpolizei (TV Series) - Frau Lammers
  - Reisebegleiterin gesucht (1964) ... Frau Lammers
  1964 Die Gruft mit dem Rätselschloß - Margaret
  1964 Rauf und runter (TV Movie)
  1964 Das Haus der Schlangen (TV Series) - Edith Edwards
  - Sechster Teil (1964) ... Edith Edwards
  - Fünfter Teil (1964) ... Edith Edwards
  - Vierter Teil (1964) ... Edith Edwards
  - Dritter Teil (1964) ... Edith Edwards
  - Zweiter Teil (1964) ... Edith Edwards
  - Erster Teil (1964) ... Edith Edwards
  1963 The Invisible Terror - Dr. Louise Richards
  1963 Apartment-Zauber - Sittenkommissarin (as Jlse Steppat)
  1963 Curd Jürgens erzählt... (TV Series) - Wife
  - Das Rendezvous (1963) ... Wife
  1963 Das Glück der Ehe (TV Movie) - Katja
  1962 Die Post geht ab - Elfriede Stolze
  1961 Schau heimwärts, Engel (TV Movie) - Madame Elizabeth
  1961 Der jüngste Tag (TV Movie) - Frau Hudetz
  1960 Auf Engel schießt man nicht - Bellini
  1960 A Mother's Revenge - Frau Barlowsky
  1960 Pension Schöller - Amalie Schöller
  
  1959 Ausflug mit Damen (TV Movie) - Juno
  1958 Romarei, das Mädchen mit den grünen Augen - Widow Prang
  1958 Sehnsucht hat mich verführt - Brandner-Bäuerin
  1958 The Eighth Day of the Week - Walicka
  1958 Naked in the Night - Madam Clavius
  1958 Nachtschwester Ingeborg - Frau Burger
  1958 Sie schreiben mit (TV Series)
  1957 Der versteinerte Wald (TV Movie) - Mrs. Chisholm
  1957 Das Geheimnis (TV Movie) - Sara Callifer
  1957 Confessions of Felix Krull - Maria Pia Kuckuck
  1957 Der entscheidende Augenblick (TV Short) - Kate
  1957 Der Adler vom Velsatal - Coletta Nicolini
  1956 Weil du arm bist, mußt du früher sterben - Ada Schenk
  1956 Waldwinter - Frieda Stengel
  1955 The Captain and His Hero - Yvonne
  1955 Die Ratten - Frau Knobbe
  1955 Der dunkle Stern - Frl. Rieger, die Lehrerin
  1955 Oberarzt Dr. Solm - Claudia Möllenhauer, Tochter
  1954 Das Phantom des großen Zeltes - Dolores, Frau mit dem Löwen
  1954 Cavalry Captain Wronski - Leonore Cronberg
  1953 Der Kaplan von San Lorenzo - Isabella Catani
  1952 Lockende Sterne - Karena Rodde
  1952 Wenn abends die Heide träumt - Brigitte
  1951 Hanna Amon - Vera Colombani
  1951 Die Schuld des Dr. Homma - Dr. Ilse Kersten
  1951 Veronika, die Magd - Alice
  1951 Die Tat des Anderen
  1950 Der Fall Rabanser - Baronin Felten
  1950 The Man Who Wanted to Live Twice - Oberschwester Hilde
  
  1949 The Blue Swords - Frau von Tschirnhausen
  1949 The Bridge - Therese Sander
  1947 Marriage in the Shadows - Elisabeth Maurer
  
  Soundtrack (2 credits)
  
  1955 The Captain and His Hero (performer: "Ich sehne mich nach einem Wunder" - uncredited)
  1952 Lockende Sterne (performer: "Tausend kleine Lügen")

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  1933: Tsai Chin is born--Shanghai, China.
  
  1949: Wendy Leech is born--Buckinghamshire, England.
  1949: Nicholas Woodeson is born--Sudan.
  
  1956: Claude-Oliver Rudolph is born--Frankfurt, Germany.
  1959: On the ninth day of the trial over rights to Thunderball, proceedings pause that Friday for a weekend of small conferences.
  
  1969: Marc Forster is born--Illertissen, Bavaria, Germany.
  
  1994: Famke Janssen signs on to the GoldenEye production in the Xenia Onatopp role.
  
  2010: Clement Graham Crowden is born--Edinburgh, Scotland.
  (He dies 19 October 1922 at age 87--Edinburgh, Scotland.)

  

  Obituary: Graham Crowden,
  actor

  See the complete article here:
  

  https://www.scotsman.com/news/obituary-graham-crowden-actor-1699734

  SCOTS actor Graham Crowden, best remembered for the medical drama
  A Very Peculiar Practice and sitcom Waiting for God, has died at the age
  of 87.
  By The Newsroom | Thursday, 21st October 2010, 12:59 pm
  
  Though known for comedy-drama roles, Crowden began as a Shakespearean actor, appearing on the big screen, television, stage and radio, in a career that stretched over seven decades.
  
  Born and brought up in Edinburgh, he lived in London for much of his life but had returned to his birthplace with his wife, actress Phyllida Hewat, several years ago.
  
  He died on Tuesday following a short illness.
  
  His daughter, actress Sarah Crowden, said: "His legacy lives on. He did so much work that there's something of his on almost all the time somewhere in the world."
  
  Born Clement Graham Crowden on 30 November, 1922, he was the third of four children born into a respectable Scottish Presbyterian family laid low by the First World War in which his father, a classics teacher, was seriously injured.
  
  He had an unremarkable time at Edinburgh Academy, failing all of his exams, before going on to work in a tannery.
  
  He joined the Royal Scots Youth Battalion in 1940, but his military career ended after a year when he suffered internal injuries from a gunshot fired by his own platoon sergeant.
  
  His burgeoning theatre career could have ended in a similarly inglorious fashion had he heeded the advice of Shakespeare Without Frills director Robert Atkins, who told him: "You're too tall, too thin, you're not good looking and you have a funny voice."
  
  Despite this early knock he persuaded Atkins to grant him a student contract, beginning a long stage apprenticeship with a succession of rep companies.
  
  He married Phyllida Hewat, then a costume designer, in 1952. In the ensuing years the couple had four children, and Mr Crowden's stage career began to take off starting with major role in a Bristol Old Vic production of Major Barbara.
  
  His introduction to movies started inauspiciously with a series of flops, beginning with 1961's Don't Bother To Knock, but he finally found his form with his appearances in director Lindsay Anderson's iconic satirical trilogy of If..., O Lucky Man! and Britannia Hospital.

  Among some of the many films he appeared in were Terry Gilliam's Jabberwocky, Out of Africa and the Bond movie For Your Eyes Only.

  In 1974, Crowden turned down the chance to succeed Jon Pertwee as Dr Who.
  
  Unable to commit the amount of time required by the part, he recommended Tom Baker for the role instead.
  
  Speaking of his decision to refuse the role, he once joked: "Working with a lot of Daleks didn't sound like much fun."
  
  When asked for his epitaph, Mr Crowden first thought of Lewis Casson's observation that "he looked funny even in serious roles", but he eventually settled on his own verdict: "I've done very good work for very bad money."

  
  

  

  Graham Crowden (1922–2010)

  Actor | Soundtrack
  https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0189561/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
  

  
  
  

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  December 1st
  
  1930: Matt Monro is born--London, England.
  (He dies 7 February 1985 at age 54--Ealing, London, England.)

  

  Matt Monro, Britain’s ‘Cockney
  Como,’ Dies at 54

  https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-02-08-mn-4672-story.html
  By BURT A. FOLKART | Feb. 8, 1985 | Times Staff Writer
  
  Matt Monro, an East London bus driver who perfected his lyrical baritone techniques while serenading his passengers, died Thursday of liver cancer in London.

  The popularizer of such hits as “Born Free” and “From Russia With Love” died in London’s Cromwell Hospital after a liver transplant operation was deemed useless two weeks ago.

  Likened to Perry Como because of his effortless versions of the ballads of the day, Monro, 54, had the speaking voice of a Cockney but phrased like an English troubadour. Although he once had a succession of such hit recordings as “My Kind of Girl,” “Portrait of My Love,” “Softly, As I Leave You” and “Yesterday,” in recent years he had been out of the international arena and his appearances limited to nightclubs and cameos on British television.
  
  Munro admitted in the late 1960s that alcohol had once been a problem but that he had overcome it. He also confessed to being an ongoing nicotine addict.
  
  ‘Smoked Incessantly’
  “I have smoked incessantly since I started at 9 on tea leaves,” he had said. “If they’re announcing, ‘Ladies and Gentlemen--Matt Monro,’ I’ll light a cigarette because I know we’ve got two minutes of overture time and I can have a puff.”
  
  Monro, who was born Terence Parsons in London’s middle-class East End, got his first paying job as a lorry operator. He later graduated to buses. But even as a boy, he told The Times in a 1968 interview when he was appearing in Las Vegas, he had always wanted to sing.
  
  He took those frustrated ambitions out on his passengers who encouraged him, and he soon made his debut in small clubs.
  
  In 1960 he recorded “Portrait of My Love” and followed it with “Walk Away.” Both were popular in England and abroad but it was his agent, lyricist Don Black, who made Monro a true international star.
  
  Monro recorded Black’s lyrics to “Born Free,” the theme from the film about a lioness domesticated by a British couple in Africa, and the song topped charts in Britain, America and Japan.
  
  He also had capitalized on a recording industry oversight. One of The Beatles’ most popular tunes, “Yesterday,” had not been released as a single and Monro, by then called the “Cockney Como,” soon filled that gap with his own version.
  
  It stayed on Britain’s Top 10 for months.
  
  Favorite Among Fellow Vocalists
  His warm, relaxed interpretations of old and new songs and his gentle phrasing made him a favorite among fellow vocalists.
  
  Frank Sinatra once said that Monro was the only British singer he ever listened to.
  
  Monro’s hospitalization and recent illnesses were kept from the public until an exploratory operation Jan. 20 revealed that his cancer had spread too far for a liver transplant to save him.
  
  He is survived by his wife, Mickie, and three children.

  

  Matt Monro (1930–1985)

  https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0598448/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1
  
  Filmography

  Soundtrack (32 credits)
  
  2016 Cuéntame (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
  - La boda de cristal (2016) ... (performer: "No puedo quitar mis ojos de tí (Can't Take My Eyes Off You)")
  2014/II Nightingale (performer: "The Good Life")
  2012 Everything or Nothing (Documentary) (performer: "From Russia With Love")
  2011 Rude Tube (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
  - Extreme Rides (2011) ... (performer: "Born Free" - uncredited)
  2010 Formula 1: BBC Sport (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
  - The European Grand Prix: Qualifying (2010) ... (performer: "From Russia With Love" - uncredited)
  2010 From Paris with Love (performer: " They Long to Be - Close to You"))
  
  2009 ...Sings the Beatles (TV Movie documentary) (performer: "Yesterday")
  2001 Thirteen Conversations About One Thing (performer: "Put on a Happy Face")
  
  1997 Super Speedway (Documentary) (performer: "On Days Like These")
  1992 The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag (performer: "Born Free")
  1990 The Krays (performer: "Walk Away")
  
  1985 The Humans and The Jinns (performer: "Yesterday")
  1983 Lady Is a Tramp (TV Series) (performer: "The Lady Is a Tramp" (Title theme))
  1980 The Sea Wolves (performer: "The Precious Moments")
  
  1978 Tomorrow Never Comes (performer: "Alone am I")
  1973 Three Giant Men (performer: "The Southern Star")
  1972 Tony Bennett at the Talk of the Town (TV Mini-Series) (performer - 1 episode)
  - Episode #1.3 (1972) ... (performer: "The Second Time Around", "Time After Time", "I Want to Be Happy")
  1970 Hoffman (performer: "If there ever Is a next time")
  1970 Satan's Harvest (performer: "Two People")
  
  1969 Burbujas (TV Mini-Series) (performer - 1 episode)
  - Sueños y pesadillas (1969) ... (performer: "Alguien cantó", "Qué tiempo tan feliz (Those Were the Days)", "Todo pasará")
  1969 The Italian Job (performer: "On Days Like These")
  1969 The Southern Star (performer: "The Southern Star")
  1967 A Matter of Innocence (performer: "Pretty Polly")
  1966 The Quiller Memorandum (performer: Theme Song - "WEDNESDAY'S CHILD")
  1966 Born Free (performer: "Born Free" - uncredited)
  1965 Go Go Mania (performer: "Pop Gear", "Walk Away" (uncredited), "For Mamma" (uncredited))
  1964 Shindig! (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
  - Episode #1.12 (1964) ... (performer: "My Kind of Girl', "Walk Away")
  1964 The Eurovision Song Contest (TV Special) (performer: "I Love The Little Things")
  1964 A Song for Europe (TV Movie) (performer: "Choose", "Its Funny How You Know", "I've Got the Moon on My Side", "Ten Out of Ten", "Beautiful, Beautiful")
  1963 From Russia with Love (performer: "From Russia with Love")
  1959 The Chaplin Revue (performer: "I'm Bound for Texas")
  1923 The Pilgrim (performer: "I'm Bound for Texas" (1971))
  
  Actor (2 credits)
  
  1970 Satan's Harvest - Bates
  1961 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV Series) - Singer
  - Episode #15.16 (1961) ... Singer
  - Episode #15.6 (1961) ... Singer
  
  Archive footage (8 credits)
  
  2015 Spectre: My Bond Song - Sam Smith (TV Special documentary short) - Himself
  2012 ... Sings James Bond (TV Movie) - Himself - From Russia with Love
  2010-2011 Breakfast (TV Series) - Himself - Singer
  - Episode dated 9 March 2011 (2011) ... Himself - Singer
  - Episode dated 8 February 2010 (2010) ... Himself - Singer
  2009 ...Sings the Beatles (TV Movie documentary) - Himself
  2007 Legends (TV Series documentary) - Himself
  - Matt Monro: The Man with the Golden Voice (2007) ... Himself
  2007 La tele de tu vida (TV Series) - Himself
  - Episode #1.5 (2007) ... Himself
  2006 James Bond's Greatest Hits (TV Movie documentary) - Himself
  2005 An Evening with Matt Monro (Video) - Himself

  
  

  
  

  
  1935: Woody Allen is born--New York City, New York.
  
  1961: This month Argosy magazine for men Volume 353, Number 6, includes an extra bonus book Thunderball.

  

  'Thunderball' (A James Bond Spy Thriller) contained within 'Argosy'
  magazine for men. Volume 353, Number 6, December 1961.
  FLEMING, Ian.

  https://www.harringtonbooks.co.uk/pages/books/39259/ian-fleming/thunderball-a-james-bond-spy-thriller-contained-within-argosy-magazine-for-men-volume-353-number-6
  
  Ohio and New York: Popular Publications, Incorporated. 1961. Magazine format in pictorial paper wraps. Original price: 50 cents. Minor wear to spine and postal label to upper else fine. The novel 'Thunderball' is advertised on the front cover as an 'extra book bonus' and appears on pages 128–44, with a sepia-toned frontispiece illustration by Gil Cohen. An abridged version published shortly after the bookform edition. This is the first American periodical appearance and the first US illustrated edition. Scarce. Item #39259
  
  Gilbert A9b 'Periodical Appearances', page 319

  
  'Thunderball' (A James Bond Spy Thriller) contained within 'Argosy' magazine for men. Volume 353, Number 6, December 1961. Ian FLEMING.
  
  

  1962: This month Classics Illustrated releases a Dr. No film comic in the UK. DC version in the US 1963.

  https://13thdimension.com/the-curious-case-of-when-james-bond-joined-the-dc-universe/
  

  http://secretagentlair.blogspot.com/2016/12/james-bond-comic-book-day.html
  
  
  https://mi6-hq.com/sections/comics/comicbook_dn.php3?s=comics&id=02435
  
  Above: A panel from "Dr No" by artist Norman J. Nodel, who used production stills from the movie.
  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  1964: This month Takao Saito's 007 manga begins monthly serialization in Shogakukan's Boy's Life magazine through August 1967. Republished by Shogakukan's Golden Comics. Re-reprinted 1981 by Shogakukan Bunko, again in 2015 by Big Comics Special imprint.

  
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takao_Saito
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  1964: Littlehampton Book Services Ltd publishes Double O Seven, James Bond: A Report by O.F. Snelling.

  
  
  
  
  

  
  1965: Maclean's proposes conflict with "Agent 007 and the Great Christmas Caper."

  

  

  AGENT 007 AND THE GREAT
  CHRISTMAS CAPER

  See the complete article here:
  

  https://archive.macleans.ca/article/1965/12/1/agent-007-and-the-great-christmas-caper

  Last year’s war toys and brassiere-clad dolls seemed bad enough. But now along comes James Bond to flash a startling array of ingenious weapons and pose a bewildering moral dilemma for parents
  December 1 1965 EILEEN MORRIS

  LAST CHRISTMAS, the militant group calling itself the Voice of Women stirred up a national argument with an Appeal to Parents: “Have you noticed the increase in war toys each Christmas? It is time to call a halt — plastic hand grenades, land mines, booby traps, automatic guns, toy missiles, etc., the whole grisly collection must be repudiated. We, the buyers. make the ultimate decision."

  Parents who thought toys were a grim problem last year will go right around the bend this year. For now that cash registers are beginning to ring Noël again, a violent new figure has come swinging onto the scene to complicate the argument as never before. James Bond, the Ian Fleming hero, has suddenly become Mr. Big with toymakers and retailers. Several manufacturers hold franchises entitling them to stamp the magic 007 insignia on products ranging from guns to sweat shirts. But even in the toy division of the spy business, anything goes, and firms without franchises are shamelessly jumping on the Bond wagon, using the great hero’s name in their promotional pitches and devising legal variations of what’s guarded by franchise. In their wildly creative moments, Reliable Toy has come up with Secret Agent 009, and the Mattel toy company’s man is Secret Agent Zero M. Meanwhile Ideal Toy has signed up TV’s answer to Bond — The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
  
  The Soviet press has lately been attacking the West for promoting the James Bond cult as part of an international plot. But in the toy business, at least, 007 is getting the big buildup for a purely capitalistic reason: each year, Canadians spend a fantastic $160 million for toys, most of it in the hectic eight weeks before Christmas.
  
  Since it is adults who buy most of the toys, many new' items have builtin father appeal. The James Bond 007 Road Race, for instance, features an authentic model of Bond's famed customized Aston Martin DB5. fully equipped for action with a varied speed motor sound, bullet shield, tire “cutters" and machine guns.
  
  The 007 Automatic Pistol shoots plastic bullets and has a James Bond identification card. Secret Sam is an international spy set. Its innocent looking attache case packs a pistol that shoots bullets while concealed within the case. And its secret camera actually takes photos.
  
  Parents more concerned about the influence of toys will find plenty of cause for anxiety. This year, many weapons wear camouflage for guerilla fighting. For instance, a paratrooper set billed as “a one-man junior army” features a camouflaged burp gun with recoiling barrel, bullet-shooting, capfiring .45 automatic with holster and belt, camouflaged helmet with netting, a grenade and a Sooper-Snooper 4way scope. A kit called Attack supplies two field cannons, howitzers, machine guns and mortar units, cases of shells, sand bags, and one bombedout house.
  
  What about the girls? Between the time I outgrew my last baby doll and today’s Barbie craze, Santa revolutionized little-girlhood. The most popular dolls — toy dolls, I mean — aren't babies anymore. They're swinging teenagers, and a lot of them are named Barbie. They wear nÿlons and brassieres and mink stoles. For their hair, they need curlers, driers, wig packs and hair-coloring kits.
  
  A few baby dolls survive, but the most highly touted of these are battery-powered. Baby Wiggles has her own built-in, wind-up music box. Baby First Step walks alone. Baby Boo cries when she wants to sleep — turn out the light and she stops.
  
  Surprisingly, the commercial adult hand in the kid glove is nowhere more evident than in one kind of item in the plush-toy corner. Esso did a tiger promotion to sell more gas to car drivers—and now there are tigerface purses for tots, tiger TV chairs, tiger pyjama bags, tigers on casters.

  Which underlines my point: it is our own adult fault that guns make up an estimated ten percent of the toy market. Just as our gasoline buying created tiger pyjama bags, our giftbuying created the moppet Mafia. And it’s a bit late in the day to plead ignorance if the gimmicky secret - agent guns, the battlefield rifles, cowboy derringers and teen fashion dolls result in a mass of psychic kinks for our children.
  
  So what s the answer? Psychologist Dee Appley, of York University, defined for me the three things children need tor play: space, time and suitable material. We have substituted TV for space and time, and we hand children Bond-based toys for materials. Instead, - she suggested, “Before deciding to buy any toy, we should ask. What does 'it tell the child about the world? What does it tell him about himself?"

  According to the Institute of Child Study of the University of Toronto, espionage toys appeal to adults with jaded imaginations. Plainly, if we want our children to have better values, we have to raise our own. Psychologist Fred Hopley gave a quick measure of a good toy: “A toy that gives a child an opportunity to develop his skills and imagination, one requiring he use his hands and brain.” The experts I talked to approve hockey games, child-guidance toys, trains, hobby and sports equipment, models, storybooks and tea things.
  
  On the other hand, people who deplore the Barbie doll as a sick fad aren’t looking at the way the world is today. Mrs. I. Hoff, president of the Nursery Education Association of Ontario, points out: “Barbie reflects the reality of family life today. Mummy isn’t maternal anymore; she doesn’t cuddle and feed her babies over a number of years. She’s very busy — a good person, but on a different level. The little girl can no longer absorb the mother image. But she does see and admire teenagers, so she longs for teen-type dolls.”
  
  The experts agree: a toy in itself won’t harm a child, as long as you are combatting the immorality of Bond, the self-appointed executioner. Says Fred Hopley, “Aggressiveness is normal, part of learning to get along with others. The aggression suggested by these toys reflects, in part, our society’s new freedom."

  “War toys won’t make war seem natural—we aren’t giving ourselves enough credit as adults. The important thing is the way parents see things: if you are against violence and war, your child will reflect this. It all comes down to how we relate to one another. In the long run, it will be the good qualities that parents stress that will win out.”

  

  
  1965: Variety reports the Shirley Bassey filed an (unsuccessful) injunction regarding an oral agreement to use "Mr. Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang” as the title song to Thunderball. Still, it appears on the official soundtrack if not in the film (which used an instrumental version).

  

  1969: Bond comic strip Colonel Sun begins its run in The Daily Express. (Ends 28 August 1970. 1175–1393)
  Yaroslav Horak, artist. Jim Lawrence, writer.

  http://mcmolo.blogspot.com/2015/10/colonel-sun-by-kingsley-amis.html
  
  
  https://www.cbr.com/the-james-bond-omnibus-003/
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/articles/comic_cs_review.php3?t=&s=main&id=01086
  
  
  Swedish Semic Comic https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/comics/semic_1989.php3

  Dödligt Toppmöte (Colonel Sun - Part 1) | Dödligt Toppmöte (Colonel Sun - Part 2)
  

  
  Danish https://www.bond-o-rama.dk/en/jb007-dk-no-22-1971/

  James Bond Agent 007 no. 22: “Colonel Sun” (1971)
  "Møde med døden"
  [Rendezvous with death]
  
  
  
  
  

  
  

  
  1982: Octopussy films Q in the gondola getting attention from Octopussy's Girls.

  
  

  
  1992: This month Marvel Comics releases James Bond Jr. #12, "Homeward Bound!"
  His last, with: Scumlord, Jaws, Dr. Derange, Odd Job, Dr. No, Walker D Plank and Baron von Skarin.

  

  James Bond Jr. #12 - Homeward Bound!

  https://comicvine.gamespot.com/james-bond-jr-12-homeward-bound/4000-36542/

  Creators
  Bambos Georgiou - inker
  Mario Capaldi - penciler
  Sophie Heath - colorist
  Stuart Bartlett - letterer

  
  James Bond Jr Issue 12 Homeward Bound!
  http://readallcomics.com/james-bond-jr-012/

  
  

  1997: A&M releases the "Tomorrow Never Dies" single. Some releases also include "Strong Enough", "The Book", "No One Said It Would Be Easy", "Ordinary Morning..

  
  
  
  
  

  
  1998: Freddie Young dies at age 96--London, England.
  (Born 9 October 1902--London, England.)

  

  

  Gentleman Genius
  All Time Greats / Freddie Young OBE, BSC, ASC

  https://britishcinematographer.co.uk/freddie-young-obe-bsc-asc/
  
  Frederick Archibald Young was born on 9 October 1902 in London. He entered the film industry in 1917 at Lime Grove Studios, West London.
  
  At that time it was run by Gaumont and had a glass exterior to allow light for shooting. Later it was re-built. It became Gaumont British in 1922. Young said the glasshouse was good in theory but in practice wasn’t so good. If it was a foggy day the studio became a pea souper. If it was cloudy, lights would be required to provide exposure, but if the sun came out the studio would be filled with sunlight and the shot would be ruined.
  
  Young started in the laboratory and eventually moved into cameras, remaining with the studio for ten years. In those days he operated the Debrie Parvo camera. He worked with a cameraman called Arthur Brown. Later, Bill Shenton worked there and despite only having one eye he was considered to be a very good cameraman. Eventually the studio became the home to BBC Television. Housing now stands on the site. One of the films he worked on after leaving Gaumont was Hitchcock’s Blackmail (1929) photographed by Jack Cox and made at British International Pictures (BIP). Young was asked to shoot a montage for the silent version.
  
  For several years he worked at British and Dominions at Elstree for producer and director Herbert Wilcox. Cinematographer Oswald Morris said: “He was a powerful cinematographer. He treated filmmaking rather like being in the army. There was strict discipline. At the height of his career his crew had to call him Mr Young.”
  
  Sir Sydney Samuelson says: “The first technical marvel for which he was responsible, and which held me in awe of his genius, was as far back as 1938 on Sixty Glorious Years. I remember two technical aspects quite clearly. One sequence was an early example of British Technicolor three-strip. There was a remarkable ballroom scene, which was achieved by means of an early matte shot. Called something like the ‘Shufton process’. There was a glorious wide-angle shot of an elegant ballroom. Freddie once told me that as clever as Shufton was, the most stunning effect was actually brought about by him, pricking holes in the top part of the back of the matte then shining through each chandelier painted on its front. Amazing!”

  

  During WW2 Young was in the Army Kinematograph Service with Freddie Francis. Francis said: “He always insisted on being called Mr Young or sir. After the war Freddie was Freddie to everyone.”
  
  Young was the first President of the BSC 1949-1952. He was President again from 1957-1960. He was also a member of the ASC and Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society (FRPS).
  
  Following the war Young became head of cameras at MGM Elstree. “I suppose it was the finest studio in the country. It had a beautiful lot and was beautifully equipped,” remarked Young.
  
  Renowned director Nicolas Roeg, who worked with Young at MGM and later photographed the second unit on Lawrence of Arabia, said Freddie was a terrific guy to work with.
  
  In 1959, faced with a pay cut due to production cuts Young decided to leave the company. The day after leaving he realised that it was the first time he’d been out of work since 1917. In 1960 he was approached by producer Sam Spiegel to photograph Lawrence Of Arabia for director David Lean. Other notable directors he worked with include George Cukor, John Ford and John Huston.

  

  He first met Lean on Major Barbara (1941). Lawrence was released in 1962 and was the start of three 65mm wide screen pictures with Lean, earning Young three Oscars. Sydney Samuelson said: “Young is definitely ‘the master’ in my book of cineastes. Arguably and certainly in his era he was the best cameraman in the world. I had the pleasure of involvements with him and his crew from Lawrence Of Arabia onwards. David Lean was such a brilliant storyteller but nobody when working on one of his movies would accuse him of being easygoing. Freddie carried on for him regardless of personal and technical problems. Apart from three American Oscars Freddie won many awards including only the second Fellowship after Hitchcock from our own Academy BAFTA.”
  
  The three films he made with Lean were a challenge. “Lawrence Of Arabia took two years and was shot in Spain, Morocco and Jordan. The heat in the desert was a dry heat of 110 degrees. We had a sunshade over the camera and a wet cloth on top of the camera, which acted like refrigerator. We never saw rushes, the results were cabled from London. The famous mirage scene was shot using a 500mm lens. This was obtained from Panavision in Hollywood along with the rest of the camera equipment,” said Young.
  
  His next outing with Lean was Dr Zhivago (1965). It was filmed in the heat of Spain but was set in Russia, so a lot of faking was required. Some was shot in Finland. “We painted trees white, coloured hedge rows with white plastic and used hundreds of tons of marble dust,” said Young. “We used a blue filter for much of the film and it was my hardest technically.”
  
  His final film for Lean was Ryan’s Daughter (1971). The whole of the film is set on the west coast of Ireland. He said: “Winter came and the summer scenes hadn’t been completed, so the main unit went to South Africa, a second unit stayed behind headed by Roy Stevens. Denys Coop was in charge of the cinematography. Lean gives you an inspiration so you go out of your depth and try and do something extraordinary.”
  
  In conversation with cinematographer Robin Vidgeon’s wife Angela, Young said: “Whenever I had a candlelit scene I would go into a dark room, light a candle, sit and watch it for a while, blow it out and then take those images to set and light accordingly.”

  

  "Lawrence Of Arabia took two years and was shot in Spain, Morocco and Jordan. The heat in the desert was a dry heat of 110 degrees."
  - Freddie Young OBE, BSC, ASC

  
  In 1992 Lawrence of Arabia was re-launched and Young went to several screenings. At one screening Steven Spielberg told him it was seeing Lawrence in 1962 that made him decide a film career was for him.
  
  Later in 1992 he was invited to speak to film students at the royal college of art. In July 1994 the college honoured him by making him a doctor of art.
  
  Young said that people often asked him about his techniques. He said he had no plan or technique; he lit the scene according to what was in the script.
  
  Following Ryan’s Daughter he carried on shooting until 1983. The same year he directed Arthur’s Hallowed Ground, his only film as director and the last he worked on. After this he shot commercials until his retirement aged eighty-five. His autobiography was published by Faber and Faber in 1999 called Seventy Light Years, which can be obtained through Amazon.
  
  Finally, he said: “I worked in the industry for seventy years, photographing more than 120 films and being paid for a job I love. At the age of ninety-six I look back and think I’ve been incredibly lucky.”
  
  Freddie Young OBE passed away on 1 December 1998 age 96.

  

  

  Freddie Young (I) (1902–1998)

  https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002875/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1
  
  Filmography

  Cinematographer (130 credits)
  
  1985 Invitation to the Wedding
  1984 Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
  1981 Stainless Steel and the Star Spies (TV Movie)
  1980 Ike: The War Years (TV Movie)
  1980 Richard's Things (director of photography)
  1980 Rough Cut
  
  1979 Bloodline
  1978 Stevie (director of photography)
  1977 The Man in the Iron Mask (TV Movie) (director of photography)
  1976 The Blue Bird (director of photography)
  1975 The Executioner
  1974 Great Expectations (TV Movie) (director of photography)
  1974 The Tamarind Seed (director of photography)
  1974 Love from A to Z (TV Movie)
  1974 Luther
  1972 The Asphyx
  1971 Nicholas and Alexandra (director of photography)
  1970 Ryan's Daughter (photographed by)
  1970 The Maker and the Process (TV Short)
  
  1969 Battle of Britain (director of photography)
  1969 Sinful Davey (director of photography)
  1967 You Only Live Twice (director of photography)
  1967 The Deadly Affair (director of photography)
  1965 Doctor Zhivago (director of photography)
  1965 Rotten to the Core
  1965 Lord Jim (as Frederick A. Young)
  1964 The 7th Dawn (as Frederick Young, photographed by)
  1962 Lawrence of Arabia (director of photography - as F.A. Young)
  1961 Loss of Innocence (as Frederick A Young, photographed by)
  1961 Hand in Hand (director of photography - as F.A. Young)
  1961 Gorgo (director of photography - as F.A. Young)
  1960/III Macbeth (TV Movie) (as F.A. Young)
  
  1959 Solomon and Sheba (director of photography - as Fred A. Young)
  1958 The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (director of photography - as F.A. Young)
  1958 Indiscreet (director of photography - as Frederick A. Young)
  1958 Gideon of Scotland Yard (director of photography - as Frederick A. Young)
  1958 I Accuse! (director of photography)
  1957 Island in the Sun
  1957 The Little Hut (as F.A. Young)
  1957 The Barretts of Wimpole Street (as F.A. Young)
  1956 Beyond Mombasa (as Frederick A. Young)
  1956 Lust for Life (director of photography - as F.A. Young)
  1956 Invitation to the Dance (segments "Circus", "Ring Around the Rosy", as F.A. Young)
  1956 Bhowani Junction (director of photography - as F.A. Young)
  1955 Bedevilled
  1954 Betrayed (as F.A. Young)
  1953 Knights of the Round Table (director of photography - as F.A. Young)
  1953 Mogambo (director of photography - as F.A. Young)
  1953 Terror on a Train (as F.A. Young)
  1952 Ivanhoe (director of photography - as F.A. Young)
  1952 Giselle (Short)
  1951 Calling Bulldog Drummond (as F.A. Young)
  1950 Treasure Island (as F.A. Young)
  
  1949 Conspirator (as F.A. Young, photographed by)
  1949 Edward, My Son (as F.A. Young)
  1948 The Winslow Boy (director of photography)
  1948 Escape (as Frederick A. Young)
  1947 While I Live (director of photography - as F.A. Young)
  1947 So Well Remembered (director of photography - as Frederick A. Young)
  1946 Bedelia (as Frederick A. Young)
  1945 Caesar and Cleopatra (as F.A. Young, photography)
  1942 The Young Mr. Pitt (director of photography - as Frederick Young)
  1941 49th Parallel (director of photography - as Frederick Young)
  1940 Haunted Honeymoon (as F.A. Young, photography)
  1940 Blackout (as F.A. Young)
  
  1939 Nurse Edith Cavell (director of photography - as F.A. Young)
  1939 Goodbye, Mr. Chips (as F.A. Young, photographed by)
  1939 Suicide Legion
  1938 Queen of Destiny (as F.A. Young)
  1938 A Royal Divorce
  1937 Millions (uncredited)
  1937 The Rat (as F.A. Young)
  1937 Victoria the Great (as F.A. Young)
  1937 Backstage
  1937 The Frog (as F.A. Young)
  1937 Girl in the Street (as F.A. Young)
  1936 The Show Goes On (as F.A. Young)
  1936 This'll Make You Whistle
  1936 Two's Company
  1936 Fame
  1936 When Knights Were Bold (as F.A. Young)
  1935 Come Out of the Pantry
  1935 Peg of Old Drury (as F.A. Young, photography)
  1935 Escape Me Never (uncredited)
  1934 The King of Paris
  1934 Nell Gwyn (as F.A. Young)
  1934 Girls Please!
  1934 Runaway Queen
  1933 It's a King (as F.A. Young)
  1933 Just My Luck
  1933 Night of the Garter
  1933 Up for the Derby
  1933 A Cuckoo in the Nest (uncredited)
  1933 Trouble
  1933 That's a Good Girl
  1933 Summer Lightning
  1933 Yes, Mr. Brown
  1933 Bitter Sweet (as F.A. Young)
  1933 The Little Damozel
  1933 The King's Cup
  1932 Leap Year
  1932 The Love Contract
  1932 Thark
  1932 The Mayor's Nest
  1932 Magic Night
  1932 A Night Like This
  1932 The Blue Danube
  1931 Up for the Cup
  1931 Mischief
  1931 Venetian Nights (as F.A. Young)
  1931 The Chance of a Night Time
  1931 Tilly of Bloomsbury
  1931 The Speckled Band (as F.A. Young)
  1931 The Sport of Kings (as Fred Young)
  1930 Tons of Money
  1930 Plunder
  1930 A Warm Corner (as Fred Young)
  1930 Canaries Sometimes Sing
  1930 On Approval
  1930 Die Somme: Das Grab der Millionen (as Frederick Young)
  1930 The Loves of Robert Burns (uncredited)
  1930 The W Plan
  1930 One Embarrassing Night (uncredited)
  
  1929 White Cargo
  1929 A Peep Behind the Scenes
  1929 The Bondman
  1928 Blue Bottles (Short) (as F.A. Young)
  1928 Day-Dreams (Short)
  1928 The Tonic (Short)
  1928 Victory
  
  Camera and Electrical Department (8 credits)
  
  1979 Ike: The War Years (TV Mini-Series) (cinematographer - 2 episodes)
  - Part II (1979) ... (cinematographer: UK)
  - Part I (1979) ... (cinematographer: UK)
  
  1959 The Wreck of the Mary Deare (additional photographer - as F.A. Young)
  1956 Van Gogh: Darkness Into Light (Documentary short) (cinematographer: scenes from "Lust for Life (1956)
  1954 The Last Time I Saw Paris (location camera - uncredited)
  
  1927 The Somme (second camera operator)
  1927 The Flag Lieutenant (second camera operator)
  1922 Rob Roy (assistant camera)
  
  1919 The First Men in the Moon (film development technician)
  
  Director (1 credit)
  
  1984 Arthur's Hallowed Ground (TV Movie)

  
  
  

  1999: Robert Hale Ltd. publishes Sean Connery: A Celebration by Robert Sellers.
  1999: Fox Studios Australia in Sydney opens the final location of the 007: License to Thrill simulator ride.

  

  

  James Bond 007: A License
  To Thrill

  https://jamesbond.fandom.com/wiki/James_Bond_007:_A_License_To_Thrill
  
  James Bond: Unknown
  Director: Keith Melton[1][2]
  Producer(s):
  Gary Goddard
  Troy Lee Bryans (Executive Producer)
  Alan Cole-Ford (Executive Producer)
  George Wade (Executive Producer)
  Martin Zapp (Executive Producer)[2]
  
  Writer(s):
  Bruce Feirstein
  Gary Goddard
  Ty Granoroli[2]
  
  Cinematographer: Suki Medencevic
  Editor: Denny Kelly
  Music: Gary Guttman
  Facts & Figures
  Distributed By: Landmark Entertainment
  Released:
  May 9, 1998 (Paramount, North America)
  August 17, 1999 (London Trocadero)
  December 1, 1999 (Fox Studios, Australia)[3]
  Running Time: 4 mins[1]

  "For years he's risked his life to save the world... now its your turn!"
  ― Attraction tag line, Fox Studios, Australia.

  James Bond 007: A License To Thrill (also named 007: Licence to Thrill at the London Trocadero) was a simulator ride theme park attraction that appeared in numerous amusement parks worldwide. The attraction was produced by Landmark Entertainment, best known for producing attractions at Universal Studios including "Jurassic Park: The Ride," and "Terminator 2 3D." Then-current M, Judi Dench, and Q, Desmond Llewelyn, both reprised their parts for the project. Its script was penned by GoldenEye screenwriter Bruce Feirstein, who also collaborated on the mechanical aspects of the ride. The experience centers around the adventures of James Bond (first-person perspective) as he tries to foil a kidnapping attempt by terrorist Gunther Thorne. Sequences from the four-minute stunt film include a motorcycle chase, a shoot-out with the villains, leaping onto the trailing ladder of a helicopter from a moving train, dodging bullets and explosions, finally landing on a jet ski and saving the kidnapped girl.
  
  A License To Thrill opened on May 9, 1998, with a joint premiere at Paramount's five North American amusement parks - Paramount's Great America, Paramount's King Dominion, Paramount's Carowinds, King's Island, and Canada's Wonderland in Toronto, Canada. On August 17, 1999, the attraction was opened in the London Trocadero. The final location of the attraction was Fox Studios Australia in Sydney, which opened December 1, 1999.
  
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  License To Thrill Ride James Bond 007 Great America Commercial (0:29)
  
  
  Canada's Wonderland - "James Bond 007: A License to Thrill" Commercial (1998) (0:30)
  

  
  1999: The World Is Not Enough released in Belgium and Switzerland (French speaking region).
  1999: Le monde ne suffit pas released in France.

  
  
  

  
  
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  2006: Casino Royale released in Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa.
  2006: 007 カジノ・ロワイヤル (007: Kajino rowaiyaru) released in Japan.

  
  

  2008: "Another Way to Die" reaches top forty status in Australia, peaking at twenty-nine.
  
  2012: 007 スカイフォール (007 Sukaifōru) released in Japan.

  
  

  2015: The Guardian reports on a potential Canadian low-budget remake of For Your Eyes Only.

  

  James Bond goes to Ottawa in For Your
  Eyes Only remake

  See the complete article here:
  

  https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/dec/01/james-bond-for-your-eyes-only-remake-ian-fleming

  Low-budget film-making duo announce plans to take advantage of
  Canadian copyright laws and adapt the Ian Fleming story. Ideally,
  with Ryan Reynolds

  
  Roger Moore as 007, with Lynn-Holly Johnson as Bibi Dahl, in the 1981 film For Your Eyes Only.
  Photograph: Sportsphoto/Allstar/Cinetext Collection

  Andrew Pulver | @Andrew_Pulver | Tue 1 Dec 2015
  
  A duo of low-budget Canadian film-makers have announced plans to remake the James Bond film For Your Eyes Only, thanks to a loophole in copyright laws.
  
  Lee Demarbre and Ian Driscoll, whose back catalogue includes the Mexican-wrestler thriller The Dead Sleep Easy and comedy musical Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter, say they are planning to take advantage of Canada’s 50-year copyright limit to start work on a new adaptation of Ian Fleming’s 1960 short story. Unlike most other major film markets, Canada does not enforce the Berne convention that extended authors’ copyright to 70 years after death, meaning that Fleming, who died in 1964, is in the public domain in the country.

  
  Ian Fleming with his 1964 short story collection For Your Eyes Only – which is out of copyright in Canada.
  Photograph: Hulton-Deutsch Collection/Corbis

  Pitching their film as “James Bond comes to Ottawa”, Demabre and Driscoll told CBC they were interested in For Your Eyes Only because Fleming has 007 visit the Canadian capital. In an interview with CBC’s Shadrach Kabango, the pair said they were not intending to compete with the blockbuster style of Spectre, and would instead be making an “arthouse James Bond”. They suggested Ryan Reynolds as a potential Canadian 007, with Christopher Plummer, Donald Sutherland and Michael Ironside as their favourites for supporting roles. Mad Men’s Jessica Paré was named as a possible female lead, and Montreal rappers Dead Obies as possible theme song performers.
  
  The film-makers concede that copyright regulations mean they would be unable to release the proposed film in the US, limiting potential investment, but suggest that the restriction would not apply to “China and most of Asia”. As yet, the project lacks a producer.

  

  
  2019: No Time To Die releases a 15-second teaser to the upcoming trailer.

  

  
  2020: The Arecibo Observatory radio telescope collapses in Puerto Rico.

  

  The Massive Radio Telescope From GoldenEye Just
  Collapsed

  See the complete article here:
  

  https://kotaku.com/the-massive-radio-telescope-from-goldeneye-just-collaps-1845785337

  ByMike Fahey | December 1, 2020

  
  Photo: Ricardo Arduengo (Getty Images)

  The massive Arecibo Observatory radio telescope, made famous in the James Bond movie GoldenEye and paid homage to in the classic Nintendo 64 game, completely collapsed early Tuesday morning. This breaking news comes just a few weeks after the announcement that the invaluable astronomy tool would be demolished due to fears that it would completely collapse.
  
  The telescope’s demise began in August of this year, when a socket holding one of the auxiliary cables suspending the 900-ton receiver platform hanging over the dish failed, causing the cable to break. The National Science Foundation began planning the site’s demolition last month following the breaking of the platform’s main cable. As if the massive mechanical construct sensed the end was near, the receiver platform collapsed completely in the early hours of Tuesday, December 1, crashing into the dish near 500 feet below. No one was harmed in the collapse.

  
  After the fall.
  Photo: ScienceMag.Org

  Built in the early 1960s in a natural sinkhole in Puerto Rico, the Arecibo Telescope was a 1,000 foot reflector dish primarily used for radio astronomy, radar astronomy, atmospheric science, and programs created to search for proof of extraterrestrial life. Aside from its magnificent dish, the radio telescope’s most distinguishing feature was the cable-mount steerable receiver positioned above the main installation. The receiver’s unique look and perilous structure are what led to it being used as the stage for the climactic battle in 1995 James Bond classic, GoldenEye. The movie scene served as the inspiration for the “Cradle” level in Rare’s GoldenEye 007 for the N64.
  
  The collapse of the Arecibo telescope is a tragic loss to science, having been used for decades as a tool for research and teaching. Now everyone’s going to have to borrow China’s 500-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope, as seen in Battlefield 4’s Rogue Transmission map.

  

  
  2022: Herb Alpert & Lani Hall - A Christmas Wish performance at Stuart, Florida.

  

  Herb Alpert & Lani Hall - A Christmas Wish

  See the complete article here:
  

  https://lyrictheatre.showare.com/eventperformances.asp?evt=846

  Thursday, December 1, 2022 7:00 PM
  The Lyric Theatre Stuart, FL
  
  Herb Alpert was drawn to the trumpet when he heard it played in a music appreciation class at his elementary school. He was 8. That early love led him to a legendary career that includes five Number One hits, nine Grammy awards, the most recent in 2014, 15 Gold Albums and 14 Platinum ones. At one point Alpert and his band, The Tijuana Brass, outsold the Beatles two to one. They had the unmatched feat of simultaneously having four albums in the Top 10 and five in the Top 20. Songs like “A Taste of Honey,” “This Guy’s in Love with You,” and “What Now, My Love,” propelled Alpert and The Brass to the top of the charts again and again.
  
  An entrepreneur as well as musician, Alpert and his friend, Jerry Moss, founded A & M Records in a garage in 1962. It became one of the most important independent labels in the industry. Alpert and Moss were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006 and are a part of the Grammy Museum’s “Icons of the Music Industry” series. In 2013, Alpert was awarded the National Medal of the Arts by President Obama for his contributions to music and philanthropy. A talented painter and sculptor, his works are displayed in galleries and museums in this country and abroad. “There is a certain satisfaction and energy that comes from playing the horn-a feeling that I am really in my element,” he has said. “I am passionate about what I am doing, whether painting, sculpting, or playing the trumpet. I am just trying to create whatever comes out in the spontaneity of the moment.”
  
  In 1966, A & M signed Sergio Mendes and Brasil ’66. Alpert met their lead singer, Lani Hall, and the two were married in 1973. Hall has recorded 22 albums in three languages, sang the title song for the James Bond film, Never Say Never Again, and won two Grammy Awards for performing and producing. The two have been touring together since 2006. Hall is also an author. Her first book, Emotional Memoirs & Short Stories, compiles ten short stories with a connecting personal narrative. With the release of her audiobook, she mixed her two forms of creative expression together with a musically-scored soundtrack as a backdrop to the stories. With this work, Hall provides a rare glimpse at the double-edged sword that is the life of an artist.
  
  Alpert and Lani have assembled a top-flight group to accompany them, including keyboardist and vocalist Bill Cantos, bassist Hussain Jiffry and Michael Shapiro.
  
  Bill Cantos also tours with Burt Bacharach and he has toured and recorded with artists including Lea Salonga, Ramsey Lewis, Phil Collins, Kirk Whalum, Leon Russell and Elton John. His most recent solo album is New Standards for the New Millennium, a collection of original songs written in the style of classic standards. He was honored with a Distinguished Alumni Award from the New England Conservatory of Music.
  
  Hussain Jiffry is a musician, writer, arranger, producer, engineer and music educator. He won a Grammy in 2014 for engineering Herb Alpert’s CD, Steppin’ Out. He has recorded or performed with Michael Bolton, the Atlanta Symphony, Michael McDonald, Dionne Warwick, Chaka Khan, Whitney Houston and The Four Tops.
  
  Michael Shapiro has spent 35 years as a drummer, percussionist, producer and educator. A self-taught musician, he has worked with will.i.am, Justin Timberlake, Macy Grau and Sergio Mendes, with whom he has recorded many albums, including 1993’s Grammy-winning Brasileiro, 2006 Latin-Grammy-winning Timeless and 2010’s Latin- Grammy-winning Bon Tempo. His movie soundtrack credits include Shrek the 3rd, People Like Us, and The Jersey Boys. He teaches at UCLA.
  
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  1916: Jack London shares his thoughts on life and time with Ernest J. Hopkins in San Francisco's The Bulletin.

  

  Where M's Touching Tribute to James Bond
  at the End of 'No Time to Die' Originates
  From

  See the complete article here:
  

  https://www.newsweek.com/m-quote-james-bond-no-time-die-ending-1634622

  By Jamie Burton On 10/9/21
  
  Where does the Jack London quote originate?
  The quote used by M in No Time To Die was a snippet from a larger quote attributed to London.
  
  According to Bartleby.com, the full quote was said by London to journalist Ernest J. Hopkins, who published them in San Francisco's The Bulletin on December 2, 1916.
  
  London reportedly told Hopkins this while discussing his life just two months before his death. He was just 40 years old when he passed away on November 22, 1916.
  
  The full excerpt from both the newspaper report reads:

  I would rather be ashes than dust!
  I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot.
  I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.
  The function of man is to live, not to exist.
  I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them.
  I shall use my time.

  The wider quote was eventually unearthed from The Bulletin by Irving Shepard in his 1956 book Jack London's Tales of Adventure.

  
  

  

  
  1931: Nadezda Poderegin (Nadja Regin) is born--Niš, Serbia, Yugoslavia.
  (She dies 6 April 2019 at age 87--London, England.)

  

  Nadja Regin, Bond Girl in
  ‘From Russia With Love’ and
  ‘Goldfinger,’ Dies at 87

  https://variety.com/2019/film/obituaries-people-news/obituary-nadja-regin-james-bond-movies-1203183106/
  By Dave McNary | April 8, 2019 10:14AM PT
  
  
  Credit: Photo by Danjaq/Eon/Ua/Kobal/REX/Shutterstock (5886267ec)Sean Connery, Nadja Regin
  CREDIT: Danjaq/Eon/Ua/Kobal/REX/Shutterstock
  
  Serbian actress Nadja Regin, who appeared in two early James Bond movies, has died at the age of 87.

  The news was announced on the official 007 Twitter account, which said: “We are very sorry to learn that Nadja Regin has passed away at the age of 87. Nadja appeared in two Bond films, ‘From Russia with Love’ and ‘Goldfinger.’ Our thoughts are with her family and friends at this sad time.”

  She was born as Nadezda Poderegin on Dec. 2, 1931, and began acting while a student. She graduated from the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade and also the University of Belgrade’s Faculty of Philosophy.
  
  Regin began appearing in British films in the late 1950s and early 1960s, starting with the horror film “The Man Without a Body,” followed by the comedy “Don’t Panic Chaps!,” “Edgar Wallace Mysteries,” “Solo for Sparrow” and “The Fur Collar.” TV roles included “Danger Man,” “The Saint” and “Dixon of Dock Green.”

  She acted in “From Russia with Love” as the mistress of Kerim Bey, portrayed by Pedro Armendariz as the station chief of MI6 in Istanbul. Regin also appeared as Bonita, a dancer who sets a trap for James Bond in the pre-credit sequence of “Goldfinger.”

  During the 1970s, Regin worked for Rank Film and horror producers Hammer, selecting film scripts for production. In 1980, she co-founded Honeyglen Publishing Ltd. She recently published her own novel, “The Victims and the Fools,” under her full name Nadja Poderegin. The book is set during World War II and is centered on a romance between a poet and a dancer.

  

  Nadja Regin (1931–2019)

  https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0716605/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1
  
  Filmography

  Actress (52 credits)
  
  1967-1968 Comedy Playhouse (TV Series) - Smyrna (maid) / Frederique Duval
  - Stiff Upper Lip (1968) ... Smyrna (maid)
  - The Old Campaigner (1967) ... Frederique Duval
  1968 The World of Beachcomber (TV Series)
  - Episode #1.6 (1968)
  - Episode #1.4 (1968)
  1968 Dixon of Dock Green (TV Series) - Mrs. Green
  - Ania (1968) ... Mrs. Green
  1967 Death Happens to Other People (TV Movie) - Bettina
  1967 Armchair Theatre (TV Series) - Ylena Davos
  - Reason for Sale (1967) ... Ylena Davos
  1967 The Saint (TV Series) - Lucille Legrand
  - The Art Collectors (1967) ... Lucille Legrand
  1966 The Man in Room 17 (TV Series) - Roxana Polynescu
  - The Catacombs (1966) ... Roxana Polynescu
  1966 Donaug'schichten (TV Series)
  - W. M. und die Diplomatie (1966)
  1966 The Liars (TV Series) - Madame Moraldi
  - Episode #1.1 (1966) ... Madame Moraldi
  1965 The Third Man (TV Series) - Aldrina
  - Members Only: Part 2 (1965) ... Aldrina
  - Members Only: Part 1 (1965) ... Aldrina
  1965 Riviera Police (TV Series) - Lisa
  - The Lucky One Was the Snake (1965) ... Lisa
  1965 The Flying Swan (TV Series) - Tanja Sykes
  - Company Property (1965) ... Tanja Sykes
  1964 Downfall - Suzanne Crossley
  1964 Runaway Killer - Laura Kossovich
  1964 Secret Agent (TV Series) - Ira Frankel
  - The Professionals (1964) ... Ira Frankel (as Nadja Ragin)
  1964 Goldfinger - Bonita
  1962-1964 The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre (TV Series) - Suzanne Crossley / Mrs. Reynolds / Nadia Leiven
  - Downfall (1964) ... Suzanne Crossley
  - Solo for Sparrow (1962) ... Mrs. Reynolds
  - Number Six (1962) ... Nadia Leiven
  1963 From Russia with Love - Kerim's Mistress
  1963 Crane (TV Series) - Maria Cortez
  - The Golden Attraction (1963) ... Maria Cortez
  1963 Man of the World (TV Series) - Maria
  - In the Picture (1963) ... Maria
  1963 Zero One (TV Series) - Didi Druson
  - The Creators (1963) ... Didi Druson
  1963 Stranglehold - Lilli
  1963 Benny Hill (TV Series) - Russian Girl
  - The Vanishing Man (1963) ... Russian Girl
  1962 Solo for Sparrow - Mrs. Reynolds
  1962 The Fur Collar - Marie Lejeune
  1962 Six More Faces of Jim (TV Series)
  - The Face of Wisdom (1962)
  1962 Richard the Lionheart (TV Series) - Shirin
  - The Lord of Kerak (1962) ... Shirin
  1962 Brothers in Law (TV Series) - Nina Zoffany
  - Special Examiner (1962) ... Nina Zoffany
  1962 Parbottle Speaking (TV Series) - Zuhra
  - Railway Lane (1962) ... Zuhra
  - Paley Goes It Alone (1962) ... Zuhra
  - The Chinese Chauffeur (1962) ... Zuhra
  - Manalik Opens Fire (1962) ... Zuhra
  - The Secret of the Cellar (1962) ... Zuhra
  - The Man from Khazakand (1962) ... Zuhra
  1962 Number Six - Nadia Leiven
  1961 Maigret (TV Series) - Maria
  - The Winning Ticket (1961) ... Maria
  1961 Blond muß man sein auf Capri - Helga Wagner
  1961 Danger Man (TV Series) - Melina
  - Find and Destroy (1961) ... Melina
  1961 International Detective (TV Series) - Nora Galloway
  - The Anthony Case (1961) ... Nora Galloway
  1960 Wir wollen niemals auseinandergehen - Livia
  1960 ITV Television Playhouse (TV Series) - Estelle
  - Once a Crook (1960) ... Estelle
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  1959 Rendezvous (TV Series) - Mary Darwin
  - Murder in Berkeley Square (1959) ... Mary Darwin
  1959 Don't Panic Chaps - Elsa
  1959 The Invisible Man (TV Series) - Princess Taima
  - Man in Power (1959) ... Princess Taima (as Nadia Regin)
  1958 William Tell (TV Series) - Maddelena
  - The Bride (1958) ... Maddelena (as Nadja Regen)
  1957 Es wird alles wieder gut - Lucilla Coletti, Artistin
  1957 Franziska - Helen Philipps
  1957 Die Unschuld vom Lande - Lollo
  1957 The Man Without a Body - Odette Vernet
  1955 Der Frontgockel - Claudette, Französin
  1955 Du mein stilles Tal - Rita
  1955 Esalon doktora M. - Hatidza (as Nadja Poderegin)
  1954 Roman eines Frauenarztes - Nina Bertens
  1954 Das Haus an der Küste - Marina
  1952 Frosina (as Nadja Poderegin)
  1950 The Magic Sword (as Nadja Poderegin)
  
  1949 The Factory Story - Tekstilna ranica (as Nadja Poderegin)
  
  Self (3 credits)
  
  2018 Hammer Horror: The Warner Bros Years (Documentary) - Herself
  2017 Hammer's Lost Worlds (Short) - Herself
  1964 Goldfinger: The World Premiere (Documentary short) - Herself / Bonita

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  1959: A surprising conclusion to McClory's pursuit of rights to film Thunderball plays out.

  

  The Battle for Bond, Robert Sellers, 2007.
  Chapter 21 - The Court Case That Killed Ian Fleming

  All the more strange, then, what was to happen on the trial's ninth day.
  McClory had just taken the stand was giving evidence when, as Peter
  Carter-Ruck later recorded, "The hearing was unexpectedly and somewhat
  dramatically adjourned after Leading Counsel on both sides had seen the
  judge in his private rooms." It was Friday afternoon and the hearing was
  a weekend of conferences with various lawyers and solicitors, leading to a
  meeting on the offices of Fleming's solicitors, Farrer & Co, on the Sunday
  afternoon. Fleming arrived accompanied by his wife Ann; Bryce was with
  [Ernie] Cuneo and McClory with Bobo, his brother Desmond O'Donovan and Jack
  Whittingham. There were also sundry solicitors. Carter-Rock quickly
  detected an atmosphere of, "muted hostility."
  
  Everyone was shown into a room with chairs set out in a circle but with
  no table in the centre. After the formalities, Carter-Ruck opened the proceedings
  by outlining the terms upon which McClory was prepared to settle his
  action. This would involve the payment of his costs and the vesting in McClory
  of the film rights in Thunderball. The copyright in both the finished picture and
  the film scripts should be his as well, plus a sum by way of damages to
  recompense him for the mental anguish and physical inconvenience he had been
  caused. A figure was mentioned. "So great," Bryce later wrote "as to draw a gasp
  even from that sophisticated group." It was a figure of £50,000. In less than 10
  minutes it was agreed in principle to come to terms.
  
  Why after nearly three years of expensive legal wrangling did Fleming
  and Bryce so quickly throw in the towel after just nine days in court? ...

  
  1966: You Only Live Twice films Bond's last scene, with Blofeld.
  
  1991: James Bond Jr. in syndication releases episode 56 of 65 "Quantum Diamonds" at Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.

  

  

  James Bond Jr - Quantum Diamonds

  Season 1 - Episode 56
  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0807115/?ref_=ttep_ep56
  

  James and his friend visit Yellowstone National Park where Dr. Derange attempts to extract a crystal from Old Faithful for his latest plot.

  Directed by Bill Hutten , Tony Love
  Writing Credits (in alphabetical order)
  Andy Heyward ... (developer)
  Robby London ... (developer) (as Robbie London)
  Jeffrey Scott ... (story)
  Michael G. Wilson ... (developer)
  
  Cast (in credits order)
  Jeff Bennett ... Horace 'IQ' Boothroyd / Nick Nack (voice)
  Corey Burton ... James Bond Jr. (voice)
  Julian Holloway ... Dr.Derange (voice)
  Mona Marshall ... Tracy Milbanks (voice)
  Brian Stokes Mitchell ... Coach Mitchell (voice) (as Brian Mitchell)
  Jan Rabson ... Jaws (voice)
  Simon Templeman ... Trevor Noseworthy IV (voice)
  Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
  Mari Devon ... (voice)
  
  Produced by
  Bill Hutten ... producer
  Walt Kubiak ... supervising producer
  Tony Love ... producer
  Fred Wolf ... executive producer
  Music by
  Dennis C. Brown
  Larry Brown

  James Bond Jr Episode 56 - Quantum Diamonds
  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  1992: Michael Gothard dies at age 53--London, England.
  (Born 24 June 1939--Hendon, Middlesex, England.)

  

  Michael Gothard

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Gothard

  
  as Emile Locque in For Your Eyes Only, 1981

  Born Michael Alan Gothard, 24 June 1939, London, England
  Died 2 December 1992 (aged 53), Hampstead, London, England
  Years active 1961–1992

  Michael Alan Gothard (24 June 1939 – 2 December 1992) was an English actor, who portrayed Kai in the television series Arthur of the Britons and the mysterious villain Emile Leopold Locque in the 1981 James Bond film For Your Eyes Only.

  Early life
  Michael Gothard was born in London in 1939. As a child, he lived in both Wales and London. After leaving Haverstock School, he travelled in France for several months before returning home. He went through various jobs, including being a building labourer and a trainee reporter. He even had a brief spell as a clothes model, but he never felt comfortable doing that job. He said: "I was as stiff as a board and I couldn’t overcome my sense of the ridiculous. I was a clothes hanger, an object, not a person."
  
  Career
  He joined the New Arts Theatre as a scenery mover, and became part of an amateur film a friend was making. After landing the lead role, he was encouraged to take up the profession. He attended evening classes at an actors' workshop whilst holding down a day job. He was involved working in some of the first "Lunchtime theatre" productions in the 1960s, from pub cellars to top floor spaces off St. Martin's Lane. His first television role was in an episode of Out of the Unknown in 1966 called "The Machine Stops". He was then cast in Don Levy's film Herostratus in 1967 and Up the Junction in 1968. He then acquired a female following after taking a role as the villainous Mordaunt in the BBC's adaptation of Twenty Years After (Further Adventures of the Musketeers).
  
  His performance as the nightclubbing killer Keith in Scream and Scream Again, directed by Gordon Hessler, was a break-out role for him, giving him exposure and leading to other, more prominent parts. In the film, Keith makes one of the most memorable escapes from the police ever seen. The film also starred Vincent Price, Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee. Executive producer Louis M. Heyward said of Gothard's performance: "I felt that Michael Gothard was going to be the biggest thing that ever happened. He had that insane look and that drive, and he was wonderful. Here is a kid who really threw himself into the picture wholeheartedly. Do you remember the scene where he appears to be walking up the cliff? That's a stunt that, as an actor, I would not have agreed to; I’d say, 'Hey, get a double or get a dummy. I ain't either one.' But the kid agreed to do it, without a double—he was that driven. He had a lot of class and a lot of style. Gordon (Hessler) came up with the idea of using an overhead cable to give that illusion of his walking up the cliff."
  
  He appeared in Ken Russell's 1971 horror film, The Devils, in which Gothard had a stand-out role as a fanatic witch-hunter and exorcist who defiles Vanessa Redgrave and tortures Oliver Reed. His performance as a young disillusioned hippie in Barbet Schroeder's La Vallée (1972) contrasted with the rest of his career. He also played a fictionalised version of the 17th century assassin John Felton in Richard Lester's 1973 film of The Three Musketeers and its 1974 sequel, The Four Musketeers.

  He had a regular role as Kai opposite Oliver Tobias's King Arthur on the aforementioned Arthur of the Britons during the early 1970s. He became known to a wider cinema audience for his menacing turn as the villainous (and non-speaking) Belgian henchman, Emile Leopold Locque, in the 1981 James Bond film, For Your Eyes Only. Gothard was actually the one who suggested Locque's signature octagonal glasses in an effort to make the character more menacing. His later appearances included supporting roles in Tobe Hooper's 1985 science-fiction horror extravaganza, Lifeforce, and as George Lusk in the 1988 TV movie, Jack the Ripper, with Michael Caine. He appeared with Dean Stockwell and Shirley Knight in a Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense (a.k.a. Fox Mystery Theatre) episode, The Sweet Scent of Death.[4] His last few roles were in Christopher Columbus: The Discovery in 1992, where he briefly acted opposite Marlon Brando. It was directed by his For Your Eyes Only director John Glen, but was a box office failure.

  Glen had actually cast Gothard in the role beneath Brando with the intention of moving Gothard into the role of Tomás de Torquemada, Brando's character, in case Brando did not show up for filming. Brando did indeed miss the first day of filming, and Gothard took over this role for the day's shooting. However, Tom Selleck told the director that without Brando, he would quit the film. Word apparently got out, for Brando was on the set the next day, and assumed the role of Torquemada, with Glen reshooting the scene. Glen described Gothard as "a very good" and "captivating" actor, as well as a friend.
  
  His final role was in David Wickes's Frankenstein, starring Patrick Bergin and Randy Quaid.
  
  Death

  Gothard, who struggled with depression for much of his life, committed suicide by hanging on 2 December 1992. He was fifty-three years old.

  

  Michael Gothard (1939–1992)

  https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0331788/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
  
  Filmography

  Actor (42 credits)
  
  1992 Frankenstein (TV Movie) - Boatswain
  1992 Christopher Columbus: The Discovery - Inquisitor's Spy
  1990 Out of Time - Xaros
  
  1989 Massacre Play - Zabo
  1989 Capital City (TV Series) - Stefan
  - Twelve Degrees Capricorn (1989) ... Stefan
  1988 Jack the Ripper (TV Mini-Series) - George Lusk
  - Episode #1.2 (1988) ... George Lusk
  - Episode #1.1 (1988) ... George Lusk
  1987 Destroying Angel - Ennio Volpe
  1985 Lytton's Diary (TV Series) - Jake Cutler
  - Daddy's Girls (1985) ... Jake Cutler
  1985 Minder (TV Series) - Sergei
  - From Fulham with Love (1985) ... Sergei
  1985 Going Undercover - Strett
  1985 Lifeforce - Dr. Bukovsky
  1984 Scarecrow and Mrs. King (TV Series) - Karl Portillo
  - Our Man in Tegernsee (1984) ... Karl Portillo
  1984 Fox Mystery Theater (TV Series) - Terry Marvin
  - The Sweet Scent of Death (1984) ... Terry Marvin
  1982 Ivanhoe (TV Movie) - Athelstane
  1981 For Your Eyes Only - Locque
  1981 ITV Playhouse (TV Series) - Dieter
  - The Perfect House (1981) ... Dieter
  1980 Shoestring (TV Series) - Harry
  - The Mayfly Dance (1980) ... Harry
  1980 A Tale of Two Cities (TV Mini-Series) - Gaspard
  - Part 3 (1980) ... Gaspard
  - Part 1 (1980) ... Gaspard
  
  1979 The Professionals (TV Series) - Kodai
  - Stopover (1979) ... Kodai
  1978 Warlords of the Deep - Atmir
  1978 Warrior Queen (TV Series) - Volthan
  - Episode #1.6 (1978) ... Volthan
  - Episode #1.5 (1978) ... Volthan
  - Episode #1.4 (1978) ... Volthan
  - Episode #1.3 (1978) ... Volthan
  - Episode #1.2 (1978) ... Volthan
  - Episode #1.1 (1978) ... Volthan
  1975 King Arthur, the Young Warlord - Kai
  1974 The Four Musketeers: Milady's Revenge - Felton
  1973 The Three Musketeers - Felton
  1972-1973 Arthur of the Britons (TV Series) - Kai
  - The Girl from Rome (1973) ... Kai
  - The Treaty (1973) ... Kai
  - The Games (1973) ... Kai
  - Daughter of the King (1973) ... Kai
  - Six Measures of Silver (1973) ... Kai
  - In Common Cause (1973) ... Kai
  - The Marriage Feast (1973) ... Kai
  - Go Warily (1973) ... Kai
  - Some Saxon Women (1973) ... Kai
  - The Prisoner (1973) ... Kai
  - Rowena (1973) ... Kai
  - The Swordsman (1973) ... Kai
  - The Prize (1973) ... Kai
  - The Wood People (1973) ... Kai
  - The Slaves (1973) ... Kai
  - Enemies and Lovers (1973) ... Kai
  - Rolf the Preacher (1973) ... Kai
  - The Pupil (1973) ... Kai
  - The Duel (1973) ... Kai
  - People of the Plough (1973) ... Kai
  - The Penitent Invader (1972) ... Kai
  - The Challenge (1972) ... Kai
  - The Gift of Life (1972) ... Kai
  - Arthur Is Dead (1972) ... Kai
  1972 The Valley (Obscured by Clouds) - Olivier
  1971 The Devils - Father Barre
  1971 Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? - Albie
  1971 The Last Valley - Hansen
  1970 Menace (TV Series) - Pip
  - Nine Bean Rows (1970) ... Pip
  1970 Paul Temple (TV Series) - Ivan
  - Games People Play (1970) ... Ivan
  1970 Scream and Scream Again - Keith
  1970 My Partner the Ghost (TV Series) - Perrin
  - When the Spirit Moves You (1970) ... Perrin
  
  1969 Department S (TV Series) - Weber
  - Les Fleurs du Mal (1969) ... Weber
  1969 Fraud Squad (TV Series) - Jacky Joyce
  - Run for Your Money (1969) ... Jacky Joyce
  1969 Michael Kohlhaas - Der Rebell - John
  1969 Armchair Theatre (TV Series) - Brian
  - The Story-teller (1969) ... Brian
  1968 Up the Junction - Terry
  1967 The Further Adventures of the Musketeers (TV Series) - Mordaunt
  - Hunted (1967) ... Mordaunt
  - Treachery (1967) ... Mordaunt
  - The Scaffold (1967) ... Mordaunt
  - The Trial (1967) ... Mordaunt
  - The Oath (1967) ... Mordaunt
  - Escape (1967) ... Mordaunt
  - The Boy King (1967) ... Mordaunt
  - Abduction (1967) ... Mordaunt
  - Peril (1967) ... Mordaunt
  - Conflict (1967) ... Mordaunt
  - Conspiracy (1967) ... Mordaunt
  1967 Herostratus - Max
  1966 Thirty-Minute Theatre (TV Series) - Grady
  - The Excavation (1966) ... Grady
  1966 Out of the Unknown (TV Series) - Kuno
  - The Machine Stops (1966) ... Kuno
  
  Self (1 credit)
  
  1971 Director of Devils (Documentary short) - Himself
  
  Archive footage (6 credits)
  
  2013 Carlsen's Curse with Steve Railsback (Video short) - Bukovsky
  2013 Dangerous Beauty with Mathilda May (Video short) - Bukovsky
  
  2006 For Your Eyes Only: Expanded Angles (Video documentary short) - Locque
  2006 The Exotic Locations of 'For Your Eyes Only' (Video documentary short) - Locque
  
  1981 Clapper Board (TV Series) - Locque
  - For Your Eyes Only Special (1981) ... Locque (uncredited)
  1981 For Your Eyes Only: The Royal Premiere (TV Special short)

  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  1999: The World Is Not Enough released in Switzerland, the Netherlands, and Lebanon.
  
  2011: Skyfall films Bond swimming at the top of the Four Seasons, Canary Wharf, London (as Shanghai).

  
  
  
  
  
  

  2015: Gabriele Ferzetti dies at age 90--Rome, Lazio, Italy.
  (Born 17 March 1925--Rome, Lazio, Italy.)

  

  Gabriele Ferzetti obituary

  https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/dec/22/gabriele-ferzetti

  Charismatic Italian actor who starred in Antonioni’s L’Avventura
  and played opposite George Lazenby in On Her Majesty’s Secret
  Service

  Ronald Bergan | Tue 22 Dec 2015 10.41 EST | Last modified on Sun 4 Mar 2018 07.48 EST

  
  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

  The Italian actor Gabriele Ferzetti, who has died aged 90, was never in danger of being typecast. He played a multitude of different film roles in every known genre, over seven decades, and just about the only constant in his long career was that he was perennially handsome and charismatic without being showy.

  To cinephiles, he was most memorable for his intense performance of quiet desperation as the unfulfilled wealthy playboy seeking his missing lover in Michelangelo Antonioni’s L’Avventura (1960). However, his most widely known roles, dubbed into English, were as the unscrupulous railroad baron on crutches in Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) and as James Bond’s father-in-law, a powerful crime boss, in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969), the one with George Lazenby as 007.

  Ferzetti was born in Rome, where he attended the Silvio d’Amico drama school before winning a scholarship to the Rome Academy of Dramatic Art. However, he was eventually expelled for appearing with a professional theatrical troupe. After his role on stage as the young shepherd Sylvius in Luchino Visconti’s 1948 production of As You Like It, designed by Salvador Dalí, Ferzetti had small roles in several films, soon becoming a leading man.
  
  He was first noticed internationally in Mario Soldati’s The Wayward Wife (La Provinciale,1953), although the spotlight was on the ascending star Gina Lollobrigida in the title role. Ferzetti made the most of the thankless part of her husband, a bespectacled science professor who realises his wife does not love him but who wins her round in the end.
  
  In the same year he landed the title role in the sumptuous biopic Puccini, in which he portrayed the philandering Italian opera composer from his student days to a man in his 80s, with a little help from the makeup department. He reprised the role in House of Ricordi (1954), about the music-publishing house.
  
  Ferzetti was then cast by Antonioni in Le Amiche (The Girl Friends, 1955), which won the director the Silver Lion at the Venice film festival. Adapted from a Cesare Pavese story, the film manages to hold the 10 bourgeois characters in balance, giving almost equal weight to their individuality and the shifting pattern of relationships. Among them is Ferzetti, giving a nuanced performance as a morose, frustrated artist, envious of his more successful wife, and the cause of a woman’s suicide attempt.
  
  It would take five years and several mediocre melodramas and epics, including the elephantine Hannibal (1959), in which Ferzetti was impressive as a Roman senator, before he was reunited with Antonioni.
  
  L’Avventura, the film in which the director’s style reached maturity, allowed Ferzetti to play a weak and disillusioned man, a failed architect who complains, while looking around his Sicilian town: “Who needs beautiful things nowadays? How long will they last? All of this was built to last centuries. Today, 10, 20 years at the most, and then?” He later peevishly spills ink over a young man’s sketch of a church. At the film’s bitter end, not a resolution of the conventional type, he weeps pathetically out of guilt and emptiness. Nothing Ferzetti did in films subsequently equalled this.
  
  L’Avventura led him to a number of English-language movies, including the paper-thin romance Jessica (1962) – set in Sicily, and in which he played a reclusive aristocrat who falls for a young midwife (Angie Dickinson) – and a conventional war film, Torpedo Bay (1963), in which he is a noble Italian submarine captain being stalked by a British ship commanded by James Mason. Ferzetti was suitably grim as Lot, fleeing Sodom with his daughters and wife in The Bible (1966), a bad film from the Good Book, directed by the self-proclaimed atheist John Huston.
  
  Though dubbed, Ferzetti was convincing in Sergio Leone’s Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) as the rail tycoon Morton, a smooth, cowardly baddie who employs a villainous hired gun, Frank (Henry Fonda), to frighten an owner into selling one of the rare pieces of land with water on it. Being disabled, Morton is vulnerable in his encounters with various unscrupulous bandits, at one stage having his crutches kicked away from him. He is last seen crawling towards a puddle of muddy water in the desert. It was Ferzetti’s favourite role.

  He was Draco, a gentlemanly mafia boss in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969), enticing Bond to marry his daughter (Diana Rigg), and offering to help 007 track down Blofeld. And he was chilling in Costa-Gavras’s The Confession (1970) as the head Stalinist interrogator who manages to extract a false confession from the Czech dissident Artur London (Yves Montand).

  His Italian accent notwithstanding, Ferzetti was equally nasty as an ex-SS officer, now psychiatrist, intent on covering up his tracks in Liliana Cavani’s meretricious The Night Porter (1974), a study of a sadomasochistic relationship between a former Nazi (Dirk Bogarde) and the woman he raped in a concentration camp (Charlotte Rampling).
  
  Ferzetti was kept busy throughout the 70s and 80s in supporting roles in mostly unremarkable Italian/French co-productions, as well as the occasional English-language film, such as the dreadful Inchon (1981), in which he played a Turkish officer in the Korean war with a miscast Laurence Olivier as General MacArthur.
  
  In the 90s Ferzetti appeared more frequently on television, but played the Duke of Venice in Oliver Parker’s Othello on the big screen and won the Ubu prize for his performance in August Strindberg’s The Dance of Death on stage (both 1992). In 2009, aged 84, he gained much praise for playing the head of a wealthy Milanese industrial family in I Am Love (Io Sono l’Amore).
  
  He is survived by his daughter, Anna, also an actor, from his marriage to the actor Maria Grazia Eminente, which ended in divorce, and by two granddaughters.
  
  • Gabriele Ferzetti, actor, born 17 March 1925; died 2 December 2015

  

  Gabriele Ferzetti (1925–2015)

  https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0275213/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
  
  Filmography

  Actor (168 credits)
  
  2010 18 Years Later - Enrico
  2009 I Am Love - Edoardo Recchi Senior
  1992-2007 A Wonderful Family (TV Series) - Nono
  - Les adieux de Nono (2007) ... Nono
  - Un Beaumont peut en cacher un autre (2002) ... Nono
  - Panique à bord (2000) ... Nono
  - L'amour en vacances (1996) ... Nono
  - Nicolas s'en va-t-en guerre (1996) ... Nono (credit only)
  - Des vacances mouvementées (1993) ... Nono
  - Bonnes et mauvaises surprises (1993) ... Nono (credit only)
  - Des jours ça rit, des jours ça pleure (1992) ... Nono
  - Des vacances orageuses (1992) ... Nono
  - Les parents disjonctent (1992) ... Nono
  2006 Pope John Paul I: The Smile of God (TV Movie) - Cardinal Siri
  2005 Callas e Onassis (TV Movie) - Livanos
  2004 Concorso di colpa - Vito Santamaria
  2003 Lost Love - Tommaso Pasini
  2003 Counselor de Gregorio - Alfonso
  2002 Le ragazze di Miss Italia (TV Movie) - The Professor
  
  1998 The Sands of Time (TV Movie) - Father Jacob
  1997 Un prete tra noi (TV Series) - Ettore (1997)
  1997 Porzûs - Storno vecchio
  1997 Con rabbia e con amore - Leone
  1995 Natale con papà (TV Movie) - Vittorio
  1995 Othello - The Duke of Venice
  1994 First Action Hero - Ben Costa
  1994 Black as the Heart (TV Movie) - Signor Noé Alga Croce
  1993 Private Crimes (TV Mini-Series) - Dottor Guido Braschi
  1992 Alta società (TV Mini-Series) - - Episode #1.3 (1992)
  - Episode #1.1 (1992)
  1992 Die Ringe des Saturn (TV Movie)
  1992 Il coraggio di Anna (TV Movie)
  1991 Suffocating Heat - Gaetano Castelli
  1990 Pronto soccorso (TV Series)
  1990 Una fredda mattina di maggio - Signor Mantoni
  1990 Voyage of Terror: The Achille Lauro Affair (TV Movie)
  
  1989 Around the World in 80 Days (TV Mini-Series) - Italian Chief of Police
  -... Italian Chief of Police
  1988 Computron 22 - Il nonno
  1988 Due fratelli (TV Mini-Series) - Procuratore
  ... Procuratore
  1988 Gli angeli del potere (TV Movie) - Dr. Donhal
  1987 Julia and Julia - Padre di Paolo
  1987 La voglia di vincere (TV Mini-Series) - Professor Besson
  Professor Besson
  1986 Follia amore mio (TV Movie)
  1985 Quo Vadis? (TV Mini-Series) - Piso
  1983 Die goldenen Schuhe (TV Mini-Series) - Marquesade Buenaventa
  1983 Le ambizioni sbagliate (TV Movie) - Prof. Malacrida
  1983 Delitto e castigo (TV Mini-Series) - Svidrigàjlov
  1983 The Scarlet and the Black (TV Movie) - Prince Mataeo (uncredited)
  1983 Il quartetto Basileus - Mario Cantone
  1982 Quasi quasi mi sposo (TV Movie) - The Engineer
  1982 Vatican Conspiracy - Cardinale Ixaguirre
  1982 Grog - Alberto
  1981 I giochi del diavolo (TV Mini-Series) - Mastro Gomin
  - La mano indemoniata (1981) ... Mastro Gomin
  1981 Inchon - Turkish Brigadier
  
  1979 Anni struggenti - Prof. Bivona
  1979 Bloodline - Maresciallo Campagna (uncredited)
  1978-1979 I vecchi e i giovani (TV Mini-Series) - Flaminio Salvo
  1979 Encounters in the Deep - Miles
  1978 A torto e a ragione (TV Series)
  1978 Porci con la P.38 - Max Astarita
  1978 Last In, First Out - Herzog
  1978 Mon premier amour - Georges
  1978 Suggestionata - Gregorio Lori
  1977 Man of Corleone
  1977 The Psychic - Emilio Rospini
  1977 Oedipus orca - Valerio
  1976 La orca - Valerio
  1976 A Matter of Time - Antonio Vicari
  1976 Nick the Sting - Maurice
  1976 The Hornet's Nest - Gaspard
  1976 Lezioni di violoncello con toccata e fuga - Father of Stella
  1975 Jackpot
  1975 End of the Game - Dr. Lutz
  1975 Calling All Police Cars - Professore Andrea Icardi
  1975 Un uomo curioso (TV Movie) - Moriondo
  1975 Smiling Maniacs - Prandó
  1974 La prova d'amore - Angela Father
  1974 Processo per direttissima - L'avvocato Finaldi
  1974 Kidnap - Don Francesco Salvatore
  1974 Appassionata - Dr. Emilio Rutelli
  1974 The Night Porter - Hans
  1973 Secrets of a Nurse - Prof. Daniele Vallotti
  1973 Hitler: The Last Ten Days - Fieldmarshall Keitel
  1973 Divorce His - Divorce Hers (TV Movie) - Turi Livicci
  1972 3000 Million Without an Elevator - M. Raphaël
  1972 Mendiants et Orgueilleux
  1972 Alta tensión - Pablo Moncada
  1972 Ripped-Off - Tony La Monica
  1971 Million Dollar Eel - Vasco
  1970 Cold Sweat (uncredited)
  1970 French Intrigue - Inspector Bardeche
  1970 Die Welt des Pirandello - Liebe! - Liebe? (TV Movie) - Memmo Viola (segment "Wenn man das Spiel kennt")
  1970 The Confession - Kohoutek
  
  1969 L'amica - Paolo Marchesi
  1969 On Her Majesty's Secret Service - Draco
  1969 That Splendid November - Biagio
  1969 Machine Gun McCain - Don Francesco DeMarco
  1968 Il mondo di Pirandello (TV Series) - Memmo Viola
  - Amori senza amore (1968) ... Memmo Viola
  1968 Once Upon a Time in the West - Morton - Railroad Baron
  1968 Bandits in Rome - Commissioner
  1968 L'età del malessere - Guido
  1968 Better a Widow - Don Calogero Minniti
  1968 The Protagonists - Il Commissario
  1968 Come Play with Me - Stefano / Lea's lover
  1968/I Escalation - Augusto Lambertinghi
  1968 Un diablo bajo la almohada - Anselmo
  1967 Dossier Mata Hari (TV Mini-Series) - Bouchardon
  - Episode #1.4 (1967) ... Bouchardon
  - Episode #1.3 (1967) ... Bouchardon
  - Episode #1.2 (1967) ... Bouchardon
  - Episode #1.1 (1967) ... Bouchardon
  1967 We Still Kill the Old Way - Avvocato Rosello
  1966 The Devil in Love - Lorenzo de' Medici
  1966 I Spy (TV Series) - Aldo
  - To Florence with Love: Part 2 (1966) ... Aldo
  - To Florence with Love: Part 1 (1966) ... Aldo
  1966 The Bible: In the Beginning... - Lot
  1966 Luce a gas (TV Movie) - Rough
  1965 Lo scippo - Gambetti
  1965 Three Rooms in Manhattan - Comte Larsi
  1965 Crime on a Summer Morning - Victor Dermott
  1964 Crucero de verano - Carlos Brul y Betancourt
  1964 Desideri d'estate
  1964 The Warm Life - Guido
  1964 Death Where Is Your Victory? - Max Gurgine
  1963 Un tentativo sentimentale - Giulio, Carla's Husband
  1963 Torpedo Bay - Leonardi
  1963 The Shortest Day - Tenente in trincea
  1962 Beach Casanova - Avvocato Leblanc
  1962 Imperial Venus - Freron
  1962 Cross of the Living - L'abbé Delcourt / Abbe
  1962 Crime Does Not Pay - Angelo Giraldi (segment "Le masque")
  1962 La monaca di Monza - Gian Paolo Osio
  1962 Congo vivo - Roberto Santi
  1962 Meetings - Ralph Scaffari
  1962 Jessica - Edmondo Raumo
  1960 Love, the Italian Way - Alberto Bressan
  1960 Il carro armato dell'8 settembre - Tommaso
  1960 Red Lips - Avvocato Paolo Martini
  1960 It Happened in '43 - Franco Villani
  1960 L'Avventura - Sandro
  
  1959 Hannibal - Fabius Maximus
  1959 Le secret du Chevalier d'Éon
  Bernard Turquet de Mayenne (as Gabriel Ferzetti)
  1959 Everyone's in Love - Arturo
  1958 Love on the Riviera - Giulio Ferrari
  1958 Tant d'amour perdu - Frédéric Solingen
  1958 Angel in a Taxi - Andrea
  1958 March's Child - Sandro
  1957 It Happened in Rome - Lawyer Alberto Cortini
  1957 Honor Among Thieves - Desiderio / Plebari
  1956 Il prezzo della gloria - comandante Alberto Bruni
  1956 Defend My Love - Pietro Leonardi
  1956 Donatella - Maurizio
  1955 Un po' di cielo - Frank Lo Giudice
  1955 Le Amiche - Lorenzo
  1955 Adriana Lecouvreur - Maurizio di Sassonia
  1955 Sins of Casanova - Giacomo Casanova
  1954 House of Ricordi - Giacomo Puccini
  1954 Camilla - Dott. Mario Rossetti
  1954 Modern Virgin - Gabriele Demico
  1954 100 Years of Love
  Carlo, the Political Prisoner (segment "Gli ultimi dieci Minuti")
  1954 Vestire gli ignudi - Ludovico Nota
  1953 Empty Eyes - Fernando Maestrelli
  1953 The Counterfeiters - Dario
  1953 Puccini - Giacomo Puccini
  1953 The Wayward Wife - Il professore Franco Vagnuzzi
  1952 Three Forbidden Stories - Comm. Borsani (First segment)
  1952 Inganno - Andrea Vannini
  1951 Gli amanti di Ravello - Sandro Deodata
  1951 The Naked and the Wicked - Giorgio Suprina
  1951 The Forbidden Christ - 1950 Lo zappatore
  1950 Sigillo rosso
  1950 Mountain Smugglers - Lieutenant Berti
  1950 Welcome Reverend
  
  1949 Flying Squadron - Ufficiale D'aviazione
  1949 Sicilian Uprising
  1949 William Tell - Corrado Hant
  1949 Fabiola - Claudius
  1949 Vertigine d'amore (as Gaetano Ferzetti)
  1948 Les Misérables - Tholomyes, un cliente di Fantina (uncredited)
  1946 Lost Happiness
  1942 The Countess of Castiglione (as Pasquale Ferzetti)
  1942 Bengasi (uncredited)
  1942 Via delle cinque lune
  
  Self (6 credits)
  
  2006 Press Day in Portugal (Video documentary short) - Himself
  2003 An Opera of Violence (Video documentary short) - Himself
  2003 Something to Do with Death (Video documentary short) - Himself
  2003 The Wages of Sin (Video documentary short) - Himself
  
  1969 On Her Majesty's Secret Service: Swiss Movement (Documentary short) - Himself
  1968 On Her Majesty's Secret Service: Filming of James Bond Epic in Progress in the Swiss Alps (Documentary short) - Himself

  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  2015: Dynamite Entertainment releases James Bond #2 (Vargr).

  

  JAMES BOND #2

  https://www.dynamite.com/htmlfiles/viewProduct.html?PRO=C72513024181802011
  Cover A: Dom Reardon
  Writer: Warren Ellis
  Art: Jason Masters
  Genre: Action/Adventure, Media Tie-In
  Publication Date: December 2015
  Format: Comic Book
  Page Count: 32 pages
  UPC: 725130241818 02011
  ON SALE DATE: December 2

  James Bond is in Berlin, alone, unarmed and with no idea of the forces ranged in secret against him. If he can make it to the Embassy, he might survive for a few hours more. But he's getting into that car with that woman, which means he has only minutes to live...

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  2015: Big Comics Special Edition publishes reprints of Takao Saito's manga for ００７死ぬのは奴らだ (007 They are the ones who die; a.k.a. Live and Let Die) and サンダーボール作戦 (Sandābōru sakusen; Thunderball Strategy).

  
  
  
  

  
  2019: Screen Idle reports new James Bond film cancelled.

  

  New James Bond film cancelled after
  cameraman forgot to press record

  See the complete article here:
  

  2 December 2019 Neil Tollfree News 18

  

  The latest James Bond film has been cancelled after the discovery that a cameraman forgot to press record during key scenes.
  
  No Time to Die has been beset by problems throughout its production including injury to star Daniel Craig, a change of director, the villain’s lair under a volcano flooding with lava, a biblical plague of toads, minor earthquake, alien abduction, and someone losing their keys.
  
  “We were just sorting through the footage in preparation for editing and there was stuff missing,” explained director Cary Fukunaga as a small meteor landed on his car.
  
  “Bond doing stunts, a bit with Bond getting off with a sexy lady, another bit with Bond getting off with a sexy lady, Bond doing stunts whilst getting off with a sexy lady – they just weren’t there.
  
  “So, we went back to the cameraman and he confessed that he’d forgotten to press record on the camera during key scenes.
  
  “The cameraman was really sorry and everything and even offered to come back and help reshoot the scenes but he was suffering from a really nasty plague of boils so we’d have to wait until after that cleared up.”
  
  Ultimately, producers decided that it simply wasn’t worth it and the best option now would be to simply cancel the whole thing and move on to the next film instead.
  
  “I think it’s the right idea, and I’m really looking forward to starting work on the new movie,” agreed Fukunaga.
  
  “Apparently, we’re shooting in that studio that was built on top of an old Indian burial ground.
  
  “So, I’m sure that will all be fine.”

  Note: To everyone reading this article unfamiliar with us at Screen Idle. This is just a joke. Unless something crazy has happened in the last 24 hours, The new James Bond film is still coming soon.
  
  If it made you laugh, then great – stick around, sign up for the newsletter. If it didn’t then try the Onion or Newsthump instead, they’re really funny.

  
  
• RichardTheBruce I'm motivated by my Duty.

  December 3 Posts: 13,850

  December 3rd
  
  1963: Copyright lawyer Peter Carter-Ruck announces a settlement awarding Kevin McClory Thunderball film rights plus £50,000 damages. Kevin diverts from Jack Whittingham to partner with Broccoli & Saltzman, receiving the producer credit (Broccoli & Saltzman represented as ‘presented by’).
  
  1971: Ola Rapace (Pär Ola Norell) is born--Tyresö, Stockholms län, Sweden.
  1973: Bond comic strip The Girl Machine ends its run in The Daily Express.
  (Started 19 June 1973. 2257–2407) Yaroslav Horak, artist. Jim Lawrence, writer.

  https://spyguysandgals.com/sgLookupComicStrip.aspx?id=1010
  
  
  https://www.popoptiq.com/the-girl-machine/
  
  
  
  
  Swedish Semic Comic https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/comics/semic_1975.php3

  Jakten På Det Svarta Guldet
  ("Hunt For The Black Gold" - The Girl Machine)
  

  
  Danish http://www.bond-o-rama.dk/en/jb007-dk-no-34-1975/

  James Bond Agent 007 no. 34: “The Girl Machine” (1975)
  "Jagten på det sorte guld" (The Hunt for the Black gold)
  
  
  
  

  
  

  
  1985: Roger Moore declares he's retiring from the Bond role after 12 years on screen and 7 films.
  1987: Με το δάχτυλο στη σκανδάλη (James Bond, praktor 007: Me to daktylo sti skandali; With the Finger on the Trigger) released in Greece.

  
  

  
  1991: James Bond Jr. in syndication releases episode 57 of 65 - "Rubies Aren't Forever" in Germany.

  

  

  James Bond Jr - Rubies Aren't Forever

  Season 1 - Episode 57
  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0807117/?ref_=tt_ep_nx
  

  James saves a girl named Ruby who was captured by a gang who wanted her necklace, but she was set up by her aunt, Tiara Hotstones, who tries to bring them to Baron von Skarin in Germany to use them to steal the F-15 Jets for himself.

  Directed by Bill Hutten, Tony Love
  Writing Credits (in alphabetical order)
  Andy Heyward ... (developer)
  Robby London ... (developer) (as Robbie London)
  Kent Stevenson ... (writer)
  Michael G. Wilson ... (developer)
  
  Cast (in credits order)
  Jeff Bennett ... Horace 'IQ' Boothroyd (voice)
  Corey Burton ... James Bond Jr. (voice)
  Julian Holloway ... Mr.Bradford Milbanks / Baron Von Skarin (voice)
  Jan Rabson ... Gordon 'Gordo' Leiter / Jaws / First biker / Second biker (voice)
  Susan Silo ... Phoebe Farragut (voice)
  Kath Soucie ... Tiara Hotstones (voice)
  Simon Templeman ... Trevor Noseworthy IV (voice)
  
  Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
  Mari Devon Mari Devon ... (voice)
  Produced by
  Bill Hutten ... producer
  Walt Kubiak ... supervising producer
  Tony Love ... producer
  Fred Wolf ... executive producer
  Music by
  Dennis C. Brown
  Larry Brown

  James Bond Jr Episode 57 - Rubies Aren't Forever
  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  1991: Geffen releases the "Live and Let Die" single from the Guns 'N Roses Use Your Illusion album. (B-side is "Live and Let Die" Live at Wembley Stadium, London recorded 31 August 1991, plus "Shadow of Your Love" (Live).)

  UK Orange Vinyl
  

  

  
  1999: Amb el món no n'hi ha prou (There Is Not Enough With the World, and Catalan title El mundo nunca es suficiente; The World Is Never Enough) released in Spain.

  
  
  
  

  1999: Världen räcker inte till released in Finland.

  
  Later DVD cover.
  

  1999: The World Is Not Enough released in Norway and Thailand.
  1999: 007 - O Mundo Não Chega (The World Does Not Arrive) released in Portugal.

  
  

  
  2010: Digital Trends reports Sam Mendes will still direct BOND 23.

  

  Sam Mendes still directing next
  James Bond film

  See the complete article here:
  

  https://www.digitaltrends.com/movies/sam-mendes-still-directing-next-james-bond-film/

  By Ryan Fleming | December 3, 2010

  

  It was never a question of if James Bond would return, just when and how. Following the success of Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace, a third film with Daniel Craig as Bond was never doubted, and things were moving along at a good pace when it was first announced that Oscar winning director Sam Mendes (American Beauty, Away We Go) had agreed to direct the 23rd Bond film. Then MGM happened.
  
  The studio’s financial woes have been painfully well documented, and following the near collapse of the company under $4 billion of debt, things got weird for Bond. With a property of its magnitude, it was never really a question of whether or not Bond would be back, but when, and under what studio’s banner. If MGM had totally imploded—as many people feared it would—the Bond franchise would have likely been stuck in a legal limbo until a new studio could obtain the rights. Bond would return, but if legal delays persisted, as they have a tendency to do, the delay might make it impractical or even impossible to bring back Craig. Keeping Mendes would be almost impossible to the point of being laughable.
  
  Mendes is very much in demand as a director, and as Bond entered MGM’s gravitational limbo, the Mendes claimed to remain interested but the longer the delays the less likely his schedule would permit. Then MGM joined the ranks of the happily bankrupt, and things began to move again.
  
  The first glimmer of sunshine from MGM’s otherwise overcast future came when the Hobbit was greenlit, which makes sense. After all, the Lord of the Rings franchise earned around $2 billion. Then came word that Bond was up next, and earlier this month, Bond 23 got the greenlight as well.
  
  So with Craig both seemingly excited and contractually obligated to appear in the new film (along with Dame Judi Dench), the ball went back to Mendes.
  
  According to the Daily Mail, Mendes is back on board as the Bond director, and filming is expected to begin later next year. The news comes from Mendes’ estranged wife, Kate Winslet, who offhandedly commented that her husband would be moving to England, partly to spend time with their children, and partly to prepare for Bond. Nothing formal has been announced by MGM, but it seems like Mendes is on board.

  Mendes will first head across the pond to direct Kevin Spacey in Richard III at the Old Vic Theater in London. No word yet on any details about the next Bond film, although once this film is in the bag, MGM has stated that they are going to aim for a new Bond release every two years.

  

  
  2018: BOND 25 originally scheduled production start date at Pinewood with planned director Danny Boyle.

  

  2019: No Time To Die releases character posters anticipating the next day's full trailer.

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
• RichardTheBruce I'm motivated by my Duty.

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  December 4th
  
  1913: John Kitzmiller is born--Battle Creek, Michigan.
  (He dies 23 February 1965 at age 51--Rome, Lazio, Italy.)

  
  Keeping a wild eye on European Cinema of the past and present

  John Kitzmiller

  http://www.thewildeye.co.uk/blog/performers-directors/black-actors-in-italy/john-kitzmiller/
  November 25, 2010 Matt Blake Americans in Cinecitta, Black Actors in Italy 7
  
  John Kitzmiller was one of the most prominent Afro-American actors to work in Italy during the post war period. Born in Michigan in 1913, he first came to Europe as a soldier during the liberation of Italy, winning a Victory Medal for his efforts. He fell in love with the country, deciding to stay there rather than head home once the conflict was over, and soon drifted into acting, starting his career playing a stock selection of GIs and American expats. In 1948 he had a career defining role in Alberto Lattuada’s Senza pietà, as a GI who becomes friendly with an Italian girl (played by Carla Del Poggio). As well as bringing his face to the international arthouse crowd, this was a popular film on the US university circuit, where it gained a considerable following among Afro-American students.

  
  John Kitzmiller in Dr. No

  More roles followed, although with the decline of neo-realism and the growing emphasis on using professional actors they shrunk in size. He was a trumpet player in Luci del varietà (directed by Lattuada and a young Federico Fellini), played a valet in Marino Girolami’s Canto per te (a vehicle for the famed tenor Giuseppe Di Stefano), and appeared as a selection of servants, criminals or workmen. With the resurgence of the swashbuckler and peplum in the 1950s his workrate stepped up a notch, and by the early 60s he was appearing in three or four films a year.

  It was at this time that he won a further degree of international success, starring as Quarrel in the hugely succesful Dr No, where his role – most of which was shot in Jamaica – was more prominent than his lowly billing would suggest. This led to one final key role, as the titular character in Géza von Radványi’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin, which was released in the same year as his death in 1965 from cirrhosis of the liver (caused, reputedly, by his long term alcoholism).

  Kitzmiller’s importance wasn’t so much for the films he appeared in – although he certainly appeared in some important films. It was in the fact that he was a trailblazer for black actors both in Italy and in the US, at a time in which cinema was an almost entirely caucasian occupation. Given that, it’s surprising how little biographical information is available about him.
  
  About Matt Blake
  The WildEye is a blog dedicated to the wild world of Italian cinema (and, ok, sometimes I digress into discussing films from other countries as well). Peplums, comedies, dramas, spaghetti westerns... they're all covered here.

  Tom B. | July 22, 2009 at 3:35 pm
  
  Thanks Matt. I agree he was trailblazer in opening up roles for blacks in Italian cinema. Any fan of Italian films has heard of his name, but as you say so little biographical information is available. Thanks for posting on this unique actor in European films.

  mattblake | July 23, 2009 at 1:20 pm
  
  A little bit more info on Mr. Kitzmiller. In a book on Fellini (Federico Fellini: his life and work by Tullio Kezich, Minna Proctor, Viviana Mazza), he’s described as: “a former chemical engineer who’d slipped accidentally into movie acting”

  mattblake | July 23, 2009 at 1:26 pm
  
  And a bit more, an obituary from a magazine called Jet, March 11th 1965.

  John Kitzmiller, who became and Italian star, dies at 51.
  
  A husky American negro who became one of Italy’s most celebrated movie actors but never played in a film produced in his native land, John Kitzmiller, 51, died in Rome after a career that spanned 20 years. Kitzmiller, of Battle Creek, Mich., and a former captain of the Engineers with the famed Negro 92nd Division of World War 2, succumbed to a liver ailment just two months after he was wed to attractive, blond Dusia Bejic, a Yugoslav in Belgrade. Kitzmiller went overseas with the division in the dark days of WW2, but he never forgot his ambition to become an actor. After the war, he decided not to go home but settled in Italy, where he made his first film, To Live in Peace. He received rave notices. There followed a string of ten movies with good roles for Kitzmiller, establishing him, along with cinema-lovely Gina Lollobrigida, as the top motion star in the 1950s in Italy, where realism and authenticity in film making are the sought after ingredients, not the colour of an actor’s skin

  And, from From Sambo to Superspade by Daniel J. Leab
  
  John Kitzmiller became an actor while on occupation duty in Italy in 1946. He was playing poker in a sidewalk cafe when he was spotted by two Italians who thought him physically perfect for a war movie they were casting

  ...

  mattblake | November 25, 2010 at 4:41 pm
  
  And here’s another newspaper article mentioning his marriage:

  John Kitzmiller's wedding article from Jet

  

  Luciano Benetti was a little known Italian actor who turned up in a handful of cape and sword films

  

  John Kitzmiller (I) (1913–1965)

  https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0457839/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
  
  Filmography

  Actor (53 credits)
  
  1976 Uncle Tom's Cabin - Uncle Tom
  
  1965 Uncle Tom's Cabin - Uncle Tom
  1965 Le inchieste del commissario Maigret (TV Series) - Un cliente della Citanguette
  - Una vita in gioco (1965) ... Un cliente della Citanguette
  1964 Biblioteca di Studio Uno (TV Mini-Series) - Sam
  - La storia di Rossella O'Hara (1964) ... Sam
  1964 Il ribelle di Castelmonte - Ali
  1964 Indios a Nord-Ovest
  1964 Night of the Vampires - John - Black Servant
  1962 Tiger of the Seven Seas - Serpente - Il pianista
  - Episode #1.2 (1962) ... Il pianista
  1962 Dr. No - Quarrel (as John Kitzmuller: end credits)
  1962 The Son of Captain Blood - Moses
  1962 Blood and Defiance
  1962 Mars, God of War - Afros
  1961 Chiamami bugiardo (TV Movie) - Dr. Bowker
  1961 La corona di fuoco - Akim
  1961 Totòtruffa '62 - Ambasciatore del Katonga
  1961 Revolt of the Mercenaries - Tago
  1960-1961 Giallo club - Invito al poliziesco (TV Series) - Joke / Peter
  - Partita a tre (1961) ... Joke
  - Ultimo avviso (1960) ... Peter
  1960 Il corsaro della tortue (TV Movie)
  1960 Pirates of the Coast - Rock
  1960 Seven in the Sun - Salvador
  
  1959 Due selvaggi a corte - Kato
  1959 Pensione Edelweiss - Bougron
  1959 Lost Souls - Luca
  1958 Aphrodite, Goddess of Love - Tomoro
  1958 The Naked Earth - David
  1957 A vent'anni è sempre festa - John Miller
  1957 I misteri di Parigi - Lo Squartatore
  1956 Valley of Peace - Sgt. Jim
  1955 Il nostro campione - Raimondo
  1954 Lacrime d'amore
  1954 Acque amare - Mezzanotte
  1954 Il grande addio
  1954 Desiderio 'e sole - Simone
  1954 Quai des blondes - Michel
  1954 Non vogliamo morire - John - il timoniere
  1954 Island Sinner - Abul - il pescatore negro
  1954 Foreign Earth
  1953 Canto per te - Angenore
  1953 Frine, cortigiana d'Oriente - Nabus, lo schiavo muto
  1953 Trouble for the Legion - Djalmar
  1952 Delitto al luna park
  1952 Ultimo perdono
  1952 At Sword's Edge
  1952 Wolves Hunt at Night - Le domestique noir de Miguel
  1952 Massacre en dentelles - Rocky Saddler
  1950 Variety Lights - Trumpet player Johnny
  1950 La forza del destino - Lo scudiero moro
  
  1949 Monastero di Santa Chiara - Il negro
  1949 Lieutenant Craig: Missing - The MP
  1948 Without Pity - Jerry Jackson
  1947 Tombolo - Jack
  1947 To Live in Peace - Joe (as Jonny Kitzmiller)
  
  Archive footage (3 credits)
  
  2006 The Exotic Locations of 'Dr. No' (Video documentary short) - Quarrel
  2000 Inside 'Dr. No' (Video documentary short) - Himself
  
  1965 The Incredible World of James Bond (TV Movie documentary)

  
  

  1913: Claude Renoir is born--Paris, France.
  (He dies 5 September 1993 at age 79--Troyes, Aube, France.)

  

  Claude Renoir

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Renoir

  Born December 4, 1913, Paris, France
  Died September 5, 1993 (aged 79), Troyes, Aube, Champagne, France
  Nationality French

  Claude Renoir (December 4, 1913[1] – September 5, 1993) was a French cinematographer. He was the son of actor Pierre Renoir, the nephew of director Jean Renoir, and the grandson of painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir.

  He was born in Paris, his mother being actress Véra Sergine. He was apprenticed to Boris Kaufman, a brother of Dziga Vertov, who much later worked in the United States on such films as On the Waterfront (1954). Renoir was the lighting cameraman on numerous pictures such as Monsieur Vincent (1947), Jean Renoir's The River (1951), Cleopatra (1963), Roger Vadim's Barbarella (1968), and the James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me (1977). At the time of Claude Renoir's death, The Times of London wrote of The River that "its exquisite evocation of the Indian scene, helped to inaugurate a new era in the cinema, one in which color was finally accepted as a medium fit for great film makers to work in."

  He also participated in the making of The Mystery of Picasso (1956), the documentary on painter Pablo Picasso directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot. He was the cinematographer for The Crucible (1957) and lived in East Germany during filming. Renoir's career came to a close in the late 1970s, as he was rapidly losing sight. In his final years he was largely blind.
  
  He married twice and had two children, a son and a daughter, actress Sophie Renoir. Claude Renoir died at age 79 in Troyes, 55 miles east of Paris, near the village of Essoyes, where he had a home.

  

  Claude Renoir

  https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005841/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1
  
  Filmography

  Cinematographer (89 credits)
  
  1981 Sphinx (uncredited)
  
  1979 The Medic
  1978 Attention, the Kids Are Watching
  1978 The Discord
  1977 Animal
  1977 The Spy Who Loved Me (director of photography)
  1976 The Wing or The Thigh? (director of photography)
  1976 Une femme fidèle
  1976 Femmes Fatales
  1976 Docteur Françoise Gailland
  1975 French Connection II (director of photography)
  1975 The Track
  1974 Paul and Michelle
  1973 Story of a Love Story (director of photography)
  1973 The Serpent
  1972 Hellé
  1972 Killer
  1971 The Burglars
  1971 The Horsemen
  1971 Swashbuckler
  1970 The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun
  1970 The Adventurers
  
  1969 The Madwoman of Chaillot
  1969 Soluna
  1968 Barbarella (director of photography)
  1968 Spirits of the Dead (director of photography - segment "Metzengerstein")
  1966 La Grande Vadrouille
  1966 The Game Is Over
  1966 Paris au mois d'août
  1965 Marco the Magnificent
  1965 The Hour of Truth
  1964 The Unvanquished
  1964 Paris When It Sizzles (uncredited)
  1963 The Corrupt
  1962 Il fiore e la violenza (segment "La scampagnata")
  1962 II Marco Polo
  1962 Les amants de Teruel
  1962 Lafayette
  1960 Wasteland
  1960 Blood and Roses
  1960 Sergeant X of the Foreign Legion
  
  1959 Gorilla's Waltz
  1959 Honeymoon (uncredited)
  1959 Hit and Run
  1958 Youthful Sinners
  1958 End of Desire
  1957 The Crucible
  1956 Crime and Punishment
  1956 Elena and Her Men (director of photography)
  1956 The Mystery of Picasso (Documentary) (director of photography)
  1955 A Missionary
  1954 Madame Butterfly
  1954 Fabulous India (Documentary)
  1954 Maddalena
  1953 Puccini
  1952 The Golden Coach
  1952 The Green Glove
  1951 Images de l'ancienne Égypte (Documentary short)
  1951 Amazing Monsieur Fabre
  1951 The River
  1951 Clara de Montargis
  1951 Dr. Knock
  1950 Gunman in the Streets
  1950 Born of Unknown Father
  1950 Prélude à la gloire
  
  1949 Rendezvous in July
  1949 Docteur Laennec
  1949 Alice in Wonderland (photography)
  1948 Dilemma of Two Angels
  1948 La grande volière
  1947 Monsieur Vincent
  1947 La maison sous la mer
  1947 The Royalists
  1947 Passionnelle (disposal of the body sequence, uncredited)
  1946 Mr. Orchid
  1946 A Day in the Country (Short)
  1946 Le couple idéal
  1946 Behind These Walls
  1945 The Queer Assignment
  1944 L'aventure est au coin de la rue
  1944 Bonsoir mesdames, bonsoir messieurs
  1943 Aristide Maillol, sculpteur (Documentary short)
  1942 Opéra-musette
  1940 Sérénade
  
  1938 Les rois de la flotte
  1938 Lumières de Paris
  1937 Le chanteur de minuit
  1936 La vie est à nous
  1935 Toni
  
  Camera and Electrical Department (11 credits)
  
  1964 Circus World (second unit cameraman)
  1963 Cleopatra (photographer: second unit)
  
  1946 Mr. Orchid (camera operator)
  1946 Reunion (Documentary short) (assistant camera - one topic, uncredited)
  
  1939 Le dernier tournant (camera operator - as Cl. Renoir Junior)
  1938 La Bête Humaine (camera operator - as Claude Renoir Jr.)
  1938 Prison sans barreaux (camera operator)
  1938 Legions of Honor[/i] (camera operator)
  1937 La Grande Illusion (assistant cameraman)
  1933 Chotard and Company (assistant camera)
  1932 Night at the Crossroads (assistant camera)
  
  Set decorator (1 credit)
  
  1980 Mont-Oriol (TV Movie)
  
  Self (4 credits)
  
  2006 The Spy Who Loved Me: 007 in Egypt (Video documentary short) Himself
  1977 The Making of 'The Spy Who Loved Me' (TV Series documentary) Himself
  - Shooting Scene 341 (1977) ... Himself
  - Also Starring... (1977) ... Himself
  1975 Histoire du cinéma français par ceux qui l'ont fait (TV Series documentary)
  Himself
  - Le désordre et après 1961-1966 (1975) ... Himself
  - Une certaine tradition de qualité 1945-1955 (1975) ... Himself
  -
  1956 The Mystery of Picasso (Documentary) Himself (uncredited)
  
  Archive footage (2 credits)
  
  2000 Inside 'Moonraker' (Video documentary short) - Himself
  2000 Inside 'The Spy Who Loved Me' (Video documentary short) - Himself

  
  

  1918: Maurice Binder is born--New York City, New York.
  (He dies 9 April 1991--London, England.)

  

  Maurice Binder, 73, 007 Film-Title Artist

  See the complete article here:
  

  https://www.nytimes.com/1991/04/15/obituaries/maurice-binder-73-007-film-title-artist.html

  APRIL 15, 1991

  Maurice Binder, a graphic arts designer known chiefly for his dazzling title sequences in the James Bond films, died on Tuesday at the University College Hospital in London. He was 73 years old and lived in London.

  
  He died of lung cancer, his brother, Mitchell, said.

  Mr. Binder was one of the rare film-title artists to receive rave reviews for his work, which critics said was an essential part of the James Bond success story.
  
  In a review of the 1981 film, "For Your Eyes Only," Vincent Canby wrote in The New York Times: "And Maurice Binder's opening titles, always one of the fancier features of the Bond movies, are still terrific."

  Mr. Binder's unusual witty designs introduced other films including "Indiscreet" in 1958; "The Mouse That Roared," 1959; "The Grass is Greener," 1960; "Repulsion," 1964, and "The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes," 1971.
  
  He also produced several musicals, and in association with John Quested and Lester Goldsmith, produced the 1979 film "The Passage," starring Anthony Quinn.
  
  Born in New York City, Mr. Binder began his career as assistant art director in Macy's art department.
  
  A resident of London for 27 years, he was honored last year by the National Film Club.
  
  Besides his brother, who lives in Boca Raton, Fla., he is survived by two nieces.

  

  Maurice Binder (1925–1991)

  https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0082800/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1
  
  Filmography

  Miscellaneous Crew (84 credits)
  
  1991 The Strauss Dynasty (TV Mini-Series) (title designer - 8 episodes)
  - Adele (1991) ... (title designer)
  - Hetti (1991) ... (title designer)
  - Lili (1991) ... (title designer)
  - Josef (1991) ... (title designer)
  - Revolution of 1848 (1991) ... (title designer)
  - Schani (1991) ... (title designer)
  - Emilie (1991) ... (title designer)
  - Anna (1991) ... (title designer)
  1990 A Captive in the Land (title designer)
  1990 Hamlet (title designer)
  1990 The Sheltering Sky (title designer)
  1990 Mister Johnson (title designer)
  
  1989 Licence to Kill (title designer)
  1988 The Deceivers (title designer)
  1987 The Last Emperor (title designer: main title)
  1987 The Living Daylights (title designer)
  1986 Shanghai Surprise (title designer)
  1986 Max mon amour (title designer)
  1986 If Tomorrow Comes (TV Mini-Series) (title designer - 3 episodes)
  - Episode #1.2 (1986) ... (title designer)
  - Episode #1.3 (1986) ... (title designer)
  - Episode #1.1 (1986) ... (title designer)
  1985 A View to a Kill (main title designed by)
  1985 Rustlers' Rhapsody (main title design)
  1983 Octopussy (main title designed by)
  1981 For Your Eyes Only (main title designed by)
  1981 Green Ice (main title designer)
  1980 The Awakening (titles)
  1980 The Sea Wolves (titles)
  
  1979 Moonraker (title designer: main titles)
  1978 The Wild Geese (main title designed by)
  1977 The Spy Who Loved Me (main title designed by)
  1976 Shout at the Devil (title designer: main title)
  1975 e'Lollipop (title designer)
  1974 The Man with the Golden Gun (title designer: main title)
  1974 The Little Prince (main title design)
  1974 Gold (title designer)
  1974 The Tamarind Seed (title designer: main title)
  1973 Live and Let Die (main title designed by)
  1972 Young Winston (main title designed by)
  1971 Diamonds Are Forever (main title designed by)
  1970 Wuthering Heights (title designer)
  1970 The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (title designer: main title)
  1970 Brotherly Love (title designer)
  
  1969 A Talent for Loving (designer: main title)
  1969On Her Majesty's Secret Service (main title designed by)
  1969 Battle of Britain (title designer: main title)
  1969 Staircase (title designer)
  1968 Barbarella (titles designer - uncredited)
  1968 The Magus (title designer)
  1967 Bedazzled (main title)
  1967 Billion Dollar Brain (title designer)
  1967 The Day the Fish Came Out (title designer)
  1967 A Matter of Innocence (title designer: main titles)
  1967 Fathom (main title sequence)
  1967 You Only Live Twice (main title designed by)
  1967 Two for the Road (title designer)
  1967 Eye of the Devil (title designer: main titles)
  1967 The Taming of the Shrew (main title graphics)
  1966 After the Fox (title designer)
  1966 Kaleidoscope (title designer: main titles)
  1966 Arabesque (title designer: main title)
  1966 Promise Her Anything (title designer)
  1966 The Chase (main title)
  1965 Thunderball (main title designed by)
  1965 The Wild Affair (title designer)
  1965 Repulsion (title designer - uncredited)
  1965 Young Cassidy (title designer)
  1964 The 7th Dawn (title designer: main titles)
  Espionage (TV Series) (titles - 22 episodes, 1963 - 1964) (titles designed by - 2 episodes, 1963 - 1964)
  - A Tiny Drop of Poison (1964) ... (titles designed by)
  - A Free Agent (1964) ... (titles)
  - Some Other Kind of World (1964) ... (titles)
  - The Liberators (1964) ... (titles)
  - Once a Spy... (1964) ... (titles)
  - Snow on Mount Kama (1964) ... (titles)
  - Castles in Spain (1964) ... (titles)
  - The Frantick Rebel (1964) ... (titles)
  - We the Hunted (1964) ... (titles)
  - Do You Remember Leo Winters? (1964) ... (titles)
  - Final Decision (1964) ... (titles)
  - Medal for a Turned Coat (1964) ... (titles)
  - Never Turn Your Back on a Friend (1964) ... (titles)
  - A Camel to Ride (1963) ... (titles)
  - Festival of Pawns (1963) ... (titles)
  - The Light of a Friendly Star (1963) ... (titles)
  - The Whistling Shrimp (1963) ... (titles)
  - The Dragon Slayer (1963) ... (titles)
  - To the Very End (1963) ... (titles)
  - He Rises on Sunday and We on Monday (1963) ... (titles)
  - The Gentle Spies (1963) ... (titles)
  - The Incurable One (1963) ... (titles)
  - The Weakling (1963) ... (titles)
  - Covenant with Death (1963) ... (titles designed by)
  1964 The Long Ships (prologue and main title by)
  1963 Charade (main title designed by)
  1963 Stolen Hours (title designer: main titles)
  1963 The Running Man (main titles by)
  1963 The Mouse on the Moon (title designer)
  1963 Call Me Bwana (main title design)
  1963 I Could Go on Singing (title designer: main titles)
  1962 Dr. No (main title designed by)
  1962 Sodom and Gomorrah (prologue and main title design)
  1962 Reach for Glory (title designer)
  1962 The Road to Hong Kong (title designer)
  1961 Goodbye Again (title designer: main title)
  1960 The Grass Is Greener (title designer: main title)
  1960 Surprise Package (main title designed by)
  1959-1960 Hotel de Paree (TV Series) (title designer - 11 episodes)
  - Sundance and the Fallen Sparrow (1960) ... (title designer)
  - Sundance and the Long Trek (1960) ... (title designer)
  - Vengeance for Sundance (1960) ... (title designer)
  - Sundance and the Black Widow (1960) ... (title designer)
  - Sundance and the Greenhorn Trader (1960) ... (title designer)
  - Hard Luck for Sundance (1960) ... (title designer)
  - Sundance Goes to Kill (1960) ... (title designer)
  - Sundance and the Blood Money (1960) ... (title designer)
  - The Man Who Believed in Law (1959) ... (title designer)
  - Return of Monique (1959) ... (title designer)
  - The High Cost of Justice (1959) ... (title designer)
  1960 Purple Noon (title designer)
  1960 Once More, with Feeling! (title designer)
  
  1959 The Mouse That Roared (titles designed by)
  1959 Richard Diamond, Private Detective (TV Series) (title designer - 7 episodes)
  - Design for Murder (1959) ... (title designer)
  - Family Affair (1959) ... (title designer)
  - Rough Cut (1959) ... (title designer)
  - Hideout (1959) ... (title designer)
  - The Limping Man (1959) ... (title designer)
  - Jukebox (1959) ... (title designer)
  - Crown of Silla (1959) ... (title designer)
  1959 The Young Philadelphians (title designer - uncredited)
  1958 Damn Yankees (title designer: main titles - uncredited)
  1958 Indiscreet (title designer - uncredited)
  1957 The James Dean Story (Documentary) (title designer)
  1951 Cry Danger (assistant to producer)
  
  Art department (9 credits)
  
  1985 King David (graphic designer)
  1984 Oxford Blues (graphic designer)
  1982 Twilight Time (graphics)
  1982 The Final Option (graphic artist)
  1980 The Sea Wolves (graphic design)
  
  1978 Brass Target (graphic artist)
  1977 A Little Night Music (graphics)
  1964 Of Human Bondage (graphic designer)
  1963 I Could Go on Singing (graphic designer)
  Hide Hide Visual effects (2 credits)
  1980 The Final Countdown (special visual effects) / (storm sequence)
  1979 Dracula (visual consultant)
  
  Director (1 credit)
  
  1960 The Children of Lindos (Short)
  
  Art director (1 credit)
  
  1983 Philip Marlowe, Private Eye (TV Series)
  
  Producer (1 credit)
  
  1979 The Passage (associate producer)
  
  Self (2 credits)
  
  1977 The Making of 'The Spy Who Loved Me' (TV Series documentary) - Himself
  - Producing (1977) ... Himself
  1976 Die Titelmacher (TV Movie) - Himself
  
  Archive footage (4 credits)
  
  2012 Everything or Nothing (Documentary) - Himself
  2000 Silhouettes: The James Bond Titles (Video documentary short) - Himself
  2000 Inside 'Dr. No' (Video documentary short) - Himself
  
  1995 Behind the Scenes with 'Thunderball' (Video documentary) - Himself

  
  

  
  1968: On Her Majesty's Secret Service films Tracy's rescue.
  
  1973: Bond comic strip Beware of Butterflies begins its run in The Daily Express.
  (Finishes 11 May 1974. 2408–2541) Yaroslav Horak, artist. Jim Lawrence, writer.

  https://spyguysandgals.com/sgLookupComicStrip.aspx?id=1011
  
  
  https://www.popoptiq.com/beware-of-butterflies/
  
  
  
  
  Danish http://www.bond-o-rama.dk/en/jb007-dk-no36-1976/

  James Bond Agent 007 no. 36: “Beware of Butterflies” (1976)
  "Operation Sommerfugl" [= Operation Butterfly]
  
  
  

  
  1989: 鐵金剛勇戰殺人狂魔，殺人執照 (Tiě jīngāng yǒng zhàn shārén kuáng mó, shārén zhízhào; Iron King Kong fights the murderous madness, the license to kill) released in Hong Kong.

  
  
  
  

  
  1991: James Bond Jr. in syndication releases episode 58 of 65 "Garden of Evil" in Hong Kong. I mean, Shanghai, China.

  

  

  James Bond Jr - Garden of Evil

  Season 1 - Episode 58
  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0807286/?ref_=tt_ep_nx
  

  In Hong Kong, Trevor picks a purple rose, but it somehow hypnotizes him; now it is up to James, IQ, Tracey, and Jasmine to go to the field of the purple rose to find a cure; however, Doctor No and Oddjob try to stop their plan.

  Directed by Bill Hutten, Tony Love
  Writing Credits (in alphabetical order)
  Andy Heyward ... (developer)
  Robby London ... (developer) (as Robbie London)
  Perry Martin ... (writer)
  Michael G. Wilson ... (developer)
  
  Cast (in credits order)
  Jeff Bennett ... Horace 'IQ' Boothroyd / Oddjob
  Corey Burton ... James Bond Jr. (voice)
  Julian Holloway ... Mr.Bradford Milbanks / Dr.Julius No (voice)
  Mona Marshall ... Tracy Milbanks (voice)
  Jan Rabson ... Gordon 'Gordo' Leiter (voice)
  Susan Silo ... Phoebe Farragut (voice)
  Simon Templeman ... Trevor Noseworthy IV (voice)
  Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
  Mari Devon ... (voice)
  
  Produced by
  Bill Hutten ... producer
  Walt Kubiak ... supervising producer
  Tony Love ... producer
  Fred Wolf ... executive producer
  Music by
  Dennis C. Brown
  Larry Brown

  James Bond Jr Episode 58 - Garden of Evil
  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  1997: MGM announces their purchase of the rights to Never Say Never Again from Taliafilm. Earlier in 1997 the Sony Corporation acquired most of McClory's rights, later bought by MGM.
  
  2006: Casino Royale premieres in Sydney, Australia.

  
  
  

  
  2014: Spectre press conference.

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  2015: 007 スペクター (007 Supekutā) general release in Japan. The last country to open the film in theaters.

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  2019: No Time To Die trailer debuts.

  

  2019: Dynamite Entertainment releases James Bond Vol. 3 #1.
  Eric Gapstur, artist. Vita Ayala & Danny Lore, writers.

  

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  Writer: Vita Ayala & Danny Lore
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  Genre: Action/Adventure
  Publication Date: December 2019
  Format: Comic Book
  Page Count: 32 Pages
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  2022: Bond In Motion continues at the Saratoga Auto Museum, Saratoga Springs, New York.

  

  

  Have cars, will spy: Museum shows off Bond's
  movie vehicles

  See the complete article here:
  

  https://www.timesunion.com/art/article/Have-cars-will-spy-Museum-shows-off-Bond-s-17623933.php#photo-23225083

  An exhibit at the Saratoga Auto Museum features 23 vehicles used in the filming of James Bond movies, including 007's iconic Aston Martin DB5
  Barnes. Steve Barnes | Dec. 3, 2022

  A 1964 Aston Martin DB5 that appeared in several recent James Bond films is featured in a new exhibit ‘BOND IN MOTION’ at Saratoga Automobile Museum on Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022, in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. The show features twenty-five official James Bond vehicles celebrating the 60th anniversary of the film franchise.
  
  The 1969 Cougar XR-7 convertible from the James Bond film "On Her Majesty’s Secret Service" is part of a new exhibit, "Bond in Motion," on view at the Saratoga Automobile Museum through November 2023. The show, featuring 23 official vehicles used in James Bond movies, celebrates the 60th anniversary of the film franchise.
  
  The Saratoga Automobile Museum is hosting "Bond in Motion," a show featuring 23 official vehicles used in James Bond movies. It celebrates the 60th anniversary of the film franchise. The exhibit is on view through November 2023.
  
  The 1997 BMW 750iL from the James Bond film "Tomorrow Never Dies" is part of a new exhibit, "Bond in Motion," on view at the Saratoga Automobile Museum through November 2023. The show, featuring 23 official vehicles used in James Bond movies, celebrates the 60th anniversary of the film franchise.

  SARATOGA SPRINGS — At 11 a.m., the Saratoga Auto Museum smells pleasant. This is unlike what surrounds suave British superspy James Bond in the opening of the novel that introduced the character, Ian Fleming's Casino Royale. Its first paragraph:

  "The scent and smoke and sweat of a casino are nauseating at three in the morning. Then the soul-erosion produced by high gambling — a compost of greed and fear and nervous tension — becomes unbearable and the senses awake and revolt from it."

  To go from the casino to his hotel in the novel, Bond walks. When he does get in a car of his own, Fleming specifies that it is a battleship-gray 1930 Bentley with a supercharger sticking out from the front of its engine. Fleming says of it, "Bond's car was his only personal hobby." The Bentley looks more like a wingless biplane than the sleek motor vehicles with which Bond has been associated since the 1962 release of the first movie from a Fleming novel, "Dr. No," with Sean Connery introducing himself as "Bond. James Bond."
  
  The most iconic Bond vehicle is a 1964 Aston Martin DB5, which has made appearances in six Bond films, from "Goldfinger" in 1964 to last year's "No Time to Die." The actual DB5 used in "Goldfinger," its silver paint and bodywork and wire-spoked wheels as glistening with perfection as one would expect of a vehicle said to be worth $15 million, bathes beneath bright lights in the Saratoga Automobile Museum. A shin-high wire is all that's between you and a car that, in the movie at least, could deploy a smoke screen and an oil slick, and had a button to eject the occupant of the passenger seat and machine guns mounted behind the headlights.
  
  If you go

  "Bond in Motion: The Official Collection of Original James Bond Vehicles"

  • Where: Saratoga Automobile Museum, 110 Avenue of the Pines, Saratoga Springs
  • Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday, October to December; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday to Sunday, January to March; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, April to September. Show closes November 2023.
  • Admission: $15 adults (discounts for children, students, seniors and veterans/active military)
  • Info: 518-587-1935 and saratogaautomuseum.org

  The DB5 is among 23 motor vehicles used in some of the Bond film series' 25 movies that are part of “Bond in Motion: The Official Collection of Original James Bond Vehicles,” a recently opened exhibit at the auto museum that will be on view for a year. Previously seen only at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, "Bond in Motion" is a joint effort by the Ian Fleming Foundation and Eon Productions, which owns the rights to nearly everything cinematically Bond.
  
  The exhibit has the highest profile and was the most expensive to produce in the history of the museum, which opened in 2002 in a former bottling plant. The 27,000-square-foot neoclassical building, completed in 1935, sits in the Saratoga Spa State Park near the Avenue of the Pines entrance to the Saratoga Performing Arts Center.
  
  Also in the "Bond in Motion" show are other Astons: a 1987 V8, which sported outrigger skis when Bond drove it down a mountain in "The Living Daylights"; two versions of the DBS model, including the badly damaged car that set a world record for flipping seven times in a stunt for 2006's "Casino Royale"; and a DB10, a custom model of which only 10 were built, all for the 2014 movie "Spectre."
  
  Bond's conveyances weren't always so stylish and speedy and Aston-y. "Bond in Motion" includes a Soviet-made Cagiva motorcycle, a comically small all-terrain Honda three-wheeler that Connery improbably rode while wearing a pewter-colored suit in "Diamonds Are Forever," a big BMW sedan, a three-wheeled Thai taxi called a tuk tuk from a chase scene in "Octopussy," a 1974 AMC Hornet ("The Man with the Golden Gun") and a 1970s personal watercraft called a WetBike that carried a naval-attired Roger Moore across the water in "The Spy Who Loved Me."
  
  The show also features the submarining Lotus Esprit from "The Spy Who Loved Me," an actual submarine and a tabletop model of a jet that, to save money, has one side painted with official U.S. livery, the other as the villain Goldfinger's private plane.

  "There's a little of everything here," said Carly Connors, executive director of the Saratoga Auto Museum for the past six years. Connors projected that "Bond in Motion" will at least double the museum's 2023 attendance over the pre-pandemic peak of about 18,000 in 2019, though admission income will need to be significant to offset the estimated $200,000 cost of presenting the exhibit. (The fee to Eon Productions alone is $100,000, she said.)

  "Bond in Motion" was about three times more expensive than mounting the next most costly exhibit, Connors said, and the museum's board needed persuasion to approve it. The notoriety and visibility of the Bond cars — Aston Martin likes to say the DB5 is "the most famous car in the world" — attendance projections and the potential to introduce the museum to a much larger audience won over the board, she said.

  "We've already seen significant interest" in the show's first few weeks, Connors said. "Who doesn't love James Bond and his cars?"

  
  Founded with a mission to "preserve, interpret and exhibit automobiles and automotive artifacts," the museum owns a few vehicles and a small collection of memorabilia; New York-focused permanent exhibits are on the state's automotive industry — once boasting more than 100 manufacturers — and its racing industry. The museum uses its main ground-floor space for rotating exhibitions and has ongoing programs including a Distracted Driving Safety Initiative and automobile-restoration programs for local youth. It also each fall organizes the Saratoga Motorcar Auction, described as a "nationally acclaimed vintage and collector car auction" that is its biggest annual fundraiser. In addition, the museum underwrites exhibits and education with once-a-year sweepstakes of new vehicles; the latest is a Big Bend edition of a 2022 Ford Bronco.
  
  One of the founding members of the museum's board of directors was the legendary automotive journalist Brock Yates, who was editor of and later columnist for Car and Driver magazine. Yates also organized a coast-to-coast race known as the Cannonball Run and wrote the screenplay for the 1981 movie of the same name, which starred Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise, Farrah Fawcett and Roger Moore — who of course drove a silver Aston Martin DB5. (Moore never did in any of his seven Bond movies.)

  In the Casino Royale novel, Bond loses his beloved supercharged Bentley in a rollover wreck orchestrated by his nemesis Le Chiffre. Fleming's two sentences evoking the crash total 107 words, their propulsion driven in part by six uses of the word and; coincidentally, that's the same number of ands that are in the book's opening paragraph, excerpted above. It's a word that by its nature amplifies, continues. Likewise, James Bond keeps going. The most recent film, "No Time To Die," came out in September 2021. There's been no definitive word on who will play Bond, succeeding Daniel Craig's run as 007 in five movies over 15 years, starting in 2006.

  Speculating on the casting, an Esquire magazine headline mentioned candidates and said they "are all in the running for the keys to the DB5."
  
  
  Written By Barnes. Steve Barnes