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  October 19th
  
  1931: Ian Fleming begins his association with Reuters.

  

  Ian Fleming, Andrew Lycett, 1995.

  ...On 7 October Ian travelled along
  the Thames to the Reuters office on the Embankent at the end of
  Carmelite Street, close to Blackfriars Bridge. There, on the first floor, he
  was interviewed again, and then by Cecil Fleetwood May, a wireless technician
  who, following the introduction of the City ticker-tape three years earlier,
  was beginning to develop the business information side of the service.
  Both were impressed by the young man's qualities. Rickatson-Hiatt, a
  former Coldstream Guards officer, with a clipped moustache and a
  monacle, had worked with Associated Press in the United States and was
  keen to introduce AP's speed and efficiency to European news-gathering
  operations. He reported to Jones that Ian was "quite the right type and
  seemed most intelligent". He added, "After leaving Eton, he went to
  Sandhurst. He will therefore know the value and importance of discipline."
  Rickatson-Hiatt suggested that Ian should be hired initially on a trial basis
  for one month without pay.
  
  The aspiring young journalist started work at Reuters on Monday, 19
  October 1931. In the circumstances, Ian was particularly anxious to do
  well and within a couple of days Rickatson-Hiatt was commending the
  new recruit to Sir Roderick. His only negative comment was that Ian
  suffered from a slight Foreign Office "bum". He promised, however, that
  "you can depend on us to put some pep into him before many days have
  gone by." The Reuters chef also had Ian's praises heaped on him from
  another source. Ever mindful of her maternal duties, Eve Fleming wrote
  to thank him for taking her son on, gushing, "He has great character and
  is supposed to be very intelligent, though I ought not to say so!" She
  dissembled slightly when she said she was disappointed that Ian was
  not trying again for the Forein Office since he had never been expected
  to get in first time round.
  
  After his month's trial, Ian was judged a success and offered a permanent
  post at a salary of £150 a year. ...

  1931: Spy novelist John le Carré (David John Moore Cornwell) is born--Poole, Dorset, England.
  (He dies 12 December 2020 at age 89--Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro, England.

  

  Ian Fleming vs John Le Carré
  

  See the complete article here:
  

  https://www.intelligencesquared.com/events/ian-fleming-vs-john-le-carre-anthony-horowitz-and-david-farr/

  Listen to the podcast [link no longer active]
  
  Following the wild popularity of our previous cultural combat events, Intelligence Squared turned to the two giants of spy fiction. Which of them should wear the laurels?
  
  They are the titans of the spy novel, who have elevated thrillers to the level of literary fiction. Much imitated, much adapted by the big and small screens, Ian Fleming and John Le Carré have painted our picture of post-war espionage: Fleming through the dashing figure of James Bond, with his lush locations and Martinis as icy as his heart; Le Carré through his damning portrait of the British secret service drawn from his own time in MI5 and MI6. But which of the two novelists is the greater?
  
  In this thrilling contest, Fleming’s case was made by Anthony Horowitz, creator of the bestselling Alex Rider spy novels and author of the official Bond continuation novel Trigger Mortis. Championing Le Carré – whose memoir about his life as a former spy currently sits in the bestseller lists – was David Farr, Emmy-nominated screenwriter of the BBC’s adaptation of The Night Manager.

  ‘Fleming is one of the very few writers – Charles Dickens and JK Rowling might be two others – who have transcended fiction, who have created stories that capture a particular time and place, that are universally recognisable and that are, it would seem, immortal,’ says Horowitz. ‘George Smiley is a fascinating character. James Bond is an icon. That’s the difference.’

  By contrast, pointing to Le Carré’s own experiences in the secret service, Farr says: ‘John Le Carré turns espionage into existentialism. His canvas is betrayal — of the realm and of the heart. His greatness comes from the personal nature of that exploration.’
  
  To illustrate their arguments, Horowitz and Farr called on a cast of actors to bring the novels to life.
  
  Featuring
  Anthony Horowitz, Bestselling author
  David Farr. Screenwriter, playwright and director
  Simon Callo, Acclaimed actor, writer and director
  Matthew Lewis, Film, television and stage actor
  Alex Macqueen, One of the UK’s best known comedy actors
  Lesley Manville, Bafta-nominated film and theatre actress
  
  Chair
  Erica Wagner, Author and novelist

  Ian Fleming vs John le Carré (1:27:08)
  

  
  1964: Comic strip for Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang begins its run in The Daily Express. (Ends 23 October.)
  1966: You Only Live Twice films Bond getting married.
  
  1988: Licence to Kill films villain Sanchez explaining his caper.
  
  2005: IGN interviews Martin Campbell on Casino Royale.

  

  Interview: Campbell on Casino
  Royale
  The director talks Bond!

  https://uk.ign.com/articles/2005/10/19/interview-campbell-on-casino-royale
  By Jeff Otto | 19 Oct 2005 2:48 pm
  
  The James Bond news machine is heating up with the recent announcement (finally!) of the lead actor to portray Bond in Casino Royale, Daniel Craig. The film is to begin shooting soon and the release date is now set for November 17, 2006.
  
  This weekend IGN FilmForce had the chance to question Royale helmer Martin Campbell at the press day for his latest film, the upcoming Sony sequel Legend of Zorro, which releases on the 28th of this month.
  
  Though Campbell and everyone else involved is still remaining tight-lipped about the specifics of James Bonds' 21st big screen adventure (not counting the original Casino Royale or Never Say Never Again), Campbell answered as many questions as he could this weekend and shed at least a bit of light on the upcoming spy flick.

  
  Craig as Bond

  Q: Did you have any input in the selection of Mr. Craig?
  
  MARTIN CAMPBELL: Oh, yeah.
  
  
  Q. Is there going to be anything of the novel in the movie?
  
  CAMPBELL: A lot of it, yeah.
  
  Q: How are you going to handle the genital flogging scene from the book?
  
  CAMPBELL: Very interesting. You're the second person who's asked that. I think I'll do it in close up. (Laughs) There are a lot of women who will love that. I've got to get PG-13, so it's a very interesting dilemma.
  
  Q: Every time they have gone from a popular Bond and replaced him, the films have not been as successful. How do you avoid that?
  
  CAMPBELL: I dunno. You just do the best movie you can make. It's as simple as that.
  
  Q: Why do you think Craig will make a great Bond?
  
  CAMPBELL: Because, first of all, he's a great actor. And I think it's in Casino Royale, where Fleming said he looked like Hoagie Carmichael, which is a very interesting comparison. And he's a very interesting looking guy and I think he has all the attributes to make a grittier and tougher bond. A much more interesting – just different and more interesting in my view.
  
  Q[/b]: It seems every time they say that the story is overwhelmed by all those gadgets.
  
  CAMPBELL: Well, first of all there are no gadgets in the first one. So, how about that?
  
  Q: So is it mostly the title being used and the basic plot rather than specifics from the book?
  
  CAMPBELL: The only thing you can't use from the book – I don't know how many of you have read it – it was written in 1953 [and] was set against the Cold War. In fact, it was the first one that involves Smersh, and we've obviously had to change that. But, essentially the book remains pretty much in tact. The whole game takes place. La Chiffre is the bad guy, who was the bad guy there. Your genital whacking scene, whomever came up with that, that all remains. So, it's pretty much the last 2/3rds of the movie will be like the book. And Bond will fall in love with Vesper Lynd, as he does in the book. He's just got his 007 stripes when he gets into the story so he's got some rough edges on him to begin with and hopefully, by the end of it, he'll become the 007 we all know and love.

  
  Martin Campbell on the set of
  the first Zorro with Anthony Hopkins
  and Antonio Banderas

  Q: Does it restart the franchise?
  
  CAMPBELL: Yeah, I guess so.
  
  Q: Does this mean you start remaking the other movies?
  
  CAMPBELL: That's exactly the same question I asked them. When's the point you start re-making Dr. No? Who knows? No, this is the last book they are filming. Because, all the rest have been done.
  
  Q: Do you think the re-start of Batman Begins had to do with this?
  
  CAMPBELL: No, I think they always wanted to get the book and they never have been able to till just recently. Now they have the book. I think Cubby, Barbara, said Cubby always wanted to make the book. They made one. Not a good movie. A spoof with five bonds, which Ursula Andress was one, by the way.
  
  Q: Have you cast any of the new Bond girls?
  
  CAMPBELL: Not yet. We were more worried about casting Bond…
  
  Q: Is there a chance Judi Dench will return as M?
  
  CAMPBELL: Yeah, we're discussing that at the moment. Yeah, maybe.
  
  Q: Did you talk to Pierce about coming back?
  
  CAMPBELL: No, that wasn't my choice. That was over before I came into those discussions as they were.
  
  Q: When is it going to start?
  
  CAMPBELL: End of January. I hope!
  
  Q: Do they have a release date?
  
  CAMPBELL: Yes, November.

  2008: BBC airs the documentary Ian Fleming: Where Bond Began.
  
  2009: Joseph Wiseman dies at age 91--Manhattan, New York City, New York.
  (Born 15 May 1918--Montreal, Quebec, Canada.)

  

  Joseph Wiseman obituary

  See the complete article here:
  

  https://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/oct/20/joseph-wiseman-obituary

  Versatile character actor best remembered on screen as James
  Bond's adversary Dr No
  Ronald Bergan | Tue 20 Oct 2009 13.33 EDT

  

  ‘I thought it might be just another grade-B Charlie Chan mystery,’ said Wiseman of his role in Dr No.

  Despite the fact that Joseph Wiseman, who has died aged 91, appeared in dozens of movies and countless TV series and had only 20 minutes of screen time in Dr No (1962), it is for his performance in that film, as the eponymous adversary to James Bond in the first movie of the series, based on the books by Ian Fleming, that he will best be remembered.
  
  Dressed in a white Nehru jacket with a pair of shiny black, prosthetic hands, the result of a "misfortune", Wiseman was cool and calculating as the half-German, half-Chinese arch enemy of 007, played by Sean Connery, and one of the most effective of Bond villains. Dr Julius No is a member of Spectre – the Special Executive for Counterintelligence, Terrorism, Revenge, Extortion. "The four great cornerstones of power headed by the greatest brains in the world," he explains. "Correction. Criminal brains," says Bond. "A successful criminal brain is always superior. It has to be," retorts Dr No.
  
  Wiseman was fortunate that Noël Coward, a friend and neighbour of Fleming's in Jamaica, where the film was set, turned the role down, saying, "Doctor No? No. No. No." Of his most famous role, Wiseman said: "I had no idea what I was letting myself in for. I had no idea it would achieve the success it did. I know nothing about mysteries. I don't take to them. As far as I was concerned, I thought it might be just another grade-B Charlie Chan mystery."

  Wiseman was born in Montreal, Canada, and his family subsequently moved to the US. He started his acting career on stage in his late teens, making his Broadway debut as part of the ensemble in Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1938), with Raymond Massey in the title role. There followed parts in three plays by Maxwell Anderson: Journey to Jerusalem (1940), Candle in the Wind (1941) and Joan of Lorraine (1946), and he was the eunuch Mardian in Antony and Cleopatra (1947), directed by and starring Kathleen Cornell.
  
  But it was his role on stage in Sidney Kingsley's Detective Story (1949) that launched his film career, during which he typically played slightly crazy off-beat characters. Wiseman, in a loud striped suit, was both sleazy and comic as the lowlife burglar, becoming hysterical when interrogated by overzealous policeman Ralph Bellamy. He repeated the role in William Wyler's 1951 film version, starring Kirk Douglas, without toning down his manic stage performance.
  
  This coiled-up energy proved to be highly effective in Elia Kazan's Viva Zapata! (1952), in which he played the opportunistic journalist and agent provocateur who finally betrays Emiliano Zapata (Marlon Brando). He continued to steal scenes in two rather risible biblical epics, as an imposing priest in The Silver Chalice (1954), Paul Newman's debut picture, and as a wily beggar in The Prodigal (1955). Around the same time, Wiseman was able to reveal more of his talent on stage. He played Edmund to Louis Calhern's King Lear; the gangster Eddie Fuselli in a revival of Clifford Odets's Golden Boy (1952), and The Inquisitor in Jean Anouih's The Lark (1955), with Julie Harris as Joan of Arc.

  In 1960, returning to movies, Wiseman had a typically flashy role as a one-eyed, deranged itinerant evangelist armed with the "Sword of God" in John Huston's western The Unforgiven. Then, in 1962, came The Happy Thieves, in which, third-billed after Rita Hayworth and Rex Harrison, he seemed to have some fun as a master forger, and the infamous Dr No. It was six years before Wiseman made another movie.

  Making up for lost time, he appeared in seven films within a few years. Apart from playing ruthless Italian gangsters in Stiletto (1969) and The Valachi Papers (1972), Wiseman created a niche for himself portraying a variety of Jewish characters. In The Night They Raided Minsky's (1968), Wiseman is the bemused Jewish owner of the notorious burlesque theatre, who disapproves of his son's introducing striptease.
  
  Bye Bye Braverman (1968) saw him as a pedantic lecturer on his way to a friend's funeral. Of his performance, Time magazine wrote that Wiseman "wears an expression of perpetual disgust, as if he were forever smelling fried ham … What picture there is for stealing is burgled by Wiseman with his portrayal of a stereotypical littérateur … As lofty as Edmund Wilson, he pronounces Jehovah-like judgments on literature and humanity."
  
  Back in Canada for The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974), Wiseman played a Trotskyite owner of a blouse factory, who calls his nephew (Richard Dreyfuss) "a pushy Jewish boy".
  
  On Broadway, Wiseman originated the role of LeDuc, a Jewish psychotherapist, in Arthur Miller's Incident at Vichy (1964), who asserts that "the Jew is only the name we give to that stranger within everyone". Also on Broadway was his Drama Desk award-winning performance in the title role of In the Matter of J Robert Oppenheimer (1969).
  
  Wiseman continued to be active on television throughout his career, notably in Crime Story (1986-88) as the menacing gang boss Manny Weisbord. In his later years, Wiseman would often give readings of Yiddish writers, and his last stage performance was in 2002 at a gala concert called Yiddish in America at the New York town hall. His last Broadway appearance had been the previous year, as a prosecution witness in Abby Mann's stage adaptation of his film drama Judgment at Nuremberg.
  
  Wiseman's first marriage, to Nell Kennard, ended in divorce, and he is survived by his daughter, Martha, by that marriage, and his sister Ruth. His second wife, the dancer, teacher and choreographer Pearl Lang, died last February.
  
  •Joseph Wiseman, actor, born 15 May 1918; died 19 October 2009

  
  Joseph Wiseman (1918–2009)
  https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0936476/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1
  
  Filmography

  Actor (95 credits)
  
  1996 Law & Order (TV Series) - Seymour Bergreen
  - Family Business (1996) ... Seymour Bergreen
  1994 A Passover Seder (Video short) - Grandfather
  1994 L.A. Law (TV Series) - Isidore Schoen
  - Finish Line (1994) ... Isidore Schoen
  1992 Civil Wars (TV Series) - Julius Schiff
  - For Better or Perverse (1992) ... Julius Schiff
  
  1989 MacGyver (TV Series) - Joe Catano
  - The Battle of Tommy Giordano (1989) ... Joe Catano
  1988 Lady Mobster (TV Movie) - Victor Castle
  1986-1988 Crime Story (TV Series) - Manny Weisbord
  - The Hearings (1988) ... Manny Weisbord
  - Last Rites (1988) ... Manny Weisbord
  - Little Girl Lost (1987) ... Manny Weisbord
  - Shockwaves (1987) ... Manny Weisbord
  - Atomic Fallout (1987) ... Manny Weisbord
  ... 18 episodes
  1986 Seize the Day - Dr. Adler
  1985 The Equalizer (TV Series) - Eddie Vanessi
  - The Confirmation Day (1985) ... Eddie Vanessi
  1984 The A-Team (TV Series) - Zeke Westerland
  - The Bells of St. Mary's (1984) ... Zeke Westerland
  1984 American Playhouse (TV Series) - Judge Leopold Wapter
  - The Ghost Writer (1984) ... Judge Leopold Wapter
  1983 Rage of Angels (TV Movie) - Antonio Granelli
  1983 Magnum, P.I. (TV Series) - Dr. Albert Tessa
  - Birdman of Budapest (1983) ... Dr. Albert Tessa
  1981 The Greatest American Hero (TV Series) - James J. Beck
  - Don't Mess Around with Jim (1981) ... James J. Beck
  1981 Masada (TV Mini-Series) - Jerahmeel, Head Essene
  - Part IV (1981) ... Jerahmeel, Head Essene
  - Part III (1981) ... Jerahmeel, Head Essene
  - Part II (1981) ... Jerahmeel, Head Essene
  - Part I (1981) ... Jerahmeel, Head Essene
  1980 Freebie and the Bean (TV Series) - Dr. Dorf
  - Health Nuts (1980) ... Dr. Dorf
  
  1979 Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (TV Series) - Carl Morphus
  - Vegas in Space (1979) ... Carl Morphus
  1979 Jaguar Lives! - Ben Ashir
  1979 Buck Rogers in the 25th Century - King Draco
  1978 The Betsy - Jake / Angelo's uncle
  1977 Murder at the World Series (TV Movie) - Sam Druckman
  1976 The Streets of San Francisco (TV Series) - Barbado
  - The Thrill Killers: Part 2 (1976) ... Barbado
  - The Thrill Killers: Part 1 (1976) ... Barbado
  1975 Journey Into Fear - Colonel Haki
  1975 Zalmen: or, The Madness of God (TV Movie) - Rabbi
  1974 QB VII (TV Mini-Series) - Morris Cady
  - Part One & Two (1974) ... Morris Cady
  1974 The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz - Uncle Benjy
  1974 The Suicide Club (TV Movie)
  1974 Men of the Dragon (TV Movie) - Balashev
  1974 The Magician (TV Series) - Hon Chi Kai
  - The Illusion of the Lost Dragon (1974) ... Hon Chi Kai
  1973 If I Had a Million (TV Movie)
  1971-1973 The F.B.I. (TV Series) - Gilford / Big Julio
  - The Pay-Off (1973) ... Gilford
  - Bitter Harbor (1971) ... Big Julio
  1973 Nightside (TV Movie) - Grudin
  1973 The Wide World of Mystery (TV Series) - Mr. Silverado
  - Suicide Club (1973) ... Mr. Silverado
  1972 Pursuit (TV Movie) - Dr. Nordman
  1972 McCloud (TV Series) - Paul Rudell / Stephen Rudensky
  - Fifth Man in a String Quartet (1972) ... Paul Rudell / Stephen Rudensky
  1972 O'Hara, U.S. Treasury (TV Series) - Armand Pringle
  - Operation: White Fire (1972) ... Armand Pringle
  1972 The Valachi Papers - Salvatore Maranzano
  1971 Lawman - Lucas
  1970 Night Gallery (TV Series) - Jacob Bauman (segment "Room with a View")
  - Room with a View/The Little Black Bag/The Nature of the Enemy (1970) ... Jacob Bauman (segment "Room with a View")
  1970 NET Playhouse (TV Series) - Lev
  - They Have Taken Over (1970) ... Lev
  1970 The Mask of Sheba (TV Movie) - Fandil Bondalok
  
  1969 Stiletto - Emilio Matteo
  1968 The Night They Raided Minsky's - Louis Minsky
  1968 The Counterfeit Killer - Rajeski
  1968 Bye Bye Braverman - Felix Ottensteen
  1967 The Outsider (TV Movie) - Ernest Grimes
  1967 Coronet Blue (TV Series) - Rudi Nateseh
  - The Presence of Evil (1967) ... Rudi Nateseh
  1966 T.H.E. Cat (TV Series) - Prince Nicky Cavalcante
  - The System (1966) ... Prince Nicky Cavalcante
  1966 Preview Tonight (TV Series) - Pharaoh
  - Great Bible Adventures: Seven Rich Years and Seven Lean (1966) ... Pharaoh
  1966 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (TV Series) - Rajeski
  - The Faceless Man (1966) ... Rajeski
  1966 The Legend of Jesse James (TV Series) - Captain Hammel
  - The Last Stand of Captain Hammel (1966) ... Captain Hammel
  1964 Wagon Train (TV Series) - Jim Case
  - The Santiago Quesada Story (1964) ... Jim Case
  1963-1964 Quest (TV Series) - Eli Peck
  - Eli, the Fanatic (1964) ... Eli Peck
  - Eulogy (1963)
  1962 Dr. No - Dr. No
  1962 The New Breed (TV Series) - Clayton Grimes
  - Wherefore Art Thou, Romeo? (1962) ... Clayton Grimes
  1962 The Twilight Zone (TV Series) - Paul Radin
  - One More Pallbearer (1962) ... Paul Radin
  1961 The Happy Thieves - Jean Marie Calbert
  1961 Festival (TV Series) - Prisoner / Messenger
  - The Police (1961) ... Prisoner
  - The Dybbuk (1961) ... Messenger
  1960-1961 The Untouchables (TV Series) - Russell Shield / Albert Maris
  - The Antidote (1961) ... Russell Shield
  - The Tommy Karpeles Story (1960) ... Albert Maris
  1961 General Electric Theater (TV Series) - Manson
  - A Possibility of Oil (1961) ... Manson
  1960 The Westerner (TV Series) - 'Serafin'
  - Ghost of a Chance (1960) ... 'Serafin'
  1958-1960 Shirley Temple's Storybook (TV Series) - Lurgan / Sorcerer
  - Kim (1960) ... Lurgan
  - The Wild Swans (1958) ... Sorcerer
  1960 The Unforgiven - Abe Kelsey
  1960 CBS Repertoire Workshop (TV Series) - Anton
  - Tessie Malfitano and Anton Waldek (1960) ... Anton
  
  1959 Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (TV Series) - Lepke Buchalter
  - Lepke (1959) ... Lepke Buchalter
  1959 Adventures in Paradise (TV Series) - Torok
  - The Derelict (1959) ... Torok
  1956-1959 The Joseph Cotten Show: On Trial (TV Series) - Max Gebler / Antonio
  - False Alarm (1959) ... Max Gebler
  - Twice in Peril (1956) ... Antonio
  1959 The Loretta Young Show (TV Series) - Dr. Newland
  - Mr. Wilson's Wife: Part 2 (1959) ... Dr. Newland
  - Mr. Wilson's Wife: Part 1 (1959) ... Dr. Newland
  1958 Rendezvous (TV Series) - - Alone (1958)
  1958 Schlitz Playhouse (TV Series) - Max Gebler
  - False Alarm (1958) ... Max Gebler
  1958 Matinee Theatre (TV Series) - Hosea
  - The Prophet Hosea (1958) ... Hosea
  1957 Suspicion (TV Series)
  - The Deadly Game (1957)
  1957 The Garment Jungle - George Kovan
  1957 Studio 57 (TV Series)
  - You Take Ballistics (1957)
  1956 Three Brave Men - Jim Barron
  1956 Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre (TV Series) - Will Prentiss
  - The Marked Bullet (1956) ... Will Prentiss
  1955 Producers' Showcase (TV Series)
  - Darkness at Noon (1955)
  1954-1955 Ponds Theater (TV Series) - Death
  - Billy Budd (1955)
  - Death Takes a Holiday (1954) ... Death
  - Arrowsmith (1954)
  1955 The Prodigal - Carmish
  1954 The Silver Chalice - Mijamin
  1954 Justice (TV Series) - Vincent Wilbec
  - Terror on the Tracks (1954) ... Vincent Wilbec
  1954 Inner Sanctum (TV Series) - Insurance Inspector
  - Ghost Mail (1954) ... Insurance Inspector
  1954 Medallion Theatre (TV Series)
  - Contact with the West (1954)
  1950-1954 Suspense (TV Series)
  - The Fourth Degree (1954)
  - Criminals Mark (1950)
  1953 The Motorola Television Hour (TV Series) - Baroff
  - Brandenburg Gate (1953) ... Baroff
  1953 Armstrong Circle Theatre (TV Series)
  - Tour of Duty (1953)
  1953 Champ for a Day - Dominic Guido
  1953 Danger (TV Series)
  - Circus Story (1953)
  1953 Tales of Tomorrow (TV Series)
  - Lazarus Walks (1953)
  - The Squeeze Play (1953)
  1952 Frontiers of Faith (TV Series)
  - As a Wind That Blows (1952)
  1952 Les Miserables - Genflou
  1951-1952 Lights Out (TV Series) - The Croupier
  - Man in the Dark (1952)
  - The Deal (1951) ... The Croupier
  1952 Viva Zapata! - Fernando Aguirre
  1951 Detective Story - Charley Gennini
  1950 With These Hands - Mike Deleo

  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  2010: Clement Graham Crowden dies at age 87--Edinburgh, Scotland.
  (Born 30 November 1922--Edinburgh, Scotland.)

  

  Graham Crowden (1922–2010)

  Actor | Soundtrack
  https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0189561/
  

  
  
  

  2010: During pre-production, writer Peter Morgan exits the BOND 23 project leaving an unfinished film treatment.
  
  2016: Dynamite Comics releases James Bond #11 Eidolon Chapter 5.
  Jason Masters, artist. Warren Ellis, writer.

  

  JAMES BOND #11

  https://www.dynamite.com/htmlfiles/viewProduct.html?PRO=C72513024181811011
  Cover: Dom Reardon
  Writer: Warren Ellis
  Art: Jason Masters
  Genre: Action/Adventure, Media Tie-In
  Publication Date: October 2016
  Format: Comic Book
  Page Count: 32 pages
  ON SALE DATE: 10/19

  EIDOLON, CHAPTER 5: Eidolon have M and Moneypenny, in a remote safehouse, with no hope of backup, no aid on the way, and no sign of James Bond. Fear and paranoia and the collapse of governmental structure are in sight. Britain is going back to the Dark Ages and SPECTRE, finally, have won.

  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  2021: Dynamite Entertainment releases James Bond - Big Things in hardcover, collects James Bond 1 - 6 (2019).
  Eric Gapstur, Erica D'Urso, Brent Peeples, Marco Renna, artists. Vita Ayala, Danny Lore, writers.

  

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  https://www.comicon.com/2021/10/03/enjoy-our-colossal-twenty-two-page-preview-for-dynamite-comics-james-bond-big-things-hc/
  by Olly MacNamee
  
  Cover by Jim Cheung
  Written by Vita Ayala, Danny Lore
  Art by Eric Gapstur

  “When a priceless piece of art is found to be fake, investigations lead down a rabbit hole of international crime and corruption. But what the hell does James Bond know about the world of art forgery?
  
  Agent 007 is a loner, by nature. But finally, he accepts that he needs help. But will trusting someone else help his mission…or lead to the deaths of innocents?

  Collects issues #1-#6 of James Bond (2019).”

  
  https://www.comicon.com/2021/10/03/enjoy-our-colossal-twenty-two-page-preview-for-dynamite-comics
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  2021: Leslie Bricusse dies at age 90--Saint Paul de Vence, France.
  (Born 29 January 1931--Pinner, Greater London, England.)

  

  Leslie Bricusse, OBE

  See the complete article here:
  

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

  Leslie Bricusse, OBE (29 January 1931 – 19 October 2021) was a British composer, lyricist, and playwright who worked on theater musicals and wrote theme music for films. He was best known for writing the music and lyrics for the films Doctor Dolittle, Goodbye, Mr. Chips, Scrooge, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, Tom and Jerry: The Movie, the songs "Goldfinger", "You Only Live Twice", "Can You Read My Mind (Love Theme)" (with John Williams) from Superman, and "Le Jazz Hot!" with Henry Mancini from Victor/Victoria.
  
  Early life and education
  Born in Pinner, Middlesex (now a northwest London suburb), Bricusse was educated at University College School in London and then at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. While at Cambridge, he was Secretary of Footlights between 1952 and 1953 and Footlights President during the following year.
  
  Career
  In the 1960s and 1970s, Bricusse enjoyed a fruitful partnership with Anthony Newley. They wrote the musical Stop the World – I Want to Get Off (1961), which was the basis for 1966 film version. Also in collaboration with Newley, Bricusse wrote the show The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd (1965) and music for the film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971), based on the children's book by Roald Dahl. For the latter, they received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song Score. When he collaborated with Newley, the two men referred to themselves as the team of "Brickman and Newburg", with "Newburg" concentrating mainly on the music and "Brickman" on the lyrics. Ian Fraser often did their arrangements.
  
  Working solely as a lyricist, he collaborated with composer Cyril Ornadel on Pickwick (1963), based on Charles Dickens' The Pickwick Papers, a successful vehicle for Harry Secombe. His later collaborators included with Henry Mancini (Victor/Victoria in 1982 and Tom and Jerry: The Movie in 1992) and John Williams (Hook in 1991). As composer and lyricist he scored the film, Doctor Dolittle (1967), which flopped at the box-office, receiving an Academy Award for Best Original Song ("Talk to the Animals"), and Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969).

  Sammy Davis Jr. had hits with two songs by Bricusse, "What Kind of Fool Am I?" (from Stop the World - I Want to Get Off) and "The Candy Man" (from Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory) which became a No. 1 hit. Other recording artists who recorded successful versions of his songs include Nina Simone ("Feeling Good"), Matt Monro and Frank Sinatra ("My Kind of Girl"), Shirley Bassey ("Goldfinger"), Harry Secombe ("If I Ruled the World"), Nancy Sinatra ("You Only Live Twice"), The Turtles ("A Guide for the Married Man"), Maureen McGovern ("Can You Read My Mind"), and Diana Krall ("When I Look in Your Eyes"). Bricusse partnered with George Tipton to write the opening theme of the U.S. television sitcom It's a Living.

  Pure Imagination: The World of Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse, devised and directed by Bruce Kimmel, opened at the Pacific Resident Theatre in Venice, California, on 7 December 2013. In 2015, it went to the St James Theatre, London.
  
  On 29 October 2001, Bricusse received an OBE for services to the film industry and the theatre from Queen Elizabeth II at a Buckingham Palace investiture ceremony.
  Personal life
  
  Bricusse resided in California and was married to actress Yvonne Romain[8] and had a son, Adam.
  
  Bricusse died on 19 October 2021 in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France at the age of 90.[9][10]
  
  Works
  Musicals
  Stop the World – I Want to Get Off (with Anthony Newley) (1961) – includes "Once in a Lifetime" and "What Kind of Fool Am I?"
  Pickwick – with Cyril Ornadel (1963)
  The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd (with Newley) (1965) – includes "Who Can I Turn to (When Nobody Needs Me)?" and "Feeling Good"
  Doctor Dolittle (1967) – includes "Talk to the Animals"
  Sweet November (with Newley)
  Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969)
  
  Scrooge (with Ian Fraser; Herbert W. Spencer, 1970) – includes "Thank You Very Much"
  Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (with Newley, 1971)
  Beyond the Rainbow (lyrics only, 1978)[14]
  The Good Old Bad Old Days (with Newley, 1974)
  Peter Pan (television, with Newley, 1976)
  
  Victor Victoria (film with Henry Mancini, 1982)
  Babes in Toyland (1986 film) (with Newley, 1986)
  Sherlock Holmes: The Musical – book, music, and lyrics by Bricusse (1989)
  
  Hook (with John Williams) (1991) – includes "When You're Alone"
  Jekyll & Hyde (lyrics only, 1990/1994/1997)
  Scrooge (1992 stage musical)
  Victor/Victoria (1995 Broadway musical)
  Doctor Dolittle (1998 stage musical)
  
  Cyrano (2009, Tokyo, with Frank Wildhorn)
  Sammy (2009) – Old Globe Theatre
  
  Songs
  Source:
  "Out of Town" with Robin Beaumont (1956)
  
  "My Kind of Girl" (1961)
  "What Kind of Fool Am I?" with Anthony Newley (1963)
  "Who Can I Turn To" with Anthony Newley (1964)
  "Feeling Good" with Anthony Newley (1964)
  "Goldfinger" (with John Barry and Anthony Newley) from Goldfinger (1964)
  "A Guide for the Married Man" (with John Williams) from the film A Guide for the Married Man (1967)
  "You Only Live Twice" (with Barry) from You Only Live Twice (1967)
  "Two for the Road" (with Henry Mancini) from Two for the Road (1967)
  "Talk to the Animals" from Doctor Dolittle (1967)
  "Your Zowie Face" for film In Like Flint, music by Jerry Goldsmith (1967)
  "Fill The World With Love" from Goodbye Mr. Chips (1968) originally sung by Petula Clark and also popularised by Richard Harris
  "You and I" from Goodbye Mr. Chips (1968) sung by Petula Clark, Barbara Cook, and Michael Feinstein
  
  "Thank You Very Much" from Scrooge (1970)
  "Candy Man" and "Pure Imagination" (with Newley) from Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
  "Can You Read My Mind (Love Theme)" (with John Williams) from Superman (1978)
  "Move Em Out" (with Henry Mancini) from Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978)
  
  "Le Jazz Hot!" with Henry Mancini from Victor/Victoria (1982)
  "Making Toys", "Every Christmas Eve/Santa's Theme (Giving)", "It's Christmas Again", "Patch! Natch!" and "Thank You, Santa!" (with Henry Mancini) from Santa Claus: The Movie (1985)
  "Life in a Looking Glass" (with Henry Mancini) from That's Life! (1986)
  
  "Somewhere in My Memory" from Home Alone (with John Williams) (1990)
  "When You're Alone", "We Don't Wanna Grow Up" from Hook (with John Williams) (1991)
  "Christmas at Hogwarts" (with John Williams) in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.
  "The Perfect Song" (with Andrew Lloyd Webber) for Michael Ball.
  
  Awards
  Academy Award
  Best Original Song, 1968 – "Talk to the Animals"
  Best Adaptation and Original Song Score, 1982 - Victor/Victoria
  Grammy Award
  Song of the Year, 1963 – "What Kind of Fool Am I"
  Songwriters Hall of Fame[18]
  
  Nominations
  Tony Award
  Best Musical, 1963 – Stop the World – I Want to Get Off
  Tony Award for Best Score, 1963 – "Stop the World – I Want to Get Off"
  Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical, 1963 – "Stop the World – I Want to Get Off"
  Tony Award for Best Score of a Musical, 1965 – "The Roar of Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd"
  Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical, 1997 – "Jekyll & Hyde"
  Academy Awards
  Original Music Score, 1967 – Doctor Dolittle
  Original Music Score, 1969 – Goodbye, Mr. Chips
  Original Song Score, 1970 – Scrooge
  Best Original Song, 1970 – "Thank You Very Much"
  Best Adaptation and Original Song Score, 1971 – Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
  Best Original Song, 1986 – "Life in a Looking Glass"
  Best Original Song, 1990 – "Somewhere in My Memory"
  Best Original Song, 1991 – "When You're Alone"
  Golden Raspberry Award
  Worst 'Original' Song, 1986 – "Life in a Looking Glass" (lyrics)

  
  
  
  
  
  

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  October 20th
  
  1955: Thomas Newman is born--Los Angeles, California.
  1956: Danny Boyle is born--Radcliffe, Bury, Greater Manchester, England.
  
  1957: The Sunday Times ends its six week serialization of Ian Fleming's The Diamond Smugglers, started 15 September.
  1959: Ian Fleming writes to fan Eunice Jenkins in Hong Kong.

  

  Sale 2543 - Lot 188

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  1997: Ronald Lawrence Morisco-Tarr (Ron Tarr) dies at age 60--Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, England
  (Born 14 November 1936--Municipal Borough of Willesden, Middlesex, England.)

  

  Ron Tarr (1936–1997)

  Actor | Miscellaneous Crew
  https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0850611/
  

  
  A View to a Kill
  
  

  1999: Garbage introduces "The World Is Not Enough" during a University of Denver concert. The same day MTV screens its documentary Making the Video, then premieres it.

  Garbage, Making the World Is Not Enough, 1999
  
  The World Is Not Enough - Official Video, 1999 (4:03)
  

  
  2001: Geoffrey Boothroyd dies--UK.
  (Born 1925--Blackpool, England.)

  

  Geoffrey Boothroyd

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Boothroyd
  
  Geoffrey Boothroyd (1925 – 20 October 2001) was a British firearms expert and author of several standard reference works on the subject. He gave weapons advice to James Bond author Ian Fleming, who named the character Major Boothroyd after him as a result. He was born in Blackpool. Beginning with A Guide to Gun Collecting and Guns Through the Ages (both 1961) to The British Over and Under Shotgun co-authored with Susan Boothroyd (2004), Boothroyd was a prolific author on the subject of firearms.

  Whilst employed with Imperial Chemical Industries, an ammunition manufacturer, Boothroyd wrote a letter to Fleming professing admiration for the character of James Bond, but not his choice of weapons, particularly the .25 calibre Beretta. Fleming responded to Boothroyd, and their correspondence about weaponry has been reprinted in various places. As a result of the correspondence Fleming gave Bond a 7.65mm Walther PPK pistol in Dr. No and created a character named "Major Boothroyd" in the novel (the real Boothroyd held no such rank). Prior to the correspondence Fleming is reported to have thought the subject of guns to be rather dull and uninteresting. Boothroyd advised Fleming on the use of silencers and suggested various firearms for use by Bond and other characters.
  
  Boothroyd provided illustrator Richard Chopping with his own .38 Smith & Wesson snubnosed revolver, modified with one third of the trigger guard removed, to meet Fleming's wish for a design incorporating a pistol and a rose for the first edition cover of From Russia, with Love. Boothroyd had to assist the police with their enquiries when a similar weapon was used in a triple murder in Glasgow explaining that his weapon had been posted to Ian Fleming for a book cover. Peter Manuel was later arrested, convicted and executed for the murder.
  
  In the first Bond film, Dr. No, Major Boothroyd, portrayed by Peter Burton, recreates the scene from the novel. Geoffrey Boothroyd appeared as himself in a short film The Guns of James Bond available on the Dr. No Ultimate Edition DVD.

  

  Geoffrey Boothroyd

  https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2508719/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1
  
  Filmography

  Self (1 credit)
  
  1964 The Guns of James Bond (Documentary short) - Himself
  
  Archive footage (2 credits)
  
  2015 Timeshift (TV Series documentary) - Himself - Armourer 'Q'
  - Looking for Mr Bond: 007 at the BBC (2015) ... Himself - Armourer 'Q'
  2008 Ian Fleming: Where Bond Began (TV Movie documentary) - Himself

  1964 Time Out - The Guns of James Bond (5:08 clip)
  

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  S.H.I.E.L.D. Boothroyd
  

  2008: "Another Way to Die" single released in Europe.
  
  2012: The "Skyfall" single enters the Billboard Hot 100 at #8.
  
  2021: The Petersen Automotive Museum displays James Bond vehicles at Los Angeles, California.

  

  Design | Tim Lappen
  Petersen Automotive Museum
  Showcasing James Bond Vehicles

  See the complete article here:
  

  https://beverlyhillscourier.com/2021/10/17/petersen-automotive-museum-showcasing-james-bond-vehicles/

  I was lucky enough to have a pre-opening private preview of the newest exhibit at the
  Petersen Automotive Museum, an incredible display of over 20 screen-used vehicles
  from many James Bond 007 films over the past six decades.
  BY Tim Lappen October 17, 2021
  

  
  2008 Aston Martin DBS destroyed in "Quantum of Solace"

  The Courier’s Fine Autos Contributor, Tim Lappen, is the Fine Autos Editor for Haute Living, Haute Time, Haute Residence and Haute Auto and a partner in a Century City law firm, where he chairs his firm’s Family Office Group and the Luxury Home Group. He can be reached at [email protected] and his website is www.LifeInTheFastLane.org.
  
  I was lucky enough to have a pre-opening private preview of the newest exhibit at the Petersen Automotive Museum, an incredible display of over 20 screen-used vehicles from many James Bond 007 films over the past six decades. I have to say that, especially after viewing the seriously thrashed Aston Martin DBS from “Quantum of Solace” and then taking in the beauty of the Aston Martin DB10 (a model only made for the Bond film “Spectre”), the experience left me both shaken and stirred. (Sorry, I couldn’t resist.)
  
  First, an admission – I love the James Bond stories and started reading them not that long after Ian Fleming started creating them in the early 1950s. Bond was like Superman to me but, of course, the cars were far better. The stories were fantastical, for sure, but the special effects of the films – well, the opening credits alone were worth the price of admission.

  
  2008 Aston Martin DBS destroyed in “Quantum of Solace”

  But even with today’s computer-generated images (“CGI”), some of the best effects come from at least some of the scenes being generated IRL (in real life). And the newest Petersen exhibit shows us some pretty amazing vehicles, which mostly were created solely so that they could be used in (and often destroyed by) the making of the movie.

  
  2015 Aston Martin DB10, made only for “Spectre” (DB10s were not sold to the public)

  The Museum’s exhibit, which is being billed as “The Largest Official Bond Car Display!” is entitled “Bond In Motion.” It is the official collection of original James Bond vehicles and is produced in collaboration with EON Production and the Ian Fleming Foundation. It is scheduled to run through October 20, 2022. Museum visitors can experience the exhibit without any extra charge over and above their entrance ticket.

  
  1985 Aston Martin V8 Vantage (with skis!) from “The Living Daylights”

  And what a terrific assemblage of special vehicles it is (no surprise there). Most of the cars are Aston Martins (again, not a shocker) with a smattering of others, like a few BMW cars and bikes, plus a Jaguar which was driven by the bad guy (“Zao”) in “Die Another Day,” in the incredible chase scene across a frozen lake. Luckily (especially for the audience), both Bond’s Aston and Zao’s cars had special weaponry, like rockets, a Gatling gun and more. There was one very special trick —Bond’s Aston featured a disappearing technique that allowed the car to become invisible as long as the option was enabled. Who wouldn’t want that on occasion?
  
  A big part of what makes this exhibit so special is that each vehicle (there are also some motorcycles, boats, submersibles and those flying machines that enabled 007 to engage in all of those chases and escapes) is accompanied by a repeating loop of film in which the vehicle was seen. These terrific visual components help even those of us who were and are big fans remember how the vehicle was used in the movie. It’s a great feature and makes the exhibit really interesting.

  
  1964 Aston Martin DB5 like the one modified for “Goldfinger”

  Of course, no article about the Bond cars would be complete without a big mention of the 1964 Aston Martin DB5, which made its debut in the movie “Goldfinger.” The unprecedented gadgetry includes gun barrels which could be used after flipping down the front turn-signal indicators, a three-way revolving license place, a smokescreen generator, an oil slick creation device and a bullet shield behind the rear window. The main attraction in this car—and the feature which ushered in major trickery and cleverness in the Bond franchise —was the ejection seat which, when one flipped open the gearshift knob and hit the button, launched the passenger into the wild blue yonder.
  
  Want to see the latest and greatest Bond vehicles? The 25th film in the James Bond franchise, “No Time To Die,” is now showing.

  
  2002 Jaguar XKR driven by the villain in “Die Another Day”

  The Petersen Museum is right on the corner of Wilshire and Fairfax Boulevards, literally across the street from the just-opened Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.
  
  Here are some of the many vehicles featured in this special exhibit but the show is so grand that only a part of the exhibit could be showcased here.
  
  All photos by ted7

  
  
  
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  October 21st
  
  1945: Everett McGill is born--Miami Beach, Florida.
  
  1954: The CBS anthology series Climax! airs the live television production of Casino Royale featuring American CIA Agent Jimmy Bond, British Agent Clarence Leiter, and Bond Girl Valerie Mathis.

  

  Casino Royale

  William H. Brown... Director
  Ian Fleming ... source novel
  Antony Ellis, Charles Bennett... writers for television

  Cast
  Barry Nelson ... James Bond
  Peter Lorre ... Le Chiffre
  Linda Christian ... Valerie Mathis
  Michael Pate ... Clarence Leiter
  William Lundigan ... Himself - Host
  Music by Jerry Goldsmith

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Climax! Casino Royale (TV-1954) JAMES BOND (51:49)
  

  
  1959: Ivar Bryce gives feedback to Fleming on his not being present for future filming.

  

  The Battle for Bond, Robert Sellers, 2007.
  Chapter 10 - Money Problems

  Bryce's response to Fleming's revelations that he might not be on hand for
  the shooting arrived on 21 October. "The time you are essential is obviously
  during preparation of the script. Even if Whittingham writes every word, you
  really must be within reach for overall decisions. I think once that is over, you
  needn't be there at all, expect for fun. I personally think the Nassau shooting
  should be from mid-April to June, when the weather is much the most reliable,
  and when Nassau costs of living are quart of 'season' costs."
  
  Whittingham, too was expecting to work closely with Fleming and was
  more than surprised when he instead grabbed a portable typewriter, visas and a
  round-the-world suit with concealed money pockets and hopped on a BOAC
  Comet bound for Hong Kong to begin a five-week tour round the world. The
  Sunday Times wanted Fleming to write series entitled "The Six Wicked
  Cities - observations on places like Las Vegas, Tokyo and Las Angeles.
  Fleming confessed to being the world's worst sightseer and that he had "often
  advocated the provision of roller-skates at the doors of museums and art
  galleries." But his editor argued that such a trip would be a perfect opportunity
  to pick up material for future Bond stories. Indeed Fleming's Tokyo visit, his
  first, led to an enthusiasm, for Japan and his decision to later use it as the
  location for You Only Live Twice.

  

  
  1965: Original premiere date planned for Thunderball at the Odeon. Leicester Square.
  (Postponed due to delays in post-production.)
  1968: Principal photography begins at Piz Gloria, Canton of Bern, Switzerland. With the restaurant still in development, the production paid for electricity, airlifts, and the construction of the helipad.
  
  1972: James Bond comic strip Isle of Condors finishes its run. (Started 12 June 1972. 1952–2065)
  Yaroslav Horak, artist. Jim Lawrence, writer.

  https://www.popoptiq.com/isle-of-condors/
  
  
  
  https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/comics/ioc.php3
  
  
  Swedish Semic Comic
  https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/comics/semic_1974.php3?s=comics&id=01800

  Kondorernas ö
  (Isle of Condors)
  

  
  Swedish Semic Comic
  https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/comics/semic_1981.php3

  Kondorernas ö
  (Isle of Condors)
  

  
  Danish http://www.bond-o-rama.dk/en/jb007-dk-no-28-1974/

  James Bond Agent 007 no. 28:
  “Isle of Condors” (1974)
  "Kondorernes ø"
  
  

  1976: Andrew Scott is born--Dublin, Ireland.
  
  1984: Marc Zinga is born in Likasi, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
  
  1987: Bob Simmons dies at age 65.
  (Born 31 March 1922--Fullham, London, England.)

  

  Bob Simmons (stunt man)

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Simmons_(stunt_man)

  
  Bob Simmons as James Bond 007 in the gun
  barrel sequence featured in the movies Dr. No,
  From Russia with Love, and Goldfinger

  Bob Simmons (Fulham, London, England, 31 March 1922 – 21 October 1987) was an English actor and stunt man, best known for his work in many British made films, most notably the James Bond series.
  
  Biography
  Simmons was a former Army Physical Training Instructor at Royal Military Academy Sandhurst who had initially planned to be an actor, but thought a career in performing stunts would be more lucrative and interesting. Simmons first worked for Albert R. Broccoli and Irving Allen's Warwick Films on the film The Red Beret, that included future Bond film regulars director Terence Young, screenwriter Richard Maibaum and cameraman, later director of photography Ted Moore. Simmons later worked in many other Warwick Films, and worked for Allen in his The Long Ships and Genghis Khan, where he had his eye injured when kicked by a horse.

  When Albert R. Broccoli began to produce the James Bond films, Simmons tested as an actor for the Bond role, but until his death in 1987, he became the stunt coordinator for every Bond film except From Russia with Love, which he joined later in the production, On Her Majesty's Secret Service and The Man with the Golden Gun. He appeared in the gun barrel sequence for Sean Connery in three James Bond films: Dr. No, From Russia with Love, and Goldfinger. Simmons is the only person to officially perform the scene, while not starring in the main role as James Bond. Simmons also had a role as SPECTRE agent Jacques Bouvar in the pre-title sequence of the fourth film, Thunderball.
  
  Simmons developed a stunt technique involving trampolines, first used in You Only Live Twice, whereby stuntmen would bounce off a trampoline in concert with a triggered explosion so as to simulate being blown into the air. This was used in many other films, including by Simmons again in The Wild Geese, where Simmons also doubled for Richard Burton.
  
  Upon retirement, Simmons wrote an autobiography entitled Nobody Does It Better titled after the theme song for the 1977 Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me.

  

  Bob Simmons (I) (1922–1987)

  https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0799689/
  
  Filmography

  Stunts (49 credits)
  
  1987 Going Bananas (stunt coordinator - as Robert Simmons)
  1985 A View to a Kill (stunt team supervisor)
  1983 Octopussy (action sequences arranger)
  1982 The Final Option (stunts - uncredited)
  1982 The Wall (TV Movie) (stunt coordinator)
  1981 For Your Eyes Only (action sequences arranger) / (stunts - uncredited)
  1980 The Sea Wolves (stunts - uncredited)
  
  1979 All Quiet on the Western Front (TV Movie) (action arranger)
  1979 Moonraker (action sequence arranger) / (stunts - uncredited)
  1979 Zulu Dawn (stunt coordinator - uncredited) / (stunts - uncredited)
  1978 The Wild Geese (stunt double: Richard Burton - uncredited) / (stunts - uncredited)
  1977 Mister Deathman (stunt coordinator)
  1977 The Spy Who Loved Me (action arranger) / (stunts - uncredited)
  1975 De dwaze lotgevallen van Sherlock Jones (fight instructor)
  1975 The Man Who Would Be King (stunts - uncredited)
  1975 Happy Days Are Here Again (stunt coordinator)
  1975 Paper Tiger (action arranger)
  1975 The Wilby Conspiracy (stunts)
  1974 Caravan to Vaccares (stunts: fight sequence)
  1973 Live and Let Die (stunts co-ordinator)
  1973 A Touch of Class (stunt and fight arranger)
  1973 The Offence (stunts - uncredited)
  1972 Lady Caroline Lamb (fight arranger)
  1971 Diamonds Are Forever (stunt arranger) / (stunts - uncredited)
  1971 When Eight Bells Toll (stunt coordinator - uncredited) / (stunt double: Anthony Hopkins - uncredited) / (stunts - uncredited)
  1971 Murphy's War (stunt arranger)
  1970 The Adventurers (stunts - uncredited)
  
  1968 Shalako (action sequences arranger)
  1967 You Only Live Twice (action sequences) / (stunt double - uncredited) / (stunt double: Sean Connery - uncredited) / (stunts - uncredited)
  1965 Thunderball (stunt double: Guy Doleman - uncredited) / (stunt double: Sean Connery - uncredited) / (stunts - uncredited)
  1965 Genghis Khan (action sequences)
  1964 Goldfinger (action sequences by) / (stunt double: Harold Sakata - uncredited) / (stunt double: Michael Mellinger - uncredited) / (stunts - uncredited)
  1963 From Russia with Love (stunt double - uncredited) / (train fight double: Sean Connery - uncredited)
  1962 Dr. No (stunt arranger - uncredited) / (stunt double - uncredited) / (stunt double: Sean Connery - uncredited) / (stunts - uncredited)
  1962 Night Creatures (fight sequence staged by)
  1961 The Hellions (stunt double: Lionel Jeffries - uncredited)
  1961 The Secret Ways (stunt supervisor)
  1961 The Guns of Navarone (stunt coordinator - uncredited) / (stunt double: Gregory Peck - uncredited) / (stunts - uncredited)
  1961 Fury at Smugglers' Bay (stunt coordinator - uncredited)
  1960 Exodus (stunts - uncredited)
  1960 Scent of Mystery (stunt double: Denholm Elliott - uncredited)
  
  1958 Tom Thumb (stunt double: Peter Sellers - uncredited)
  1957 Action of the Tiger (stunts - uncredited)
  1957 Fire Down Below (stunts - uncredited)
  1956 Zarak (stunts)
  1954 The Black Knight (stunt double: Alan Ladd - uncredited)
  1953 Paratrooper (stunts - uncredited)
  1952 Ivanhoe (stunts - uncredited)
  1939 Jamaica Inn (stunts - uncredited)
  
  Actor (25 credits)
  
  1981 For Your Eyes Only - Henchman Lotus Explosion Victim (uncredited)
  
  1978 The Wild Geese - Pilot (uncredited)
  1977 The Spy Who Loved Me - KGB Thug #2 (uncredited)
  1976 The Next Man - London Assassin
  1976 Montana Trap
  1971 The Persuaders! (TV Series) - Jeep Driver / Card Player
  - Chain of Events (1971) ... Jeep Driver (uncredited)
  - To the Death, Baby (1971) ... Card Player (uncredited)
  1971 Murphy's War - member of German sub crew (uncredited)
  
  1966 The Saint (TV Series) - Fake Limo Driver
  - The Queen's Ransom (1966) ... Fake Limo Driver (uncredited)
  1965 Thunderball - Colonel Jacques Bouvar - SPECTRE #6 (uncredited)
  1964 Goldfinger - James Bond in Gunbarrel Sequence (uncredited)
  1963 From Russia with Love- James Bond in Gunbarrel Sequence (uncredited)
  1963 Sparrows Can't Sing
  Pub Patron (uncredited)
  1962 Dr. No - James Bond in Gunbarrel Sequence (uncredited)
  1962 The Road to Hong Kong - Astronaut (uncredited)
  1961 The Guns of Navarone - German Soldier on Navarone (uncredited)
  1961 Fury at Smugglers' Bay - Carlos, a pirate
  1960 Exodus - Man of arms (uncredited)
  1960 And the Same to You - Perce's Opponent
  
  1959 Great Van Robbery - Peters
  1958 The Vise (TV Series) - Brading
  - The Man Who Was Twice (1958) ... Brading
  1958 Tank Force (aka No Time To Die) - Mustapha
  1955 Tangier Assignment - Peter Valentine (as Robert Simmons)
  1953 The Sword and the Rose - French Champion
  1953 Bad Blonde - Booth Man (uncredited)
  
  1939 Reform School - Johnny
  
  Miscellaneous Crew (16 credits)
  
  1982 The Final Option (action arranger)
  1980 The Sea Wolves (action arranger)
  
  1978 The Wild Geese (action arranger)
  1975 The Man Who Would Be King (master of horse)
  1973 The Man Called Noon (action supervisor)
  1971 Catlow (action sequence coordinator)
  1970 The Adventurers (action sequences arranger: second unit)
  
  1968 The Charge of the Light Brigade (action arrangements)
  1967 You Only Live Twice (action sequences by)
  1965 Thunderball (action sequences by)
  1964 Goldfinger (body double: James Bond, in opening sequence - uncredited)
  1964 The Long Ships (action sequences)
  1963 From Russia with Love (body double: James Bond, in opening sequence - uncredited)
  1962 Dr. No (body double: James Bond, in opening sequence - uncredited)
  1962 The Pirates of Blood River (horse master) / (master at arms)
  1961 The Naked Edge (fight arranger)
  
  Camera and Electrical Department (2 credits)
  
  George & Mildred (TV Series) (lighting director - 3 episodes, 1977 - 1978) (lighting - 2 episodes, 1979)
  - The Twenty Six Year Itch (1979) ... (lighting)
  - A Military Pickle (1979) ... (lighting)
  - I Believe in Yesterday (1978) ... (lighting director)
  - The Right Way to Travel (1977) ... (lighting director)
  - All Around the Clock (1977) ... (lighting director)
  1977 The Upchat Line (TV Series) (lighting director - 1 episode)
  - Accommodation Address (1977) ... (lighting director)
  
  Art department (1 credit)
  
  1987 Promised Land (storyboard artist)
  
  Second Unit Director or Assistant Director (1 credit)
  
  1966 A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (second unit director)
  
  Producer (1 credit)
  
  1973 The Man Called Noon (associate producer)

  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  1991: James Bond Jr. in syndication releases episode 26 of 65 - "Dance of the Toreadors" in Pamplona.

  

  

  James Bond Jr - Dance of the Toreadors

  Season 1 - Episode 26
  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0807283/?ref_=tt_ep_nx
  

  When IQ falls in love with flamenco dancer Dulce Nada and follows her to Pamplona, he has no idea that she's unwittingly embroiled in Baron von Skarin's plot to cause a nuclear meltdown in Britain.

  James Bond Jr Episode 26 - Dance of the Toreadors
  
  

  
  

  
  James Bond Jr Issue 5 Dance of the Toreadors
  http://readallcomics.com/james-bond-jr-005/
  

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  2019: Liam Gallagher "jokes" he's available for the next Bond theme song.

  

  Liam Gallagher: 007 bosses can give me a call
  for Bond tune

  See the complete article here:
  

  21 October 2019, 11:40

  
  Liam Gallagher. Picture: Press

  The former Oasis rocker has teased he wouldn't say no to being approached for the upcoming No Time To Die film.
  
  Liam Gallagher has expressed an interest in singing the next Bond theme tune.
  
  The former Oasis frontman has revealed he'd be happy to record the soundtrack for Daniel Craig's last outing as the famous spy.

  Speaking of the forthcoming film, which is entitled No Time To Die, Gallagher joked: "The new James Bond one, it's all about dying innit.
  
  "Die not next week, can't be arsed dying today, might die f***ing next month, there's a lot of death going on. "But you know they can give us a call, why not."

  Speaking to Ireland's Today FM, the Manchester legend also said he thought that his Gone track would work for a Quentin Tarantino film.
  
  "Tarantino, he's pretty good, isn't he? There's a lot of him in Gone," mused the rocker.
  
  "But we don't write music to go, 'Right let's put it in a film,' but if people pick up on it then they're welcome to it.
  
  So far, a few artists have been rumoured for the new Bond soundtrack, including Ed Sheeran and Dua Lipa, as well as Sam Smith and Adele - who have both previously performed on Bond themes and won Academy Awards for 2015's Writing's On The Wall and 2012's Skyfall respectively.
  
  No Time To Die is set for release in April 2020.

  2019: Naomie Harris proposes Moneypenny spinoff film in discussion.

  

  Naomie Harris Says 'Conversation Has Started' for
  'James Bond' Spin-Off film as Miss Moneypenny!

  See the complete article here:
  

  http://www.justjared.com/2019/10/21/naomie-harris-says-conversation-has-started-for-james-bond-spin-off-film-as-miss-moneypenny/

  Mon, 21 October 2019 at 12:10 pm

  
  Naomie Harris is ready for her very own stand-alone James Bond film!

  While making an appearance on Good Morning America on Monday (October 21) in New York City, the 43-year-old actress opened up about her Moonlight director Barry Jenkins wanting to do a spin-off film for her Bond character, Miss Moneypenny.

  “He’s wanted to do a bad ass, kick-ass kind of action thing with Moneypenny which I’m all for actually,” Naomie revealed. “I got together with Barbara Broccoli, our producer, and I was like let’s make this happen but she wasn’t so down with it – but maybe one day it should. Who knows.”
  
  “The conversation has started at least and we’re continuing it here so who knows,” Naomie concluded.

  Naomie Harris also talked about her role as a police officer in the new action film Black and Blue, which will be released on October 25 – Watch the trailer here!

  https://twitter.com/i/status/1186266780412461056

  
  
  
  

  
  2022: The Martini Bar launches a new and decadent mixology and culinary experience at The Ocean Club, A Four Seasons Resort, Paradise Island, Nassau, Bahamas.

  

  

  Shaken, Not
  Stirred at The
  Martini Bar

  See the complete article here:
  

  https://www.bahamas.com/fr/events/shaken-not-stirred-at-the-martini-bar

  21 Oct, 2022
  The Ocean Club, A Four Seasons Resort

  A nod to its glamorous and star-studded legacy, The Martini Bar at The Ocean Club, A Four Seasons Resort, Bahamas has launched a new and decadent mixology and culinary experience.
  
  The Martini Bar is known best as the backdrop for the 2006 remake of the Casino Royale film where James Bond can be seen sipping his famous Vesper Martini. This limited seat Living Room Bar transports guests into the scenes of their very own movie.
  
  Whether sipping on a classic Vesper Martini or indulging in the new ultra-luxe Caviar Martini, it’s an unforgettable experience. While cocktails are the heart of The Martini Bar signature experience, new unique culinary creations are presented with suggested Martini pairings.

  The Martini Bar and Lounge is open every Friday and Saturday from 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm. Reservations can be made by calling the Resort at +1-242-363-2501.

  

  
  
• RichardTheBruce I'm motivated by my Duty.

  October 21 Posts: 14,810

  October 22nd
  
  1918: James Duncan (Jim) Lawrence is born--Detroit, Michigan.
  (He dies 19 March 1994 at age 75--Summit, New Jersey.)

  

  Lawrence, Jim

  See the complete article here:
  

  http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/lawrence_jim

  April 03, 2020
  
  Working name of US teacher and author James Duncan Lawrence (1918-1994), active from 1941 until the 1980s; he was one of the main authors in the Second Series of Tom Swift books (see Children's SF), comprising the Tom Swift Jr sequence as by Victor Appleton II (see Victor Appleton); Lawrence's contributions begin with #5: Tom Swift and his Atomic Earth Blaster (1954) and end with #30: Tom Swift and his G-Force Inverter (1968), all as by Victor Appleton II (for list of titles by other authors see Tom Swift). Lawrence also revised various Hardy Boys titles as by Franklin W Dixon for 1960s reissue: see John Button for an example of mild genre interest. His remaining sf output consists of the unremarkable, mildly erotic Man from Planet X sequence – The Man from Planet X #1: The She-Beast (1975), The Man from Planet X #2: Tiger by the Tail (1975) and The Man from Planet X: The Devil to Pay (1975), all as by Hunter Adams – and two novels tied to Shared-World franchises: ESP McGee and the Haunted Mansion (1983 chap) for the ESP McGee series, and The Cutlass Clue (1986) for the A.I. Gang series. [JC]
  James Duncan Lawrence
  
  born Detroit, Michigan: 22 October 1918
  died Summit, New Jersey: 19 March 1994

  
  
  
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  1959: Ivar Bryce by letter lectures Kevin McClory on spending.

  

  The Battle for Bond, Robert Sellers, 2007.
  Chapter 11 - The Search for James Bond

  What rankled the most with Bryce was McClory's passion for touring The
  Boy and the Bridge around the European film festival circuit, all at great cost (in
  Venice, McClory chartered a luxury yacht to live on), but with little effect on
  the box office. "I'm afraid the very thought of festivals infuriates me," he wrote
  McClory on 22 October. "We simply cannot go on spending money faster than
  it is coming in. Unless we stop spending, and start collecting some of the
  proceeds, it is obvious not only shall I never get back my $400,000, but
  neither of us will ever have any profits to divide."

  
  1964: Jonathan Cape publishes Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang: The Magical Car, the first of three volumes, illustrated by John Burningham. Ian Fleming writes this for son Caspar.

  
  

  1964: Desde Rusia con amor released in Uruguay.

  
  

  
  1981: Τζέημς Μποντ, πράκτωρ 007: Για τα μάτια σου μόνο (James Bond, Agent 007: For Your Eyes Only) released in Greece.

  
  

  
  1991: James Bond Jr. in syndication releases episode 27 of 65 - "Fountain of Terror" in Tibet.

  

  

  James Bond Jr - Fountain of Terror

  Season 1 - Episode 27
  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0807285/?ref_=tt_ep_nx
  

  James, IQ and Phoebe go to Tibet to find IQ's cousin, who was kidnapped by Dr. Derange, Jaws, Ms. Fortune and Snuffer, who use him to show him the way to a secret village where he hides a fountain that gives people eternal life.

  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 (voice)
  Corey Burton ... James Bond Jr. (voice)
  Julian Holloway ... Mr.Bradford Milbanks / Dr.Derange (voice)
  Mona Marshall ... Tracy Milbanks (voice)
  Jan Rabson ... Gordon 'Gordo' Leiter / Jaws / Snuffer / Tour guide (voice)
  Susan Silo ... Phoebe Farragut / Miss Fortune (voice)
  Simon Templeman ... Trevor Noseworthy IV (voice)
  Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
  Mari Devon ... (voice)
  

  James Bond Jr Episode 27 - Fountain of Terror
  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  1995: Sir Kingsley Amis CBE dies at age 73--London, England.
  (Born 16 April 1922--Clapham, London, England.)

  

  Obituary: Sir Kingsley Amis

  ]See the complete article here:
  

  https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-sir-kingsley-amis-1579017.html[/center

  David Lodge | Monday 23 October 1995 01:02
  
  Kingsley Amis was the most gifted of the British novelists who began publishing in the 1950s and were grouped together - by the media rather than by their own volition - as "Angry Young Men". He also proved himself to be the one with the most stamina and capacity for development.
  
  Amis was a key figure in the history of British post-war fiction, but his originality was not always fully appreciated because it did not manifest itself in any obvious novelty of form. Indeed the literary new wave of the Fifties, in which Amis played a leading role (its poetic wing, to which he also contributed, was known as "The Movement"), was an aesthetically conservative force, consciously setting itself against modernist experimentation. A passage in a review Amis contributed to the Spectator in 1958 is representative in both its sentiments and the down-to-earth blokeishness of its manner:
  
  The idea about experiment being the life-blood of the English novel is one that dies hard. "Experiment" in this context boils down pretty regularly to "obtruded oddity", whether in construction - multiple viewpoints and such - or in style. It is not felt that adventurousness in subject matter or attitude or tone really count.
  
  This is a thinly disguised manifesto for Amis's own early fiction, but it is as obscuring as it is revealing. It is true that Lucky Jim (1954) and its successors dealt with what was then new or neglected social territory (for example, the provincial university) from unhackneyed perspectives (for example, the upwardly mobile young professional who is unimpressed by the values and lifestyle of the bourgeoisie). This is presumably what Amis meant by adventurousness of subject matter, attitude and tone. And it is also true that these novels were very traditional in form - the specific tradition to which they belonged being that of the English comic novel, in which satirical comedy of manners and robust farce are combined in an entertaining and easily assimilable story. Fielding, Dickens, Wodehouse and Waugh are some of Amis's obvious precursors. But it is also true that Amis's novels are triumphs of "style" - a way of using language that, if not obtrusively "odd", is highly original, and wonderfully expressive.
  
  Dixon had read, or begun to read, dozens [of scholarly articles] like it, but his own seemed worse than most in its air of being convinced of its own usefulness and significance. "In considering this strangely neglected topic," it began. This what neglected topic? This strangely what topic? This strangely neglected what?
  
  Lucky Jim (1954)
  Feeling a tremendous rakehell, and not liking myself much for it, and feeling rather a good chap for not liking myself much for it, and not liking myself at all for feeling rather a good chap, I got indoors, vigorously rubbing lipstick off my mouth with my handkerchief.
  
  That Uncertain Feeling (1955)
  All that type of stuff, dying and so on, was a long way off, not such a long way off as it had once been, admitted, and no doubt the time when it wouldn't be such a long way off as all that wasn't such a long way off as all that, but still. Still what?
  
  Take a Girl Like You (1960)
  There is nothing quite like this in English fiction before Amis (though a good deal afterwards, for other writers were quick to learn his tricks). It is a kind of English equivalent to the prose of Samuel Beckett (though Amis would have spluttered derisively at the comparison). In each case, language, denied the luxury of metaphysical affirmation and romantic afflatus, coils back upon itself, mocking its own pretensions as well as the follies and foibles of human behaviour. Both writers use repetition and bathos to marvellous effect, eschewing "elegant variation" and "fine writing" except for purposes of parody. The effort is always to be scrupulously exact, honest and undeceived. It was of course carried to a bleaker, more challenging and subversive extreme by Beckett.
  
  Amis's fundamental scepticism is actually quite dark and disturbing, but it is cushioned or concealed by the conventions of the well-made novel. Some critics have seen this as an evasion or betrayal of artistic integrity, a kind of refusal to be "serious". Amis himself would have taken his stand on the writer's responsibility to entertain as well as instruct. The career of Kingsley Amis crystalises, without resolving, a perennial debate about the contemporary English novel: whether, by remaining faithful to the native realistic tradition and refusing the legacy of modernism, it ensures its own authenticity or fails to be significant in a Hegelian "world-historical sense".
  
  Kingsley Amis was born, ironically enough, in 1922, the year in which the great masterpiece of modernist fiction, James Joyce's Ulysses, was published. He was brought up in a dull outer suburb of south London called Norbury, the only child of respectable lower- middle-class parents, and won a scholarship to the City of London School, to which he commuted daily like his father, a clerk in a commercial office. From this school, of which he always spoke highly, Amis went up to Oxford in 1941, as an Exhibitioner of St John's College, to read English. Here he met Philip Larkin, and formed the basis of a lifelong friendship. The two young men had similar backgrounds, tastes, and sensibilities, and fertilised each other's imaginative development. In this chance conjunction lay the seeds of the literary revolution of the 1950s.
  
  After only a year at Oxford, Amis was called up for military service and served in the Royal Signals in Normandy, Belgium and Germany from 1944 to 1945, an experience which left surprisingly little overt trace in his work apart from a few early short stories. After the Second World War he returned to Oxford, graduating with a First Class degree in 1947, and began research towards a BLitt which he never completed. In this period he kept in touch with Larkin, now a librarian at University College, Leicester, and met another young undergraduate who shared his admiration for Larkin's verse, John Wain. The nucleus of the Movement was beginning to form.
  
  In 1947 Amis published his first "slim volume" of verse, Bright November, and later, along with Larkin and Wain, was one of the contributors to Robert Conquest's anthology New Lines (1956), which marked the arrival of the Movement on the English poetic scene, and its displacement of the late modernist mode epitomised by Dylan Thomas (memorably parodied in That Uncertain Feeling). Amis continued to write poetry, not very prolifically, throughout his life. In this department he was always somewhat overshadowed by Larkin, to whom he paid the homage of imitation, but he was an excellent exponent of light verse, especially of a satirical and ribald kind.
  
  Amis married Hilary Bardwell in 1948, and the following year took up a post as lecturer in English Literature at the University College of Wales, Swansea. He settled down in that pleasant but deeply provincial seaside town to teach, write, and raise a family of three children, one of whom was called Martin. From this congenial but humdrum and materially somewhat pinched existence, Amis was catapulted to fame by the publication of Lucky Jim (dedicated to Larkin) in January 1954. It became a bestseller and a cult book - not surprisingly, for it was a sublimely funny novel which also put its finger very accurately on certain changes which had taken place in post-war British culture and society. Although Amis himself belonged to a small elite of pre-war scholarship boys, he articulated through his hero, Jim Dixon, the feelings of a much larger number of people in the next generation (my own) who were products of the 1944 Education Act and the Welfare State. Through the comedy of Jim's private fantasies and accidental breaches of social decorum, Amis gave us, as it were, permission not to be overawed by the social and cultural codes of the class to which we had been elevated by education. It was enormously liberating.
  
  Measured on a simple laugh-out-loud scale, Lucky Jim was probably the funniest novel Amis wrote, and for some readers his career was therefore downhill all the way. But in spite of his talent for comedy, Amis was, in the words of Larkin's poem, always surprising in himself a hunger to be more serious, and in the novels that followed he combined amusing social satire with a thoughtful and sometimes uncomfortable investigation of the moral life, especially in the sexual sphere. Take A Girl Like You (1960) was a particularly interesting response to the first intimations of the Permissive Society.
  
  Because of the antiestablishment stance of the early novels, Amis was identified with the Left, and in 1957 he declared his allegiance to the Labour Party in a Fabian pamphlet. Ten years later, however, he announced his conversion to Conservatism, in an essay entitled "Why Lucky Jim Turned Right". Henceforward he adopted a combatively right-wing stance on the political issues of the day - Vietnam, nuclear arms, the expansion of higher education and women's liberation.
  
  There was always an element of deliberate provocation and self-parody in this stance, as in the case of Evelyn Waugh (whom Amis came to resemble more and more, in all kinds of ways, as he got older), but there is no reason to doubt the fundamental sincerity of his views. The young Amis's identification with the party of the Welfare State was always emotional rather than ideological, and Lucky Jim was a rebel rather than a revolutionary. As soon as left-wing attitudes became trendy, as they did in the late 1960s, Amis's innate scepticism was turned upon them and their proponents.
  
  One does have the impression, however, that in an increasingly unsympathetic cultural climate Amis became less certain of his constituency, and of his own literary identity, than he had been in the heyday of the Movement. This may have been connected with change and upheaval in his private life. In 1961 he had moved from Swansea to Cambridge, to teach English as a Fellow of Peterhouse, but the notoriously factious English Faculty was not very welcoming. Dr Leavis was reported to have described his new colleague as "a pornographer", a failure in close reading if nothing else, for Amis's novels, though much concerned with sex, are notable for their reticence about the sexual act. He resigned his fellowship after three years to become a full-time writer. At about the same time his marriage broke up, and he married the novelist Elizabeth Jane Howard.

  In the late Sixties and Seventies he experimented a good deal with "genre" fiction: science fiction (The Anti-Death League, 1966, and The Alteration, 1976), the James Bond thriller (Colonel Sun, 1968), the classic detective story (The Riverside Villas Murder, l973) and the ghost story (The Green Man, 1969). These forms perhaps attracted him as ways of escaping the constraints of the realistic novel and the expectations of an audience who kept hoping he would repeat Lucky Jim. In some of them he addressed himself to weighty philosophic and religious themes, such as the nature of evil.

  In spite of having had an essentially secular upbringing, Amis always took a lively, though pugnaciously sceptical, interest in Christian doctrine. An essay boldly entitled "On Christ's Nature" reveals an impressive familiarity with the New Testament, and a characteristic refusal to be awed. (A representative passage raises "the question why, if God wanted human beings to have religion, he did not simply give it to them, instead of arranging the world in one way and then sending someone along to explain that really the whole set-up was quite different").
  
  Amis's best novel after Take A Girl Like You was arguably Ending Up (1974), a black comic tale of a group of retired people failing to cope with the afflictions of old age. "I suppose", says one of their young relatives to another in the course of a particularly joyless Christmas, "I suppose with luck we might get a couple of weeks between the last of them going and us being in their situation." The brilliantly titled Jake's Thing (1978) brought the same mordant scrutiny to bear on male impotence and sex therapy, often to wonderfully comic effect, though without the elegant economy of its predecessor. Both these novels were shortlisted for the Booker Prize.
  
  There followed something of a lull in Amis's creativity. But in the late Eighties he enjoyed a kind of second spring, producing in quick succession Stanley and the Women (1984), The Old Devils (1986), Difficulties with Girls (1988) and The Folks that Live on the Hill (1990). The first of these achieved some notoriety as a misogynist tract, and it was rumoured that a feminist cabal in the New York publishing world significantly delayed its publication in America. Amis's distrust of the female psyche was evident, for those who had eyes to see, as early as Lucky Jim, in the characterisation of the hysterical and devious Margaret. Stanley and the Women caused particular offence perhaps because it is cunningly constructed to catch the unwary liberal reader in its narrative trap. In Difficulties with Girls, however, Amis made some amends with a sympathetic portrait of Jenny Bunn, the heroine of Take a Girl Like You, coping with marriage to the compulsively unfaithful Patrick Standish.
  
  These late novels are notable for their intricate if uneventful narrative structures and frequent shifts of point of view, which require considerable powers of concentration and inference from the reader. The best of them was The Old Devils, for which Amis was deservedly awarded the Booker Prize in 1986. This is another fictional study of old age. The setting in Amis's old haunts in south Wales lends the book an affectionate, nostalgic glow which is deceptive; an appalling abyss of pain, despair and anxiety gradually opens up beneath the novel's comic surface. But Amis is in total command of his material and his unique narrative style. The reader knows he is in for a treat from the first few pages describing Malcolm's cautious negotiation of breakfast:
  
  He had not bitten anything with his front teeth since losing a top middle crown on a slice of liver-sausage six years earlier, and the right-hand side of his mouth was a no-go area, what with the hole in the lower lot where stuff was always apt to stick and a funny piece of gum that seemed to have got detached from something and waved about whenever it got the chance.
  
  Kingsley Amis's second marriage broke up in 1983 and in later life he happily shared a house in Hampstead with his first wife, Hillie, and her second husband, Lord Kilmarnock - a twist in his biography that might have come from one of his own late novels. He took pride in the literary success of his son Martin, who occupies much the same key position among the British novelists who came of age in the 1970s as Kingsley did among those of the 1950s - a dynastic succession unprecedented in the annals of English literature. In spite of the differences of tone and ideology that divide them, it is a fascinating critical exercise to track the stylistic gene that unites these two novelists.

  It would be an understatement to say that Kingsley Amis enjoyed a drink. He was an opinionated connoisseur of wine, and an unsurpassed observer of bar-room speech and behaviour. In later life he was a habitue of the Garrick Club, in London. He was appointed CBE in 1981, was granted the freedom of the City of London in 1989, and knighted in 1990. In many ways he became a pillar of the Establishment that he had once tilted at. He did not care for foreign travel, and apart from a spell in Portugal to spend the Somerset Maugham Prize in 1955 (which he was awarded for Lucky Jim), and a couple of visiting professorships in America a few years later, "Abroad" made little impact on his life or work. The title of the book inspired by the visit to Portugal was I Like It Here, and "here" meant England. He exploited the English prejudice that foreigners speak funny to marvellous comic effect - witness the overseas students solemnly interrogating the hero of I Like It Here about Grim Gin, Ifflen Voff, Zumzit Mum, Shem Shoice, and that popular classic Sickies of Sickingdom by Edge-Crown.

  In 1991 Amis published his Memoirs, consisting mainly of amusing, scandalous and sometimes cruel anecdotes about his literary contemporaries, many of whom were now dead, including Philip Larkin. The two men kept a wary distance from each other in later years, communicating mainly by letter, as if conscious they could never recover the easy intimacy of youthful friendship. "He was my best friend and I never saw enough of him or knew him as well as I wanted to," Amis wrote, rather sadly, in the Memoirs.
  
  This year, Eric Jacobs published a biography, with Amis's collaboration. It revealed (as literary biographies tend to do) a closer correspondence between the life and the fiction than one might have supposed, especially as regards difficulties with women. It also revealed a surprisingly vulnerable person behind the bluff, blimpish public mask, and the poised, sardonic prose stylist: a rather timid man, fearful of flying, unable to drive a car or perform the simplest domestic tasks, needing a regular and repetitive daily routine to keep the black dog of depression at bay: work, club, pub, telly. Work was the most important of these resources. In spite of increasing physical debility, Amis kept writing up till the end of his life. You Can't Do Both (1994) was generally well received and is perhaps the most openly autobiographical of his novels. If The Biographer's Moustache, published earlier this year, was not the biographee's revenge that many reviewers had hoped for, it still had more than a touch of past mastery.
  
  In That Uncertain Feeling the hero is accosted one evening in the street of a small Welsh town by two lascars, one of whom seems to ask him:

  "Where is pain and bitter laugh?" This was just the question for me, but before I could smite my breast and cry, "In here, friend", the other little man had said: "My cousin say, we are new in these town and we wish to know where is piano and bit of life, please?"

  That is one of my favourite quotations from Amis because it seems to epitomise his art. He did not dodge the pain of existence and his laughter was sometimes bitter, but he always retained the liberating, life- enhancing gift of comic surprise.

  Kingsley Amis, writer: born London 16 April 1922; CBE 1981; Kt 1990; books include A Frame of Mind 1953, Lucky Jim 1954, That Uncertain Feeling 1955, A Case of Samples 1956, I Like it Here 1958, Take a Girl Like You 1960, New Maps of Hell 1960, My Enemy's Enemy 1962, One Fat Englishman 1963, The Egyptologists 1965, (with Robert Conquest) The James Bond Dossier 1965, The Anti-Death League 1966, The Book of Bond, or Every Man His Own 007 1966, A Look Round the Estate 1967, Colonel Sun 1968, I Want it Now 1968, The Green Man 1969, What Became of Jane Austen? 1970, Girl, 20 1971, On Drink 1972, The Riverside Villas Murder 1973, Ending Up 1974, Rudyard Kipling and His World 1975, The Alteration 1976, Jake's Thing 1978, Collected Poems 1944-79 1979, Russian Hide-and-Seek 1980, Collected Short Stories 1980, Every Day Drinking 1983, How's Your Glass? 1984, Stanley and the Women 1984, The Old Devils 1986, (with J. Cochrane) Great British Songbook 1986, The Crime of the Century 1987, Difficulties with Girls 1988, The Folks that Live on the Hill 1990, We are All Guilty 1991, Memoirs 1991[/i], The Russian Girl 1992, Mr Barrett's Secret and Other Stories 1993, You Can't Do Both 1994, The Biographer's Moustache 1995; married 1948 Hilary Bardwell (two sons, one daughter; marriage dissolved 1965), 1965 Elizabeth Jane Howard (marriage dissolved 1983); died London 22 October 1995.

  

  Kingsley Amis
  (Kingsley William Amis)

  https://www.fantasticfiction.com/a/kingsley-amis/
  (1922 - 1995) Father of Martin Amis, husband of Elizabeth Jane Howard
  
  aka Robert Markham, William Tanner

  Sir Kingsley Amis, who died in October 1995, was born in London in 1922. In 1954 his first novel, 'Lucky Jim', burst onto the literary scene with extraordinary force, gaining him instant fame and notoriety as one of the most prominent of the so-called 'angry young men'. He went on to write over twenty novels (winning the Booker Prize in 1986 for 'The Old Devils'), and many volumes of poetry and non-fiction. He was knighted in 1991. His last novel, 'The Biographer's Moustache', was published in September 1995.
  
  Genres: Literary Fiction, Thriller
  
  Series
  Jim Dixon
  Lucky Jim (1954)
  That Uncertain Feeling (1955)
  I Like it Here (1958)
  Lucky Jim's Politics (1968)
  
  Jenny Bunn
  1. Take a Girl Like You (1960)
  2. Difficulties with Girls (1988)
  
  Novels
  My Enemy's Enemy (1962)
  One Fat Englishman (1963)
  The Egyptologists (1965) (with Robert Conquest)
  The Anti-Death League (1966)
  I Want It Now (1968)
  The Green Man (1969)
  Girl, 20 (1971)
  Dear Illusion (1972)
  The Riverside Villas Murder (1973)
  Ending Up (1974)
  The Crime of the Century (1975)
  The Alteration (1976)
  The Darkwater Hall Mystery (1978)
  Jake's Thing (1978)
  Russian Hide-and-Seek (1980)
  Stanley and the Women (1984)
  The Old Devils (1986)
  The Folks That Live On the Hill (1990)
  We Are All Guilty (1991)
  The Russian Girl (1992)
  The Biographer's Moustache (1995)
  
  Omnibus
  A Kingsley Amis Omnibus (1980)
  
  Collections
  Bright November (poems) (1947)
  A Frame of Mind (poems) (1953)
  Poems: Fantasy Portraits (poems) (1954)
  A Case of Samples (poems) (1956)
  Poems (poems) (1962)
  A Look Round the Estate (poems) (1967)
  Collected Poems 1944-1979 (poems) (1979)
  Collected Short Stories (1980)
  Mr Barrett's Secret (1993)
  Complete Stories (2011)
  
  Series contributed to
  James Bond Non Fiction
  The Book of Bond (1965) (as by William Tanner)
  The James Bond Dossier (1965)
  
  James Bond Fiction
  James Bond (as by Robert Markham)
  Colonel Sun (1968)
  
  Anthologies edited
  Spectrum (1962) (with Robert Conquest)
  Spectrum 2 (1962) (with Robert Conquest)
  Spectrum 3 (1963) (with Robert Conquest)
  Spectrum 4 (1965) (with Robert Conquest)
  Spectrum 5 (1966) (with Robert Conquest)
  The New Oxford Book of English Light Verse (1978)
  The Faber Popular Reciter (1978)
  The Golden Age of Science Fiction (1981)
  The Amis Anthology (1988)
  The Pleasure of Poetry (1990)
  The Amis Story Anthology (1992)
  
  Non fiction
  New Maps of Hell (1960)
  What Became of Jane Austen? (1970)
  Tennyson (1972)
  On Drink (1972)
  Rudyard Kipling and his World (1975)
  Harold's Years (1977)
  An Arts Policy? (1979)
  Every Day Drinking (1983)
  How's Your Glass? (1984)
  The Great British Songbook (1986) (with James Cochrane)
  The Amis Collection (1990)
  Memoirs (1991)
  Kingsley Amis in Life and Letters (1991)
  You Can't Do Both (1994)
  The King's English (1997)
  The Letters of Kingsley Amis (2000)
  Conversations with Kingsley Amis (2010)
  Raising A Smile (2019)
  
  Anthologies containing stories by Kingsley Amis
  The 2nd Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories (1967)
  Best SF: 1974 (1975)
  aka The Year's Best Science Fiction 8
  The Road to Science Fiction 5 (1998)
  
  Short stories
  My Enemy's Enemy [short story] (1955)
  Court of Inquiry (1956)
  The 2003 Claret (1958)
  Moral Fibre (1958)
  Hemingway in Space (1960)
  Something Strange (1960)
  All the Blood Within Me (1962)
  I Spy Strangers (1962)
  The Friends of Plonk (1964)
  Dear Illusion [short story] (1972)
  Mason's Life (1972)
  Too Much Trouble (1972)
  Who or What Was It? (1972)
  The Darkwater Hall Mystery [short story] (1978)
  The House on the Headland (1979)
  To See the Sun (1980)
  
  Awards
  The Man Booker Prize Best Novel nominee (1974) : Ending Up
  John W Campbell Memorial Award Best Novel winner (1977) : The Alteration
  The Man Booker Prize Best Novel nominee (1978) : Jake's Thing
  The Man Booker Prize Best Novel winner (1986) : The Old Devils
  
  Books about Kingsley Amis
  The Anti-Egotist (1996) by Paul Fussell
  Lucky Him (2001) by Richard Bradford
  
  Kingsley Amis recommends
  The Bell (1958). Iris Murdoch.
  "A distinguished novelist of a rare kind."
  The Other Side of the Sky (1958), Arthur C Clarke.
  "Science fiction of the finest quality: original, imaginative, disturbing."
  Galaxies Like Grains of Sand (1959), Brian Aldiss.
  "...Takes us far from the here-and-now into regions of sharply-flavoured eeriness."
  The Drowned World (1962), J G Ballard.
  "Ballard is one of the brightest new stars in post-war fiction. This tale of strange and terrible adventure in a world of steaming jungles has an oppressive power reminiscent of Conrad."
  Day Million (1970), Frederik Pohl.
  "The most consistently able writer science fiction, in the modern sense, has yet produced."
  The Xanadu Talisman (1981). (Modesty Blaise and Willie Garvin, book 9) Peter O'Donnell.
  "One of the great partnerships in fiction, bearing comparison with that of Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson."
  The Alternative Detective (1993) (Hob Draconian, book 1), Robert Sheckley.
  "Always he crackles with ideas."

  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  2002: Warner Bros. and Maverick Records release the "Die Another Day" single (delayed from 10 October due to a radio station leak). The video premieres worldwide on MTV the same day--a first for the music channel.

  

  2008: Jessica Fellowes' piece "Necklace with a starring role" appears on The Telegraph online.

  

  Necklace with a starring role

  http://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/news-features/TMG3365680/Necklace-with-a-starring-role.html
  BY Jessica Fellowes | 22 October 2008
  
  In Quantum of Solace, it's not a gizmo or Q invention that holds the key to the plot, but a piece of jewellery.
  
  Having designed two sets of earrings and a loveknot necklace for Eva Green's Vesper Lynd (above) to wear in the casino scene for Casino Royale, jeweller Sophie Harley was called upon once again. In Quantum of Solace, the beginning of which is set an hour after the climax of Casino Royale, the necklace makes another appearance.
  
  "Obviously, the producers were very strict about revealing the plot," says Sophie, "But they told me that the necklace is the only thing that Bond has left of Vesper Lynd's. In the trailer there is a shot of the necklace on a table just as Camille (Olga) asks Bond: "Do you love someone?". "I do," he replies.
  
  Is this the end of Bond as we knew him? Has he at last found "enduring love" or will he stay true to form and give the necklace to another girl?
  
  "The producers did indicate that the necklace would be worn again in Quantum," says Sophie.
  
  The original loveknot necklace can be bought for £1,939, as can the original garnet drop earrings (£323 and £384) but there are also cheaper designs based on the same shape, from £135. www.sophieharley.com ; 020 7430 2070.

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  2012: Sky launches a James Bond HD channel in Belgrade, Serbia.
  
  2015: The Sydney Morning Herald reports unanimous raves in the UK for Spectre.

  EntertainmentMovies

  

  Spectre movie reviews: James Bond's latest gets unanimous raves in the UK

  See the complete article here:
  
  https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/spectre-movie-reviews-james-bonds-latest-gets-unanimous-raves-in-the-uk-20151022-gkfmkk.html

  By Karl Quinn - 22 October 2015 — 9:01pm, first published at 1:06pm
  
  The first reviews of Spectre have landed from the UK, and they are uniformly raves.
  
  The Times, The Telegraph and The Guardian have all lavished the 24th James Bond film with five-star ratings, while The Sun and the London Evening Standard raved without rating the film, dubbing their assessments "first impressions".
  
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  Monica Bellucci with Daniel Craig in Spectre.
  
  At any rate, the unanimous praise almost guarantees a monster opening in the UK for the fourth film starring Daniel Craig as 007 this weekend.
  
  In Spectre, Bond comes face to face with a ghost from his past in the form of Christoph Waltz's Franz Oberhauser, head of the secretive and up-to-no-good organisation SPECTRE (the Special Executive for Counter-intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion).
  
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  Cool as cucumber, sharp as ice: Daniel Craig in the 24th Bond film Spectre.

  In The Telegraph, Robbie Collin wrote that "ghosts of Bond films past come gliding through the film, trailing shivers of pleasure in their wake". He praised the film's director Sam Mendes, who also made 2012's Skyfall, the most successful film in the long-running franchise with global box office of more than $US1.1 billion ($A1.38 billion), for what he described as "a swaggering show of confidence".

  Kate Muir of The Times said the fourth outing for Daniel Craig as James Bond "is achingly cool, as sleek and powerful as the silver Aston Martin DB10 that races through the movie".
  
  She added that Mendes and Craig now seemed so comfortable with the terrain "that a relaxed wit percolates almost every scene. Their recipe, like the car, now seems to be bulletproof".

  For The Guardian, Peter Bradshaw described the film as "pure action mayhem with a real sense of style" and called it "a terrifically exciting, spectacular, almost operatically delirious 007 adventure".

  Could the latest Bond film shatter the record set by the last, 2012's Skyfall?

  The Evening Standard's Ben Travis said "director Sam Mendes has, against all the odds, delivered a film that at least matches, and perhaps even betters, Skyfall", while The Sun's showbiz reporter Ed Dyson effused that "all the classic elements fans expect from Bond await in Spectre – and then some", adding that "we were expecting you to deliver Mr Bond... and you certainly didn't disappoint".

  What does disappoint, though, is the fact that Australia will have to wait until November 12 for its chance to similarly froth in collective excitement.
  
  Hurry up, Mr Bond. We've been expecting you.

  2015: BBC News reports on 5-star reviews of Spectre.

  

  Spectre: Five-star reviews greet new Bond movie

  See the complete article here:
  

  https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-34600980

  22 October 2015

  
  Daniel Craig in Spectre image copyright MGM/Columbia/Eon
  Daniel Craig makes his fourth big-screen appearance as Bond in the eagerly awaited film

  Critics have given the new James Bond film an enthusiastic welcome, with one saluting it as "pure action mayhem".

  Spectre, The Guardian's Peter Bradshaw continued in his five-star review, is "terrifically exciting, spectacular [and] uproariously entertaining".

  The Times said Sam Mendes' film was "achingly cool", while The Independent said it was "every bit the equal of its predecessor", 2012 release Skyfall.

  Critics were shown Spectre on Wednesday ahead of its release next week.
  
  The film sees Daniel Craig return as British spy James Bond, aka 007, in a globe-trotting blockbuster named after a sinister criminal syndicate.
  
  Two-time Oscar winner Christoph Waltz, French actress Lea Seydoux and Italy's Monica Bellucci also appear in the 24th official entry in the long-running series.
  
  'Jaw-dropping'

  According to the Daily Mirror, Spectre is "an adventure right up there with the superspy's best" featuring "moments of jaw-dropping stuntwork".

  The Sun's reviewer concurred, saying the film contains "all the classic elements fans expect", including a "jaw-dropping opening sequence".

  Variety also singled out this "expensively ludicrous opening sequence, set in Mexico City on the Day of the Dead," saying it "ranks among the great 007 intros".

  Other industry papers were less effusive, though, with the Hollywood Reporter saying it "ultimately feels like a lesser film than Skyfall, falling back on cliche and convention."

  Screen International, meanwhile, said the film "falls back on the formula to deliver a slightly flat, old-fashioned 007 by the numbers".