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1928: Philip Locke is born--St. Marylebone London. (He dies 19 April 2004.)
1961: In a note to Dennis Hamilton, Ian Fleming confesses he must live as an old man after coming close to death during a meeting.
beyond Fall 2011 or even Spring 2012.
1904: Bruce Cabot is born--Carlsbad, New Mexico.
(He dies 3 May 1972 at age 68--Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California.)
1989: Top-down shooter game Licence to Kill by Quixel (developer) and Domark (publisher) is released.
Available for DOS, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, BBC Micro, Commodore 64, MSX, ZX Spectrum.
(Born 16 September 1922--Paris, France.)
1969: Toby Stephens is born--Middlesex Hospital, London, England.
1971: Bond comic Double Jeopardy begins its run in the The Daily Express. (Ends 28 August 1971, 1597–1708.)
Yaroslav Horak, artist. Jim Lawrence, writer. 2017: A Daily Mail article cites a recent poll proposing the reading of Bond books as the most-lied-about.
1950: Lee Tamahori is born--Wellington, New Zealand.
1963: Filming at the Sophia Mosque in Istanbul.
2015: After a scheduled break and minor knee surgery, Daniel Craig resumes filming at Pinewood Studios.
April 23rd
1943: Hervé Villechaize is born--Paris, France.
(He dies 4 September 1993 at age 50--North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California.)
1953: Ian Fleming's article "2,200 Year Old Wine from Wreck; It Tastes Terrible" published in the Milwaukee Journal confirms what explorer Jacques Cousteau should have suspected all along.
Books given away on World Book Night
http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-22266106
23 April 2013
More than 20,000 volunteers have handed out hundreds of thousands of free books
as part of the third World Book Night.
Ian Fleming's James Bond novel Casino Royale and Jojo Moyes' best-seller Me Before You were among the 20 titles being given away.
The event aims to promote literacy in the "spirit of generosity, passion and mass participation".
Each volunteer was due to give out 20 copies of their favourite book to people who do not normally read.
Rose Tremain, whose The Road Home was part of the mass giveaway, described it as a "kind of benign Ponzi scheme for the mighty word".
And Tracy Chevalier, whose historical novel Girl with a Pearl Earring was part of the giveaway, signed up as a volunteer. She was due to hand out Tremain's Orange Prize-winning novel as her book of choice.
Writer and comedian Hardeep Singh Kohli hosted an evening of readings by authors, poets and performers in one of four flagship events across the UK.
His event at London's Southbank on Tuesday was due to feature Irish playwright Sebastian Barry, actor Charles Dance and One Day writer David Nicholls.
Hundreds of libraries, village halls and local book clubs also celebrated World Book Night across the UK. Some 100,000 of the 500,000 books were due to be distributed in hospitals, shelters, care homes, community centres and prisons.
1946: Virginia North is born--London, England. (She dies 5 June 2004 at age 58--West Sussex, England.)
2008: Aris Cominos crashes an Alfa Romeo near Lake Garda in Limone sul Garda, northern Italy, stopping filming.
Stuntman injured on James Bond set
https://thestar.com/entertainment/2008/04/24/stuntman_injured_on_james_bond_set.html
1964: From Russia With Love--released in Japan theaters.
1941: Claudine Auger is born--Paris, France.
1965: Goldfinger released--Madrid, Spain.
1978: Stana Katic is born--Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
1959: Sheena Easton is born--Bellshill,North Lanarkshire, Scotland.
1967: Charles K. Feldman premieres Casino Royale in New York at the Capitol and Cinema I.
1999: John Stears dies at age 64--Los Angeles, California.
(Born 25 August 1934--Uxbridge, Hillingdon, Middlesex, England.)
2008: Filming of the Tosca opera begins at Bregenz, Austria.
1917: Milton Reid is born--Bombay, India. (He dies 1987--Bangalore, Karnataka, India.)
2008: Julie Ege dies at age 64--Oslo, Norway. (Born 12 November 1943--Sandnes, Norway.)
1963: Dr. No is released in Sweden.
2012: Filming of the pre-titles sequence stopped for the principal cast and crew to attend a press conference at the Ciragan Palace in Istanbul. (Then filming resumed the same day.)
https://filmreviewonline.com/2012/05/02/skyfall-bond-23-istanbul/
Where does Ola Rapace have his right hand, I wonder…
1964: From Russia With Love is released--Argentina.
1929: Rik Van Nutter is born--Los Angeles, California. (He dies 15 October 2005 at age 76--West Palm Beach, Florida.)
1946: Joanna Lumley is born--Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir India.
1963: From a hospital bed in London Ian Fleming comments to wife Ann he is working on a children's book.
2008: Samantha Weinberg's The Moneypenny Diaries: The Final Fling is published by John Murray.
1932: Bruce Glover is born--Chicago, Illinois.
1967: Title song "You Only Live Twice" is recorded at the CTS Studios in Bayswater, London, 60 piece orchestra.
1985: US premiere of A View to a Kill, the 14th Bond film--San Francisco, California, a key location in the plot.
1904: Bruce Cabot is born--Carlsbad, New Mexico.
(He dies 3 May 1972 at age 68--Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California.)
1927: Joe Robinson is born--Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England.
(He dies 3 July 2017 at age 90--Brighton East, Sussex, England.)
2014: BBC Radio 4 Saturday Drama airs an audio production of On Her Majesty's Secret Service.
With Toby Stephens as Bond plus Joanna Lumley, Alfred Molina, Alex Jennings, Lisa Dillon, John Standing, Janie Dee, Lloyd Owen, Joanna Cassidy, Clare Dunne and Julian Sands. Directed by Martin Jarvis, whose voice is heard as Ian Fleming. Produced by Rosalind Ayres.
1981: New York Magazine reports that in the new John Gardner novels Bond drives a fuel-efficient Swedish auto.
New James Bond Isn't Fuelish
https://books.google.com/books?id=8eUCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA14&lpg=PA14&dq=%22ian+fleming%22+%22may+4%22&source=bl&ots=HIygL9-nh2&sig=HrnYikwgmyzYk1YwjfeX_wzZr6M&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwik5-_a4-raAhWwd98KHYHZCh44HhDoAQg0MAI#v=onepage&q=%22ian%20fleming%22%20%22may%204%22&f=false
And not forgotten.
1944: John Rhys-Davies is born--Ammanford, Wales.
1963: Filming of the From Russia With Love truck chase begins in Istanbul.
1995: Ian Fleming's 1952 gold plated Royal typewriter sells for £56,250 ($90,309) at Christie's in London.
Ian Fleming's gold typewriter auctioned
https://upi.com/Archives/1995/05/05/Ian-Flemings-gold-typewriter-auctioned/7367799646400/
By PAUL BELSITO | May 5, 1995
LONDON, May 5 -- A gold-plated typewriter belonging to British author Ian Fleming, creator of the fictional spy James Bond, was auctioned in Christies' London auction house Friday for 56,250 pounds ($90,500). An anonymous bidder sent representative Tony Quinn to Christies to snap up the typewriter, with strict orders to buy it at any cost. 'They told me to keep bidding,' said Quinn, a psychotherapist with connections to the entertainment business. 'Just go in there and buy it. That was my brief.' Quinn, who is Irish, refused to reveal the identity of the buyer, although he said his colleague was involved in the film industry. 'He's a James Bond fan, but I wouldn't call him a collector,' he said. Quinn also confirmed the buyer was not British. The gold-plated typewriter, commissioned by Fleming from the Royal Typewriter Company in New York in 1952 for $174, was valued at between 5,000 and 8,000 pounds ($8,000 and $12,800), but Christies said they expected it to fetch a higher price. 'We knew it would sell for more than the listed price,' said Christie's press officer Freya Sims. 'We had a lot of interest from abroad and we had six telephone lines going.' Also auctioned were paraphernalia and works by Britain's World War II Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill to coincide with Victory in Europe Day, including a signed note fetching 18,000 pounds ($30,000). But these were overshadowed by fierce bidding for Fleming's typewriter, which drew gasps of excitement from the crowd as prices spiraled.
Fleming gained worldwide recognition as the creator of the famous 007 agent James Bond series. He bought the typewriter after writing the first draft of the first Bond novel 'Casino Royale'. In accordance with family tradition, Fleming used the machine to type all his subsequent novels. It remained in the family after his death in 1964.
Recommended reading.
2018: Free Comic Book Day. No kidding.
treasureislandcomics.com/2018/04/28/free-comic-book-day-is-saturday-5-may-2018/
1985: "A View to a Kill" performed by Duran Duran is released as a US 7" single.
1997: Filming of the remote control BMW Series 7 E38. 1998: Hodder & Stoughton publish the second Raymond Benson Bond book, The Facts of Death.
2017: Hello Monaco and Olga Taran celebrate resident Sir Roger Moore.
https://www.hellomonaco.com/mc-lifestyle/mccelebrities/sir-roger-moore-james-bond-of-monaco/
1929: Shane Rimmer is born--Toronto, Canada.
1963: Dr. No released in Greece. And the US. 1963: MGM receives word of feedback from Fleming on various points for a Solo television project.
for-your-eyes-only.com/Site/UNCLEtline63.html
1912: Pedro Armendáriz is born--Mexico City, Mexico. (He dies 18 June 1963 at age 51--Los Angeles, California.)
1936: Albert Finney is born--Salford, Greater Manchester, England.
1998: James Bond 007: A License To Thrill theme park attraction opens at 5 Paramount amusement parks in North America: Paramount's Great America, Paramount's King's Dominion, Paramount's Carowinds, King's Island, and Canada's Wonderland in Toronto, Canada. 2015: Christopher Wood dies at age 79--Southwest France. (Born 5 November 1935--London, England.)
2008: Filming at the floating opera stage in Bregenz, Austria, ends.
Up to 1500 extras watched Tosca while Bond stirred Quantum.
2017: Dynamite's James Bond comic Hammerhead released as a hardcover edition collecting 6 issues.
Luca Casalanguida, artist. Andy Diggle, writer. Francesco Francavilla, cover.
1974: Original Bond comic strip Beware of Butterflies ends its run in The Daily Express.
(Started 4 December 1973. 2408–2541) Yaroslav Horak, artist. Jim Lawrence, writer.
By Edgar Chaput Last updated Dec 9, 2015
https://popoptiq.com/beware-of-butterflies/
1966: Glidrose allows Geoffrey Jenkins to write the first continuation Bond novel, named Per Fine Ounce.
It remains unpublished.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Per_Fine_Ounce
https://literary007.com/2015/03/25/the-re-boot-of-per-fine-ounce-a-continuation-novel-that-isnt-what-you-think/
https://mi6-hq.com/sections/articles/literary_per_fine_ounce_extract.php3
Notional bookcover in the style of Richard Chopping.
1963: Dr. No premieres in Madrid, Spain.
Also, British weekly Melody Maker declares “Nancy meets James Bond … in the recording studio.”
(Finishes Jim Lawrence 21 September 1974. 2542–2655) Yaroslav Horak, artist. Jim Lawrence, artist.
‘The Nevsky Nude’ centres on a rather revealing mystery
https://popoptiq.com/the-nevsky-nude/
By Edgar Chaput