Happy No. 97th birthday Norman Felton

Today, April 29, is the 97th birthday of Norman Felton, the executive producer of The Man From U.N.C.L.E. Last year, we had a post that included links to a Felton interview on the origins of U.N.C.L.E. He worked, for a short while, with Ian Fleming, to bring U.N.C.L.E. to television before Fleming bolted from the [...]

Dorothy Provine, RIP

Sad news: Dorothy Provine, whose acting credits included some 1960s spy entertainment, has passed away at the age of 75. Ms. Provine appeared in various things, including It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. But for our purposes, we feel it’s worth noting two credits. One, she appeared in the second-season opener of The Man [...]

Another Telegraph writer pleads to keep Craig as 007

You have to give the U.K. newspaper The Telegraph credit for one thing: it presents a variety of views related to James Bond. We previous noted how one writer for The Telegraph said the film series needs to lighten up from Daniel Craig’s two 007 movies. But another Telegraph scribe, JoJo Moyes, thinks Craig is [...]

1973: Paul McCartney special promotes 007

In April 1973, Paul McCartney had a television special, simpled titled James Paul McCartney, where the musician performed a vareity of songs. Given it was only a few months before the debut of Live And Let Die, it was a natural that the special include the title song of the new James Bond movie that [...]

011

011 There’s an extremely clever series of “minimalistic James Bond movie posters” on Flickr. Created and posted by Will Binder, each one relies on a single image, rendered as an ingeniously simple graphic, to convey the film’s theme. “011,” shown here, is for the 11th Bond film, Moonraker. He’s got one for each of the [...]

Quantum of Solace meets West Side Story

Quantum of Solace debuted on the Showtime pay-cable channel earlier this month. Showtime decided to channel West Side Story in promoting the film.

Telegraph prediction: 007 will defeat MGM

In a commentary on the Web site of The Telegraph, writer Simon Heffer says James Bond will eventually triumph over Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. The author was prompted by last week’s news that Bond 23 is being delayed until MGM sorts out its financial future. However, while Heffer describes himself as a fan, he also raises questions [...]

Sam Mendes watch: from Bond 23 to Oz prequel?

With Bond 23 being put on the shelf for who knows how long, there are now reports of Sam Mendes, the reportedly Bond 23 director-in-waiting, looking at other projects. IF YOU CLICK HERE, you can read a story about Mendes may be directing a Wizard of Oz prequel. UPDATE: THIS ENTRY IN A LOS ANGELES [...]

The new issue of HMSS has arrived!

The publishers and editors of Her Majesty’s Secret Servant take enormous pleasure, and a little bit of pride, in announcing that a brand-new issue is up, awaiting your perusal and enjoyment. There’s lots of good stuff to explore in this one: an exhaustive cataloguing of the collectible goodies spun off from On Her Majesty’s Secret [...]

New York Times blog has advice for furloughed 007

The New York Times has an image of “the Gray Lady,” the last refuge of serious journalism in an era when the business model of the news business (relying on advertising) is being turned topsy turvy by the Internet. Then, there are some of the blogs on the Times’s Web site where (at least some [...]