28th October, 2024 in Entertainment
The search for an actor to play James Bond did not start with the journey that ultimately led to the monumental casting of Sean Connery in 1962, but a full three years before in 1959 when 007 looked like making his cinematic debut in a film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. After yea…
13th June, 2023 in Special Editions
This fine press edition will be strictly limited to 350 copies and will include a new foreword by Live and Let Die actress Madeline Smith, a signed post card from Madeline Smith, and a reproduction of two tarot cards featuring the bespoke Live and Let Die artw…
6th December, 2017 in Biography & Memoir, Entertainment
It is the night of the Oscars, 9 April 1979, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion on Grand Avenue in downtown Los Angeles. Inimitable master of ceremonies Johnny Carson announces the presenter of the last and most important award category, Best Picture – and the audience is astonishe…
21st September, 2016 in Entertainment
When Harry Saltzman and Albert R ‘Cubby’ Broccoli produced Dr. No in 1962, they brought together an artistic and technical family, some of whom went on to become legends in the film industry: John Barry, Ken Adam, Ted Moore, Maurice Binder, not to mention Sean Connery. Norman Wan…
21st September, 2016 in Biography & Memoir, Entertainment
In 1961, aged 22, Alan Tomkins had just completed a three-year apprenticeship and was happily contracted to continue in the employment of the Associated British Picture Corporation (ABPC). However, when Tomkins heard that art director John Box, who was based over at Pinewood Stud…
13th April, 2016 in Entertainment
James Bond experts Matthew Field and Ajay Chowdhury set right some wrongs about the James Bond films. Having been James Bond scholars for many years we noted how increasingly everybody was becoming a James Bond fan. After years of having to explain to non-fans – ‘civilians’ – the…
14th January, 2016 in Biography & Memoir, Entertainment
In Shooting 007, beloved cameraman and director of photography Alec Mills, a veteran of seven James Bond movies, tells the inside story of his twenty years of filming cinema’s most famous secret agent. Among many humorous and touching anecdotes, Mills reveals how he became an int…