Helm., Daily Variety, 25 October 1954. Television program review of Casino Royale.
Daily Variety, 2 February 1962, p. 2. Notes that Thunderball was originally intended to be one of the first James Bond films, but there were legal complications regarding authorship of the novel.
Daily Variety, 1963-01-09, p. 10. Thunderball (film).
Daily Variety, 15 April 1963, p. 11. Announcement that EON Productions has signed Richard Maibaum to adapt Ian Fleming's Goldfinger as the third James Bond film.
Daily Variety, 23 December 1963, p. 2. Notes that Theodore Bikel was in talks for a role in Goldfinger.
Daily Variety, 3 February 1964, p. 2. Notes that Diane Cilento, Sean Connery's then wife, was in talks for a role in Goldfinger.
Daily Variety, 20 March 1964, p. 16. Production chart, noting that principal photography for Goldfinger began on March 16th.
Daily Variety, 18 June 1964, p. 2. Notes that Sean Connery had raised his fee to $1 million to appear in Goldfinger, and was now working seven-day weeks to complete his role.
Daily Variety, 8 December 1964, p. 1. Goldfinger (film).
Daily Variety, 11 December 1964, p. 2. The Incredible James Bond (television program).
Daily Variety, 18 January 1965, pp. 1, 14. Goldfinger (film).
Daily Variety, 18 February 1965, p. 3. Claudine Auger is announced to be playing a “Bond girl” in Thunderball, with principal photography starting in Paris.
Daily Variety, 26 February 1965, p. 8. Start of principal photography for Thunderball is confirmed as 18 February 1965.
Daily Variety, 13 April 1965, p. 8. Honor Blackman notes that the British media took no issue with the name Pussy Galore, her character in the film Goldfinger, and the name often appeared in headlines with a “partly satirical tone.”
Daily Variety, 16 April 1965, p. 4. Notes that underwater sequences for Thunderball were filmed at the Ivan Tors Underwater Studios in Nassau, assisted by eighteen diving professionals and with cameras developed by Lamar Boren. Effects were overseen by Jordan Klein, and engineer for Mako Products.
Daily Variety, 16 August 1965, p. 4. Notes that You Only Live Twice was one of eight Ian Fleming novels considered for the fifth James Bond film.
Daily Variety, 26 October 1965, p. 2. Notes that filming for Thunderball was completed in July, and lasted five months.
Daily Variety, 10 November 1965, p. 4. Notes that Shirley MacLaine was forced to turn down $1 million to play a key female role in Casino Royale, due to a prior commitment with Universal.
Daily Variety, 22 November 1965, p. 2. Casino Royale (parody).
Daily Variety, 9 December 1965, p. 9. Notes that Thunderball was released in France as “Operation Thunderball.”
Daily Variety, 10 December 1965, p. 2. Notes that Ann-Margret has released a version of the song “Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang.”
Daily Variety, 15 December 1965, p. 2. Notes that the screenplay for You Only Live Twice would likely not be written by Richard Maibaum, even though he had already completed a script for On Her Majesty's Secret Service.
Daily Variety, 15 February 1966, p. 18. Notes that Mike Garrison and Gregory Ratoff purchased the film rights to Casino Royale. 20th Century-Fox was not interested in the project, and Garrison sold his shares after Ratoff’s death in 1960.
Daily Variety, 24 Februbary 1966, p. 4. Notes Albert R. “Cubby” Broccoli's desire to expand the role of the “Bond girl” in You Only Live Twice, after audiences responded positively to James Bond's “warmer romantic attachment” to Daniela Bianchi's character in From Russia with Love.
Daily Variety, 25 February 1966, p. 2. Notes that Sean Connery's work on You Only Live Twice forced him to postpone is Broadway directorial debut for The Secret of the World.
Daily Variety, 26 May 1966, p. 2. Casino Royale (parody).
Daily Variety, 14 June 1966, p. 2. Notes that Jack Smight was unsuccessfully approached to direct Casino Royale.
Daily Variety, 6 July 1966, p. 17. You Only Live Twice (film).
Daily Variety, 28 July 1966, p. 2. Notes that two more units had been added to Casino Royale, directed by Ken Hughes and Richard Talmadge.
Daily Variety, 21 September 1966, p. 10. Notes that Sean Connery had returned to London, after completing filming in Japan for You Only Live Twice two days earlier.
Daily Variety, 27 September 1966, p. 2. Casino Royale (parody).
Daily Variety, 7 December 1966, p. 3. You Only Live Twice (film).
Daily Variety, 27 February 1967, p. 2. Notes that sneak previews of Casino Royale had been held in San Francisco the previous weekend.
Daily Variety, 5 June 1967, p. 12. Notes that the crew for You Only Live Twice was paid maximum wages, in compensation for the film's extended schedule, and that the television program Welcome to Japan, Mr. Bond had aired on NBC on June 2nd.
Daily Variety, 12 June 1967, p. 3. You Only Live Twice (film).
Daily Variety, 27 February 1970. Notes that George Lazenby will not be cast as James Bond in Diamonds Are Forever.
Daily Variety, 11 July 1978, p. 4. Explains the legal complications regarding the authorship of Thunderball, and how Kevin McClory was awarded the film and television rights.