Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site psuvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!seismo!presby!burdvax!psuvax!starner From: starner@psuvax.UUCP Newsgroups: net.movies Subject: Re: James Bond info source Message-ID: <165@psuvax.UUCP> Date: Sat, 2-Jul-83 18:52:02 EDT Article-I.D.: psuvax.165 Posted: Sat Jul 2 18:52:02 1983 Date-Received: Mon, 4-Jul-83 16:33:49 EDT References: <549@ihuxf.UUCP> <554@ihuxf.UUCP> Organization: Penn. State Univ. Lines: 30 In 1956, Henry Morganthau III, a producer with NBC proposed to Ian Fleming that he write a half-hour adventure series entitled Commander Jamaica. The Central character of this script bore a remarkable resemblance to James Bond. The television project came to nothing, but Fleming used the script, which concerned missles fired from Cape Canaveral, being destroyed by villians with remote-control, as the basis for his novel "Thunderball". In 1958, CBS renewed interest in Bond by suggesting a James Bond Television Series. Again Fleming agreed, despite his past experience with television, and wrote six episode outlines. Again nothing came of it, but Fleming retrieved three (not five, as was previously stated) of the plots and used them in his anthology of short stories, "For Your Eyes Only". The source of my information is: James Bond in the Cinema (2nd Edition) written by John Brosnan published by The Tantivy Press copyright 1981 ($12.95) I am interested in corresponding via mail with anyone interested in James Bond, both the novels (Fleming and Gardner) and the movies. Mark Starner Penn State University {allegra,burdvax}!psuvax!starner i