Ian Fleming

  • A bit of forgotten Movie history on the 122nd birthday of one of Hollywood’s greatest Cary Grant. Cary Grant’s near-casting as James Bond is one of the most revealing “what-ifs” in film history, because it shows how the Bond franchise defined itself by not choosing the most obvious star. By the late 1950s, Ian Fleming’s

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  • Operation Postmaster: A Daring Special Operations Executive Mission in World War II Introduction Operation Postmaster was a covert military operation conducted during World War II by the British Special Operations Executive (SOE). It was a meticulously planned and highly successful mission that took place in January 1942, targeting enemy-controlled shipping in Spanish-controlled Fernando Po (now

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  • Happy Birthday Dr. No

    Today marks the 60th anniversary of the release of the first James Bond movie, Dr No. Although it was the 1st movie, it was the sixth of Fleming’s series, beginning with Casino Royale. I am not going too much into the movie as such ,but more into some of the unknow aspects of Dr. No.

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  • The forgotten James Bond songs

    It has been a year now since the latest instalment of the James Bond franchise. There is no news as of yet who will replace Daniel Craig in the title role(no it’s not me) Of course with every Bond movie there is also the obligatory Bond song, there have been so many classic songs from

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  • I have to confess that the title is actually deceiving, because this blog is not about James Bond as such but more about 007’s creator, Ian Fleming, and some of his WWII efforts. Looking at some of the operations it appears that his inspiration for James Bond may have partially come from himself. In May

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