Historical Dictionary of Ian Fleming’s James Bond released in US

CommanderBond.net ^ | 04 Oct, 2009 | Written by Devin Zydel

[Perdogg]

Fusing together entries on Fleming’s famous 00-agent and detailed information on cases of espionage, real-life spies, MI5, SIS, CIA, KGB, and others, Historical Dictionary of Ian Fleming’s James Bond asks the question: What proportion of Fleming’s output is authentic, and what comes directly from the his imagination?

[HANG THE EXPENSE]

Things were alot different back then.These days are so politically correct.Well for some people anyway.

[Perdogg]

Fleming only liked Connery after his girlfriend told him that women would find Connery sexy.

[potlatch]

[A Studebaker Coupe]

Not the fanciest of cars, lol. Surprising choice.

[yarddog]

Yes everything is PC today. One of the most obvious in Bond movies is “red headed” Felix Leiter is now a Black man. Also “M” the steely eyed old Navy Captain is now a woman. Actually I guess that is pretty realistic now.

One of the worst things some of the movies did was try to make the Soviet Union and Western spy agencies as equals, one being just as bad as the other, sort of Spy vs. Spy with the KGB head as a genial nice guy.

Absolute PC nonsense!

[devolve]

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The original Studie Starlight Coupe was a revolutionary body design

The later “Hawk” models had fins

Studebaker Starlight coupes still set modified top speed records at Bonneville and the Starlight is a favorite of customizers

[Perdogg]

Felix Leiter was “sandy haired” Texan.

[xp38]

Fleming decided after Connery had won the role to give Bond a Scottish background which he wrote into On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (one of the last novels). Fleming passed away shortly after in 1964.

[potlatch]

1953

[xp38]

Oh that began when they scripted From Russia with Love. The book has the Russians as the bad guys the movie shifts the bad guys over to the fictional Spectre.

[yarddog]

I read all the books back in the 60’s or maybe early 70’s in paperback. I would have sworn Leiter was described as red headed but as soon as I read your post, it hit me that you were right.

Also had forgotten the part about his being a Texan but you are right about that too. Also recall him (Leiter) saying he was an ex-Marine and Bond being impressed.

[HANG THE EXPENSE]

You nailed that for sure.

[Perdogg]

Actually the Russians were the bad guys up through the beginning of “Man with The Golden Gun”. In “You Only Live Twice” Bond was sent to Japan for mission against the Russians. SMERSH agents and Eastern Bloc defectors were made up most of SPECTRES army in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, and the Russians were helping in two other Bond Novels where I don’t want to give it away.

In fact , the original teleplay for “Thunderball” involved Russians stealing nukes, but then it was changed to the Mafia and when “Fleming’s book” came out it was Spectre.

[Oztrich Boy]

Does that have a Studebaker front and a Cadillac back, or vice versa, lol?

Studebaker body with Cadillac mechanicals

And yes it was a real car

[potlatch]

Thanks, neat graphic. devolve posted about the Studebaker with the Cadillac engine above in post #20.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2354871/posts?page=20#20

[devolve]

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Aha!

Mucho customized ‘53 Starlight Coupe

Straighten out the top of the fender lines -

Bingo! ‘55-’57 T-Bird side views

The low sloping hoodline and downplayed grill/engine air intake was truly ahead of it’s time

If the headlights were angled, Frenched, covered like a ‘53 ‘Vette you might be looking at a Ferrari GTB coupe

If that Studie had been made in a convertible model it would have been a winner too

[devolve]

Great pix!

I'm missing relies on this Ian Fleming thread

Sorry all

I had/have a whole series of Bond webpages, graphics, music

I badly indexed them in several /FOLDERS/

I will attempt to link some as Bond threads pop up on Free Republic

007

[Vanders9]

That is why, of course, he is such an interesting character.

If you read the books, the picture of Bond is of a womaniser, a drinker, a dedicated but utterly ruthless individual. He’s a complete SOB not to put to fine a point on it.

[Perdogg]

also, In Fleming's second novel Live and Let Die, the original draft had Leiter being killed.

[Perdogg]

Bond killed in the line of duty when he had to. However, he was not a soulless assassin as the movies would have you believe. He did enjoy women, but only after the job was done. He was a heavy drinker. There is a scene in the novel "The Man with The Gun" he has a beer in the morning then a bourbon. He refers to the bourbon as the "real first drink" of the day.

[Perdogg]

This section takes an in-depth look at the literary James Bond’s drinks of choice. Here is the total number of drinks consumed by Commander Bond in Ian Fleming’s novels and short stories:

Drink Type Number

Bourbon whiskey 37
Sake 35
Champagne 30
Scotch and soda 21
Vodka martini 19
Straight scotch 17
Gin martini 16
Undetermined 14
Beer 12
Brandy and soda/ginger ale 12
Red wine/Chianti 11
Bourbon and branch water 10
Brandy or Cognac 8
Vodka and tonic 8
Bourbon and soda 7
Gin and tonic 7
White wine 7
Americano 6
Raki 5
Undetermined martini 5
Old Fashioned 4
Enzian 3
Stinger 3
Canadian whiskey 2
Korn Schnapps 2
Ouzo 2
Straight vodka 2
Undetermined whiskey 2
Black Velvet 1
Calvados 1
Irish Coffee 1
Marsala 1
Negroni 1
Pink gin 1
Rum 1
Slivovic 1
Steinhäger 1
Vesper martini 1

Total: 317