Bond. James Bond. Did you know the 1st filmed Bond, was American? CASINO ROYALE (1954)
Peter Lorre was the first Bond villain, Linda Christian the first Bond girl and Barry Nelson was the first Bond. Though they called him Jimmy! Plus opening scenes, opening music, more!
On Thursday, October 21st, 1954, Climax! presented an hour-long adaptation of Ian Fleming’s novel Casino Royale, introducing his suave secret agent, James Bond. Barry Nelson starred as “Jimmy” Bond with Peter Lorre as the villain, Le Chiffre. Thus, Nelson became the very first actor to portray James Bond, eight years before Sean Connery played Bond on the big screen in Dr. No. The episode was soon forgotten and for many decades it was believed lost.
Linda Christian, the first Bond girl
In July 1981, however, it was announced that that film buff Jim Schoenberger had discovered a print of the episode in a collection of films he inherited from his uncle. According to The Los Angeles Times, Schoenberger initially thought the two reels were a portion of the 1967 spoof Casino Royale:
Since I didn’t care for that movie anyway, I prepared to cut it and use it for leader. But what came on but William Lundigan (the host of “Climax”). I was paralyzed by this. It was like coming across the Holy Grail”.
Schoenberger took the kinescope to the Playboy Club to be shown during a “Tribute to James Bond Luncheon” and later allowed it to be shown at the Strand Theater in San Diego for a limited engagement in August of 1981. It was shown on TBS on Sunday, November 29th, 1992 as part of a thirtieth anniversary celebration of the franchise.
All the Bond opening credits & music, the story of how they were first created, the songs that were rejected, plus the post that was too hot for social media!:
DJ PsychoMike Presents: Bond. James Bond. The opening credits & music!
At the bottom of the page, you’ll find the post that was too hot for social media!
This high-quality film restoration was proudly remastered by SabuCat Productions / Jeff Joseph and made exclusively available on the SabuCat channel on YouTube. All versions of this show have been missing the last 2 minutes, which is restored here.
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