tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post2219217326358576710..comments2024-03-25T11:17:18.130-07:00Comments on Davy Crockett's Almanack of Mystery, Adventure and The Wild West: Peter Lorre and Barry Nelson in the first CASINO ROYALE (1954)Evan Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07620731784654779358noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post-82393007803988456042016-12-20T00:32:54.353-08:002016-12-20T00:32:54.353-08:00I saw this years ago and wasn't exactly bowled...I saw this years ago and wasn't exactly bowled over. It's historically important, though.Cap'n Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11783977137812876489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post-70729751749492455462016-12-19T18:33:44.611-08:002016-12-19T18:33:44.611-08:00I couldn't watch it for long, I'm afraid.I couldn't watch it for long, I'm afraid. Shayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16527241089629026268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post-76325279311476377142016-12-16T18:14:50.765-08:002016-12-16T18:14:50.765-08:00Some things to remember:
- In 1954, James Bond w...Some things to remember:<br /><br /> - In 1954, James Bond wasn't JAMES BOND yet.<br /><i>Casino Royale</i> was the only book at that point; a sale to a popular American TV anthology was something of a coup for a then-mainly-unknown British author.<br /><br /> - Changing the Brit hero to a Yank would be part of the deal; it was only a one shot, so who'd really notice (unless they'd read the book, and that would be a fraction of the prime-time audience).<br /><br /> - You'll note that Felix Leiter, an American in Fleming's book, is turned here into a Brit (and played by Australian Michael Pate); again, par for the course.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05527404061764217504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post-66117585979228223932016-12-16T16:30:32.742-08:002016-12-16T16:30:32.742-08:00If the producers couldn't coax something resem...If the producers couldn't coax something resembling an English accent out of Barry Nelson, why didn't they spring for an English actor?Shayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16527241089629026268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post-44342944251487459912016-12-16T12:50:11.265-08:002016-12-16T12:50:11.265-08:00I'm going to watch this, but not right now. I ...I'm going to watch this, but not right now. I never saw this or the latest one. Never had a TV in 1954 and I was bored with 007 by the time the latest rolled around.Oscar Casehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10328166606910469945noreply@blogger.com