The Lives of Carruthers - 7 - Meet 'Eric Ambrose'
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The Lives of Carruthers - 6 - Origin Story
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The footnotes for this chapter can be found at the web-page: https://www.jeremy-duns.com/blog/carruthers6
Close Reading: Looking at unpublished Ian Fleming correspondence on 'James Gunn: Secret Agent'
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A tantalising glimpse of buried treasure in Jamaica! Let's take a closer look. To follow along, click this link: https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn604656 Click ‘Search this collection’ and enter ‘Jamaica’ (or ‘Morgenthau Jamaica’). Here is the finding aid for the whole collection:https://collections.ushmm.org/findingaids/2015.255.1_01_fnd_en.pdf Here are the most relevant files: Morgenthau Family Papers, US Holocaust Memorial Museum, Series 1: Family papers 1860-2006, File 145: Television Projects Set in Jamaica 1955-1956, 2 folders [Note: has perhaps only the first folder been made visible in error? There is no obvious divide in the digital scans.] ‘Captain Jamaica of the CIC’ proposal, 9 April 1956: jpegs 157-174Letter from Morgenthau to Fleming, 16 July 1956: jpegs 133-136 (copied elsewhere in this folder: 114-117 and 118-121)Letter from Fleming to Morgenthau, 19 July 1956, including his ‘Commander X’ title suggestion: jpegs 127-130Undated proposal for TV film production in Jamaica, including an adventure show primarily aimed at children titled ‘Adventure Harbor’ and an untitled show and possibly feature film set in a hotel resort with Noel Coward as MC (it seems likely this was sent to Fleming, hence his mention in his 19 July letter of Coward being unlikely to be interested): jpegs 154-156Undated ‘Commander Jamaica’ proposal (possibly also sent to Fleming): jpegs 144-149Letter from Fleming to Morgenthau, 27 August 1956, saying he has airmailed ‘a 9-page outline of the whole series and a 28-page script for the Pilot’ for ‘James Gunn - Secret Agent’: jpeg 140Jo Stewart, Curtis Brown, to Morgenthau, 29 August 1956: jpeg 138Jo Stewart, Curtis Brown, to Morgenthau sending the outline and pilot script, 4 September 1956: jpeg 143Jo Stewart, Curtis Brown, to Morgenthau, 1 October 1956: jpeg 137Letter from Morgenthau to Howard L Hausman, William Morris, 10 October 1956: jpegs 123-124Howard L Hausman, William Morris, to Morgenthau, 15 October 1956: jpeg 1...
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The Lives of Carruthers - 7 - Meet 'Eric Ambrose'
45 min
The full text of this episode, including footnotes, can be found on my website: https://www.jeremy-duns.com/blog/carruthers7
The Lives of Carruthers - 6 - Origin Story
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The footnotes for this chapter can be found at the web-page: https://www.jeremy-duns.com/blog/carruthers6
Close Reading: Looking at unpublished Ian Fleming correspondence on 'James Gunn: Secret Agent'
40 min
A tantalising glimpse of buried treasure in Jamaica! Let's take a closer look. To follow along, click this link: https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn604656 Click ‘Search this collection’ and enter ‘Jamaica’ (or ‘Morgenthau Jamaica’). Here is the finding aid for the whole collection:https://collections.ushmm.org/findingaids/2015.255.1_01_fnd_en.pdf Here are the most relevant files: Morgenthau Family Papers, US Holocaust Memorial Museum, Series 1: Family papers 1860-2006, File 145: Television Projects Set in Jamaica 1955-1956, 2 folders [Note: has perhaps only the first folder been made visible in error? There is no obvious divide in the digital scans.] ‘Captain Jamaica of the CIC’ proposal, 9 April 1956: jpegs 157-174Letter from Morgenthau to Fleming, 16 July 1956: jpegs 133-136 (copied elsewhere in this folder: 114-117 and 118-121)Letter from Fleming to Morgenthau, 19 July 1956, including his ‘Commander X’ title suggestion: jpegs 127-130Undated proposal for TV film production in Jamaica, including an adventure show primarily aimed at children titled ‘Adventure Harbor’ and an untitled show and possibly feature film set in a hotel resort with Noel Coward as MC (it seems likely this was sent to Fleming, hence his mention in his 19 July letter of Coward being unlikely to be interested): jpegs 154-156Undated ‘Commander Jamaica’ proposal (possibly also sent to Fleming): jpegs 144-149Letter from Fleming to Morgenthau, 27 August 1956, saying he has airmailed ‘a 9-page outline of the whole series and a 28-page script for the Pilot’ for ‘James Gunn - Secret Agent’: jpeg 140Jo Stewart, Curtis Brown, to Morgenthau, 29 August 1956: jpeg 138Jo Stewart, Curtis Brown, to Morgenthau sending the outline and pilot script, 4 September 1956: jpeg 143Jo Stewart, Curtis Brown, to Morgenthau, 1 October 1956: jpeg 137Letter from Morgenthau to Howard L Hausman, William Morris, 10 October 1956: jpegs 123-124Howard L Hausman, William Morris, to Morgenthau, 15 October 1956: jpeg 1...
Close Reading: a look at Joseph Heller's pretitles sequence for Casino Royale
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In 1965, Catch-22 author Joseph Heller and novelist George Mandel wrote over 100 pages of material for Hollywood producer Charles K. Feldman: an adaptation of Ian Fleming's first novel Casino Royale. Spy novelist and Bond obsessive Jeremy Duns discusses their opening sequence for it.
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