11/18/2023 0 Comments Climax casino royale 1954The episode is famous for being the first on-screen appearance of the character of James Bond. He obviously hit a nerve in the zeitgeist, or perhaps just had a very good agent. Just goes to show how quickly Fleming’s first Bond novel had become popular, not only in the UK but also in the US. The producers at CBS had obviously read the Fleming novel that had only been published one year prior. It was aired in colour but the only prints that have survived are in black and white and I believe are actually a film recording of someone pointing a camera at the TV that was playing it.Ĭlimax! was an anthology show with different stories each week. There are indeed moments in the episode where it really does feel like it’s live and there are perhaps longer pauses than usual or someone ad libbing etc. Pretty impressive and almost crazy to me to do a show in this way. My understanding was that this was recorded and aired totally live. A few more blog posts should come soon as I attempt to catch up. After writing about the first two Ian Fleming Bond novels for my James Bond challenge I now move on to the next publication which is the TV special of Casino Royale for the TV show Climax! I actually watched this a few months ago and have since read a few more books but I’ve just been slow to write them up.
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