European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 13, 1966, Darmstadt, Hesse H big blackmail Plant. Jau Titt in film. King deep drama. By Bill coins staff writer parisian showgirl slips into a Golden Nightie and smiles evilly into the Mirror As she readies her bed a shoe Salesman strides Forth from Chicago Haberdashery with a Trench coat on his Back a new attache Case in his hand and the look of the Hunter in his Cyc c Gad or Fleming see what you have loosed upon the world of course Ian Fleming can t. He died i year a80.las,t. No Andrich As an englishman should Hope to to but with Only an inking of what his James Bond British intelligence 7 Lapum a � the West i nip ,12 Bond had sold60 m Illon copies in 11 languages and that two of them had been made into a u ./""un"?108 but Hal was the half of it. The James Bond mystique was Only budding. Inf French girl smiles because Shehas "007" embroidered on the hem of her nightdress which makes her not Asho girl at All. But a gilded dangerous Vamp like the one in the glint in the Cal Caponn s Eye comes from the lining of his Trench Coal. Which is pattered with the magic number and the attache Case an "007"model. Woe betide the Kremlin sent killers who Cross paths with this Sho Salesman. If the showgirl and shoe Salesman arc daydreaming. It s a dream shared by millions who have not Only made James Bond the most valuable Nameon Earth but have asked for and received a whole new inanely swinging since Fleming s death two More Bon movies have hit the screen with shatter ing Impact. released Little More than a year ago has already tied Thunderbolt James Bond s latest 007 explain will open its ran in Mili tary Heaters today. Gone with the wind As Tho biggest ticket seller in movie history and promises to outdistanced that Hollywood Clas sic by several millions. It is expected to Gross $55 million in Box office receipts and even now is doomed to Sec Ond place in the Moncy making race. Thunderball the latest and greatest Bond film was brought out last de Cember. The Public reaction Lias Bee awesome. Its Cost was somewhere Between $5.5million und 16.8 million depending on which Magazine you read. Half of the budget went into underwater photog Raphy and Marine props. The plot is simple hut spectacular in Siruc Bondman tradition. It pits 007 Sean Cannery against a Ringo Superb addles who have made off with a nato nuclear bomb Aid have demanded $280 million not to blow up Miami. The setting is the Bahamas. The props arc u Good part of the include a yacht that Sheds its skin and becomes a 95-Milc-an-hour Hydro foil eight foot shark and a 36-23-37 French Beauty known As Tho critics Hare had More than their share of Bonds they admit thesis the most girl and Gadget filled of the lot. And that has been enough. J. is expected to ear about $60 million in Box office sales in december und january it was play ing 24 hours a Day in new York and Washington. A newsman in Washington decided to take in a 3 10 . Show and to do so had to wait in a Block und a half line. The manager of a Tokyo theater complained that he could have gotten 200 More customers into each show if Only United artists had t released u during cold weather when people were wearing Bulky overcoats. The stupendous record of Thunder Ball and Goldfinger has caused their makers to bring the first two films or. No and from Russia with Lovo 1 thunderball Moit Gadget filled yet hat frogman a hydrofoil Gyrli 8-foot harks. I 13, 19m out of retirement As a double feature and they arc doing better than Ever. But the movies and the boo sales these arc still going Strong As Cvejn Are Only part of the Story. Manufacturers of everything from ladles underwear to parlor games from shaving Cream to children s toys have found that the magic number for sales Success is "007." trance lost year used $30 million Worth of bonded products Britain $14 million. In Germany a line of "007"toilet articles has sold so Well the Ven Erable "4711" Cologne company is suing on grounds that it alone has Tho right to Morkut such items under a numeric name. In America the business was so big that the licensing corporation of Amer Ica has been refusing some manufacturers the right to use the Bond name or number As a Quality control , drug clothing and department stores had sold More than $40 million Worth of James Bond or "007" items As of last Christmas. And this is Only the result of tales of things directly connected with Fleming s creation. The copy cat Industry is As big or bigger. Hollywood at last count had no Les than 20 spy thriller movies made or in Tho making. Two television series Thoman from Uncle and secret agent Are Riding High on Tho ratings. Ther Earo even those who have it that Tho current to craze Batman is an off shoot of the Bond trend. The stars and stripes Madison Avenue has been Quick Totake advantage of the modern myth. The Bond baking co. Features James bread in its cartoon to ads. Gold Noodle is the villain who tries to in filtrate bad Macaroni pasta the counter spies of the Prince Macaroni co. More has been written about the cause and effect of James Bond than Fleming himself turned out. Scarcely Magazine or newspaper exists that has not delved into the Amis the. Erudite British author has written a Book on Flem ing and his creation. Some say Bond is part of the British revolution that he the beatles and Mandy Rice Davies have replaced shoes tweeds and Bone China As that nation s major exports. Others Point out that James Bond is everyman As almost every Man would like to be and the kind of Man almost every girl would like to be chased by. Bond being the kind of Guy who would shoot you in the Back just As Well As fend you off with a karate chop and the sort of Lover no girl can Hope to House break both these explanations Are either full of holes or frightening glimpses of the truth about us All. But whatever the real reason or Rea sons James Bond agent 007, is the most Unic Crit secret operator the world has known. cover luscious Claudine anger ends her charms to United artists Thun Ilerbell Bahamas setting. She Isone of several sex bombs dec Pallai the latest 87 thriller. Page
