“The canister was labeled as the 1967 ‘ Casino Royale,’” says Rubin. Bond book author Steve Rubin understands it slightly differently. The episode became a forgotten piece of the Bond saga until years later, when a man named Jim Schoenberger bought a 16mm kinescope (the process of filming a television monitor to preserve a live show for posterity) of the program – reportedly at a flea market sometime in the 1970s.Īccording to Bond authority and Cinema Retro magazine publisher Lee Pfeiffer, Schoenberger bought the 1954 “ Casino Royale” as an unmarked 16mm canister at the flea market, at first not knowing what he had. Naturally, the brutal passages of Fleming’s novel are watered down for 1950s television, and so genital torture becomes toe torture. Nelson’s Bond is not the secret agent we’ve subsequently come to know he’s an American that works for “Combined Intelligence” and orders Scotch-and-waters (there are no martinis to be found). Publicity shot of Barry Nelson for “My Favorite Husband” Watch the Casino Royale trailer from 1954 – the TV series he toplined the year before playing Bond. They paid Fleming$1000.00.Ī publicity shot of Barry Nelson for “My Favorite Husband” Brown, with Peter Lorre, Linda Christian, Barry Nelson, at Turner Classic Movies.Ĭasino Royale 1954 the Columbia Broadcasting System or CBSTelevision purchased Casino Royale for a one time live presentation ontheir new anthology program Climax Mystery Theater. Overview of Casino Royale, 1954, directed by William H. Find this Pin and more on Hollywoodby Alberto. Barry Nelson in Casino Royale (1954), the 1st ever James Bond. PPKGuns Omega Bmw Bollinger Corgi, Cd, Swatch Posters, Specials James Bond storeĪmerican Agent Jimmy Bond (Barry Nelson) plays baccarat for high stakes with a Soviet agent (Peter Lorre) who needs to win to cover his embezzlement of party funds and will stop at nothing to get 80 million Francs. world`s only James Bond 007 MuseumĬontact: Phone+4648112960 Open Daily 10-17 Sat 10-14 Media To do and see Buy/Köp info Links S ince 1959 James Bond 007 Museum Sweden, Nybro. Gunnar Schäfer name is James Bond Visitors in James Bond Museum Sweden Casino Royale 1954 Barry Nelson Biography.Nelson, who knew little of Fleming’s work, was instructed to play Bond in the manner of a Hollywood tough guy, in the style to George Raft or Humphrey Bogart. To play Bond, the producers tapped Barry Nelson, who was a ubiquitous presence on television during the early 1950s.

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