Articles about Ian Fleming
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In September of 1959, as he began to assemble a cast and crew for the first James Bond movie, Ian Fleming sent the following telegram to fellow novelist Eric Ambler, and asked him to find out whether his friend, Alfred Hitchcock, would like to direct.
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Just a few months after the release of "Live and Let Die," Ian Fleming wrote the following letter to his publishers and suggested some names for the next installment in the James Bond series. "The Infernal Machine" was named as his favourite, but at the foot of the letter, four more names were scribbled, one of which — Moonraker — was eventually chosen.
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Ian Fleming caused quite a stir in 1957 with the release of "From Russia with Love," due to what seemed to be the death of James Bond at the novel's close. In fact, so concerned were 007 fans that the author amassed thousands of letters. Fleming responded by way of charming letters similar to the one here.
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