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For Conservative Movie Lovers: Ian Fleming, Sean Connery, and ‘Goldfinger’ Part 3
Big Hollywood ^
| Mar 27 2010
| Leo Grin
Posted on 03/27/2010 5:18:07 PM PDT by GSP.FAN
By Christmas of 1964, nowhere was safe for thirty-four-year-old Sean Connery. It started with the fan letters — fifteen hundred per week. Then came the mobs rushing gates at movie premieres and personal appearances — screaming, fainting, tearing at his clothes, all demanding time, autographs, kisses, and more. Soon, even walking down the street incognito or taking his family out to dinner became perilous endeavors.
(Excerpt) Read more at bighollywood.breitbart.com ...
TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Books/Literature; Miscellaneous; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: bondjamesbond; conservativemovies; goldfinger; ianfleming; jamesbond; movies
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posted on
03/27/2010 5:18:08 PM PDT
by
GSP.FAN
To: GSP.FAN; Perdogg
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posted on
03/27/2010 5:19:04 PM PDT
by
GSP.FAN
(These are the times that try men's souls.)
To: GSP.FAN
Brietbart’s sites have excellent writers. The story was great.
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posted on
03/27/2010 5:39:51 PM PDT
by
Frantzie
(McCain=Obama's friend. McCain called AMERICANS against amnesty - "racists")
To: GSP.FAN
If they were tearing at him, one would hope that they didn’t jerk the toupee off his head. That would be a delicate situation to face.
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posted on
03/27/2010 5:50:47 PM PDT
by
OldPossum
To: GSP.FAN
Leo Grin is a seriously good writer. His series on the Bond legacy is excellent.
It inspired me to DL and watch, again, all the Bond movies. Look for his other articles - good reading.
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posted on
03/27/2010 8:27:32 PM PDT
by
Tainan
(Cogito, ergo conservatus)
To: OldPossum
Hell, back in ‘64 we all had our own hair hair. Even Connery...;)
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posted on
03/27/2010 8:28:52 PM PDT
by
Tainan
(Cogito, ergo conservatus)
To: Tainan
We talked about that the other week. That was a rug, right from the start.
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posted on
03/28/2010 12:11:15 AM PDT
by
fieldmarshaldj
(~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Amber Lamps !"~~)
To: fieldmarshaldj
Not sure it was me. But if you say so...thanks for the ‘heads-up!’....;)
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posted on
03/28/2010 12:39:16 AM PDT
by
Tainan
(Cogito, ergo conservatus)
To: Tainan
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posted on
03/28/2010 12:47:18 AM PDT
by
fieldmarshaldj
(~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Amber Lamps !"~~)
To: fieldmarshaldj
In the special features for you only live twice he is being interviewed with the wig off and he is not bothered...
He has a Donald Trump look.....
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posted on
03/28/2010 8:04:01 AM PDT
by
GSP.FAN
(These are the times that try men's souls.)
To: Tainan
No, Connery didn’t have his own hair. He wore a toupee for the Bond films.
To: GSP.FAN; Young Werther; Guenevere; SJSAMPLE; omega4179; Larry Lucido; fieldmarshaldj; Clemenza; ...
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posted on
03/28/2010 7:04:24 PM PDT
by
Perdogg
(Nancy Pelosi did more damage to America on 03/21 than Al Qaeda did on 09/11)
To: potlatch
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posted on
03/28/2010 7:23:26 PM PDT
by
devolve
( . . . . . . . . . play the music . . . . . . .)
To: Perdogg
Thanks for the ping. Nobody swaggers better.
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posted on
03/28/2010 8:56:49 PM PDT
by
Dr. Eckleburg
("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
To: Perdogg
Thank you Perdogg. No good contributions today, lol.
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posted on
03/29/2010 12:35:01 PM PDT
by
potlatch
(~~"Where secrecy or mystery begins, vice or roguery is not far off. "~~)
To: devolve
Didn’t know what Bond77 was so I listened.
awful song
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posted on
03/29/2010 12:35:56 PM PDT
by
potlatch
(~~"Where secrecy or mystery begins, vice or roguery is not far off. "~~)
To: potlatch
.
It’s a recurring BG theme in a later 007 flick
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posted on
03/29/2010 1:00:39 PM PDT
by
devolve
( . . . . . . . . . play the music . . . . . . .)
To: devolve
Some may like it, I don’t care for it at all.
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posted on
03/29/2010 1:04:49 PM PDT
by
potlatch
(~~"Where secrecy or mystery begins, vice or roguery is not far off. "~~)
To: devolve
[It’s a recurring BG theme in a later 007 flick]
Well, you posted at 9:30pm so it was a late night courtesy ping
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posted on
03/29/2010 7:52:02 PM PDT
by
potlatch
(~~"Where secrecy or mystery begins, vice or roguery is not far off. "~~)
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