Harry Saltzman (October 27, 1915 - September 28, 1994) was a theatre and film producer best known for his mega-gamble that led to him co-produce the James Bond film series with Albert R. Broccoli. Image File history File links Unbalanced_scales. ... is the 300th day of the year (301st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday[1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... is the 271st day of the year (272nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar). ... Flemings image of James Bond; commissioned to aid the Daily Express comic strip artists. ... The official film logo of James Bond (007) The adventures of Ian Flemings fictional secret agent, James Bond, have become a successful film series, with twenty-one titles made by EON Productions as of 2007. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ...

Biography

Saltzman was born in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada [1] but ran away from home at the age of 15, according to daughter Hilary Saltzman, as reported in the Ian Fleming Foundation documentary: "Harry Saltzman: Showman" and about the age of 17 had hooked up with a circus. It's neither clear how long he traveled with the circus (daughter guesses several years), but it's definite that by 1939 he was in the Canadian Army and in France. Motto: Ne quid nimis Coordinates: Country Canada Province Quebec Settled 1793 Government  - Mayor Jean Perrault  - Governing body Sherbrooke City Council  - MPs Serge Cardin  - MNAs Jean Charest Area  - City 353. ...

After a mysterious assignment (apparently Saltzman got some "up close and personal" first hand experience with clandestine activities working in some capacity as an "intelligence field officer") during WW-II after the war Saltzman ended up in Paris, France. There he met the war refugee and eventually his Romanian-born wife Jaquie while operating as a talent scout or procurer for European productions on stage, television and in film. German soldiers at the Battle of Stalingrad World War II was the most extensive and costly armed conflict in the history of the world, involving the great majority of the worlds nations, being fought simultaneously in several major theatres, and costing tens of millions of lives. ... City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: Tossed by the waves, she does not sink) The Eiffel Tower in Paris, as seen from the esplanade du Trocadéro. ...

Whatever the exact nature of his business, he accumulated a huge number of entertainment business contacts and became "a contact" when someone had a talent or production problem. Despite such interpersonal successes, those were lean years for the Saltzman family and though he gradually began to produce stage plays with some success, the family was quite poor according to son Steven. Saltzman moved the family of four to Britain in the mid-fifties where he started Woodfall productions, again produced theater, and then entered the film business producing The Iron Petticoat (1956) which was a theatre adaptation to film. According to the narrative in the documentary: "The landmark film introduces a new genre, the kitchen sink movie'," and thereafter other critically acclaimed social dramas such as 1959's Look Back in Anger and 1960's Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, but began casting around for something which would be more profitable than these modestly successful but high quality films. The Iron Petticoat is a 1956 motion picture directed by Ralph Thomas, starring Bob Hope and Katharine Hepburn. ... Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Look Back in Anger (1956) is a John Osborne play and 1958 movie about a love triangle involving an intelligent but disaffected young man (Jimmy Porter), his upper-middle-class, impassive wife (Alison), and her snooty best friend (Helena Charles). ... Saturday Night and Sunday Morning is a British novel by Alan Sillitoe (his second, in 1958), a film starring Albert Finney, directed by Karel Reisz, adapted from the novel by its author, and later, in 1964, a success as a stage play, adapted by David Brett for the Nottingham Playhouse...

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• "He always felt some of he best scripts were to be found in theatre, and that they were seen by only a few people, and that a way to let more people experience the medium that he felt was under viewed and under appreciated was to go into films."

• "He always felt, the films he made during Woodfall were seminal, they gave him the direction [for the rest of his life] and they were films that brought him tremendous joy that he'd made them."

In early 1961, excited by reading the James Bond Novel Goldfinger, he made a bid to land film rights to the character. Partnering with Albert R. Broccoli in 1962 Saltzman co-founded Danjaq, LLC, a holding company responsible for the copyright and trademarks of James Bond on screen, the parent company of EON Productions, which they also set up as the film production company producing the Bond films. The moniker Danjaq is a combination of Broccoli's and Saltzman's wives' first names, Dana and Jaquie. For other uses, see Goldfinger (disambiguation). ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Danjaq, LLC (formerly Danjaq S.A.) is the holding company responsible for the copyright and trademarks to the characters, elements, and other related material to James Bond on screen. ... Flemings image of James Bond; commissioned to aid the Daily Express comic strip artists. ... EON Productions is a film production company known for producing the James Bond film series. ...

In 1975 after financial difficulties due to Bond-unrelated ventures, Saltzman sold his 50% stake in Danjaq to United Artists Corporation. Concurrently, his beloved wife Jaquie was diagnosed with terminal cancer and according to interviews given by his daughter Hilary and son Steven in the documentary "Harry Saltzman SHOWMAN" his health also declined and he became depressed, sold the English country mansion where he loved to hold production meetings in the rooftop pool, and moved to Florida. As related by friend Roger Moore, Jaquie died while The Spy Who Loved Me (film) was shooting, which places her passing in late 1976 or early 1977. Saltzman all-but-retired from the movie business thereafter until he undertook to produce Nijinsky[2] in 1980 and the 1988 British-Italian-Yugoslavian co-production Time of the Gypsies. The current United Artists logo (a variant was used during the 1980s). ... For other persons named Roger Moore, see Roger Moore (disambiguation). ... The Spy Who Loved Me is the 10th film in the James Bond series and the third to star Roger Moore as MI6 agent James Bond. ... Time of the Gypsies (Serbian: Dom Za Vešanje) is a 1988 film by Serbiann director Emir Kusturica. ...

The Bond property

Something of a gambler, Saltzman was at best only modestly successful as a businessman and producer, but had a talent for thinking both big and outside the box in very creative ways. After best selling writer Ian Fleming had been told his novels would never make good films in 1957 (Ironically by the ex-partner of his soon to be future partner Oscar winner Irving Allen [3]) Saltzman bet large in a moment of enthusiasm in early 1961 and paid $50,000.00 (high for the times) for a mere six month option of the film rights to the Bond character. Always confident, Saltzman was certain he could put together a deal within the deadline. As spring became summer, he'd been unable to obtain financing, an agreement with production company, or a distributor for the proposed project as he was essentially an outsider mostly unknown in film circles despite his modest success as an independent producer. Ian Lancaster Fleming (May 28, 1908 – August 12, 1964) was a British author, journalist and Second World War Naval Officer. ... Irving Allen (November 24, 1905 - December 17, 1987) was a theatrical and cinematic producer and director. ...

Competition from the money side

Meanwhile, David Picker, then a vice-president (and eventual president) of United Artists also got interested in the film rights about the same time Salzman made the option deal with Flemming after he was (also) introduced to the novel Goldfinger by his cousin Nancy's husband, and soon began strategic studies on which novel might best be adapted first and other such preparatory work anticipating negotiations for the rights. At a luncheon soon after, he was told they weren't available by a credible source, but didn't know of Salzman's pending deadline, and assumed the long term rights were the topic and so suspended United Artists work. That these studies and events occurred is documented in an internal memo dated 5/5//61 discussing Thunderball as a potential project and confirmed in interviews with Picker in the documentary "The Making of Dr. No". The current United Artists logo (a variant was used during the 1980s). ... For other uses, see Goldfinger (disambiguation). ...

Competition from veteran film insider

Working from in Great Britain in 1957, American producer Albert Broccoli, widely regarded as one of the most successful independent producers in the industry, had decided the novels would make an excellent film project series. From New York he soon arranged an early 1958 meeting between partner Allen and Ian Fleming in London while nursing his ailing second wife through a terminal illness. Only, Allen—who had the big Hollywood name and was controlling partner in Warwick films, in the event snubbed Fleming in their meeting at the prestigious Les Ambassadors Club in London when Allen proclaimed (according to interviews on various documentaries on Bond special edition DVDs) that Fleming's novels weren't "good enough for television," [4] all unbeknownst to Broccoli who knew only the partnership hadn't gotten the rights. Albert Romolo Broccoli (April 5, 1909–June 27, 1996) known to millions of movie fans as Cubby Broccoli (a nickname used by a cousin), produced more than forty movies, but will be remembered by most for his contribution to one of the most successful film franchises in history, James Bond. ...

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Ahead of the times, in 1960, Warwick Films undertook to produce and self-distribute the self-funded high risk biographical-drama Oscar Wilde (film) which dealt with the topic of homosexuality in depth and without prejudice, and hence was unable to advertise in the United States because of censorship which thereby doomed the partners to take a loss. This began a chain of events leading to dissolution of the company in bankruptcy in 1961 and the increased tensions between the two partners, already in disagreement over James Bond lead to a sundering of their partnership as well and freed Broccoli to revisit his decision that the Bond novels would make a good film series, only now to be told by the publishers the rights were unavailable. Oscar Wilde is a 1960 movie about Oscar Wilde, starring Robert Morley. ...

In an ironic twist worthy of fiction, screenwriter Wolf Mankowitz while having a working dinner in New York on another script with Broccoli ended up in a discussion over his disappointment about Oscar Wilde, Warwick, et al. and his interest in the Bond rights. Mankowitz knew Saltzman casually from Broadway productions the two had been involved with and knew Saltzman held the rights to Bond, so he immediately offered to introduce the two men, and arranged a meeting between the two the very next morning. In a double historic irony, Mankowitz put the two together and was hired to work on the script for what became film history— Doctor No, but alarmed by early rushes demanded to have his name withdrawn from the script. In addition, his meeting with Broccoli had essentially been about scrapping the Arabian Nights project he'd been writing for Broccoli which is how what Broccoli wanted to do and Bond came into the discussion at all. Wolf Mankowitz (born November 7, 1924 - May 20, 1998) was an English writer, playwright and screenwriter. ... Dr. No is a 1962 spy film. ...

Saltzman, always an enthusiast, refused to sell any of the film rights but instead proposed the two form a partnership, joining the novice producer with the well connected and almost-always successful industry insider. Broccoli, wanting to do Bond very much, now that Allen was out of the picture accepted. In that manner, he joined forces with "Cubby" Broccoli in 1962 to create the holding company Danjaq, LLC and production company EON Productions and almost immediately began recruiting talent known to Broccoli from Warwick Productions such as production designer Ken Adams, teamed writers Richard Maibaum and Mankowitz, etc. immediately launching the project and soon the nascent production team was considering the best novel to adapt and introduce the character, several months after Perkins. With the rights to Casino Royale (novel) having gone to an early television adaptation they began tossing ideas around. Within a week the two were asking for a meeting with United Artists and with a handshake and a short meeting, had received a million dollars in senior financing, as recounted by Saltzman remained Broccoli's partner up to the ninth film in the series, the 1974's The Man with the Golden Gun. <--- had decided that for their first film in the James Bond series, Dr. No ---> Year 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Danjaq, LLC (formerly Danjaq S.A.) is the holding company responsible for the copyright and trademarks to the characters, elements, and other related material to James Bond on screen. ... EON Productions is a film production company known for producing the James Bond film series. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Richard Maibaum (May 26, 1909 - January 4, 1991) was an American film producer, playwright and screenwriter best known for his adaptations of Ian Flemings James Bond novels. ... Casino Royale by Ian Fleming was the first James Bond novel. ... See also: 1973 in film 1974 1975 in film 1970s in film years in film film // Events February 7 - Blazing Saddles is released in USA May 1 - George Lucas creates the first draft of what would eventually become Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. ... The Man with the Golden Gun is the ninth film in the James Bond series and the second to star Roger Moore as MI6 agent James Bond. ... Dr. No is a 1962 spy film. ...

Other notable productions include The IPCRESS File (1965), The Battle of Britain 1969 and Call Me Bwana (1963) starring Bob Hope. Call Me Bwana is the only film to be produced by EON Productions outside of the James Bond franchise. The Ipcress File is a 1965 film adaptation of the spy novel of the same name by Len Deighton. ... // Events Top grossing films North America Mary Poppins The Sound of Music, starring Julie Andrews Goldfinger My Fair Lady Whats New Pussycat? Shenandoah The Sandpiper Father Goose Academy Awards Best Picture: The Sound of Music - Argyle, Twentieth Century-Fox Best Actor: Lee Marvin - Cat Ballou Best Actress: Julie Christie... Call Me Bwana is a 1963 farce film starring Bob Hope and Anita Ekberg, and directed by Gordon Douglas. ... // Events January 28 - Filming begins on Dr. Strangelove. ... Bob Hope, KBE (May 29, 1903 – July 27, 2003), born Leslie Townes Hope, was an English-Born American entertainer who appeared in vaudeville, on Broadway, on radio and television, in movies, and in performing tours for U.S. Military personnel, well known for his good natured humor and career longevity. ...

Saltzman hated both the theme songs for Diamonds Are Forever and Goldfinger. The former was used because John Barry managed to convince "Cubby" Broccoli to use it and the latter because, although Saltzman didn't want it, he didn't have time to find a replacement. Both songs have become the standards by which all Bond themes are judged. Saltzman also came close to rejecting Paul McCartney's submission for Live and Let Die. McCartney asked producer George Martin to approach the producers about the song. Saltzman surprised Martin by asking who they could get to sing it, suggesting only black female vocalists. Martin pointed out that if he did not take McCartney as the singer he did not get the song.^[1]. Saltzman compromised by having McCartney do the title version and B.J. Arnau do a "soul" version in a "Fillet of Soul" nightclub. Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE (born 18 June 1942) is an Academy Award- and Grammy Award-winning English singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who first gained worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles. ... The soundtrack for Live and Let Die was released in 1973. ... Sir George Henry Martin CBE (born 3 January 1926 in Highbury, London, England) is sometimes referred to as the fifth Beatle—a title that he owes to his work as producer of almost all of The Beatles records. ...

Harry Saltzman is survived by 2 children Hilary and Steven Saltzman and 4 grandchildren, Alexandre and Jacqueline de La Bouillerie and Hannah and Jacob Saltzman.

List of Saltzman's productions

Saltzman had eclectic tastes, and a love for the theatre and bringing stageplays to the big screen. Many of his non-Bond films received critical acclaim, but were financially less successful than many.

• The Iron Petticoat, 1956
• Look Back in Anger, 1958
• Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, 1960
• The Entertainer, 1960
• Dr. No (film), 1962
• From Russia with Love (film), 1963
• Call me Bwana, 1963
• Goldfinger (film), 1964
• Thunderball (film), 1965 (uncredited)
• And There Came a Man, 1965
• The Ipcress File, 1965
• Funeral in Berlin, 1966
• Billion Dollar Brain, 1967
• You Only Live Twice (film), 1967
• Play Dirty, 1968
• Battle of Britain, 1969
• On Her Majesty's Secret Service, 1969
• Tomorrow, 1970
• Diamonds Are Forever, 1971
• Days of Fury, 1973
• Live and Let Die, 1973
• The Man with the Golden Gun, 1974
• Nijinsky, 1979
• Time of the Gypsies, 1989

The Iron Petticoat is a 1956 motion picture directed by Ralph Thomas, starring Bob Hope and Katharine Hepburn. ... Look Back in Anger (1956) is a John Osborne play and 1958 movie about a love triangle involving an intelligent but disaffected young man (Jimmy Porter), his upper-middle-class, impassive wife (Alison), and her snooty best friend (Helena Charles). ... Saturday Night and Sunday Morning is a British novel by Alan Sillitoe (his second, in 1958), a film starring Albert Finney, directed by Karel Reisz, adapted from the novel by its author, and later, in 1964, a success as a stage play, adapted by David Brett for the Nottingham Playhouse... An entertainer is someone who is hired to entertain people. ... Dr. No is a 1962 spy film. ... For the video game, see From Russia with Love (video game). ... Call Me Bwana is a 1963 farce film starring Bob Hope and Anita Ekberg, and directed by Gordon Douglas. ... For the villain in this film, see Auric Goldfinger. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Panther edition front cover The Ipcress File was the first spy novel by Len Deighton, published in 1962. ... Funeral in Berlin is a a spy novel by Len Deighton. ... Billion-Dollar Brain (1966, ISBN 0099857103) is a spy novel by Len Deighton. ... Ian Flemings You Only Live Twice is the fifth film in the EON Productions James Bond series, the fifth to star Sean Connery as British Secret Service agent Commander James Bond 007, and the sixth film to feature James Bond. ... For the album by Girlschool of the same name, see Play Dirty (album) For the song Play Dirty by Poison, see Look What the Cat Dragged In Play Dirty is a 1968 film inspired by the exploits of the Long Range Desert Group. ... Combatants United Kingdom Including combatants from:[1] Poland New Zealand Canada Czechoslovakia Belgium Australia South Africa France Ireland United States Jamaica Palestine Rhodesia Germany Including combatants from Italy Commanders Hugh Dowding Hermann Göring Strength 754 single-seat fighters 149 two-seat fighters 560 bombers 500 coastal 1,963 total... On Her Majestys Secret Service is the eleventh novel in Ian Flemings James Bond series. ... Look up Tomorrow in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A 2002 Penguin Books paperback edition Diamonds Are Forever, published in 1956, is the fourth James Bond novel written by Ian Fleming. ... 2002 Penguin Books paperback edition Live and Let Die is the second James Bond novel by Ian Fleming, first published in 1954. ... 2004 Penguin Books paperback edition The Man with the Golden Gun is the thirteenth and final James Bond novel written by Ian Fleming and published posthumously in the United Kingdom and the United States by Glidrose Productions, in 1965. ... Nijinsky can refer to: Vaslav Nijinsky Nijinsky II This is a disambiguation page &#8212; a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Time of the Gypsies (Serbian: Dom Za Vešanje) is a 1988 film by Serbiann director Emir Kusturica. ...

References

External links

• Harry Saltzman at the Internet Movie Database