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Maibaum was born in New York City, and attended New York University and the University of Iowa before working as an actor and playwright on Broadway. New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... New York University (NYU) is a private, nonsectarian, coeducational institution in New York City. ... The University of Iowa -- or Iowa for short -- is a major national research university located on a 1,900-acre campus in Iowa City, Iowa, USA, on the banks of the Iowa River in East Central Iowa. ... Broadway theatre[1] is the most prestigious form of professional theatre in the U.S., as well as the most well known to the general public and most lucrative for the performers, technicians and others involved in putting on the shows. ...

His first film as screenwriter was in 1937, and after military service in World War II he joined Paramount Pictures as a writer and producer on films such as The Big Clock and The Great Gatsby. Maibaum established a friendship with Alan Ladd and in addition to writing several screenplays for Ladd, Maibaum acted as a script supervisor for Ladd and his agent wife. In the 1950s he became the favoured screenwriter for Irwin Allen and Albert R. Broccoli, who were making action films in UK under their Warwick Films banner. When Broccoli signed Ladd on for a three picture deal for Warwick, Ladd insisted on Maibaum co-writing the screenplays. His working relationship with Broccoli would extend into the phenomenally successful James Bond series, with Maibaum contributing to the screenplays of all but three of the films from Dr. No in 1962 until Licence to Kill in 1989. However, his contributions to Licence to Kill were disrupted by a strike by the Writers Guild of America. 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and distribution company, based in Hollywood, California. ... The Big Clock is a 1948 film noir thriller set in New York City based on the novel by Kenneth Fearing. ... The Great Gatsby is a 1949 film made Paramount Pictures. ... Alan Walbridge Ladd (September 3, 1913 – November 7, 1964) was an American film actor. ... This does not cite any references or sources. ... Irwin Allen (June 12, 1916 – November 2, 1991) was a television and film producer nicknamed The Master of Disaster for his work in the disaster film genre. ... Albert Romolo Broccoli, CBE (Hon) (April 5, 1909 – June 27, 1996) nicknamed Cubby, was an American film producer who produced more than 40 movies, most of them produced in the United Kingdom, and often filmed at Pinewood Studios. ... Dr. No is a 1962 spy film. ... Year 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Licence to Kill (released in the United States as License to Kill, but sold in the U.S. home video market with the British spelling) is the sixteenth film in the James Bond film series made by EON Productions. ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... The Writers Guild of America (WGA) is the collective bargaining representative, or labor union, for writers in the motion picture and television industries in the United States. ...

Selected films as screenwriter

• Ransom (1996) — story
• Licence to Kill (1989)
• The Living Daylights (1987)
• A View to a Kill (1985)
• Octopussy (1983)
• For Your Eyes Only (1981)
• The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
• The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)
• Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
• On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
• Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968) — additional dialogue
• Thunderball (1965)
• Goldfinger (1964)
• From Russia with Love (1963)
• Dr. No (1962)
• Ransom! (1956)
• Zarak (1956)
• Bigger Than Life (1956)
• Cockleshell Heroes (1955)
• Hell Below Zero (1954)
• The Red Beret (1953)
• The Great Gatsby (1949)
• O.S.S. (1946)
• Ten Gentlemen from West Point (1942)
• I Wanted Wings (1941)
• The Amazing Mr. Williams (1939)
• Coast Guard (1939)
• The Lady and the Mob (1939)
• They Gave Him a Gun (1937)
• We Went to College (1936)

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Selected films as producer

• Battle at Bloody Beach (1961)
• Captain Carey, U.S.A. (1950)
• No Man of Her Own (1950)
• Dear Wife (1949)
• Song of Surrender (1949)
• The Great Gatsby (1949)
• Bride of Vengeance (1949)
• The Sainted Sisters (1948)
• The Big Clock (1948)
• O.S.S. (1946)

No Man of Her Own is the second film Barbara Stanwyck made with director Mitchell Leisen. ... The Great Gatsby is a novel by the American author F. Scott Fitzgerald. ... The Big Clock is a 1948 film noir thriller set in New York City based on the novel by Kenneth Fearing. ...

External links

• Richard Maibaum at the Internet Movie Database