The first James Bond
The first James Bond was released in 1962 and the franchise is still running. That's pretty damn impressive. If I want to try and analyse the franchise, I'll need to get back to the roots. Today I'll be talking about the very first scene that was shot with the James Bond character. Before the first film (Dr. No) was released, there were already 10 novels available written by Ian Fleming. It took about 9 years for Ian Fleming's James Bond to be transferred to film. Okay, I'm sorry, I'm lying. During research I found that Dr. No wasn't the first James Bond appearance on screen. In 1954, a tv adaptation of our favourite spy was released in Casino Royale featuring Billy Nelson as James Bond. However I'll be "ignoring" this… for now…
It struck me that the first film about the Bond wasn't the story of the first book. I haven't found the reason why the industry choose Dr. No as the first big screen picture, and if someone knows why, I'm very interested in this information.
Let's take a look at the very first picture of James Bond (portrayed by Sean Connery) on the big screen.
Stylish, sharp-dressed, badass, and of course smoking a cigarette. It's a well known fact that hollywood was being sponsored by tobacco company's in those days. But let's be honest, the picture is just right. It couldn't be more perfect.
In this scene bond was playing the famous game Chemin de fer, or Baccarat. He's playing as the role of bank against Sylvia Trench, a dame he's still seeing in the second film. Sylvia's obviously losing, but is not willing to give up. When Bond is called from the table, Miss Trench follows. Looks like she wasn't in it for the game… this is confirmed when she is playing golf half-naked in Bond's apartment…
